S11 E19: RFK Jr., The Olympics & Trump at the NABJ: 8/4/24: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

John Oliver discusses RFK Jr.’s potential to sway the 2024 U.S. presidential election, controversies at the Olympics, and Donald Trump’s recent puzzling comments about Kamala Harris.
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[@mhewwariya2395]

Love how John Oliver action figure includes a globe, a pie chart, and SPF150 sunscreen but the research documents are sold separately.

[@IsuiGtz]

I would buy it. Do the LWT team are aware of the fact that it would sell tens of thousands?

[@miguelladinodevera614]

​@@IsuiGtzthey would know. A cupcake sold out in under 12 hours, a toy will sell out in under a week. Start with 10,000 pieces. When it sells out in less than a week, go for 20k. That's just in the states.

[@adhdjklub7427]

@@IsuiGtz The line at the end "The conditions of the sweat shop this doll was made in would horrify you" pretty much explains why they wouldn't do it...

[@alalalala57]

​@@miguelladinodevera614 Under a week? It would sold in 24 hours.

[@johnsman1374]

I'm so happy you guys have started uploading full episodes on youtube. Every video is fucking amazing.

[@teboyadar]

Right Right

[@HowToChangeName]

On Monday no less, cant get my morning coffee any better

[@KickassUncle]

@@HowToChangeName Morning coffee? Don't you know how many children die every day to get your coffee onto ships?

[@owlperson5075]

Dragons need funds

[@Apnachannal1234]

My parents said if I hit 40k they'd buy me a professional camera begging you guys literally begging!!!😂

[@Moeller750]

As someone with a parent who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 65, I can inform RFK that they definitely exist, and they absolutely have train collections

[@samyloaiza98]

72 for my mom and it explained SO MUCH about my childhood.

[@Moeller750]

@@samyloaiza98 same!!!

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

I have just met a 50-y-o autistic person who was diagnosed when she was 40. It is a very nice lady and her presence brightened up the week I shared accomodation with her. She was intelligent, gentle and caring. I hope I will meet her again some day.

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

Love it every time when John Oliver says "cool", it's sarcastic.

[@Apnachannal1234]

My parents said if I hit 40k they'd buy me a professional camera begging you guys literally begging!!!😢

[@tobiaswebb]

Well spotted 😂

[@IsuiGtz]

Not entirely sarcastic, which makes it even better. Every time he uses the word it comes in the context of mild envy towards an antagonistic figure.

[@zumabbar]

or "fire" lol

[@aisabanana1]

@@zumabbarf

[@naftherainbownerd]

Please cover the situation in Bangladesh. Hundreds of students are already dead and dying at the hands of the police and the government's political party. We are suffering under an authoritarian government and prime minister with no one giving a shit about it Edit 1: this is the second time our internet has been taken down (in the past 2 weeks) to keep the students from organizing protests and our national media is anyway under the government so the tragedy is going hugely underreported. Edit 2: The PM Sheikh Hasina has resigned as of today 4pm local time and fled the country. We are now under an interim government led by the military and our President.

[@andypanda4756]

❤🇮🇳

[@jaymo8206]

What's happening in your country, why are the authorities targeting students?

[@laghoul4456]

My prayers to all the people suffering, fighting, dying, trying to survive, trying to build a better future in Bangladesh rn, I hope you'll get more media coverage and global acknowledgement of the tragedies going on 💪🏼🙏🏼

[@naftherainbownerd]

@@jaymo8206 we students were peacefully protesting for the reformation of quota for our coveted and very competitive public service sector (which hugely overrepresented the wards of Freedom Fighters of our country who fought in our liberation war in 1971. They are about 2% of the entire population and had a 30% quota. The student demand was to make it more representative of the actual population size, not the removal of the quota completely and even the freedom fighters agreed). Our PM called the students "Rajakar" and later called anyone who weren't a freedom fighter a "Rajakar", which was a term used for Bangladeshis who worked against the freedom fighters during our liberation war and actively helped the Pakistani army to get locals and freedom fighters killed. This enraged the students obviously and a bigger number of students started protesting (peacefully) when the police and the local members of the governing political party (these people are not leaders, more like goons) started shooting at these protests. The entire country was enraged, thousands of people came down to protest. The government is killing hundreds of innocent students, regular people and even children in the guise that this entire protest is a ploy of the opposition party and right-wing extremists (it is not. Most of the protestors are apolitical and are only enraged by the situation and state of our country and the corruption and entitlement of the leading party). The quota has been reformed but the movement has become so much bigger than that. The protestors and the general public now demand the PM to step down. The governing party have been calling us students terrorist and whatnot just for exercising our right to protest and not get killed. Our internet has been shut down once for almost a week and is again being shut down (I'm not sure if you'll get the reply). The protestors are being hunt down by the police and the government's goons and they are being arrested and killed and without trace. The PM literally cried on national tv about the damages to our metro system but didn't even address the hundreds of killings that are happening at the directives of her. We are a so called democracy which has not had a free and fair election since 2008 and our PM and her political party are absolutely corrupt, and have been exploiting the people, their power and our economy for their own benefits for over a decade. The PM genuinely believes she owns the country because her father led us during the liberation war. One of the slogans of her government literally calls Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina's (which is an absurd thing to say in a democracy). There's a LOT more happening but I can't really include it all in a comment but we really wish some international pressure was created because the government really doesn't give a shit if thousands are killed just to preserve their power. Our military is in the PM's control and they won't step in to stop the absolute abuse of democracy. Our only way out is international pressure that would actually affect her.

[@dgrv]

It’s sad seeing what’s happening in your country. I do see information and videos on it, so at least, know it’s not invisible to the rest of the world. I know it’s not much, but at least you exist and we know it. With love, from France. ❤

[@billymellstrom6412]

Those parents sorrow broke my heart. 😢 Imagine going through that. That's hell on earth.

[@Velvetspoonful]

John Oliver generally prefers to be light hearted. When you see him, as a brit, outraged by the publishers' lack of empathy and RFK's vacuous sense of responsibility, it's gut wrenching. Even I, as a bassist in France, having nothing to do with that, felt ashamed, humbled, and, well, grounded, I suppose. Like a five year old who destroyed the chocolate cupboad or something, only _those_ matters are very, very serious. It's a disaster and the least RFK could do is present an apology for misleading ignorant people. And the publishers, well, I suggest they find an attorney.

[@TheW1nder]

My weekly dose of "what tf are you doing over there?!" (From Denmark)

[@Eris2013]

This is exactly why I watch this, to see what mess America is in. (Also watching safely from Denmark)

[@Retski7]

Finland here👋🏼

[@meib3302]

Same, but from Brazil 😅

[@sagajohansson8091]

Same idea from sweden haha

[@Erevos85]

Greece here, and if WE are saying "wtf you are doing there", take notice.

[@joz534]

Aren't Americans the "My great great grandmother was Irish so I am basically a honorary citizen of Ireland and can speak on it's culture as authority" nation? How is the concept of biracialness such a brain melt for some people?

[@spyofborg]

The problem is that the left knows what Trump is trying to say, but they pretend they don't because that would against their narrative. As someone that does not live in US, I'm so happy I'm allowed to be more honest, we know what Trump is trying to say, we get it. Many black people also get it. Trump knows she is biracial, but that was not the point. Context matters.

[@EdwardLindon]

​@@spyofborgTrump wasn't "trying to say" anything. He doesn't have a thesis. He just likes to stir and throw shit. WTF you're trying to say with such ballsy confidence, I also don't know, even though I'm biracial. My best guess is you're both racists.

[@erdood3235]

​@@spyofborglol. Explain or expose yourself as a anti truther

[@lisettegarcia]

Besides, her dad is indeed from Jamaica, but that is not ipso facto racially determinative. Turns out her father also has one Indian parent but the other is Irish from slaveholding ancestors who remained in Jamaica post colonization. So, she has chosen to be black, good for her, but wasn't born such.

[@PinataFreaks]

"My grandpa's neighbor's best friend's mailman's dog's former owner's stepdad's third cousin visited Italy once. So therefore I am allowed to tell actual Italian people that they're prononciation of Italian words are wrong."

[@Prauwlet213]

24:18 As an autistic person, thank you so much John for saying it how it is. Autistic people are constantly demonised, and well done for being on the right side of history

[@InservioLetum]

Of all the NT traits to adopt... you went for sanctimony? Waste of effort, my friend. We are meant for better things.

[@unvergebeneid]

I just hope you don't meet many people like RFK Jr. in your life 😕

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

I have just met a 50-y-o autistic person who was diagnosed when she was 40. It is a very nice lady and her presence brightened up the week I shared accomodation with her. She was intelligent, gentle and caring. I hope I will meet her again some day.

[@afridge8608]

I love it how during the trump interview about the olympics the fox news lady said "both catholics and christians are outraged about this"

[@Zretgul_timerunner]

Really the bottom of the barrel reporters

[@thiacari]

Catholics are so special they're no longer Christians

[@txlee5513]

Yes that was gold.

[@ericktellez7632]

It’s a deep, hidden dog whistle. In simple terms Christians are whites not even protestan just what they consider white and Catholics are anyone they consider as brown or “illegal alien” even though Catholics go from Africa to Asia and also Europe.

[@MrAgLi]

I think cause Evangelical doesn't view catholics/pope as Christians

[@injektileur]

please note that Philippe Katerine, aka Dionysmurf, is a national treasure here. Really weird in a good way, really popular and let's face it : really French. lol

[@DrWhom]

In Switzerland, everybody is _enlisted_ - that's why the many guns per capita. Yes, Americans are nuts.

[@InservioLetum]

That's not very nice to Macadamia's, now is it? I happen to love them. Cashews too.

[@gamepapa1211]

Gentle reminder that a Republican megadonor donating to a supposedly Independent candidate is very, VERY weird thing to do.

[@MrArchilus]

RFK is 100% Trump loyalist

[@Bbonno]

It's nothing personal it's just business.

[@judeavision8807]

I think a lot of historically republican and democrat donors are tired of the duopoly. We really need a third party, and i think that's something everyone can recognize.

[@bobert6259]

@@judeavision8807call your representatives, tell your friends and family to too. Ranked choice voting means your vote will always count and you do not have to vote tactically, but still can if you want to. Ranked choice voting helps ALL voters, regardless of what you believe in or whom you want to vote for. It leads to a more representative democracy. Something everyone can get behind imo.

[@hw8991]

Very weird thing to do? What if a donor, someone who has formed their idea about in what way a country should be led, prefers either of the two candidates over the other alternative? Companies have been donating to both parties in the duopoly too.

[@karolusmagnus8405]

There should be alarm bells ringing in every American's head if the Kennedy family is considered ROYALTY.

[@MrArchilus]

RFK jr is one of those crazy royals

[@CptSoundBeard]

Audience didn't know what to do with the "cause I'm all Gaines" joke but I personally loved it. Shout out to whoever wrote that one lol

[@e.7504]

I love that it‘s a running joke that he keeps coming back to

[@silasfrisenette9226]

Can you explain it to me?

[@klas666]

Yeah, could you clarify for us non-jocks?

[@Banned4Life]

@@silasfrisenette9226 It's a reference to HGTV airing a show starring Chip and Joanna Gaines. And, clearly, getting dem gains in the gym.

[@HowToChangeName]

In year where half the world is voting, many came with terrible elected candidates. Please USA make it right this time

[@wh2960]

Dawg the top 3 candidates in the US are practically right wing in my country 🙏🙏🙏

[@UltimatePerfection]

Don't worry, it will be *_right,_* alright.

[@Purjo92]

@@wh2960 At least one of them is the least right-wing candidate. Vote Kamala Harris, please. I'm begging you, I don't want another 4 years with Trump as leader of the free world... because then I don't want the USA to stay part of the political West anymore; we have had enough of your nonsense politics here in Europe. Politics in the EU can be messy at times, but at least we don't put that much power to two political parties and one president, so our mess means we must find a compromise. That is the scariest part of the USA; one party and one president can make one billion Western lives worse off.

[@wh2960]

@@Purjo92 I'm bangladeshi 😭, but I absolutely get where you're coming from and I second this!!!

[@Donnah1979]

Sorry, the US only has terrible choices, because their systems are broken and corrupt 😢😢

[@van-hieuvo8208]

I love how the French Dionysus subtly called out Christians' hypocrisy, by basically forcing them to pretend to be forgiving and tolerant. Forgiveness is precisely something Christians always preach but never follow, as if the very fact they were nonsensically offended by that show in the first place didn't make it obvious enough.

[@AndrewJohnYoung]

Forgiveness also includes praying for the sinner's flesh to be offered to the devil, duh, not everything is about roses and flowers (1Cor 5:5). 🤣😂🤣😂

[@Apnachannal1234]

My parents said if I hit 40k they'd buy me a professional camera begging you guys literally begging!!!😅

[@intersanctum]

@@Apnachannal1234 go away!

[@gandaruvu]

forgiveness means the offending person needs to apologise first, then they'll be forgiven. you can both be offended and forgiving at the same time, they're not mutually exclusive.

[@Ramsey276one]

I haye how true that statement is. Like how one of My wife-beating relatives never misses a Church Sunday with her by his side... Just give me one moment alone with him to shout at him how his Hell reservation is Premium by now!

[@romainviry3185]

Singer painted in blue is Philippe Catherine, a beloved OutKast in France we absolutely love the man, he s so weird we can t not love him. He was singing “tout nu” meaning “naked” and the joy of being naked 😂❤

[@hemulek]

I’ve learned of him because of the opening ceremony, he is soooo weird I love him now.

[@brokenglassshimmerlikestar3407]

J'adooooooooooooore regarder danser les gens 🎵🎶

[@Dimfacion1]

He's our professionnal troll and I love him.

[@Sonderborg75]

I sat here in my living room in Denmark and loved every little part of all the things that offended those narrow-minded people. I hope the closing show will be just as entertaining! 🤞❤️🏳️‍🌈

[@fenrirgg]

Is Remy Reinard still working?

[@denelva]

As an autistic woman in her early 40's, that Mount Everest dude is from now on my emotional support roaster.

[@2toosexE]

Where are you from?

[@bolognivm]

​@2toosexE how is that question relevant? I'm genuinely curious

[@2toosexE]

@@bolognivm like u I'm curious 😐

[@bolognivm]

@@2toosexE I'm not curious about where she's from. I'm curious about why you would be curious enough to ask her that question.

[@hiitehinen]

Possibly because she misspelled "roster"? Idk but it's the only reason I could think of

[@baksatibi]

RFK is not the first Kennedy who cannot deal with the thought of a mental condition, unfortunately. I wonder if he knew auntie Rosemary.

[@AnkyloSolo]

0:21 I did not expect to see Pikachu facts on LTT

[@isuna]

Oh yes, Pikachu facts on Linus Tech Tips (I know you meant LWT no worries ;) )

[@Apnachannal1234]

My parents said if I hit 40k they'd buy me a professional camera begging you guys literally begging!!!🎉

[@wh2960]

LINUS TECH TIPS MENTIONEDDDDD!!!!!! 🔥💯💯🥵🥵 🚒 WHAT THE FUCK IS A PEACEFUL COMMENT SECTION 🔥🔥🚒🚒 🦅🦅🦅🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@seamali4383]

​@@isuna that's what I thought too lol 😂

[@zfoxm]

@@wh2960🎉

[@FelisImpurrator]

Please, PLEASE do an episode solely on JD Vance. I need to see a dolphin-shaped couch appear on this show.

[@antoninedelchev6076]

JD Vance is a puppet. His sugar daddy Peter Thiel should get an episode.

[@aribantala]

​@@antoninedelchev6076GOD YES! An exclusive deep dive on Peter "Democracy is incompatible with Freedom" Thiel would be an incredibly fun (read: absolutely insanely depressing to everyone) episode

[@rafaelrojas3550]

I never heard before RKF speaking, never crossed my mind that he sounded like a really old VHS tape recording.

[@damiang888]

He has spasmodic dysphonia, some people with his condition would shy away from speaking in public.

[@ThePieceofmeat]

I was thinking of Marge Simpson

[@Drunken_Master]

@@damiang888 Did he get it from COVID vaccine?

[@damiang888]

@@Drunken_Master nope, it was never related to being vaccine injured as far as I know.

[@joh80]

He might be one crazy nutcase but his speech is not an issue. He can't help that.

[@ramireigns]

"I have so many skeletons in my closet, if they could all vote I could run for king of the world" has to be one of the most batshit things a candidate has ever said

[@r4dios1lence92]

Ah, the Feast of Dionysius debacle was so fun. Christians finally learning that the medieval catholic church based the vast majority of their art in older religions, specially Romans.

[@hiitehinen]

And Romans just took whatever they wanted from whoever they wanted and incorporated it if they felt like it, so Roman culture was already a mishmash of different cultures!

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

I also know many Christians who were not offended. One even wrote an newspaper article criticizing that nonsensical outrage. Not all Christians are the same, Christianity is actually very diverse.

[@thomaswateren3967]

All hope is not lost however. Since RFK declared he would change his mind and apologize if someone presented him with facts, the only thing we have to do is show him this video and he will become a pro vaccine advocate and apologize for his earlier misrepresentations. right?...

[@lisettegarcia]

Yeah, I was waiting for JO to call him on the phone or something in keeping with earlier episodes

[@thomaswateren3967]

@@lisettegarcia haha. Well. Maybe there will be a follow up. 🙂

[@fjooyou]

What facts? This is a comedy show so they get away with insinuating that RFK hang around with people on that list of criminals a lot but he's a Kennedy so he's met with hundred of thousands of people. Random autist tiktok video to discredit RFK's claim that there's more autistic people today, which is a fact (easy to google). And that's how the show goes, it's silly and a bit manipulative.

[@thomaswateren3967]

@@fjooyou you're right. it is a comedy show, which is the reason for not retorting. Should it have been a political news station I would have though haha

[@thomaswateren3967]

@@fjooyou Aaaah I cant help myself! There is more documented cases of autistic people because autism has become a way WAY more broad spectrum since. Where autism was called a very rare disorder 25 years ago, they now find that autism is more a personality trait then a disorder, which puts almost every person with any deviating thought or trait in that category. Easy to blame that on vaccines I know.

[@CrisSelene]

I would say they didn't find all the worms and by now the worms are in charge up there.

[@thenorup]

And some would say, it's an improvement

[@Monochromatic_Spider]

That's an insult against worms.

[@C64SX]

I was just wondering why they only removed the worm that was dead

[@Wolf6119]

*Arguably* RFK Jr. may just be a flesh suit for a reactionary swarm of brain worms.

[@edgarfigueiredo579]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@littlepeeper9223]

It sounds like RFK makes up what he says on the spot. Everywhere else in the world we laugh at people like him, but in the United States they run for president.

[@guido3771]

Actually, we laugh about Kamela Harris the most in Germany, esp. when she tries to explain time. Is she known to be drinking regularly?

[@ddbt342]

​@@guido3771 excuse me, this is a democrat voting show, we do not talk negatively about biden/harris

[@laghoul4456]

I wish you were right, but if you were, people like him wouldn't get as much time and space to spread their bs as they do. Unfortunately, it's not only in the US, it's a global phenomenon 😢

[@brittafrier2430]

@@guido3771 I have yet to meet a german who laughs at Kamala. But then again, my german family is educated.

[@lordbuddybear]

Speak for yourself Guido ​@@guido3771

[@mhewwariya2395]

Thanks to the writers behind the Duolingo Owl's Biological Uncle, 🤓🦉 I can't unsee it now.

[@thenorup]

That went WOOSH over my head, anybody care to explain the joke?

[@beth12svist]

​@@thenorup Well, I don't think there's more to it than a perceived outward similarity. I assume you have no experience with Duolingo's owl and so you didn't find it funny. I am only vaguely aware of it, so I found it mildly funny, mainly based on the repeated jokes about John Oliver's similarity to birds.

[@Ile333]

Now I'm expecting to getting Duo style threats recorded by John. "You have missed your Spanish lesson again... Remember Timmy, I won't miss again." 😂

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

I did not get it. Now, based on the comments, I assume he meant himself..?

[@beth12svist]

@@samuela-aegisdottir Yes.

[@darrenengels9584]

All that exercise doesn't keep RFK from being a nut-case. He's just a fit nut-case.

[@mr.friendzone5824]

Still makes him 100 times better than the other candidates…

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology]

oh yea 'cuz con man trump & drunk wine mom kamlala aren't "nut cases"

[@c4tch]

I doubt you've ever seen a single interview of RFK in its entirety. You're comfortable letting an HBO writer tell you what to think.

[@Wwhite1980]

@@mr.friendzone5824No, Sorry no , he is 100% as bad as the other candidates. The I’m not an “anti vaxxer” while being exactly that - reminds us all of another Clown with Orange hair.

[@terri6854]

@mr.friendzone5824 So you are pro-nut-case?

[@Triplemother]

As an adult autistic late diagnosed, I appreciated deeply the segment on autism. Thank you ❤

[@LionHeartSamy]

Holy fucking shit only John fucking Oliver can do a 35-minute comedy piece about such a depressing topic lmao

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

I Just Wanted To See A Comedy Show And Now I Am Sad with Johnny Joykiller.

[@Frazzled_Chameleon]

JD Vance gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "A cushion for the pushin'."

[@jasonblalock4429]

The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin', that's what he said!

[@scipioafricanus5871]

J D Vance is officially banned from any IKEA in the United States after an "incident"

[@InservioLetum]

his wife is overweight???

[@MrSinthan]

One must never place a loaded bottle of poppers on the stage in act 1 if it's not meant to be used in act 3...

[@zizinnnn]

a belgian swimmer is in the hospital for 4 days because of that stupid e coli 😥

[@Apnachannal1234]

My parents said if I hit 40k they'd buy me a professional camera begging you guys literally begging!!!😮

[@errorcrj110]

​@@Apnachannal1234Kid, get out there and make content that will attract people. Begging for attention makes people less interested. Good luck

[@esaedvik]

@@Apnachannal1234 40k what?

[@Patricia-cn7ox]

It was really bad timing, we got so much rain these last days because of the heatwave.. I thought they were gonna stop the competitions in the seine...

[@breezyashell]

you literally just watched a piece on misinformation.... they pulled from the race, they're not in the hospital

[@billveusay9423]

I love seeing american people discover Philippe Katerine (blue Dyonisus), because yes, he's always like this. I mean, not covered in blue paint and almost naked, but being charmingly mad. And french. Also, if you missed it, the decapitated Marie-Antoinettes served as an overture to a heavy-metal symphonic cover of "Ah Ça Ira", a french revolutionary song, on the facade of a castle, complete with pyrotechnics and fake blood shooting out of the windows. It's incredible. For a few minutes, France meant _rad._

[@kenjin42]

It was actually from la Conciergerie, which was where Marie-Antoinette was kept before her death by the guillotine.

[@drjuanvanegas]

Where can I get the John Oliver Figure? Shut up and take my money!!! 😁😁😁

[@NyanyiC]

Putin once did an ad showing his fitness, vitality and bravado similar to RFK's

[@LlamaDuck2211]

Once? More like weekly.

[@NyanyiC]

@@LlamaDuck2211 it was a specific piece on what he was doing on his summer break kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6TaZJmggduBn7csi=0aJBC29UsTXW3Ov5

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

Because there is nothing you need more as the president than big muscles.

[@sethlee8465]

I worked in a day home for grown ups with autism when I was 18. I know several people RFK's age who were non verbal

[@heartlessmushroom]

I once heard a voice being described as "glass scraping on concrete" which I found impossible until I heard RFK Jr.s voice.

[@Rebel_AF]

Thank you for making these videos publicly available. Doing everyone a service❤

[@empireempire3545]

I would seriously consider buying that action figure if it was sold xD

[@lightbeware9875]

I'm canceling my subscription of Lactose Quarterly.

[@Hyde_Hill]

Had hoped a VP pick discussion. However taking away democrat leaning voters from RFK is also good.

[@ramenai]

Kamala hasn't even announced her pick yet. They'll most likely talk about this in the following episode.

[@IRanOutOfPhrases]

@@ramenai I think they were saying they would have liked an in depth look at potential candidates specifically because she hasn't announced her pick yet.

[@Hyde_Hill]

@@IRanOutOfPhrases Yup that is what I meant.

[@chrishansen5943]

This show is why mondays are Great

[@irfahim2255]

RFK's voice is not doing him any favors lmao

[@Algorithm_work_your_magic]

you put lmao, why? His voice is a condition, not a choice, nothing funny about that. I don´t agree with a single thing that comes out of his mouth but I won´t tease someone for medical conditions

[@Ironclad404]

Dont be mean. His voice is unique. Focus on what is he saying, not how it sounds.

[@EdwardLindon]

It's the least of his worries. More importantly, he's an opportunist lying crank.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

​@@Algorithm_work_your_magicIt would be nice if the average American voters are rational folks, but no they are not. Take note, a good chunk of the people who vote for Trump rather than Hillary didn't vote because he's a better choice but because Hillary has an annoying voice. Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes understood that and consciously made her voice sound lower whenever she made public presentations. As much as health conditions should not be a defining factor for voter preference but there is no way someone who sounds like he's dying and spouting BS would be appealing, especially since plenty of attention was put on Biden for sounding off and on Trump for sounding insane...

[@88happiness]

In Australia a popper is box juice drinks popular for school lunches. Glad he showed a photo

[@mjc11a]

@1:51: "...look at that luscious upholstery. You think those cushions come all the way off?" My compliments on John's delivery of that line and to the writers. Absolutely brilliant 👏👏👏

[@mattsandvig7868]

The crazy thing about the "transgender boxer" story, is that people are claiming that tests by the IBA in 2023 proved that she has XY chromosomes and/or heightened levels of testosterone. However, the IBA has not only failed to provide results of the tests in general, they also refuse to disclose the results of the tests TO THE ATHLETES WHO SUPPOSEDLY TOOK THEM. So, she went to a competition, they disqualified her for having XY chromosomes, and didn't even give her access to these supposed test results after requests to do so. Fun bit of context: This 2023 competition took place in Russia. The president of the IBA? Also Russian. CORRECTION: It took place in Uzbekistan, not Russia. But the conflict of interest remains as the decision was revealed after the defeat of a Russian boxer.

[@mercywaterfield3657]

And I heard that they only disqualified her after she beat a Russian boxer who had been undefeated and thus having her stay undefeated

[@mattsandvig7868]

@@mercywaterfield3657Yes, and as a correction, the event itself took place in Uzbekistan, not Russia. However, as you said, it was AFTER her victory against her Russian opponent that the decision to disqualify her was announced.

[@mattsandvig7868]

@@NyanyiCWhy? Her record as a boxer is strong (obviously, since she is an Olympic-level competitor), but it’s not suspiciously strong or anything. It’s not like she’s undefeated, and the vast majority of her fights don’t end in one punch followed by a forfeit.

[@fjooyou]

IBA was funded by Russian state oil. After enough of their shenanigans the IOC which oversees the Olympics kicked them out. IBA, aka salty russians, made it public that they're giving money to the losers who's going against this boxer. It's just so... pathetic

[@aribantala]

Why am I not surprised that Russian Oligarchs and Government are behind the fuss about this in the first place?

[@demogorghon]

Listening to RFK voice is actually painful to me. I know I should not shame someone for their health issues but man...

[@yaxkollochris3449]

I unintentionally cleared my throat like seven times during this video

[@TillyOrifice]

No you shouldn't. There are plenty of actually good reasons to shame him.

[@LadyArete]

But you’re not a good person? Sounds fair of you to admit that. Better be out about hypocrisy. What I have yet to hear about RFK JR. Is what policies people have against him and why the Biden/Harris policies are that much better. It’s always about his voice, or the goat he ate, now the bear, and then the muscles he has… all incredibly odd things about him, but all policy mentions about him are about his anti-vax stance (not really anti-vax since he’s vaccinated and so is his family and he’s calling on vaccine safety not really “anti” vax). Can someone actually sell me on why he’s soooooo bad he doesn’t deserve to at least debate Kamala and Donald? He’s going to be in every state. People will vote for him, if he’s so bad what is the big deal with putting him on stage. It only helps Kamala since there is no way Trump can explain himself better than Bobby.

[@lxxhxxwxx]

i really love John Oliver but that hoarse voice of RFK is unbearable

[@nathanielgeorgemounayer4897]

imagine 4 years of hearing that voice if he ever wins. my goodness

[@pynn1000]

I've no problem with RFK's voice, but what he says is sickening, literally and metaphorically.

[@NyanyiC]

the voice is not so bad - you can still understand all the crazy things he says

[@BromptonROK]

Monday morning (Korea time), truly the highlight of my week ❣️

[@Matthiastalks]

I have a conspiracy (sprinkled with some nerdy BS): The tapeworm cyst in his brain turned into a warp conduit in his brain and he hears Nurgle, the chaos god of diseases wispering to him to spread his blessings EVERYWHERE.

[@Finkeldinken]

Ah, the 40K of it all! 😂

[@mimicmey]

I wonder what sort of nonsense he'd be spewing out if it was Tzeentch or Slaanesh whispering to him instead (Khorne would have made him be just another gun obsessed old white man I think)

[@petgoose32]

I sincerely enjoy the persistence with which the graphics department of this show makes the second word of each insane variation of this show's name mirrored and then turning around like it does in the actual title

[@wymans668]

Here's a fun exercise, ask google how many cases of smallpox are in your country right now. Whatever country you live in just ask.

[@Brian-tn4cd]

According to Google's info widget, Mexico has had no smallpox cases since the 70s

[@MarcelaElviraTimis]

In my country, they're 22 thousand. Thanks, antivaxxers... Edit: I'm speaking about measles cases Smallpox only exists in a handfull of laboratories

[@nenasiek]

​@@MarcelaElviraTimiswhich country?

[@aribantala]

Variola, what we call Smallpox in my country, Indonesia, was announced as eradicated in 1974 and is fully eradicated in 1975. So yea lol, lmao even

[@MarcelaElviraTimis]

@@nenasiek Romania... measles, I meant measles

[@claudioestevez1028]

I truly thought they were going to cover the Venezuelan crisis 😢, maybe next week?

[@aquilesaldazoro6397]

Same here 😢

[@alvaro_omv]

VENEZUELA LIBRE

[@nachomanrandy]

Viva Chávez

[@Glaaki13]

John Oliver is a bitch on Venezuela and I guess you are too

[@mikevanderman2727]

Not really. It seems like none of these shows mess with Maduro or Ortega (or Cuba), for some reason that I know not of.

[@di4se]

The worm is dead from starvation.

[@dabdoubeh]

I always find american political campaign ads completely ridiculous but RFK's is INSANE. That alone would make me not take him seriously.

[@bmrrw1809]

How’s he insane, maybe actually listen to him and not the paid media that is actively out to smear him in this most dishonest ways.

[@amremorse]

What exactly was dishonest about this? Call it out specifically if you actually care to influence others. And all media is paid media nowadays.

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

I have just met a 50-y-o autistic person who was diagnosed when she was 40. It is a very nice lady and her presence brightened up the week I shared accomodation with her. She was intelligent, gentle and caring. I hope I will meet her again some day.

[@marcomaccarrone9076]

Windsors: Miserable hat people? 😂

[@biosaari]

Catholics AND Christians?!?!?!?!?

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

Another proof how little Trump and his supporters actually know about Christianity.

[@biosaari]

@@samuela-aegisdottir Faux News, yes.

[@morksinaanab]

Seeing him on Lex Fridman, and Lex not debunking ANY of RFK's assertions was a wakeup call. Never watched Lex again.

[@dfuher968]

All of the ppl, who support RFK coz of his family, might want to take note of, how nobody, not a single person, in his entire family supports him. Most of them have publicly spoken against him. For very good reasons.

[@user-yj2qz8hj5v]

Not true. There are over a 100 Kennedy's alive today. 5 of which have said they dont support him. Of those 5 some of them worked directly for the Biden administration.

[@kawanyx8254]

Trump at the NABJ was just so... bad.

[@JouleZeath]

Whoever advised him to go should have a raise

[@spyofborg]

Yeah, while Trump did a great job, that female (I think, I don't know if it is a woman or not, the person didn't introduce with the pronouns, so I'm guessing) was first, extremely impolite. She was trying to bait him, didn't work. She doesn't know what context means and specially has no idea what comprehension is. You can easily also find many videos of black people in the Bronx that also will outright say, Kamala isn't black. There is a reason why they say that. But I like to know first, do you know what context means?

[@ExposedRoullete]

For the smooth brain crowd maybe, no other presidential candidate will put themselves out there like he does. Rest are cowards hiding behind teleprompters

[@golden_smaug]

John's humour is poignantly delicious

[@Nekrull]

is it me or does this RFK guy look like an older Homelander?

[@williamk4356]

Nader didn't swing Florida, Gore won Florida and the presidency according to every possible recount

[@hel6609]

None of the Kennedy family support him so vote for RFK Jr due to his connection to the Kennedy's are just...stupid...

[@bmrrw1809]

No a lot of his relatives do support, it’s the ones who work for the Democrats that want to keep their jobs that don’t.

[@hooray4pizzaday451]

Half his family is voting for him

[@arctic_desert]

The punchline density in this is amazing to try to keep up with - just bam bam bam all the way through 😂😂😂😂

[@jotaele.44]

When the mainstream has ignored RFK so much that this show has to take clips from the Flagrant podcast

[@proyectoalfonso]

I truly love this program.!! 😂😂😂😂

[@Bzuhl]

Funny thing : I got Max to watch the olympics so it's my first LWT as an official customer. Entertain me, funny british man!

[@HarleyQuiiinn]

Philippe Catherine, the Dyonisos, is actually the french god of everything absurd. He's precious. We love him.

[@shpp2024]

The french are AWESOME

[@alexangelov1631]

I know it would probably never happen, but I would absolutely love if John did a segment about Joe Rogan’s decent into the crazy alt-right libertarian rabbit hole.

[@danielpakiam2629]

Where can i get that john oliver pull toy? 😂

[@brightgoldstar]

The Olympic Games have been glorious. The beautiful volleyball games with the Eiffel tower in the background that takes golden colors as the sun sets, the horse races at Versailles that give you aristocratic vibes, the amazing cycling races all throughour Paris, from Montmartre to the Eiffel tower finish line, the motor races at La Concorde, the beautiful Olympic balloon that shines every night in the Parisian sky... The most esthetically pleasing games of all time. Those little faults are just pointless compared to all the beauty of these games and mainly brought up by jealous bitter people. The French turned the whole Paris into a stadium and revolutionized the Olympic Games. Props to them. It has been truly amazing. Vive la France 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 🇫🇷 ❤❤❤

[@yannicklucas1836]

And the supporters are amazing! 70.000 people staying in the Stade de France for more than half an hour or maybe more when there is only 1 athlete remaining in competition to see his successfull attempt to beat the pole vault world record. Or for the basket 3v3 finale where hundreads of people took place in the skate park stands just to see the basketball court from afar.

[@aldrichuyliong8143]

What I don't get about The Last Supper (if that's what it was) controversy at the Paris Olympic Games is why Christians automatically assume "mockery" or "blasphemy" whenever a drag queen or trans performer depicts Christian iconography. They say an accusation is often a confession. So what are the rightwing Christian pearl clutchers confessing to? 🤔

[@gamkal7231]

They weren't depicting Christian iconography. They were depicting the 12 olympic gods of ancient Greece. But since the fundamentalists have no other culture or references, they see Jesus everywhere.

[@Simbu.]

We need an episode on Joe Rogan.

[@user-sc9vp2ku6c]

John’s the only show i watch on .75% speed

[@kimhoffmannandersen5477]

Christians always gets offended on behalf of their God. Here is the thing though. If there is a God and he is all powerful He very obviously do not give a F and isn't offended at all. So why are You? Another fun thing. What would happen to God if we weren't around to imagine him and become offended on his behalf?

[@gandaruvu]

religious people got offended on behalf of their gods, it's not an exclusively Christians thing. At least with Christians, they just complained and no one got killed in retaliation.

[@lucascel5827]

​@@gandaruvu...yet

[@gandaruvu]

@@lucascel5827 you can't based your argument on hypothetical situations.

[@Ramsey276one]

Great point there! XD

[@Patricia-cn7ox]

@@gandaruvuThe crusades, the extermination of natives, the witch hunts, the KKK (a lot of religion based violence at the start), Northern Ireland, etc. your racism is showing. Religious nuts are nuts no matter what religion they have.

[@kanggofud5440]

Never knew i would seen John Oliver Twin in the olympic in my lifetime 😂😂, congrats for winning the silver medal john 🎉🎉

[@fabdramelay]

Philippe Katherine, the blue guy at the opening, is a french national trésor

[@vaclavnikl6842]

It's kind funny, as an observer from Europe I was kind of fed up by Trump and Biden, so I thought, what about the third one? How bad can he be? Oh boy...

[@user-gn6jc2yn9c]

RFK Jr. sounds like he smokes 60 sticks of cigarettes a day.

[@lisettegarcia]

He has a medical condition. Funny how there is sensitivity for differently abled people, but only if their political views are deemed acceptable 🤔

[@aro2103]

Its hard hearing the garbage he spouts in his medical conditioned voice. If he was doing the Lords work and had a positive mesage I'm sure it would not be so grating.

[@MegaJohny777]

So RFK inadvertently killed 83 children? I would die of shame knowing that, if I had been the cause. Damn.

[@MegaJohny777]

*at least

[@itayshlamkovich465]

Just can't wait to see the bit John will do about Harris.

[@emosinayabe9172]

He won't do it

[@studyjoe1967]

JD Vance just gave the whole new meaning of castingcouch

[@Larchitecte13]

Does anyone know why Pikachu is on the opening ? Is Last Week Tonight about to announce they switch to full Pokemon Showdown somehow ?

[@AnkyloSolo]

maybe it's a JD Vance reference

[@Larchitecte13]

@@AnkyloSolo We truly live in a wonderful world...^^

[@Mitchell-k8t]

Jd Vance son was trying to talk his father about Pokémon while he was on the phone with Trump;Vance told his son to shut up

[@lisettegarcia]

​@@Mitchell-k8tno he didn't, that's a lie. president trump asked Vance to put his son on the phone when he called to let him know he was the VP pick. How cynical do you have to be to slander such an innocent interaction? If the situation is not super relatable to you, then you either don't have a phone, don't have kids, or don't have a job.

[@spacelemur7955]

This is about the tenth RFK exposé I have read, seen or heard, and they all point out that he has very fixed allegations that he claims are truths, and he sticks to them to the bitter end and will lie shamelessly to defend them and gaslight you.

[@mejsjalv]

Larry David introduced Cheryl to RFK Jr. With such a campaign ad, it does look like something straight out of Curb.

[@anomalocaris9069]

I knew that if there were one people on Earth to like Philippe Katerine's antics, it would be John Oliver

[@NewMessage]

"Conspiracy theorists are the dumbest people on the planet.. bar none." That's why they become conspiracy theor... waaaaitaminute...! * dons his tinfoil hat *

[@weekendwarrior8179]

Great profile on RFK. Didn't know a lot of this.

[@themok4125]

Based on his voice alone, i would not vote for RFK lol

[@hankchinaski4075]

That’s a bit harsh.

[@LionHeartSamy]

Interestingly, Trevor Noah has had a stand-up joke about how all US presidents have weird voices

[@user-yj2qz8hj5v]

Stupid reason not to vote for someone. Especially when the wicked witch of the left and racist orange are his compatition..

[@NyanyiC]

You not voting for him should not be based on his voice but his intellect, beliefs and policies

[@pak6275]

34:02 When the crowd takes a while to understand the joke.

[@marcinswider6446]

wonder if he will do a piece on Kamala

[@damiang888]

Why? she is the perfect candidate, everyone loves Kamala, she will be the next president of the United States and everybody will celebrate!

[@ewed418]

Preparing for the Olympics. 1) Give myself Diarrhoea ✔️

[@CybershamanX]

I just hate it when people give me a hard time for not wanting to vote for 3rd party candidates for president. Bottom line is that if you _really_ want a third party? Well, you have to start at the local level. And the fact is that most, if not all, of these third party-voting idiots just balk at getting involved at a local level and trying to start a new party. Sorry, folks, but third party votes at the presidential level are in fact an actual waste of your vote. EDUCATE YOURSELVES. 😎☮

[@intersanctum]

You are wrong. Political independents continue to constitute the largest political bloc in the U.S., with an average of 43% of U.S. adults identifying this way in 2023. Give the people a proper candidate, and GOP and DNC will lose.

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

​@@intersanctumWhere's the "Proper" candidate you speak of?

[@user-nk9kw1ip4k]

RE: RFK Jr: A reminder for those who still associate environmentalism strictly with liberalism: both the El Paso shooter in the U.S. and the Christchurch shooter in NZ expressed strong environmentalist/conservationist views in their respective manifestos. The far-right has historically often overlapped with the green movement.