French Elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

The presidential election in France could determine the political future of Europe. John Oliver visits an excessively French bistro to deliver an urgent message to voters.
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[@Toxodos]

okay that egg throw was impressively accurate over that distance

[@srhgmrs]

Toxodos i was thinking the same thing !

[@rosegl83]

Yeah, French men has good aim- point proven!!!!

[@petaujus3000]

I love that this is the top comment :)

[@metalmilo12]

Kobe!

[@alexbransby183]

I want that person to run for President. They have my vote.

[@sinclair1107]

are we all gonna ignore how accurately that egg was thrown?

[@chirb008]

yeah I was actually really impresed

[@Aigracier]

They didn't even know who did it

[@TidusleFlemard]

Isn't our handball team great at international competitions last I heard ? :3

[@Johann63769]

first funny comment read... thanks !

[@Toxodos]

some idiot already pointed that out, it's top comment

[@andremimoun1137]

As a French, I m amazed how well Jon understands the French mentality.

[@efedra667]

Well.. Britain is Europe by ages and the dark..also America is /was used to be a prison that ran from France too so why wouldn't he..

[@alkante2962]

Eh bien ça, mon coco, cela s'appelle de la flagornerie!

[@walterzamalis4846]

If I may ask, what did you think of his French speaking?

[@andremimoun1137]

@@walterzamalis4846 love his accent

[@HOTD108_]

Are you referring to how he plays into the French ego and superiority complex? Because everyone knows the French think they're hot sh*t, so it's not all that amazing for John to understand that.

[@LaFinchy1492]

When Emmanuel gets an egg thrown at him, does he turn into an Emmanuel Macaron?

[@danzig2347]

Wow as a French this is a actually a joke me and my buddies would say regularly to mock his presidency

[@abrahamlincoln8748]

I think macron is what Joe Biden will be like.

[@danzig2347]

@Abraham Lincoln As a French, I completely agree. They are both Neoliberal Corporatists who only serve the Establishment. The only reason Macron won was because of the fear of a Marine Le Pen presidency. And if Biden wins, it will only be because of the Coronavirus and the Protests.

[@danzig2347]

@@abrahamlincoln8748 I respect your honesty about how your government works and I too agree with it (we also have our governmental problems but it seems it's not doing well in the Land of Freedom). When it comes to calling Sanders a Neo-liberal, it's a bit complex from a French perspective... Afterall over here he would be from the Parti Républicain afterall compared to French Standards he advocated for a more Liberalised Social Democracy. (Reminder : He calls himself a Democratic Socialist but he's actually a Social Democrat) But anyways... When it comes to Biden being "uninteresting and inoffensive" just like Macron.... I wish it were true for Macron (let's just say things got very bad under his reforms) but when it comes to Biden you're not wrong... Afterall the goal of a Biden campaign was mostly just returning the White House and America to normaly. Even though it's good, it's just sad to know that this probably isn't the last time we see Corruption in a Country born through ideals of the Enlightenment and a war for freedom. (I absolutely hate Trump and I have been observing the protests and cases in America so no need to pass me this info)

[@danzig2347]

@@abrahamlincoln8748 Last thing... Most of us in Europe are aware of all these events, the narcissism, the corruption of your president and the police brutality... It's just that I kind off wished you guys came up with a more reformist politician... But between Biden and that Orange Maniack... Surely Is would choose Biden

[@fynketh5084]

We used to throw pies at politicians but now we can only afford some of the ingredients.

[@fynketh5084]

About Fillon's suits, because of the scandal he had to give them back, but he didn't give the good ones.

[@Frost517]

You use to cut their heads off but now you only celebrate that once a year with some fireworks.

[@malikium]

brilliant!

[@MsAnoki]

well, when there woudln't be flour anymore, we are going to star with heads cutting...these is what happen in 1789

[@altpudding4776]

wait, i thought there was cake? or... the cake is a lie too!?

[@ratguy101]

Melenchon is a fucking genius. He used holograms to make sure he wouldn't get food thrown at him.

[@igorvski]

this is gold XD if only you knew all the jokes made about the holograms in frnech satire newspaper "Suprise: the hologram got more vote then Mélenchon himself and became president"

[@yasserb9773]

Cyamite No he is not a communist , he is a social-ecologist. The communist candidate is Nathalie Artaud(Philippe Poutou is from the far-left but he isn't communist , he is internationalist which is not exactly the same as communism).

[@custer8735]

Cyamite not at all! Mélenchon is from La gauche doesn't mean that he's communist. He wants to stay in E.U but I can understand your opinion because there is a pretty bad image of La gauche in usa

[@scassburn5217]

Lol ;) Most of all, we don't have any reason to throwing floor to Mélenchon's face. Seriously the french mains politics of this last 5 years gave to me the desire to remake sharp a guillotine... (Hollande president (get some floor), Manuell Valls First minister (was slap), and Emmanuel Macron as economic minister (get floor too) Hollande hasn't followed his program, he did nearly the opposite for what is as elected for... Valls use constitutional rights (49.3) to apply a law against citizen opinion and assembly. ( 5 months of strikes against this law). It's because of UE and the first step was created by Macron. Macron created the CICE to give 22 Billion of euro by year in companies to create employments... they aimed for 1million there was ... nothing the CEO get the money! It would be more useful if the money was gave directly to poor peoples. (Sry for my english), cheers.

[@kalhue6165]

S CassBurn And I would throw more than floor at him or Le Pen both of them are dangerous and will bring nothing good to France

[@DafieYo]

Just letting y'all know that in Sweden, a person threw a whole cake in the face of the leader of the right-wing party. Step up your game, France.

[@iainyoung6878]

They have. Macron sucks so much Paris was on fire for a year before coronovirus stopped the riots.

[@achille5941]

Finally a worthy opponent !

[@bttrflymagic]

That poor cake 😂

[@WalterDWormack214]

Was the cake 'Frozen' SOLID?

[@mathnerd97]

Disappointed, considering you guys have Surströmming

[@s4nsk_]

"French Brexit" Just call it a Frexit

[@bernardosantos8020]

I thought the exact same thing

[@ZT1ST]

@@bernardosantos8020 We've learned long ago not to give bad things a catchy name.

[@crimsonwires]

We actually called it that.

[@tactical_blaireau]

I heard another version which is AdiEU Way better imo

[@dinoxman8584]

Fr-eggs-it.

[@mushnoodle]

Larry Skywalker, the lost jedi.

[@beamjohn9753]

And the weird bear that follows them

[@Phil9874]

Larry SkyWalker, and lost Jeds eye.

[@stormbringer2840]

He actually predicted TLJ . We didn't got to see luke but Larry was there .

[@zeexiledceupofthi9758]

As a French, I find all these stereotypes disgusti.....Oh ! A croissant ! I'm listening now

[@moisemensah8233]

Moi aussi 😂

[@charlesmasclef1309]

Il utilise les stereotypes de façon sarcastique, je trouve ça marrant et très rafraîchissant. Et, il tient suffisemment à la culture française et montre suffisemment d'importance à notre pays pour avoir fait ce sketch en français. x)

[@kylemcmullan2929]

*looks at French replies* baguette

[@charlesmasclef1309]

@@kylemcmullan2929 Don't forget about the cheese breathe tho.

[@charlesmasclef1309]

@nicolas Henry Mets pas tout le monde dans le même sac. Je viens du Nord, nos cultures sont proches. Les valeurs aussi, dont le partage et l'autoderision. :)

[@SCYN0]

Love from 🇩🇪 to 🇫🇷 pls don't leave. Not making war ever again.

[@user-mv1hv5ce3b]

do you promise 😔

[@thibaultphlipponneau5534]

Pass auf dich auf Bruder. De Paris.

[@thibaultphlipponneau5534]

@@williamb5662 😷

[@bahia5290]

🥺

[@trema1626]

Please ignore this Frexit extremist they only represent the stupid minority we won't leave Europe in the future

[@FelisImpurrator]

Missed chance to make the "let them eat cake" joke about the flour and eggs.

[@ParleavecFlorence]

probably because he knows that the whole thing isn't correct>First, it's let them eat brioche, second, most peple think Marie Antoinette said that, but it's actually from a book.

[@KHSmith95]

I don't blame Mélenchon for using holograms if others are getting flour thrown at them.

[@willfullearner]

Karl-Henrik Smith underrated comment

[@ivanspoljaric9267]

Karl-Henrik Smith Imagine someone finding out from where he's broadcasting and they throw something at him there. It would show up on all holograms

[@williampearson8328]

Nah, the other thing is that he's actually popular (most popular politician in France at the moment), not many people would bother.

[@Traumlichtblog]

"Throwing flour at my hologram will only make it more visible! I made the french politicians weakness to flour my strength!"

[@RedButtonTV1]

... sure someone will invent a flour hack and egg virus

[@ClydeShackled]

As a french guy, I just exploded into a big laugh when John said "L'Angleterre et les Etats-Unis ont fucked up, ne fuck up pas non plus". That was pretty awesome

[@benagl]

If you're French, do you know the name of the outro song ?

[@betsunoyoru64]

Je confirme

[@ClydeShackled]

@Dominic TétraultThanks, didn't know what to answer. I don't listen at this kind of music at all, I'm a rock/metal fan

[@cornblaster7003]

@@benagl it's the usual John Oliver outro on accordion

[@moisemensah8233]

Je confirme

[@marafortune3713]

I am honestly curious to see whether John Oliver is going to provide an update on the French elections this Sunday...

[@rhinelander7]

Especially with the current crisis in Ukraine going on, the last thing NATO and the EU needs is a French Viktor Orban (Le Pen) to suddenly obstruct and divide the alliance even further. Now is critical to be united more than ever.

[@catmonarchist8920]

France out of NATO would be good given their actions in West Africa/ Libya will draw them into endless conflict eventually. Need to focus on the Russians not be dragged into Macron's imperialism

[@je.t4617]

Surtout que la situation est globalement la même qu'il y a 5 ans, ce serait super drôle qu'il refasse une vidéo

[@giannaleng1897]

@@je.t4617 c’est comme 2017, la deuxième version 💀 j’observe les élections du Canada et je suis inquiète maintenant que Macron et LePen vont s’affronter au deuxième tour.

[@KaotikBOOO]

@@catmonarchist8920 please talk about what you understand, NATO is a defensive agreement for first and for second French troops are there at the request of one side (often the one aligned with French interests.... Strangely...) France isn't belligerent, only support So NATO will in no way intervene in these anyway

[@angrymoose3383]

Ok as a bilingual Canadian (I’m from Ontario and speak English as my first language, please don’t lynch me Anti-Quebec Canadians) I’d just like to state that he actually did a REALLY good job with the French in that end bit. The pronunciation could’ve been better but otherwise no glaring flaws, good job John!

[@Janinho897]

"Larry, I am your father."

[@rafaeloda]

I read that with a stereotypical Hollywood french accent.

[@quasar4780]

Nooo! Zat's not true ! Zat's impossible !

[@Lauren.E.O]

-Darth Baker

[@eleventhknight9744]

All of you have a one way ticket to gulag for making me laugh this hard.

[@rafaeloda]

@@eleventhknight9744 Is there any other kind of ticket to a Gulag?

[@lordmurderkitten6098]

I see, so when a French candidate gets flour and eggs thrown at them, can the perpetrator be charged with assault and batter-y?

[@winterain17]

I don't think so, at least we never hear that they're charged with something in the press. On the contrary, people get mad when the bodyguards are too brutal with them.

[@rinsawerig4147]

Oh I see what you did there! 😂

[@leyaax]

@@winterain17 r/wooosh

[@LegowarriorYTAdventure1234]

STOP 😂

[@fireruby544]

Only if salt is also thrown.

[@xnaf]

As a half Brit, half French living in France, I just can't get enough of this 😂😂😂

[@Aurelius2142]

I would watch the F*** out of a game show called "So You Think You Can France?" You would as well, and deep down, you know it.

[@furrane]

Ta gueule.

[@pineconequeen6691]

J’aime la français

[@aet5807]

It would be my favorite show.

[@CyborgGriffin]

If there is a French brexit it should be called "Oui out".

[@morwennmusachia2670]

Yusufbek Muzaffarov Non, it should be called a terrible joke 😭😭😭

[@bordocofrivia2896]

Eutdynxt Txnydtue Quick! opposing opinions! CALL THE BROWN SHIRTS! errr, I mean, antifa....

[@7wreckers]

i may not agree with what you say but I will fight to the death to defend your right to say it

[@rubyspiritof]

Yusufbek Muzaffarov Sorry but why? Is there a game on words?

[@manuellamessie5473]

Ruby Spirit lol yes, le mot oui resemble le mot "we" en anglais qui veut dire "nous" donc le traduction est "nous partons"...c'est plus drôle en anglais.

[@EmieCarey]

oh my god when John Oliver started speaking in French I pissed myself laughing. Merci John, your accent was strong but the earnestness of your message was delightful.

[@morrisal]

Funny when a French person laughs at someone else's accent... You guys should hear yourselves speaking foreign langauges ... No nation has a thicker accent than the French.

[@williamkrause5831]

morrisal as if us americans are any better at pronunciation.

[@--enyo--]

@@morrisal They're probably not even French. Also calm down. Why are you so angry at this?

[@mikeaft3585]

@@--enyo-- it was a personal attack on the american accent and that shit don fly

[@--enyo--]

@@morrisal I can't see how, but okay. I still don't get your reaction.

[@EclipseOverSalem]

I choose to believe that this video single handedly prevented LePenne

[@jerandecce2473]

17:13 as John Oliver ends his french speech, a francophone in the audience goes “bravo!”

[@xaviermartinez2622]

I need a compilation of french people throwing food at people.

[@jackyoh971]

search on youtube...

[@lolrandom3768]

Ikr, why can't American campaigns have such drama. throwing flour at politicians ...lol france

[@jufen8502]

The compilation will be way too long for KZbin

[@jeffreymuu5451]

Throwing people at food

[@cortoreveur]

The very confident guy "Bernard henry levy" would appear ont this compilation... a lot!

[@modothegreat108]

"...The English Queen involved in international drug trafficking." I mean, he's not wrong per say. Have you heard of the opium wars?

[@mortuos557]

I'm pretty sure that was previous to her reign...

[@xz9376]

Clever!

[@Atriiid]

@@mortuos557 Still, her family wealth has come from trading opium... M. Cheminade never said anything more. But you know medias, if you point at something they want people to forget then you'll be painted as crazy, conspirationist, stupid.

[@magicman9218]

Every western nation makes money from drugs

[@maniak1768]

The Queen's estate was involved in the tax evasion scheme known from the 'Panama Papers'. Seems close enough for me.

[@jamesmartell3095]

"So you think you can France" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ultimatehawkeyefangirl]

I was expecting John to have baking ingredients thrown at him. Darn it

[@CJCregg]

See John? We did listen :)

[@anomyymi0108]

Truckloads of peace incoming!

[@shayneoneill1506]

Yep, good work french dudes. toutes nos félicitations!

[@moisemensah8233]

Shayne O'Neill merci, mon ami :) we're in this together. America won't become a dystopia. Everything will fall into place eventually.

[@ddr_drogba777]

I thank you people from the deepest portion of my heart...!!!👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏

[@TrainerAQ]

Finally a country that hasn't gone Mad!

[@yumeliagamer5223]

As a french person, I LOVED this episode.

[@sebastianrebiere9017]

Yumelia Gamer Moi aussi et on a pas "fuck up" er comme les anglophones ces derniers temps

[@RVered]

Yumelia Gamer even as a non-french speaking person, I could tell that John's French pronunciation is a crime against humanity

[@sebastianrebiere9017]

Either way he did his job to convey the message to us of not "fucking up" and he succeeded.

[@Boss_Tanaka]

Yumelia Gamer what hurt me most is we cant have such a broadcast on french tv. There would be complaints and it would be censored. À few comedians tried to host these kind of show but it was supposed to be seen and sometimes been rewritten by the Channel before it s aired. En tant que français j’ai adoré mais c’est toujours de très bonne qualité quelque soit le sujet

[@lilros3851]

Abe G N ...no?

[@lauram9740]

Five years later, history repeats itself. I'm myself French, I perfected my English listening to last week tonight, I really love the show. This episode is so necessary, unfortunately. Also, I laughed my ass off an d really needed it, so thank you! (and yes, I will go vote on Sunday to keep feeling superior and not get a populist asshole as a president 😘)

[@late8641]

Thank you for electing Macron over Le Pen! You have every justification to feel superior! Je viens de Finlande, mais j'étudie le français depuis dix ans. J'adore votre langue et votre pays. J'y ai visité deux fois déjà, et un de mes amis est français. 🇫🇮🤝🏻🇨🇵

[@jessicar3291]

Congratulations 🎉!

[@thomaslequesne5475]

@@late8641 As bad as Le Pen might have been, electing Macron shouldn't be a reason for anyone to feel pride.

[@kitster900]

@@thomaslequesne5475 Yes it should, because he's not Le Pen, you drastic moron

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

The nazi bitch keeps cutting into his lead tho. I’m scared about what’ll happen next time 😟

[@7thquark309]

That final skit was pure gold. Also, I'm now waiting for someone to throw milk at a politician, to complete the crepe !

[@alkante2962]

Or beer, for the matter!

[@nataliab5669]

Or wine

[@geograexperts1554]

Or sugar

[@juliawitecka889]

British Politician Nigel Farage had a milkshake thrown at him on a European election tour. I know it’s not exactly the same but maybe they could make it work???

[@Bahazo]

As soon as she lost I came back to watch this and it's so satisfying

[@virdaa.8094]

TheLifeOfBaha same here

[@thefeleapz4144]

Of course you'd be happy. Hmmm 😑

[@niconii9396]

The Feleapz sorry not good at following up le pin is out

[@macaronisalad3038]

less than a few days after he already got hacked by ordinary people

[@papersamurai00]

Canada only just got access to this video, and a quick google search gave this a pleasant ending.

[@charlieni645]

Leave it to John Oliver to speak french like British flavored Italian.

[@keenachabot7495]

If that doesn't get you in John Oliver's fan mail video, nothing will.

[@gateausalaire1872]

As a french,i confirm that

[@luciferheller8725]

@@gateausalaire1872 if you are, just out of curiosity, is John ACTUALLY speaking real French?

[@williamkrause5831]

@@luciferheller8725 Yes he is. Its pretty obivous, even to a Texan like me.

[@maximelepage7664]

@@luciferheller8725 and he's pretty good. Obviously not French born but still

[@mest3057]

As a French, I've found this actually very funny haha

[@Trucmuch]

As a British, I think it's hilarious

[@eliasmg9144]

As someone who is neither of those things, how the hell do you say "that weird bear" like he said, because I've been trying to look it up, but I just can't find the right word for it

[@catnip2235]

@@eliasmg9144 you mean Chewbacca?

[@eliasmg9144]

@@catnip2235 l'espace eur?!?! Je ne sais pas?!?! Comme la putain se dit????

[@arthur__lt]

As a Frenchman, this is absolute gold!

[@fidorover]

“Larry, I am your father. By the way, your idiot mother is the one who named you Larry. I wanted to name you Luke, but what the fuck do I know?” - _Darth Vader to Larry Skywalker_

[@fidorover2]

LMAO

[@P1ranh4]

fidorover Darth Vader aka Andy Skywalker

[@ded9820]

fidorover "that weird bear is right"~Tom solo

[@aabidamn]

" Mmuoaaaa!!!" -The Weird Bear.

[@pemarinchhen]

fuck...i cant breath!!!

[@ManoredRed]

John Oliver did a great job of highlighting how ridiculously overcomplicated the American election system is.

[@stevenxdavis]

Honestly not that complicated. The electoral college has the power, not the people.

[@martinhold1662]

@@stevenxdavis That may have been ok in the 18th century, but we've arrived in the 21st, so move on...

[@martinhold1662]

Was the only way to do it in the 18th and 19th century - but now in the 21st it may be time for something better...

[@stevenxdavis]

@@martinhold1662 with humanity integrating with technology, I believe the new generations are substantially more intelligent then any previous generation before. I agree we need a rework of our democratic system.

[@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724]

Trying to represent the Rural Part of the Country is the reason the result is them winning BIGLY

[@veggigoddess]

Having visited France something like 18 times, I can tell you that no American or British impersonation of a French person is ever inaccurate it's not racist, it's not a caricature, it's not exaggerated, it's literally how they talk and how they are

[@TheEnglishDutchGuys]

Is it weird that *this* video finally made me start learning French again? Yes? Good.

[@elyecemalnati]

I'm french. The last part was extremely disturbing... and surprisingly satisfying at the same time...

[@juukyuchan]

Ely Til'Mana j'avoue

[@benb9623]

But how was his french?

[@juukyuchan]

Ben B pretty good! Just a huge accent but understandable

[@elyecemalnati]

I had to look at the eng subtitles sometimes... but it was hilarious.

[@davidcoxinparis]

Not bad. And that means that I didn't need the subtitles to understand his French. It was clear that a French writer or translator helped him pen it. I was confused when he inserted (no pun intended) "fuck up" with a quasi-French "ou" sound, but then I laughed hard.

[@Dzztzt]

It worked John. They pulled through. I can't say it's because of you but it's entirely because of you.

[@moisemensah8233]

Drew Ciccotelli We pulled through, thankfully :)

[@Dzztzt]

Moise Mensah Happy to hear it.

[@moisemensah8233]

Drew Ciccotelli We're in this together

[@Dzztzt]

Moise Mensah Now more than ever.

[@moisemensah8233]

Drew Ciccotelli Exactly, brother from across the pond. On est ensemble as we say :) 👌🏿

[@lucilenever]

From France : so so so much love (and flour) (and eggs) (and some wallpaper I've just stolen).

[@thebusiness8212]

6:16 The amount of anticipation she had to dime the guy out was hilarious. Visibly leaning forward with her smug grin.

[@danielkufner9655]

I expected that to end with the tossing of flour and some eggs.

[@Rick586]

He's probably saving that for after the election when he has a rant about how doomed France, Europe, and the entire world is.

[@avedic]

I never realized John was so fluent in French. He clearly knows the language quite well. I'm learning myself....and have gotten quite far. But...John is _far_ ahead of me. Although learning second languages is pretty common for Europeans. I lived in France for 2 years as a kid, but sadly never learned the language...I still regret that. Trying to make up for it now at 30. Anyway...John's quite fluent! Nowhere near perfect, but very well articulated and pronounced!

[@refragerator]

His pronunciation wasn't "well", so I naturally assumed he just read it off the teleprompter after going through it with someone who speaks actual French two or three times before the show.

[@josefinaboschero6144]

Daniel Kufner me too

[@TheMechanic4games]

that would have been magnificent tbh

[@mimicracra6966]

I was a little bit ashamed to be French when I watched this but then I remembered that Trump was not my president and I felt great again.

[@AnimeRomancelover1]

wish I could say the same thing... *sigh*

[@aliciagreen5411]

Believe me, I didn't vote Trump and multiple times a day I'm ashamed he's our leader and embarassed to be an American.

[@nopeg5730]

I was a month too young to vote. I keep asking my dad if we can move back to Dublin where my grandma was born... because of Trump's idiocy

[@otherpill7008]

Alicia Green you are not the sole person who can decide the fate of your country.

[@lonelylenny4014]

And I'm Swiss and I just sit here

[@sirsquirrel6176]

It’s scary that this is almost the same scenario as 2022

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

Well Macron won a second term. What do you think?

[@sirsquirrel6176]

@@NisarKhan-jm1uh If we ignore the raw numbers and just focus on the event, it’s almost identical to last time.

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

@@sirsquirrel6176 I get what you are saying. I personally wanted Jean luc melenchon to win

[@gyurhanaziz7676]

"So you think you can France" hhghghggh

[@telemachin]

Jean Lassalle "is" France.

[@UbiquitousCthulhu]

"The devil works hard, but John Oliver works harder"

[@fjlkagudpgo4884]

amen to that

[@completem3ss]

Preach

[@jarivessonen6247]

The Adventures of Larry Skywalker & That Weird Bear needs to be the next animated series. Make it happen, Disney!

[@nekdonikde5317]

It's even funnier the second time.

[@catlaw1997]

Lmao! I have never heard French spoken with a German accent before. Nicely done!

[@vonhaig]

The French have a thing for baking goods and politicians. One of my French friends can't go home because he's technically still wanted for throwing eggs at Sarkozy.

[@Tamaki742]

Wow, that guy isn't even a pres for a long time.

[@dattebayo155]

Larry Skywalker and the weird bear really did it! Vive la france!

[@jchandler6003]

Just saying that throwing flour and eggs at each is a really normal thing in France among teens, I had no idea it was weird until now lmao

[@fallout560]

...And we're back

[@garyking5036]

Just like the Five Musketeers !

[@Xurahn]

"No one wants your wallpaper, you catastrophically weird person" I love you, John.

[@TheHadMatters]

Does anyone know if that's a weak translation of a French expression?

[@maths5789]

@@TheHadMatters it's not, she's just catastrophically weird indeed

[@cthulucoon]

@@TheHadMatters She was comparing an apartment with the country. Classical racist fear of imposing Islam and stealing social aid.

[@ComradeHellas]

lmao

[@Caramoule]

@@cthulucoon islam is not à race Islam is an ideology like fascism or communism

[@chriswestergaard4506]

Who's watching this now after the election results?

[@wce4eva843]

Me.

[@KeithBarnesLife]

Me

[@liamcdm3689]

Chris Westergaard Me. I liked Le Pen (because of economic and immigration reasons), but I also have a sense of humor, so I laughed quite a bit.

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

10% unemployment is a good start, but... when will the other 90% get to be happy? :)

[@istokbudic7130]

Ha ha!

[@Tohkar]

Doing my best right now to get the numbers up !

[@rosepicquenard6433]

I've never seen so many french stereotypes reunited in one single show: AMAZING.

[@Dragunov212]

France: *THE ONLY BAGUETTE I LIKE IS THE ONE WHO CAN PIERCE AN ENGLISH MANS THROAT!*

[@heiwiik8744]

yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724]

I will never know why Americans think you guys just give up. If anything France takes the Blitzkrieg Straight on to the face.

[@desireeochoa1354]

lmfao. I read that in a Scottish accent .

[@desireeochoa1354]

@@H-to-O lol. yup, one of my favorites. the "no thanks" commercial mom had me laughing and cringing

[@kiotw1243]

thats what it sounds like when they try to speak our language ^^

[@doraesmephi9182]

That moment when John Oliver mentions Cheminade but not Benoit Hamon...

[@GlorWolf]

RIP Benoit Hamon

[@stardust_sonic]

Dora Esmephi Well, the socialist party has lost anyway no matter who's running for the party. After all, it's the party of François Hollande, so, yeah. We don't want the socialist party back.

[@OdyMilani]

Dora Esmephi 💚💚❤ *I like* 💚💚❤

[@Atriiid]

We don't want the socialist party back but still Macron is at the top of the polls... and Emmanuel Macron is the legitimate successor of our president François Hollande since he was his economic minister and since Benoit Hamont was an opponent to François Hollande's policy.

[@julianlineo9559]

Ася Николаева yo

[@v_loves_books]

THIS IS HILARIOUS ON SO MANY LEVELS BECAUSE I AM FRENCH

[@jajai6377]

The thing about the wallpaper was badly translated, she didn't say "they're going to remove your wallpaper" but rather "they're going to change your wallpaper" which I think is a metaphor about migrants changing the political and ideological landscape of a country when they live in it.

[@jajai6377]

@Flekk Bone Gnawer no... it's definitely not. You may not agree with it but it does make much more sense than "people stealing your wallpaper"

[@someonenothere8818]

But that's such a weird metaphor to use still lol. That was why it sounded so off.

[@eliasmg9144]

Well if you put it that way

[@alexandrezani]

To be honest, even the inaccurate translation said "removed", not "steal", so even with the translation it sounds like she's talking about said people redecorating your house, not running away with the wallpaper. She's still a horrible piece of garbage.

[@anndevries8267]

Even so still a monumentally stupid metaphore to use

[@jibee1633]

It really pisses me off that people forget what the EU was created for. It was essentially a pact to ensure European stability after two World Wars, and people now discard for no other reason than egoism and blind fear. People are so quick to forget what happened merely 70 years ago, and we wonder why history repeats himself...

[@JDS141NZ]

I'm not so sure they have forgotten, maybe they are more concerned with the current situation. Seeing what the EU started as and what it has become I don't know if I can blame them.

[@P1ranh4]

Jibee yeah, it's worrying. Unfortunately the EU has gone a lot further in the past decades and it's no longer just a small pact, it's a long set of rules, laws and regulations which don't always go well with the laws and ways of each individual country.

[@allo4724]

everyone talks shit about africa but people forget the crusades but not just 1 but 2 world wars happened in Europe because they hated each other

[@Enryaa]

Jibee People are not that stupid. A lot of us are all for peace and beautiful fraternity ideals, but horrified by the neoliberal policies and impossibility to make democratic economic decisions within the EU because of super strict and unfair monetary treaties. Surprise, all anti EU are not stupid xenophobic people. A lot of us are people with a left political sensitivity and a great love for the European ideal. We simply can't stand seeing it being turned in the current neoliberal monstruosity that it is now. Seriously, get educated on the question before spreading clichés like this.

[@Enryaa]

Thinking that the Eu in its current antidemocratic, hypercompetitive state is the only way to collaborate peacefully between Europeans: that is was is highly dangerous.

[@971djem]

Ok ! Just for you I will lift my ass off the couch to go vote next sunday^^

[@JeeeeeZ289]

D Mars why wouldnt u

[@MrLiquidxIce]

D Mars so who gets the vote ?

[@971djem]

Don't you find it hard to move out off the couch a sunday when you had a full stressful week and just want to lay there doing nothing ? (but then remember it's election time and you actually have to go because we could end up with a possible DT on our head.....)

[@971djem]

Either Melanchon or Hamon get the vote.....

[@impgala]

hamon sounds reasonable

[@tabledespiongaming302]

I really want him to make a sequel to this episode, every election in France is funny

as a french, i absolutely loved Jon Oliver take on our election

[@PaulZink]

Oliver's ending as a black and white French "Nouvelle Vague" film was perfect, right down to the closing credits in French. So perfect, it seems the French voters took his advice!

[@LexiLSify]

Except if you take a look at what Macron is doing, it's still not that great, maybe people should have voted differently in the first round.

[@elijahruby4540]

LexiLSify Melonchon is a good guy

[@creamcity1893]

Elijah Ruby he does seem like a honest soul...i get good vibes too

well... Macron isn't really better than LePen, they're both terrible... we're all in deep shit

[@winterain17]

Both are toxic but at least Macron isn't as racist and homophobic as Le Pen

[@EvilBigMad]

We carry backing ingredients for our politicians because we don't have any guns

[@Avrysatos]

StudioPlacard we didn't shoot our political candidates in the us....recently anyway. but I have to admit the flour is inspired. it's a pain to get out of your clothes and hair

[@EvilBigMad]

too bad, they obviously deserve it :(

[@SeraphimRoad]

I always thought it was Antrax in powder form or atleast rat poison

[@royalradish9412]

Baking ingredients*

[@owenmcculloch3285]

StudioPlacard pocket flour!

[@Zboubou]

I miss my weekly dose of John Oliver to make this grim world a funnier one. Hopefully he'll do a piece about the upcoming French elections, this piece was absolutely golden!

[@laofoto]

5 years later, here we go again 😂

[@xylophone897]

"French Brexit" Brexit is a word now

[@pflavie9360]

xylophone yep, welcome to the XXIst century

[@orihimebleach18]

a word created by a French man by the way x) it's very ironic

[@LaurisStephani]

it's actually called Frexit.

[@gregunverzagt7791]

Изабелла Ковалёва t

[@Dragonsongz1]

DAMN. GOT HERE TOO LATE. I was gonna call it the Frexit ;w; Can't wait for the Sprexit tho

[@sameershahzad293]

That star wars reference at the end, "help us france your our only hope" is golden

[@frederikrollmann]

That and the Amelie-like outro. Awesome little references.

[@user-en7dx1qp3k]

Ah shit, here we go again

[@Oumegi]

This aged well.

[@jajajajaja34932]

I'm French, and although this was a vague summary of what is actually happenning right now here, i got to say, that lovely british accent of yours was surprisingly pleasant to hear. For an english guy, you manage to speak french without spitting too much on your wine! Keep the good work Jean Olivier, and don't worry for us, we are way too french to elect a castrating old witch at office.

[@Basementjacks]

There is still hope! (Edit): i'm very glad to see the replies are all positive and in unity! :')

[@30adka]

USA didnt elect a castrating old witch also. That's why Trump win

[@walruspanda8768]

I find that this segment didn't talk enough about Melenchon who is as much of a threat as Le Pen

[@smac919]

lol Jean Olivier.

[@rjfaber1991]

May the French people take more inspiration from the Dutch election than the US one, and leave the candidates opposed to the very ideas of liberté, egalité and fraternité well out of positions of power. Vive la France!

[@caterinadenice4402]

I'm French and I literally almost laughed to death at this video! Thank you so much, Larry Oliver! You are the best!

[@loneranger718]

+Brice Denice Who's Larry?

[@Andre.felipe84]

I'm not French and I hope you support Le Pen. :)

[@goblin2bis707]

i am french and i am not supporting Nazis and Fascists friend as Le Pen, also a Putin's puppet as Trump. French is better than this as the USA

[@nesa1126]

Vote for Le Pen for shit and giggles. Show em that France can fuck up even more.

[@Alexroux78]

nobody cares you're all french, dudes !

[@GiveMeFive-GMF]

Last Week Tonight is one of the most important shows on TV right now, without question!

[@vijayanchomatil8413]

"So you think you can FRANCE?" That would be the perfect name for a show where PROUD French can compete! nice!

[@learnenglishwithjojo]

LastWeekTonight please turn on the option for us to add French subtitles so French people who don't speak English well can watch this video and not just the end!

[@TheWindowsPCVidsOfficial]

+

[@warstoneszlatcha2921]

LEARN ENGLISH WITH JOJO t'inquiète on comprend

[@matthias5203]

LEARN ENGLISH WITH JOJO Des français ?

[@SketchAndEtch]

Here's a more permanent solution: learn basic english like rest of the world.

[@falcau9089]

LEARN ENGLISH WITH JOJO YES ! I'm French viewer and i want understand more of what think american or english people about French politic ! :) (sorry , i speak english quiet well)

[@niamhoneill595]

I thought he would get flour thrown at him in the end.

[@flamingiceclone]

Yeah I feel cheated that he didn't

[@ColonelPeppers]

And that is how you win an Emmy.

[@Canada1994]

Well it appears that it will be Macron and Le Pen in the second round again in the next French Election in 2022 so John just needs to do is slightly alter the script he used for this one and he's good to go.

[@dirrdevil]

She might win. Centrism and neoliberalism are the gateways to extreme conservative fascism. Obama and the Clintons paved the way for Trump and Macron could be the red carpet for Le Pen. Shows like this should stop idolizing "centrist bankers" as ideal politicians.

[@Canada1994]

@@dirrdevil Have you seen the latest polls? Macron now has a 31% to 23% lead in the first round and the second round polling went from 53-47 to 60-40 in the span of 2-4 weeks. Besides it works the other way. Brexit has increased the support for Northern Ireland to join the Republic of Ireland from 13% in 2015 to 35-43 and a 9% Sien Fein lead for next year's Northern Ireland Assembly election. Also the Scottish Independence polls show a 45% leave to 48% stay. The 2014 referendum was 45-55

[@TheLily97232]

Not if people do not vote witg their brain in their ass it won't

[@the8thgemmer467]

In the regional elections it was LR PS though.

[@reinerbraun5859]

It was true back six month ago but nowadays doing anything about the french elections without talking about the incredibly fast rise of Eric Zemmour would be pretty inaccurate

[@ijustfelldown]

That one time a nation actually listened to John Oliver for the better. Edit: Not liking how this aged.

[@bobjoe109]

I Just Fell Down Canada listened and elected Justin Trudeau instead of that other guy

yeah... well Macron isn't really better than LePen sadly... both are horrible :( we failed in the first round and now Macron is killing us

[@khm8910]

So I guess it was really like when we elected trump

[@benmohatun]

Yeah I don't know it was a pretty close call though...

[@alexiaNBC]

Well, Scotland listened when it threatened secession the first time and John begged them not to do it. And then there was John and Michael Myers telling Canadians not to vote for Stephen Harper

How did someone pass up the opportunity to hit Macron with a macaron?!

[@alex180111]

Well we french don't really think the two words sound the same ^^

[@misakruspe22]

because you don't waste macarons for that. macarons are delicious and frickin' expensive dude

[@LePICTOCUBE]

Flash si je me suis déjà fait la réflexion ^^

[@Anatsuii]

dude, Macarons are too good to be thrown at this guy, he doesn't deserve a Macaron He deserve a nasty old egg that will ruin his 10 000$ suits his wife paid him

[@paupey7594]

Yeah, it sounds more like "maquereau" (French for "mackerel", but we also use this word to mean "a pimp" for some reason) ^^

[@jannagriffith5101]

John Oliver speaking French was the wholesome content I never knew I needed

[@hakimhayashi]

As an immigrant in France, now in 2024, I’m getting more and more terrifying being non white in this frothing country

[@lolthestupid]

"L' Angleterre et Les Etats-Unis en fucked up!" Best line ever said by John Oliver.

[@ComradeHellas]

Second that!

[@lt8566]

"L' Angleterre et les Etats-Unis ONT fucked up" and not " en fucked up" XD (yes i'm french).

[@lolthestupid]

@@lt8566 ffffff yeah I was wondering how long it would last before someone inevitablement corrects me.

[@Dreigonix]

FOOKED OOP

[@TheLily97232]

Well.... let's see how much we will fuck up that time

[@yurikana]

Le Pen: "Would you accept 12 illegal immigrants moving into your flat?" Me: "I wouldn't accept 12 anyone moving into my flat."

[@loonachan]

It only takes one... to steal your wallpaper.

[@alexiaNBC]

That must be a really strange illegal to want to steal wallpaper

[@Sunny-wz5yg]

A Concerned Citizen i

[@jim7601]

A Concerned Citizen kinda her point wasn't it ?

[@psantosd1]

False equivalence is false

[@diego-jw7jz]

He we are go again

[@eduardososa843]

3:18, 6:12, 8:44 Baking assault

[@moptisevare183]

Very good account of French politics. Shows me how well this show researches their material. He also used the stereotypes in a smart way, I laughed at each and every one of them.

[@pierrealexandre1105]

Renaud Chomette oui et non, je trouve que traduire « changer le papier-peint » en « voler le papier-peint » est un poil malhonnête J’aime beaucoup cette émission mais c’est souvent qu’ils font ce genre de choses

[@FlowziMowzi]

@@pierrealexandre1105 mouais, mais au final c'est un peu la même chose nan?

[@flodzz]

@@FlowziMowzije suis heureux de constater que je ne suis pas le seul à avoir ce genre de vidéo en recommendation 3 ans après

[@justsomeone1757]

pierre alexandre boul bon voila un autre qui s’intéresse un peu trop au papier peint. Ça va la France?

[@Caramoule]

@@justsomeone1757 c'est une métaphore en fait pour désigner la transformation culturelle du pays mais si vous êtes trop con pour comprendre une métaphore deux possibilités Où vous avez fait des études non littéraires et oublier les acquis du collège Où vous êtes con

[@jdrancho1864]

Damn - it wasn't until we got to Hollande before I realized we are looking at footage from four years ago. Plus ca change ..

[@daytonpilot]

Same

[@ktfilms89]

I wanna get a team together to go steal Le Pens wallpaper.

[@mathildebeuscher2970]

Are you kidding me, that hologram was freaking cool 😀

[@lllfff3628]

I'm a German Person, but all Ihre can say: Vive la Fránce! Long live the German-French friendship! Long live a united, tolerant and peaceful Europe!

[@victorfranfrankrike6126]

💕

[@hieronyma_]

Nein.

[@Widdekuu91]

+lll fff Not to be mean, but I think the French and Germans hate each other more than the British and Germans/French. And those hate each other a lot.

[@victorfranfrankrike6126]

Widdekuu91 you are totally wrong , we close to each other .In my school, almost everyone have a german friend, I have a lot of german friends and I had german girlfriends. Then you can't say that... and actually, this year , I understood that it was easier to be friend with a german guy (when u are french ) than with a Dutch , danish and so on ( PS : I really love dutch and Danish people , don't worry ahah )

[@AXEUROLder]

Yeah, Europe won't live long being tolerant to everyone, including people who keep plowing through crowds on trucks.

[@brucifer2332]

I can't wait for him to cover round two of the French elections between Macron and La Pen.

[@brandonayong5823]

I actually find the French voting system way more logical than the US one

[@yannicklucas1836]

It's a democratic one, which US one isn't. Trump was elected while having less votes than Clinton...

[@weegeedabaldy]

It is not perfect, however. We are pushed to make strategic votes to avoid the election of people who seem dangerous to us (and it is people like Macron who always take advantage of it) In France, many of us would like to see a "ranking" vote, for example.

[@NisarKhan-jm1uh]

@@weegeedabaldy a ranked choice vote system would be a lot better and more democratic than the first past the post system that alot of countries have

[@M42-Orion-Nebula]

@@weegeedabaldy Single Transferable Vote?

[@M42-Orion-Nebula]

@@weegeedabaldy Here is a good explaination video by CGP Grey. kzbin.info/www/bejne/omm7gI2AoNStnKs

[@tancredeadnot5276]

I work at the French Parliament a'd everytime I come and shake hand with Jean Lassale I think about the "So you think you can France" ^^ But for real, he's a really nice person :) on the other hand, Marine Le Pen hasn:t done much work... she does not even read the bills we debate on and mostly make political postures instead of arguing over the technical sides of the bills... when she's here (which is another problem...)

[@XX2Media]

Has Marine Le Pen been like this since before her election loss as well? Seems to me that if she's this type of person in general, France and her people do not need a rambling, absentee leader. I may only be a Texan (doesn't seem like much, but I'm a proud one) yet these stories interest me greatly.

[@tancredeadnot5276]

@@XX2Media she was a member of the European Parliament before and has been condemned for misuse of public and parliamentary funds. She also made false hirings and her voting record isn't very much proving q high level of presence. To be honest, I saw her last week but that was like... the first time for a while.

[@tancredeadnot5276]

@@XX2Media it is commonly accepted that, even though she makes terrific scores at the elections, she hasn't much knowledge regarding central topics, especially economics.

[@XX2Media]

@@tancredeadnot5276 My goodness! Then she is every bit of what I heard about her before I even saw this John Oliver episode. My local press has run a story or two about the French elections at the time and Le Pen scared a few people. Then I saw this show and your comments to make my own opinion: Marine Le Pen is a psychopath...

[@XX2Media]

@@tancredeadnot5276 As for Mr. Lassalle, he does seem like a genuine person who fought for his constituents. I know nothing of his politics but those kinds of ads would certainly strike quite a few American voters' minds, in my opinion.