S1 E6: FIFA, Syria & Tiananmen Square: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

[@ethanganes9266]

Little does S1 John know how his relationship with horses would develop

[@Viceroy_Sundercles_III]

And rat erotica.

[@lady0ftheunderground]

😭😭

[@jaymiller5669]

More than S1 John could possibly know!

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

was just thinking that XD

[@viviansytsui]

How far we've come xD

[@ultimatehawkeyefangirl]

Man, how the tone of “Fuck that horse!” has changed in this show!

[@tomokolovecraft3792]

John went from Fuck That Horse >:[ to Fuck That Horse ;3

[@publicuser2534]

That horse love though 😂

[@JuanPerez-cs1gx]

🤣 Season 1 -> Figuratively Current season -> Literally

[@mythos2490]

Well In all fairness. He hadn’t met the ahal-teke yet

[@Rowsy91]

Yeah its a bit much at this point lol

[@Izandaia]

Ah, the first time they spent a silly amount of money on a gag. History in the making.

[@0Clewi0]

I wonder how weird it was, before this was a known thing, to receive the email explaining what they wanted to do.

[@LianteakaLia]

I was just thinking exactly that as I saw that. :D And it didn't take long did it? Episode 6, season 1.

[@ZT1ST]

@@0Clewi0 What's the over/under that the email chain was where John Oliver developed his desire to joke about people not knowing *where* a country they were talking about was situated?

[@ZT1ST]

@@0Clewi0 On the other hand, it does also make me wonder how much convincing they needed to get the musicians on board.

[@0Clewi0]

@@ZT1ST musicians likely are one of the easiest one to get on board, at least when it comes to politicians like another video about campaign trail music.

[@iamscythed]

From an exiled Syrian whom lost everything and almost everyone: I know it's the least you could do, thank you for it.

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

Hope you're rebuilding your life in peace and love. ❤

[@AIHumanEquality]

I hate to break this to you but the chemical attacks were false flags done by agents posing as aid workers. Even BBC eventually had to admit that from the evidence found.

[@AIHumanEquality]

Even BBC reluctantly admitted that Russia was actually aiding Syrian people by providing supplies and helping rebuild Syria. This old coverage aged like milk.

[@eesachariwala2145]

@@AIHumanEqualitynot looking for an argument but Russia propped up the Assad regime and helped crush the rebellion - they did not help syria by propping up a dictator who launched chemical weapons in his own people

[@forgiveman]

This episode shows how much we have lost when we were not able to see the complete show. The song at the end was chef's kiss.

[@TheDriedfrogpills]

I love that even in the first season, the lengths John and his crew was willing to go has remained consistently beautiful. Thank you all

[@milkgrapes6420]

You know. I was thinking of pirating episodes for LWT. Turns out I don't need to anymore. Thank you HBO and John Oliver. This is how you destroy piracy

[@sujimtangerines]

Literally just commented on how I used to wait for The Internet Truck™ to drop off episodes... rarely have to resort to that now.

[@rebeccaholder668]

Lol. I think it is less destroying privacy and current business daddy giving the finger to old business daddy.

[@angielott83]

AMEN!

[@sujimtangerines]

@@rebeccaholder668 Why not both? Kinda sounds like 6 of one, half dozen of the other.

[@superiorjrn1604]

@@rebeccaholder668my first thought was subscriptions aren’t what they want and they are helping that out with ad revenue

[@LoveDiveChannel]

18:58 The way John Oliver converted how hot the temperature in Qatar during summer into American perspective and being understand by the audience is such a mind blowing

[@0Clewi0]

I feel it should at least be common knowledge to know around which temperature it's a fever in the other system.

[@Vysair]

I thought that was in the script or teleprompter lol

[@gustavouchida1]

The temperature in Qatar in the summer is 50 DEGREES CELSIUS ( silence ) 50 degrees Celsius is a 100 Fahrenheit (OOOOOhhhh)

[@airellevan9684]

i like how john did it again in the 2022 world cup and the audience reaction is unchanged haha

[@thegameshowgeek]

That’s why I intend to encourage my future children to learn Celsius to Fahrenheit conversions.

[@LSnicket]

I'm Brazilian and this episode went viral in Brazil, and that's how I met John Oliver. So thanks so much for this, John! Thanks for saying to the world what we were trying to say with the protests, and thanks so much to Last Week Tonight for putting this episode and making me a fan since then.

[@akamoreno]

The noise in the crowd lets you know, times where happier back then! Much love to all of you who get the message! ❤

[@User12347ejdj]

It’s the same.

[@JJGGYT]

There was certainly a lot more hope for liberal/leftist people in 2014. I don’t think anyone in that audience could’ve imagined the Trump presidency, Covid, January 6th, or Biden being president at 80

[@User12347ejdj]

@@JJGGYT what amazes me, we still have many of the same problems. Technically more. What the hell are those idiots in government doing!

[@simgem]

​@@User12347ejdjcollecting a paycheck

[@xelefonte]

John Oliver looks a million years younger but he’s still in his prime.

[@sevenprovinces]

He's a silver fox now really and, that being said, it is no wonder he fled the UK! Fleeing before turning into said fox.

[@TheJohtaja]

*In his HBO

[@Dr.Spatula]

Well, this was season 1...

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

*John Oliver should get another Emmy award just for these full uploads of season one!!!!* 🥰🤗🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@transsnack]

That one guy who yelled "YEAH" when John said "I'm too sexy" was a good song... I wonder how he's doing. It is a good song, tbh.

[@eflarsen]

FIFA did the same in Qatar for the recent world cup, where alcohol is actually illegal but FIFA was still allowed to sell beer in the stadiums.

[@steveng2896]

Actually I think Qatar was allowed to backtrack. Originally yes they said alcohol could be served in stadiums but Qatar changed that and it only allowed alcohol to be purchased in special facilities that weren't in the stadium. Also fifa just awarded the 2034 games to saudi arabia of all places

[@publicuser2534]

If it was changed, would’ve been smart from a health standpoint. It’s too bloody hot in Qatar! I felt like I was getting broiled when I was there. The U.S. Military is allowed to have alcohol on Al Udied Air Base…three beers a day was the limit when I flew through.

[@Rowsy91]

Qatar stopped them from selling Qatar power > Brazil power apparently

[@jonathancunningham8739]

@@Rowsy91 Nope they did not stop them only moved it to special facilities even then many smuggled alcohol into the stadium.

[@JJGGYT]

In my flawed human memory I thought these were always two separate episodes. One where the main story was FIFA and the other where the main story was Syria. It’s interesting to see how the show started and what it’s evolved into over ten years

[@v8wr253]

rewatcching these makes it hit home how relevant a lot of this stuff still is...

[@TangoCharlie-mz8lh]

Holy shit that D-Day stray caught me like a Private Ryan extra

[@nicole81678]

Pretty incredible going back and watching this FIFA segment after the recent one he made after the World Cup was held in Qatar, and all those predictions came true...

[@sportsfreakize]

As a California Chrome and horse racing fan, when LWT announced that it would be uploading full episodes for Season 1, I could not wait for this specific episode so that I could finally watch the California Chrome segment (I had never seen it).

[@andtherewerenone-ID]

26:20 Whoever screams with full power, thank you, I fucking laughed

[@HeinzTomatoKetchup]

YYEEEEAAAAA

[@non0113]

The play back guitar that we don’t even hear is just amazing

[@DeathMelodies]

God. John has so much liveliness here. The past decade has done many of us in.

[@adv4287]

Oh young John Oliver. There’s so many things I want to warn you about.

[@stanis_gaming]

I have a feeling I’m about to see John Oliver age rapidly in my feed

[@forgiveman]

Season 3 onwards.

[@pacolemus2938]

Thanks so much for uploading the complete show, I never knew Right Said Fred was here

[@coalblooded]

Right, I'm so excited to finally see all of these things we didn't know we were missing!

[@Jozman2005]

This was obviously before their brains shrank in the great bullshit palaver of 2020…

[@yes-fx3pq]

Can you guys please categorize the episodes into a playlist for each season?

[@vonriel1822]

Sometime in the past 5 hours, they did just that.

[@Dr.Spatula]

It already was when the seasons were on sale

[@Samson16436]

Sadly everything is in the wrong order 🤦‍♀️

[@ringo1692]

"you're a mom fearing asshole" best lyrics ever!!! 🤣😂😂

[@lumioX]

Why does almost all of Oliver's episodes ends with me, almost to tears in laughter?

[@piedpiper1172]

It really is cosmically unjust that the Qatar World Cup produced one of the all time greatest finals. It tacitly legitimizes the venue and ensures memories of the event will often diminish the suffering that went into preparing for it as the timelessness of the final looms large.

[@publicuser2534]

Young Mbappe losing to the seasoned Messi in penalties was a fantastic finish for sure.

[@SurfingTacoMedia]

You guys should put the original air date in the description of all these. I've watched all the main stories for the past few years and I'm "re watching" so I can see the full episodes. I wonder how much ad revenue this is generating for HBO...worth it!

[@tee_es_bee]

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

[@aliaamustafaaltabbaa0000]

On Syria God bless you... We need an update of everything throughout this decade

[@hagestad]

Yea US and Israel are at it for at least 6 decades. They even had original Jeffrey Epstein on the case en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen . They also occupy Syrian oil fields as we speak. How not unlike Iraq.

[@Bohica_MSF]

Nothing is so cathartic and hilarious! This show is the best. Thank you, Last Week Tonight team, for always delivering such insightful and entertaining content!

[@veggigoddess]

This is great, as I've never seen earlier episodes and I've never seen an episode in its entirety before this

[@im2cre8iv2]

I was here when it happened

[@shepinchains1]

I was not. As with the rest of us.

[@wgooetrik]

As john oliver would say "cool"

[@The_Sleepiest_Socialist]

I was not.

[@DNGNDriver]

I remember watching this in high school... this takes me back!

[@DMBLaan]

Tim Roth is a great actor. I feel like his role in the FIFA movie was a similar experience to Michel Cain in Jaws 4 lol.

[@StefanMedici]

You know he got that bank, and in the words of Vincent Price "Someone's got to pay the bills".

[@norsemaiden1108]

Wow. A Prairie Home Companion reference. Which did in fact actually go the fuck away.

[@dianaponce7314]

John Fn Oliver ❤️ one of the best comedians to ever exist

[@KeithChadwick-oc9xc]

In recent weeks, I have been watching John Oliver on KZbin. He makes me laugh like no other. And the points he makes are spot on. I do so love the fact that he doesn't play political favorites. If the country/party or person says or does anything wrong or stupid. He calls them out on it. Well done to John and his crew.

[@misledprops]

Right said Fred coming in so badass

[@iceofwolf]

Finally, a good reason for Friends to exist.

[@johnchessant3012]

S1 E6 (aired June 8, 2014)

[@KGI_KlikoNL]

Qatar WC was different. There suddenly it is possible to ban beer in the stadiums.

[@a3-radio]

Qatar government played fifa like a fiddle, they promised them EVERYTHING fifa wanted and then they said "nup you have to follow our rules, if you don't like it you can leave" and by that point fifa really had no other option, fifa thought they were the ruthless in control ones, turns out that against a government of uber rich oil oligarchs they can't do jack shit but bend the knee

[@billclockwell]

Qatar has more money than budweiser

[@harinisridharan1188]

Gawds! Their writing has been top-notch since the get-go!

[@billymckeon9762]

I miss the studio from this era

[@Ani-rq7wv]

Seeing the singer do his goofy little bit at John’s desk for the split second at the end there made a shitty day much better for me, so glad I got to see this full episode❤

[@joshuaharyono]

the songs mentioned are: Sexy and I Know It, Bizarre Love Triangle, Look at Me Now.... literally f*ck, marry, k*ll

[@gracias.grecia]

I guess my life is officially over after now I am morally driven to rewatch everything

[@JakeTPE]

haha West Ham catching a stray @14:00 in that graphic

[@ElementalofAir]

I remember John talking about LMFAO on the Bugle 😂

[@jenelaina5665]

It's on KZbin. Either Syria Update or The President's Playlist. My favorite episode ever lol. ("BISHAR! TURN THAT SHIT OFF!")

[@birbluv9595]

I cannot thank you enough for reposting these old episodes, which i didn’t get to see originally.

[@gustavouchida1]

00:41 - Recap of the Week: Californian Crown race horse 01:29 - Fuck this horse! 03:08 - Germany's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 04:47 - 25th Anniversary of Tian'anmen Square Massacre 06:53 - Friends so popular in China 07:26 - Friends: The One With The Chinese Massacre Trivia 08:20 - I would like to show you my Sausage 08:29 - FIFA 2014 Word Cup 08:33 - Most excited Englishman on TV 08:52 - Soccer's a religion 09:59 - Brazil! 13:01 - FIFA pushing Budweiser 14:53 - Sepp Blatter & Corruption 17:11 - $27M on a film about FIFA starring Tim Roth 18:05 - Best film about Sepp Blatter 18:34 - 2022 FIFA Worldcup in Qatar 19:24 - Working conditions in Qatar 20:36 - The church of FIFA 21:21 - And Now This - Chris Mattews & Tip O'Neal 21:41 - Syria 23:33 - Backstory 24:49 - The Whys 25:35 - iTunes playlist: LMFAO 26:12 - Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy 27:25 - Right Said Fred's You're Too Awful 28:30 - URADick

[@ArchLars]

And now in 2026 we will have world cup in North America, with finals in *DALLAS* 💀

[@EndPoliticalCorruption]

Milestone episode! First real deep dive on an issue. First time spending nontrivial amount of money to do something ostentatious.

[@Scott-l4l]

I am so so glad you guys were aired this I missed this episode I can't believe it this is awesome I've always loved I'm too sexy shout out Right Said Fred

[@CJFerg81]

5:10 There it is. The moment that John's legendary feud with Jack Warner began 10 long years ago. Ah, the nostalgia... 😄

[@lauren8135]

We are being blessed with fun tonight.

[@randyastle3301]

I’ve thought more about soccer while watching Last Week Tonight clips than the entire rest of my life combined.

[@tuckerbowen4626]

ironically the 2022 world cup actually DID ban alcohol, but people wouldn't shut the fvck up about how much they hated it

[@kcbowman4042]

remember watching a derby winner about that time roaring across the finish line with a loose cinch sliding back (Am Pharaoh)... jock was so perfectly balanced it was miraculous.

[@PramkLuna]

26:21 Respect to that one audience member for saying "yah"

[@jiedcogahilme676]

#ThankyouHBO for making the complete episodes available. I can't even access HBO where I live.

[@jeromedyson5247]

I find it both incredible and horrifying that these same issues are still persistent 10 years later. Syria is practically destroyed and still at war with Bashar al-Assad at the helm. FIFA still sucks. its crazy

[@Whalebarf79]

I am thrilled that Fred still has a career! That song is classic.

[@ogb1923]

"Even Hitler could paint" is a wild line

[@eduardososa843]

18:07 I was not expecting that 😂

[@Hayanomie]

I wish he would do another segment on syria. The conflict is just totally dismissed in the news.

[@morganmay9149]

“Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back”

[@xophyrvaio1123]

ouch, i miss 'a prairie home companion '. too soon

[@Lord_Reset]

That intro!😊

[@timstram]

Episode hits different with the student protests going on right now. Any time I try to make the connection in a comment it gets deleted somehow.

[@ultimatehawkeyefangirl]

KZbin auto censors have always been iffy. I’ve had completely innocent comments using the q word on gay TikTok compilations be deleted automatically. I actually timed it out as an experiment once, if your comment is going to get deleted, it will take about forty seconds. I mean, maybe the time has changed, it’s been a few years since I timed it lol

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

man i haven't thought about right said fred in forever lol. they look like they had fun there tho

[@jssmith0225]

John before he discovered his true love of horses

[@liliflower1376]

The beginning of the expensive spectacles, amazing

[@aaronwurtzel7287]

The line... at least Hitler could paint. Wow that's dark.

[@KimiFan2002]

It’s Right Said Fred, they are probably Hitler sympathisers

[@Zeb364]

Is it weird that that’s the best episode of Friends I’ve ever seen?

[@Easy_n_Fun]

Okie, I got the context of the song now. Listened to it before but so not get it.

[@HeisntLegend]

That guitarist was definitely essential.

[@jasonschoenmann2308]

Episode 6 of asking LWTWJO to Please post these in opposite order so I can binge them in order without having to skip back at the end of every one 😢

[@wendydabee]

John' s 'We'll be there for you *clapclapclapclap*' was criminally under-reacted to and deserved a much bigger laugh, IMO.

[@jamesrivera3778]

Wait, so those people who robbed the journalist in South Africa in 2010 are STILL in jail!? 🤯

[@alsostephenking]

massive shoutout to the guitarist of right said fred, not playing a single note but nevertheless giving it his all

[@michaelg3088]

Not that I'm complaining. But why are they giving us the full episodes for this season?

[@CrashAnthrax]

They're uploading full seasons when they are not airing on a particular week.

[@xxfloppypillowxx]

Lol yes we totally believe you're playing that guitar sir.

[@KimiFan2002]

That Right Said Fred part aged well😳😳

[@Vysair]

9:48 HAHAHA JOOHNNN WTH 😭😭😭😭

[@saltedpork647]

*that's why Brazil threw that 1-7 game with Germany in the finals.*

[@yoyojoe618]

Potatoes are good

[@DANNYonPC]

12:20 Amsterdam spotted let gooo

[@DANNYonPC]

Reguliersgracht to be exact

[@jim6170]

it's scary how nothings changed except our lack of patience and morality

[@Kaneland2014]

Its weird to see John not do the hand drum on the desk at the start of the show

[@farishanafiah8461]

25:11 Literally Honkai Star Rail's Trailblazer and Kafka.

[@pavelmacek282]

I´m no football fan but the decission to host the world cup in quatar made me agry again...

[@dx5soundlabs939]

The D Day line was foul lmfaooooo

[@mtlart]

(taken directly from Wiki. Lead singer from Right Said Fred's) Views on Russian invasion of Ukraine Fairbrass has routinely commented on the 2022 war in Ukraine, often speaking in support of Russia's invasion and Vladimir Putin's justifications for the conflict. In December 2022, he published a tweet on his personal Twitter profile, calling on Putin to resist "western domination".[14] He has also described Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian government as a despotic regime. Wonder what he thinks about Gaza currently? Im sure John would have liked to have edited this episode?

[@ninjajedi6237]

Right Said Fred you should make this into a song.

[@frenchfryacolyte2859]

Last Week Tonight was funnier, and more light-hearted in the past. So grateful they put these up!

[@AG-iu9lv]

Right Said Fred brought the 🔥!

[@rasaagresti1268]

Oh you can still see the light in his eyes, the world has ruined him..

[@Primo_extracts]

Legendary 😂😂