Lee Greenwood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@bartholomewjackson6534]

I worked in stage production for several years and the only time I screwed up a show was for Lee Greenwood. I missed my spot cue so the other spot operator covered me, but then I turned on my spot, so she turned off hers, but I turned off mine, so we accidentally strobed him for like 10 seconds. He was visibly upset and yelled at us while on stage. I cherish that memory.

[@Diatonic5th]

You're an American hero!😂

[@KenPurcell]

As a fellow follow spot operator, I approve of your "mistake"

[@jeanwonnacott2718]

Thanx for sharing!!😂😂😂

[@lf3541]

You are truly a gottdamn American hero!

[@jonathangehman4005]

You were an instrument of God's will

[@knpark2025]

I am watching this from South Korea and this video made my thermostat display temperatures in Farenheit. That song was formidable.

[@gerardbyrnes5780]

You just made me chuckle so hard! Great response. LOL

[@ax14pz107]

🫡🦅🫡

[@BridgeCityBonsai1]

I seriously 😂😂

[@nicolediamond93]

Hahhahaha brilliant

[@outerrealm]

Fahrenheit.

[@marygnickel]

Will Ferrell song is perfection, I’m legit tearing up. “We sure ain’t perfect, but here’s to the fight. The brightest future’s the one you’ll write. Wherever you come from, wherever you roam, fellow Americans, welcome home.” No shit it’s like Walt Whitman in 2024 ❤❤❤

[@danielsaldana4663]

💯 agree . . I want that song for the 4th !!

[@mizotter]

It is TOTALLY Whitmanesque!!!! AND Perfection!!! Woot! "I Hear America Singing"...a great new song they learned from Will Ferrell on Last Week Tonight!

[@mortanos8938]

and then the immigrants learn all about segregation, racial profiling and talk of deportation. The American dream is a long dead joke.

[@mrfearsmom8857]

Me too 😮

[@opaljk4835]

Walt fuckin’ Whitman ovaaaa heeere

[@tylarjackson7928]

The end of that song "Wherever you come from, Wherever you roam, Fellow Americans, Welcome Home" no joke made me cry. I'm a 30 year old American that was born here and all, so no personal connection to it I guess, but just the idea of telling our new citizens "Fellow Americans, Welcome home" just has me sobbing. It's precious.

[@oliviaburch7971]

@@ruttolomeo1987gay for… experiencing emotions?

[@MerelvandenHurk]

Even I found was moved, and I'm not American and not an immigrant. I'm Dutch and have lived in the Netherlands my whole life. But I don't have to be American or an immigrant to be moved by the sentiment, because all you have to be for that is human!

[@maxcal1009]

Having worked with a few folks over the years who have had to flee their countries due to civil war, ethnic cleansing, etc., and became US citizens, you aren't the only one who got a bit choked up there.

[@tylarjackson7928]

@@ruttolomeo1987 Look, I'm a (straight) single father of a 9 year old boy, and I get teary-eyed easily, usually for happy things. Like my son giving me a squeeze hug and saying "I love you Daddy". That's just how I am, and there is nothing wrong with that. I am raising my son to be the same way ‐ open to his emotions. He goes to the school therapist about once a month if something happens in school that he needs to vent about, or just to talk. It's healthy to be in touch with your emotions.

[@spa-peggymeatballs4861]

Stop it!! Now I’m all teary. I just got done voting for a woman for the first time in my life and I’m already pretty damn emotional.

[@alyssaloo]

Okay I know the ending song was supposed to be a joke but I'm crying, that was beautiful.

[@thenewwaysmusic]

That song with Will is surprisingly well composed and produced. And 120% accurate

[@lisahannah3175]

That’s a very American way to do math 😆

[@sunshine3914]

💯 I live in far south Texas, all the characters are here, down to the cows & cyber truck.

[@nooneofconsequence1251]

How hard would it be to sing "and I'd proudly stand up next to you and defend her still today. 'cause there ain't no doubt I love this land. God bless Canada, eh?" there it rhymes. Fixed your song for you, Lee. Send me $22,000.

[@tanyahancock9864]

LMFAO perfect!

[@nancycronin551]

🤣

[@Trixie_Lavender]

He also said "I'm proud to be in Canada" instead of "I'm proud to be a Canadian." Does he not know what a person from Canada is called?

[@meadowenthusiast]

Was fully expecting Lee to spell out C-A-N-A-D-A on that last line.

[@sues6847]

imho you didn't ask for enough money.

[@MourningDove01]

I never thought I needed to hear a choir sing "Truck nuts" but I'm so glad it happened

[@debbiehopewell5544]

Wasn't on my bingo card, but I love it!😂

[@hillbillykoi5534]

Gave you a thumbs up but took it back to keep you at 420

[@ggvilleman1]

His research team is absolutely incredible!

[@loandbehold5178]

That’s why his show wins an Emmy every year.

[@maxmonster1432]

What about his songwriting team?

[@therealcyberwolfman]

Indeed! Always like watching Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. And, you can thank DM Brent among others. ;-)

[@KingOfAllJackals]

The worst thing you could hear while your name, face, company name, industry is in the Chiron over John’s right shoulder is “we did some digging….”

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

I love that the new song is ironically beautiful and soul-touching

[@ajbXYZcool]

Agreed!

[@VitoMusic88]

The song at the end SLAPS

[@antonmoller624]

So nice I watched it twice

[@SkullMan---]

It's legit good

[@cmorris9494]

It's more like slapps.

[@justrosy5]

It made me cry. For as F'd up as this place is, I love it, and I don't want to have to leave, nor get deported even though I was born here. Trump's ilk have made it so clear that Trump will kick everyone else out of the country, because he and they think they're the only "Americans." He threatened to kill anyone who tries too many times to come back into the US, so what does that add up to? People born here, chased out or thrown out, not being able to return for any reason, on pain of death. That's how sick he and they are, and it's why we can't let him become President. People are "abstaining" from voting over things like Gaza and Kamala being willing to frack, or they're voting for Trump because of his anti-immigration and fracking "economy," or they're voting for Stein because they don't know the difference between identifying a problem and actually solving it (and they haven't read Kamala's "Issues" page either), but what they don't understand is that Trump won't just deport people who weren't born in the US, but he'll deport a lot of people who were, too, including some of their family members, friends, coworkers, doctors, pharmacists, grocery delivery and cab driving workers, bus drivers, police officers, military personnel, and so many more. Anyone who's not MAGA. Anyone who "donated wrong" or "voted wrong" or "supported wrong." I even nearly got run over by an Aryan woman in 2016 because my hair isn't blond, even though I'm white, and she just laughed about it and drove off. I'm white, I was born here, and she tried to run over me due to my hair not being blonde. I don't think people have really grasped just how nuts and out of control MAGA and Trump are. They think it's all just "jokes." Really? My nearly being killed is a "joke?" They don't value anyone's lives but their own and their Dear Leader's. They never did and never will. That's just a fact, whether the other 53% of this country understands that or not. I don't know if even Kamala understands that much. She says she'll give them a seat at the table. I say, give them a seat in the corner with a dunce cap and a stack of books: World History, US History, at least the New Testament (since they claim to be "Christians"), and all those banned books that would tell them real truth. Also, those people seriously need to view a copy of Ferris Beuler's Day Off. The problem with giving them a seat at the table is that hate should have no home in the White House. Even when they claim to not hate anyone, the policies they espouse exude hate toward so many groups that it's all just useless. If she's willing to compromise with hateful policy ideas, then I don't see how things will get much better for us all under her leadership, but I do know this: they'll be far, far worse under Trump. That's our real choice today: not much changes under Kamala, at least at first (she can always fire bad actors and replace them with more qualified leadership) or an absolute dumpster fire under Trump. Sometimes no news is good news, and so is not much changing. I'll take that any day over US born citizens being thrown out of the country for not bending the knee and kissing the ring.

[@justrosy5]

It made me cry. For as F'd up as this place is, I love it, and I don't want to have to leave, nor get deported even though I was born here. Trump's ilk have made it so clear that Trump will kick everyone else out of the country, because he and they think they're the only "Americans." He threatened to kill anyone who tries too many times to come back into the US, so what does that add up to? People born here, chased out or thrown out, not being able to return for any reason, on pain of death. That's how sick he and they are, and it's why we can't let him become President. People are "abstaining" from voting over things like Gaza and Kamala being willing to frack, or they're voting for Trump because of his anti-immigration and fracking "economy," or they're voting for Stein because they don't know the difference between identifying a problem and actually solving it, and they haven't read Kamala's "Issues" page either, but what they don't understand is that Trump won't just deport people who weren't born in the US, but he'll deport a lot of people who were, too, including some of their family members, friends, coworkers, doctors, pharmacists, grocery delivery and cab driving workers, bus drivers, police officers, military personnel, and so many more. Anyone who's not MAGA. Anyone who "donated wrong" or "voted wrong" or "supported wrong." I even nearly got run over by an Aryan woman in 2016 because my hair isn't blond, even though I'm white, and she just laughed about it and drove off. I'm white, I was born here, and she tried to run over me due to my hair not being blonde. I don't think people have really grasped just how nuts and out of control MAGA and Trump are. They think it's all just "jokes." Really? My nearly being killed is a "joke?" They don't value anyone's lives but their own and their Dear Leader's. They never did and never will. That's just a fact, whether the other 53% of this country understands that or not. I don't know if even Kamala understands that much. She says she'll give them a seat at the table. I say, give them a seat in the corner with a dunce cap and a stack of books: World History, US History, at least the New Testament, since they claim to be "Christians," and all those banned books that would tell them real truth. Also, those people seriously need to view a copy of Ferris Beuler's Day Off. The problem with giving them a seat at the table is that hate should have no home in the White House. Even when they claim to not hate anyone, the policies they espouse exude hate toward so many groups that it's all just useless. If she's willing to compromise with hateful policy ideas, then I don't see how things will get much better for us all under her leadership, but I do know this: they'll be far, far worse under Trump. That's our real choice today: not much changes under Kamala, or an absolute dumpster fire under Trump. Sometimes no news is good news, and so is not much changing. I'll take that any day over US born citizens being thrown out of the country for not bending the knee and kissing the ring.

[@norbertjendruschj9121]

Can you imagine John Oliver´s face when he learned he had to endure an "inspirational speech" by DT?

[@illa-noisemusic1081]

I would have paid for a ticket to that.

[@reverendbStaard]

No one likes the DTs.

[@Sandra-dt4ec]

It is an effect "wall" to immigrants!

[@aarong9378]

My wife was naturalized about the same time. I threw up in my mouth to see Donald Trump giving a welcome speech to immigrants. His performance on the camera looked like a hostage situation, so fake and stiff.

[@storiesbydarksaberlight1517]

Especially after finally being able to renounce the Queen 😂

[@BeauregardHall]

NO WONDER he wins the Emmy every year. This was amazing.

[@RumblesBettr]

He wins cause hes a libby nutter like the rest of hollywood

[@moniqueengleman873]

I completely agree.❤

[@o0OHermioneO0o]

I never thought I'd say this about any patriotic song, but this was amazing!! A balance of love, perspective and humor.

[@saiyamoru]

Accuracy is what makes for the best comedy. Always been one of the greatest strengths of this show.

[@KealohaHarrison]

Lee Greenwood wishes he had a song as powerful and widely beloved as Purple Rain

[@MB5rider81]

He wishes he was half as big as Limp Bizkit

[@NeuroDeus]

I have never heard of Lee Greenwood, Prince on the other hand...

[@Ardy_Visser]

Im dutch and ive honestly never heard of lee greenwoods song in my life. Purple rain on the other hand i lovs to death.

[@nonlegend]

Even Chocolate Rain has him beat.

[@Witchlord]

but he would stand up, next to me, and defend the country still today!!!! -- lets let him put his money where his mouth is and send him to israel

[@wisleylau3149]

Will Ferrell nailed the America song, even I felt emotional when it ended and I’m from Hong Kong!

[@KaDaJxClonE]

Lee Greenwood might make a Hong Kong version soon. He's currently trying to find a rhyme for Kongian.

[@qazatqazah]

Dutchman here. Same feeling. I actually started to cry.

[@funkmastersrunk9257]

Cant wait for his Canadian version

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

Sus

[@mortanos8938]

@@qazatqazah cringe

[@The8BitPianist]

This is not the main segment, which was on Mass Deportation. Please upload that as well, it's incredibly important!

[@Julian1b]

anywhere i can see that?

[@jamesbeyer]

@@Julian1blol yeah HBO where this airs. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Luxinox16]

Correction: the episode had TWO main segments. This is one of them.

[@robbys5236]

​@Luxinox16 Well, hopefully, they upload the other one soon, as it's extremely important like OP said.

[@Julian1b]

@@jamesbeyer i meant anywhere besides that of course, i didnt think i needed to clarify that

[@briandenison7608]

That song is SO GOOD! It got my eyes all watery. Well done! They really should use that now.

[@singingway]

Have they made that ending song into a separate short yet, so we can make it go viral? It's so good I cried!

[@tammietravis2395]

Maybe they’ll put it on iTunes and Spotify..

[@josemexicanmexican7602]

It's a very good song.

[@CybershamanX]

I'm in the hospital due to an extremely horrible ongoing chronic pain issue. Hooked up to a ketamine IV and the song at the end made me cry. Thanks, John and crew. 🥲🎃

[@n.p.2653]

That is terrible. Hope you get pain free soon

[@DennisSullivan-q2r]

Sorry. Wish you well.

[@ricknathburn4167]

May you heal well and quickly after treatment. Hang in there

[@oliviaburch7971]

i’m in the hospital too. just got diagnosed with a genetic disorder. i watched this for the laughs, ended up crying haha

[@CybershamanX]

Thanks, everybody. It's rough going, but doing my best to stay positive. Take care! 🙂☮️❤️

[@benjhaisch]

I always love watching John Oliver blow HBOs budget on stuff like this

[@danilarance]

Right?! I saw the cybertruck and wished I could have been a fly on the wall when accounting saw that expense sheet.

[@advocacynaccountablity]

We might have to start having that song played at our own community "Welcome Home" ceremonies!!! If Last Week Tonight would grant the rights... which I suspect they would.

[@sciencehistoryandentertain734]

@@danilarance He probably got a broken one for 10k...

[@JEDonnert]

You can also sign up to have your car be an extra. When my sister lived in California she and her car were both signed up and her car was in a couple things. It's easy money usually a few $100, well that was back like 15 years ago money. So probably the same...

[@dcasasola]

I became a citizen in 2017. Thank God there was no speech by DT played, or that song at my ceremony. But, I would have LOVED this one from John Oliver!

[@pechenoir9780]

there is nothing wrong with that song. sadly, it's been ruined by tying it to those people and that pathetic pumpkin. it used to mean all of us. now, it only means THEM. sad.

[@wilkytx]

Welcome Home, Fellow American. Don't forget your truck nuts

[@SilverCyan]

this is easily one of the funniest segments they've done in a long time, the twist reveal of God Bless Canada is PEAK LWT

[@bettygreenhansen]

I need that song at the end to share with my family and everyone I know. God bless you, Mr Oliver!

[@Fallub]

Wow, that song in the end was epic. The production value was off the charts.

[@andyh9381]

I really want to thank whoever put those 2 football players together on that play. One just red, the other just blue? Everyone dropped the ball on that play? 11/10, best new music video of 2024

[@nigelparry]

it's the attention to each detail that makes this so comedy rich

[@sunshine3914]

Had to come back & play at normal speed.

[@chrishinton5421]

I just witnessed Lee Greenwood perform at a migrant center in South Texas part of a company profiting off of immigrants. You can’t make this up

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

It's embarrassing just how far some humans go with their cognitive dissonance. They're SO unbelievably tone-deaf about humanity and reality, it causes them to CONSTANTLY state non-sequitur nonsense and believe in equally disgusting garbage that truly does harm to everyone and everything around them.

[@cathysamborn4709]

Good God!

[@kalabangle6450]

You can make it up we just don’t have too!

[@laalaa99stl]

"Am I the only one who loves that song?????" "Yes. You are." 😁

[@mightychicken7774]

Yeah. I hated having to be forced to sing that song when I was a kid in the 80s. Everyone seemed to have a hard-on for it. It's pure cringe.

[@fatwe1992]

Maximum respect to the person brave enough to be that blunt in a federal email about everyone hating a song that jerks America off as fervently as it does

[@Kostchei]

The full stop in there is just brutal.

[@ZodyZody]

I want to know who wrote that song Will sang! And what a production!

[@wta1518]

@@Kostchei *Period

[@richosthoff7212]

US Navy boot camp played this during our "change of hats" ceremony upon completing Battlestations in 1998. One of my proudest moments is forever tainted.

[@SurfLife4me]

There was a time most Americans could feel Lee greenwoods song…but trump took a shit on that too!

[@disorderlymovement]

The US Navy evidently either was able to write a check (no credit cards allowed) or still owes Mr. Greenwood $700 (plus interest). Joking aside, thanks for your service so that we can continue to have freedoms to talk openly about this stuff, have John Oliver and make fun of Mr. Greenwood.

[@carolynmeinung1286]

​@@SurfLife4meExactly.

[@Geeksmithing]

Hey! I also graduated Great Lakes in 1998(in September I believe) AND I was an AT. I share in this sentiment in more ways that you might know!! Thanks for your service and sorry about your dog :(

[@CollinMcLean]

@@Geeksmithing 2017. I don't remember it being played but I was also sleep deprived from battle stations so I don't remember a lot...

[@ysteinlystrup2782]

Will is a champ for doing this - what a legend

[@laalaa99stl]

"And I'm proud to be a Rwandan...." 🎶

[@13699111]

Excellent comment

[@reesericdotci]

Where at least I know I’m free

[@Missunderstood103]

And I'm proud to be a Green Alien 👽 Where at least I know I'm free. And I won't 4get the Gleebs who Fleeped Who fargled that right for me🛸

[@RealBradMiller]

​@@Missunderstood103Gleep glorb the beefaydaay!!🎉

[@jjfunk73110]

​@@RealBradMiller oddly enough it said translate to English 😂

[@johnohakim]

Bravo!! John Oliver you beautiful man. What a great song.

[@Collin_J]

Elementary music teacher here. Every time this is requested for Veterans Day I die inside. I always talk my way out of it.

[@amarok5486]

"sorry we don't have the budget to pay for the expensive license. They want a lot for playing it at events"

[@caveman18]

Just tell them that he's a draft dodger.

[@jomarcentermjm]

@@caveman18 or show the Canadian version

[@Lethgar_Smith]

I did security for a Lee Greenwood concert back in the early 2000s. He was not a conservative or a country music artist. He's kind a strange mix of poolside jazz and easy listening. He played his signature song 3 times. But I could tell, even during his moments of banter with the audience he really did not identify with the small conservative crowd that showed up to hear that one song of his. I believe he has changed somewhat in the intervening years and become more openly conservative and adjusted his style to be more "country" But, clearly the guy's a phony who got lucky with one hit song.

[@johnwright9372]

It should be the national anthem.

[@katiemclean4086]

I just became an American last month, thanks for the song John!

[@patriciamurfitt4590]

Congratulations 🎉🎉 Welcome to the craziest country on the globe 😂😂 We love it anyway 😂😂💙🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

[@josemexicanmexican7602]

Thanks for choosing the USA! Congratulations!!!!

[@asfinfrock]

Welcome home!

[@5609Ali]

We are delighted to have you! Welcome and congratulations and also sorry 💀

[@maryalicefike4704]

Welcome home. immagrants built this country, and are still building up America today.

[@kimgoesthere]

This segment and music video are an absolute work of art! And when I attended a public elementary charter school in 1980s Southern California, we had to stand outside and say the pledge of allegiance to a huge flag and then listen to the Lee Greenwood FULL SONG -- EVERY DAY -- before classes. I am still traumatized lol.

[@sunshine3914]

JFC! Good thing I had gotten through school prior to that. Hated school with a passion, but hate that gd song worse.

[@GenXDaddyO]

You may be entitled to compensation.

[@David0gden]

When I was a soldier from 2008 to 2012 they would always make us be seat fillers for that damn man and that damn song. I love my country and the people within, but that song makes me dry heave.

[@lutinab5265]

Talk about going above the call of duty having to sit through that song multiple times! Wondering if it was a military way of testing soldiers' patience?!! Thank u for ur service!

[@josemexicanmexican7602]

Airmen also had to endure this song. Thanks for your service.

[@lutinab5265]

@josemexicanmexican7602 seems like a case for the Geneva Conventions rule

[@cuzned1375]

Once per game, our hockey team salutes a veteran like yourself. They give their whole family expensive seats, show ‘em on the jumbotron, read out highlights of their service and their various commendations. We all stand and applaud, and it’s really, genuinely cool. Except that “GBtUSA” plays throughout, which means i’m distracted from honoring the veteran and their family, by having to suppress the urge to hurl.

[@cuzned1375]

Once per game, our hockey team salutes a veteran like yourself. They give their whole family expensive seats, show ‘em on the jumbotron, read out highlights of their service and their various commendations. We all stand and applaud, and it’s really, genuinely cool. Except that “GBtUSA” plays throughout, which means i’m distracted from honoring the veteran and their family, by having to suppress the urge to hurl.

[@T0ghar]

The end was perfection!

[@DrAlwaysFirst]

Will Ferrell and Mountain Dew are an unstoppable American force

[@RelentlessOhiox]

Don't forget Big Red.. cause if you don't chew that then..

[@eggsII]

Walker and Texas Ranger carry his legacy proudly.

[@ttacking_you]

Just like Benson and hedges and Bartles and Jaymes ..

[@medusagorgo5146]

Fun fact: on my second tour in Afghanistan, as we were driving through some villages, every single stall was selling MT Dew. They absolutely loved that shit.

[@miaspam6882]

The way this song is genuinely a banger

[@sunshine3914]

Video too.

[@freespirit4574]

John Oliver is simply the best. ❤

[@melissahedden5396]

He is! Can we clone him please?! I need a second husband.

[@SirPoofyPants]

How appropriate that a jingoistic song like this one came out in 1984

[@VeeKaChu]

I was surprised to learn that it was that old; I literally had never heard the song prior to 9/11.

[@xenotiic8356]

it's Literally 1984

[@NGEvangeliman]

​@@VeeKaChu i had. Unfortunately

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

​@NGEvangeliman my mom had a cassette (yeah yeah, I is old) of Greenwood's, and she played it all. The. TIME.

[@cmdraftbrn]

the ministry of truth has got ya covered.

[@Jamaz1992]

We're damn glad you're here John it's an absolute gift!

[@SucBao]

They totally played this song at my USMC boot camp graduation ceremony.. I was eye rolling so hard lol

[@edvelociraptor1794]

Air force graduations too, can confirm 😅

[@DennisSullivan-q2r]

Not: " From The Halls of Montezuma..."?

[@kmasse81]

Not our woke military

[@riquelmearg]

Actually funny that they did play this alot in the Army as well ... but when I got my citizenship immediately after basic training on base they didn't play any messages from the president or that song haha.

[@CollinMcLean]

@@edvelociraptor1794 I don't think the Navy did that at our graduation. But then again most of us were still sleep deprived from battle stations the day before so I don't remember a lot.

[@ChaosRaych]

In the 90's, Lee Greenwood visited my elementary school (in a small town outside of Nashville, TN) to sing & sign autographs. We stopped class & had an assembly for 1 song lol My friends & I had no idea who he was, but I remember all the adults freaking out like it was a massive deal. The whole thing was just really strange

[@tracylund7407]

I’m gonna need to download that song.

[@doppelkammertoaster]

Man I love that song, it's honest and humorous at the same time.

[@bwenluck9812]

I love your rendition of your "Welcome home" song! It's catchy, and more fitting.... Thank you! It must have cost a bunch!!!

[@DominickvdHoff]

We need the song as a separate video!

[@DawnRGenX]

Exactly

[@austinberry5696]

I can't tell whats the best part of this, John being happy with his little flag he got, or the unfiltered rage he gave off not because Lee Greenwood copy and pasted his song and made more money, but because IT DOESNT RHYME.

[@KHN.RVA.28]

1:20 that whole scene deserves a john oliver "cool"

[@xXxTeenSplayer]

Facts.

[@TRquiet]

I was born in the U.S., and that was a beautiful tribute to my deeply weird homeland.

[@jreg182]

I think it makes more sense to sing “And I’m proud to be a Canadian, where at least my healthcare’s free”.

[@kathleenmatthews4050]

John, thank you so much for that great song at the end, and bringing to light the idiocy of Lee Greenwoods song.

[@franktank1984]

You know, I used to really like John Oliver, he was funny and informative... now he's just another british marxist who traded in being funny for insulting his political enemies. YAWN. When the civil war starts, it will be because of shit like this. The people who say Trump is tearing America apart are projecting their own hatred for their political enemies onto him.

[@ashleygardner4104]

A+ production work, as always!

[@MortMe0430]

They play his song at the concluding ceremony for the Battle Stations practical testing in Navy basic training when you graduate lame uniform ball caps, or at least they did when I went through almost 15 years ago. Emotionally manipulating mostly late teens into finally feeling something besides anxiety annoyance and fatigue after 2 days of jumping through maritime task hoops. So, looking back, that really tracks.

[@vonneely1977]

Wait until you heard his latest track, "Amerika Über Alles."

[@stevenreneau268]

😂

[@TheGawian]

Ugh, again a shameless copy of another song with the country names switched.

[@ax14pz107]

California Uber alles is the best version

[@tommcfadden5232]

I prefer American Uber Pale 🍺 Ale.

[@al1vel1keyou]

Yoooo that needs to be up on Spotify

[@StarrTile]

*Holy Shyt I just remembered the coup* 😂 I'm dying

[@Runzi333]

Where can we sign the petition to make that song the one they use cause tbh it's fantastic??

[@JeremyGoodwin]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant segment.

[@SherryEllesson]

John, thank you for what you went through to become an American citizen. The benefits your insights and humor have brought to this country are immeasurable. Much appreciation from my little slice of the MidAtlantic.

[@13699111]

Excellent comment

[@LisaDiazAppleLisa]

I wish John could run for office

[@aratinga77]

@@LisaDiazAppleLisa He can, just not for President.

[@ozywomandius2290]

Seconding this, I’m thrilled you’ve made the leap! Congrats!

[@rogerturner6497]

Those people at the swearing in ceremony must have been wondering if it was too late to change their minds

[@drewforet5551]

Not everyone hates America like this audience

[@VenetusAlpha]

@@drewforet5551Real patriotism is acknowledging we still have work to do to make this country better.

[@jakesuperglide]

Great job as always. Thank you very much.

[@Neverdie85]

I attended a preschool at a church in Florida and every morning we would start the day with the pledge of allegiance and then Lee Greenwood's song... This episode is amazing.

[@SuntopKinseeker]

I came for the Insight that John Oliver has and stayed for the music video. He is a national treasure. To John Congratulations on becoming a US Citizen. No small feet you are the 2nd person I know that worked hard to become a legal citizen. My co-worker is the first. I have mad respect for all you do. You are getting up there like the late great George Carlin. And I always enjoy the large production of these songs that are done at the end. Like the one over that SLAPP video. :D

[@Enodamus]

"Holy shit I just remembered the coup" Never change LastWeekTonight. Never change.

[@Charlee1776]

I just want to thank everyone involved for ensuring that at some point later this week (probably today even) I will suddenly find myself being looked at oddly for singing "truuuuuuck nuuuuuuts" out loud as I go about my business. 🤪🤣

[@rvdb7363]

If you're in the USA it will at least make some kind of sense. I'll probably blurt this out in public as well, and I live in Europe...

[@Charlee1776]

@@rvdb7363 🤣

[@melvinshine9841]

Greenwood saying he wouldn't want Purple Rain to be what he's known for would be like the guy who did that Dwayne Wade statue saying he wouldn't want Michelangelo's David to be his crowning achievement.

[@MrYago-xd7um]

Twas like that lady who botched the Jesus painting restoration throwing shade at DiVinci.

[@RediculousScallywag]

I never felt something like this before! Goosebumps like when the star-spangled Banner plays at Super Bowl, while at the same time hilarious laughter ... I think my life just fundamentally changed forever 😂

[@jaimedeleon1194]

The 'separation pages' are funny because they are the symbol for the thinly veiled separation of church and state. You hear about it, but you never really see how thin it is

[@theTwilightSystem]

1:23 dude in orange is definitely regretting his decision lol

[@CannaMomLife]

I grew up in Texas. When I was in elementary school, we would have to say the pledge of allegiance and the Texas pledge. Then we would sing the National Anthem and then we would sing God Bless the USA. And that was all before we heard the announcements . Every Single day. I didn't realize until a year ago that we had been indoctrinated

[@tommcfadden5232]

More like audibly tortured😊

[@Hermititis]

​@@tommcfadden5232, 2 things can be true. 😁

[@davidmills8726]

Oh wow, I'd forgotten all about the Texas Pledge. Glad they didn't try to make us sing in our district; I suspect the teachers would've started cracking in short order if they had. Greenwood was just for special occasions.

[@arnaudmenant9897]

Ferrero rochet pigeon. You killed me Bro 🤣

[@RedPanda295]

I’m American born and raised, but my mother and my ex-husband are immigrants, so I have a soft spot for anyone who opts in to this madness. That song at the end touched my heart. It’s hilarious, beautiful and the most accurate depiction of what it means to be American that I’ve ever seen.

[@ethopathos]

that will ferrell segment was LEGENDARY

[@jarredmarlowe]

So I have two great stories about Lee Greenwood. The more brief one is I played basketball against him at a rec center in Tennessee. He would call foul if you breathed real hard on him, but he would use his 5’3” frame to run smack into you and get mad when you called foul

[@rvdb7363]

I'm really curious to the long story

[@jordanalexander5275]

And a second story is still coming

[@sunshine3914]

Could have sworn I met him in the 80s, wasn’t doing well, playing The House of Blues on his birthday, in the middle of the day, to a small crowd, going through a divorce, but kept a sense of humor. Actually pitied him, now it’s icky. Funny how his Wikipedia doesn’t mention his first (?) marriage & divorce…short guy, I swear he played that gd song! Couldn’t possibly have the wrong guy, could I ?

[@jarredmarlowe]

Second story. I am a former college football player and we were playing an away game where it was military appreciation day. We’re heading into the locker room for halftime and there is a guy in denim from head to toe like George Michael on the jukebox outside of our locker room. Against the wall, head down. Never seen the guy before my life. So after our coach’s halftime talk, we split into position groups and my group goes outside the locker room and this guy is still standing there, foot against the wall, head down, looking like he thinks he’s the coolest thing ever. And I’m wondering how this guy got past security because no one was doing anything about it. Then I hear on the stadium PA “Now singing his hit ‘God Bless the USA’, Lee Greenwood.” There was no one from the stadium with him; he had just been hanging out there for about half an hour by himself with a microphone in his his pocket, waiting for his moment.

[@patrickfernandez4739]

I love that "It's 5 o'clock somewhere " is owned by Margherita Ville LLC, and that LWT was able to find this Easter egg to shatre with us!

[@sydneyellis4700]

I lost it at the cyber truck appearance 🤣

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

I'm amazed you can actually make that steelshaped midlife crisis look worse. But somebody managed...

[@mahularamaphoko1666]

Love that song. This is my 7th replay

[@jdorozco90]

Became naturalized last year - this will be my first election. That song did actually make me smile and reflect. This is American, and so am I.

[@arttra9158]

As a British immigrant living in Spain that song made me feel American AF.

[@koryoliseffect6288]

That last song is stuck in my head

[@Classicchef1982]

When I was in the Army, this song was played all throughout the parade season. And everyone always stood up when that lyric came around. I. Hate. This. Song.

[@Ugly_German_Truths]

If your idea of liberty foes not defend another persons right to sit or kneel when told to stand, it's not about freedom, but about uniformity to an enforced standard.

[@advocacynaccountablity]

Ok, why did John + Team's patriotic song, serving realness, make me cry with pride?

[@Leviajohnson]

Getting that lovely choir to harmonize “chuck e. Cheese” made my day

[@vindiesel1469]

You cannot defend racism unless you're promoting fascism.

[@njmaxrocks]

Please upload the music video as a stand alone video

[@danleonard3110]

This show is remarkable. 👏

[@familyocean]

This is the greatest episode I've ever seen of Last Week. Fantastic!!

[@jpo3811]

Loved the song. Thank you.

[@JerseyJersey100]

Very well done. Will is a gem

[@realfamimation]

First HBO decides to release the main segment on Thursday instead on Monday, now HBO is releasing the divine second story?! HBO get your shit together

[@XDRosenheim]

Just watch the whole episode?! It is the first segment, you do not even have to watch the whole thing.

[@slavicandroid1999]

they upload the full episode on mondays and the main segment on thursdays, its not that cinfusing of a schedule

[@sunshine3914]

I don’t care when, as long as it’s released.

[@newgabe09]

@@sunshine3914 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6Tcnpdne5aWiLs

[@jj1825]

Jesus said ...its hard for the rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Conservative evangelicals say...I will follow the rich man.

[@rage4shot317]

I remember going to a charter school in elementary/middle school and being forced to memorize the lyrics to God Bless the USA. Looking back now, I realize how weird that was.

[@kaiumeda6341]

I can never listen to Greenwood again knowing what person he is

[@TheRuben_music]

finally more

[@laalaa99stl]

"The 2nd worst thing to happen to someone's ear [at Butler]." 🔥

[@fwabcaf]

Atleast it's not Christmas music.

[@anygivensunday4198]

That was damn near my mamas favorite song..... Every time that song plays to this day I get choked up and wanna shed a tear

[@cheesyz81]

The music at the end needs to be listed on its own on YT music, why have LastWeekTonight not done this already for the other songs they have.

[@mischadebrouwer9855]

A Grand production - well done!