S1 E4: GM, Protests in Turkey & Gay Nintendo: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

[@TNTkeynine]

Full respect to the team behind this show for releasing all their old episodes. Screw Max for hiding all the older ones.

[@mouselemurbutt]

for real... absolutely drives me crazy that max only keeps up the current season and the one previous. they've got every season of pretty much every other show as far as I can tell. wtf. it makes no sense.

[@ichijofestival2576]

From what I read years ago, it is (was?) a licensing issue with the cable companies. Contractually, they *couldn't* provide the full catalog.

[@DrakiniteOfficial]

@TNTkeynine IMO, we should be giving credit and thanks to HBO/Max for _allowing_ them to upload the old episodes on KZbin for free.

[@glenjennett]

All the old episodes have always been available on KZbin.

[@TNTkeynine]

@@glenjennett not in full and uncensored

[@Roms220-PH]

Man season 1 is fucking wild

[@Kaealt]

Real

[@Goblin_Wizard]

kinda love the format

[@HypocritesExposd]

And still relevant

[@nwsportstilidie]

@@Goblin_Wizard Even the occasional guest

[@Goblin_Wizard]

@@nwsportstilidie yea miss that

[@johnchessant3012]

S1 E4 (aired May 18, 2014)

[@leokeatonn]

Thank you for dating all these episodes!

[@Goblin_Wizard]

you are the goat

[@annapintor2648]

I can’t believe this was only 10 years ago. Poor JO has aged so much 😂

[@joshuacook5894]

“It’s not TV. It’s appallingly negative.” Is the truest tag line for the show

[@verify43]

It is absolutely awesome that they're posting the entire show for free. One suggestion, can you put the original air date in the description?

[@uniraffesaur]

This episode aired May 18, 2014. It is now May of 2024. Happy 20 years since the beginning of legal gay marriage in the US 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

[@uniraffesaur]

There are adults alive today who never lived in a United States where gay marriage was fully illegal

[@EE-gv9wt]

Watching fareed zakaria call the modi regime exciting and describing it in economic terms instead of the raging hindu nationalism it bore was painful

[@Olhado256]

That was genuinely hard to watch

[@Snow_Fire_Flame]

The BJP had held power before under Vajpayee, but didn't go as all-out into Hindu nationalism. It wasn't unreasonable to think that Modi might have done something similar after taking office... even if that didn't happen.

[@noldo3837]

I was shocked, and I will never see mr. Zakaria same again. Sad.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Oooh, if past John Oliver thinks GM is bad should we warn him about Boeing? 🤔

[@tannerdavisr]

Nah he gets to find out like the rest of us

[@marinavianna8754]

His Morrissey impression was perfect

[@Sneaker3719]

Man, that commentary on Mohdi did NOT age well.

[@petecroker]

I opened comments to write exactly the same thing!! Goes to show how hindsight makes things so, so different to how they once might have appeared.

[@ACKZink]

​@@petecrokersame lmfao

[@sigma682]

Pretty sure Nintendo will sue them for this 10 year old episode 😂

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

You'd be very surprised at what Nintendo deems OK and not OK, like there are entire sites dedicated solely to Pokemon and Mario romhacking and they've more or less left those alone. Not saying id put it past them though.

[@draxthemsklonst]

​@@EnigmaticGentleman Oddly, that makes me like Nintendo more.

[@Viviorkogaming]

They didn’t last time and they did make those changes

[@alalalala57]

@@draxthemsklonst Don't make that mistake.

[@saxor96]

​@@draxthemsklonstThe only reason they haven't been taken down is because they haven't reached Nintendo's awareness yet. They've taken down some of those websites only because they got too famous due to hosting a rom hack so popular it reached mainstream media as 'better than the official games'

[@Izandaia]

I don't think he ever released that worse photo. #ReleaseTheWorsePhotoJohn

[@Deltaxion]

I wouldn't have thought such an iconic picture of John would appear so soon!

[@sonicallys_corner]

10 years late and we're still waiting for Tomadachi Life 2 with queer relationships in it. I hope it happens mostly so I can marry Wally Darling at least in a game.

[@maddie5412]

Wait really that's actually insane

[@PretendingToBeAHuman]

Yeah, Nintendo promised to do better…. and then hasn't made another first-party game with marriage it since. -_-

[@RigB0n3]

@@PretendingToBeAHumanImagine they're like "Yeah totally! We'll make a game where u can be gay. *guys scrap it SCRAP IT*"

[@Visible-to-anyone-on-YouTube]

miitopia has same-sex relationships, i guess

[@273hammer]

It was crazy that they said “it’s already out so we can’t change it” lol

[@mess4success]

I'm so thrilled these episodes are available to everyone now. Such a great show

[@thetay24]

You need to put the original air date for these

[@kisaragi-hiu]

As a workaround, the list of dates for each episode can be found on Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Last_Week_Tonight_with_John_Oliver_episodes though I agree including it would've been even nicer.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

5.18.14

[@maryrosekent8223]

I’m glad I saw your post-I was about to leave a comment to John about dying his hair.

[@moogle68]

NO. They gave you the season and episode number, which is all you need. It is painfully easy to Google that info, because it is obviously on Wikipedia, which will have the release date of every episode and more. This is not hard to understand, and in 2024, you should definitely be technologically literate enough to know how to google search a season#+episode#

[@dianeegan]

The entire first season of Last Week Tonight? Did I die and go to Heaven?

[@bloodyneptune]

I love that they knew how the audience would react to that Donkey Kong funeral and had the respawn clip ready

[@andtails]

Imagine dropping an entire first season of Last Week Tonight almost completely out of the blue. Can't be me.

[@marshallfaulk6144]

Lol

[@Viviorkogaming]

They announced it a week or so ago.

[@akamba12]

Why are they doing this?

[@WBSlashH]

@@akamba12I believe season 1 isnt readily available everywhere or on max. This is a way or marketing and getting people interested. They are also very old episodes.

[@orangemoon9634]

​​@@akamba12To archive the show for the general public.

[@mariomalacara6916]

Why does Bowser have a mustache? Also, why does it work?

[@tannerdavisr]

Just channeling his inner Mario

[@mariomalacara6916]

@@tannerdavisr but that's me! No one wants that.

[@Ehaeka]

Did they.... Straight up make softcore Link x Mario amd Zelda x Peach hentai??

[@DRH1302]

Yeah they did I smell lawsuit by Nintendo

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

@@DRH1302 Tbh what Nintendo deems OK and not OK is almost totally random, like there are entire sites dedicated to Pokemon and Mario romhacks and they've mostly left them alone.

[@Viviorkogaming]

@@DRH1302, they paid for the rights.

[@Viviorkogaming]

@@EnigmaticGentleman HBO paid for the rights. So it’s ok. When you don’t pay for the rights and you’re making money off it, you get sued. It’s pretty simple.

[@alalalala57]

@@Viviorkogaming Lmao, they paid the rights for hentai. Does that mean this is official?

[@chiangweytan5937]

The Modi election aged REALLY well....it turned into vinegar

[@EnigmaticGentleman]

And Nintendo was so scared of controversy (the political type everything else is fine) they haven't made another Tomadachi Life since. And mind you it sold 7 million copies, not exactly a financial thing

[@tomboy2980]

I'm happy all the S1 episodes have been uploaded but especially about this one, since as far as I can tell, this is the only (or one of the only) episodes where the entirety of the main segment was never uploaded to youtube before now. They've had their fake GM commercial up since 2014, but not the context proceeding it, so I've spent the last several years wondering what the context was lol. It's nice to finally get the full picture behind those jokes

[@musicauthority674]

Fareed Zakaria's statement about Murika is absolutely spot on.

[@tee_es_bee]

Thank you for releasing the entire first season from a current HBO subscriber! 🧡💛🧡

[@jamessolis1660]

The whole first season awesome

[@LoboWolfMan]

This program never fails to make me a smarter person. Thank you, John Oliver.

[@jkinz12345]

This might be the best surprise I’ve gotten in a long time. Crazy how well most of these hold up

[@linezb-t9390]

Scary crazy 🫣

[@PAcifisti]

The "now this" holds up like fine milk. Calling Chronic Fatigue Syndrome day as a bullshit national day is tacky as hell. Shows how important the day is that they didn't even bother to check out the illness that 1% of the population suffers from and still to this day most people don't know anything about. Not to mention has no cure nor even working medicine to alleviate the symptoms with.

[@sarahsims5607]

Two thoughts on the GM banned words. 1. I can't believe he didn't read "genocide". 2. Some of those are very much engineering words, not "judggmental". Like critical and SAFETY... Bonus thought: why are some words capitalized?

[@TheTenthDoctorandHisTardis]

The interview about Modi did not age well. 😂

[@RotatingPlatypus]

Watching all of these older videos is insane to me. We only had gay marriage in 17 states in 2014? Progress seems to move so absurdly slow.

[@Brian-bd5vb]

It was made legal in all 50 states a year later in 2015 by a Supreme Court decision. ...which means we are one new Supreme Court decision away from it being back down to 17...

[@bailbondsyesbailbonds]

It went from less than half to full equality in less than two years

[@benlarson8015]

@@bailbondsyesbailbondsbecause of a supreme court decision, it’s not like all those backwards states suddenly became enlightened

[@deathstinger13]

@@bailbondsyesbailbonds only by supreme court ruling. So with our current one, it can be taken away at any time

[@franknedobity2757]

Big daddy knows the revenue generated from KZbin and thank you for releasing these in their full glory of all of us to watch.

[@matrixphijr]

15:46 - I love how they left the 'Whichever comes first' from the actual ad at the bottom 🤣

[@NickFrustration]

i love how john anticipated the crowd would be sad to see bowser bury his apparent lover donkey kong and told the animation team: "whip up a charming first date and a restart sound, trust me on this one"

[@victoralves4908]

"Why walk through the valley the shadow of death when you can drive" is amazingly funny

[@renedekker9806]

It would be great if you could mention the original broadcast-date in the description of these re-released videos.

[@an0idiot0of0use]

Thank you for posting all these episodes. This is one of my favorite shows of all time because of how funny and depressing it is!

[@Jenifer_R_]

You have to slow down the chaos to see a great GoT joke at 23:51

[@godspellflowerfr5991]

16:45 I was not expecting such an on point Morrissey impression lmaooo

[@elainebelzDetroit]

The GM story - this is why as a Detroiter I refer to the time I went for psych intake to the hospital where I was born as my "recall."

[@Paraster]

Ah, so this is how Pearl and Marina happened

[@Sevenpuddingsx]

So cool these are being uploaded! The full episodes have always been posted to KZbin by third parties but immediately taken down, I'm grateful they're here

[@mstegosaurus]

Okay but that "embarrassing" picture of John is adorkable.

[@Kosainecm]

Loved this one

[@samanthachia1491]

It's been so long, I forgot there's even actual guest segments

[@alexlennon7549]

That peach zelda scene was wild 😂

[@danielx1224]

"Rolling sarcophagus" 😂😂😂

[@alejandracartwright8923]

No wonder John’s hair was still black: he didn’t have any children back then

[@PedroSardini]

Realizing Tomodachi Life is a decade old made my back hurt.

[@Onigirli]

The GM segment is really funny, all the car crash metaphors John keeps coming up with lol

[@lordpunriq]

The fact they had that bowser and dk set ready, props to the person who made it and the person that thought of it

[@kylewhiteman]

6:02 …. Yup

[@DaVinci112358]

❤❤❤

[@StarsAndAngels]

How did I forget about the gm recall 😊

[@kleine.kleeblatt]

Wait what do you mean people were making jokes about Blockbuster a decade ago?

[@melissavargas8040]

Lost it at the Zelda treasure chest opening not noise

[@DaVinci112358]

Did Christopher Nolan upload these episodes? Its impossible to watch them chronologically

[@DaVinci112358]

That being said I'm extremely grateful

[@MysteryMii]

There’s a playlist now

[@DaVinci112358]

@@MysteryMii niiiice

[@ch1m3r4c0mpl3x]

Franchising the American Dream is literally the American Dream.

[@p-husky14]

The Nintendo animations were hilarious

[@QuarterCoyote]

They should do more updates on past stories, especially since they're over 10 years old now.

[@DavidArias2]

I totally forgot he did guests early on in the show's format lol

[@rothloaf1980]

Solid Morrisey impression, Mr Oliver.

[@tiptoeurchin]

My nickname from high school was toad, that relationship with yoshi is the best ive ever had

[@seankelly1291]

The least we can do is call it "National Personal Floatation Device Day". Instead of life jacket day.

[@Imaginita]

I think the up-up-down-down-be-gay-be-gay-start joke is what made me love this show, and beg my dad to keep our HBO subscription even after GoT ended.

[@grumpyAF]

Please post the full interviews as well

[@Onigirli]

Yeah where is that? Why is that not just attached to this 'full' episode? (I'm really not complaining, I'm plenty happy about getting this much)

[@ellafunt]

well, he put his Mutually Assured Humiliation on the internet forever, again

[@Armakk]

Since it's "Last Week/Year/Decade" and not the same "Tonight" it'd be great if these eps could get an air date in the info.

[@gailpeck9748]

I love John Oliver

[@tannerdavisr]

How did I not know that there was more than the main story on this show? lol

[@liliflower1376]

Oh hey my dad had an ion back then, what a throwback i remember this

[@tastemountains6704]

How come he’s just uploading old episodes? This is nice haha thank u 😘

[@Onigirli]

He did mention New Business Daddy being so mad at them, so maybe that has something to do with this lol

[@racool911]

Crazy Modi has been in charge of India for half my life lmao

[@aestevalis0]

Happy Beltane, everybody.

[@NateWild]

That Nintendo animation still baffles me haha, that shit belongs in 2007 KZbin, not on 2014 television

[@Onigirli]

I like it though

[@fcbahamutzero]

OMG! I thought this episode was lost! didn't GM try to sue them? also, did nintendo ever go after them!?

[@ToddBlackToddTalk]

The GM recall situation is almost hilarious in the context of what's going on with Tesla right now.

[@dannymoneywell]

"We don't want subsidies" Said no business owner/board/CEO ever.

[@RoosterXCogburn]

That interview about Modi didn’t age well

[@ElevatorLasagna]

Came here to say exactly this. The only thing that’s aged well about the Modi news is Fareed’s horrifying analogies 💀

[@MrJamisan601]

Yeah, I was wondering if anyone else noticed that. Nothing wrong with being optimistic, but if only they knew.

[@jordanlewis4983]

26:40 “If Chelsea Clinton’s fetus had a baby…” “Oh my god! Does it have to be that?!” Holy crap that was funny

[@nikandthepartz]

The shame segment 😭😂

[@alexmccaleb2152]

Indian Election Coverage sponsored by Adderall. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@u3u_o3o]

29:18 show us the picture john

[@Rabcup]

They had GUESTS?!

[@grime-ndofficial9894]

Every time I play one of these it freezes my app

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

"is this more exciting or horrifying" well. as it turns out.

[@evaphy]

10 years late, but try Taiwan TV covering election lol I bet we are looking good on the championship of craziness lol

[@Unalochy]

Im binging these in release order, and im not sure if the team put them in the wrong order is a deliberate troll move on all of us 😂

[@denverarnold6210]

They did not; the playlist is in order.

[@unnaturalredhead1559]

Ride your bike to work day followed shortly thereafter by chronic fatigue day is something…

[@Ro-gelio]

If I could heart this I would! And here I drive a Cruze…😅 Thanks a lot sir!

[@kristenthomas8555]

GOLD!

[@mxandrew]

john looks so innocent

[@DMBLaan]

It's funny, Nintendo didn't really do a great job following up on that promise much. Tomodatchi Life never got updates or squeals, and most Nintendo first party games with romance since, like Fire Emblem, have little to no representation. And before you cry out about 3 Houses, only the Player character can be in a confirmed gay relationship. The others are strongly suggested, but never said to be officially in a romantic same sex relationship. Also in fairness, a lot of the Fire Emblem relationships have bigger problems than if their same sex.

[@Imhexed]

If only for the Morrissey impression, 👍

[@iyeetsecurity922]

*_Incoming Nintendo Ninjas!_*

[@trisageonamoux9100]

When you wanna know what went wrong... What hapoened to modern civilization... Come watch this.

[@denverarnold6210]

Alternate title for the show

[@elaineb7065]

JO: makes Rwanda joke Me: God don't even start me!!! (in UK in 2024 so...)

[@Goblin_Wizard]

GM should have been shut down. If only we live in a good world.

[@SAJe_53]

Sure enough. Top search result for "Brian Sullivan naked bicycle squirrel."

[@tuckerbowen4626]

remember how we all acted like the Spanish guy with the debts from 1998 was an idiot for calling attention to himself, and then after a week we had all completely forgotten that it ever even happened?