S3 E18: RNC, 2016 Election Update & Brexit Update: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Season 3, Episode 18. July 24th, 2016. John Oliver discusses the 2016 Republican National Convention, Hillary Clinton picks a boring running mate, and Theresa May becomes Prime Minister of the UK, appointing Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary.
Connect with Last Week Tonight online...
Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight KZbin channel for more almost news as it almost happens: kzbin.info
Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would: lastweektonight
Follow us on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news: lastweektonight
Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: www.hbo.com/lastweektonight

[@greenthing116]

I sure hope this Trump guy doesnt win!

[@pxrkhali3363]

There's absolutely no way he will, so pumped up for our first female president!

[@Peta_CHAD69]

You must be joking. There's 0 possibility that he becomes a president!! Even talking about such inprobability is insane of itself!!!

[@YukoValis]

yeah I mean who would be stupid enough to fall for such a scammer?

[@ashtangaxashtangapranayama8526]

I think its hilarious how this cheetos guy thinks he can win they wont vote for him 😅

[@jeronimotamayolopera4834]

VOTE LIBERTARIAN.

[@jerrodbroholm4338]

This hurts so much to watch now. I remember when I still believed Trump was just a joke, and not a clear and present danger to our existence.

[@kimberlybrady6976]

I just said that to my boss, how every year my FB post from the day he announced in 2015 comes up: "I don't know if Trump is the best thing to happen to the GOP, or the worst - but I guess we'll find out!" EVERY YEAR I feel a new pain of not realizing what was happening in that moment... FB will never let me forget.

[@monsterlair]

Newt Gingrich's feelings vs facts bit has been defining politics since 2016.

[@JaneKaplun-js4lp]

We still hadn’t heard of “alternative facts” yet.

[@MusicfromMarrs]

@@JaneKaplun-js4lp KellyAnne hadn't been recruited away from Ted Cruz's campaign quite yet.

[@nielsmichiels1939]

It's clear that he learned about the deletion of the Colbert Report & Daily Show library and he was like "this isn't going to happen over here!"

[@noramagurn2546]

Fr I’m so upset. F u paramount+

[@moogle68]

Wait... those shows deleted their old libraries of episodes? Why? How far back did they delete to? Seems like such a crazy thing to delete so much data that no one else has access to, and that is a useful tool in understanding public perception of historical events.

[@nielsmichiels1939]

@@moogle68 With the daily show from the verry start to 2016. And they deleted the entire Colbert report. And why? Official explenation was "it costs too much to keep it online". They probably still have back ups somewhere in a storage building but the entire online library is just.......gone.

[@moogle68]

@@nielsmichiels1939 that's wack. I'm glad you didn't mean they deleted the back ups too, but that's equally weird for such a big show to complain about server storage space. It's never been cheaper, and that will only continue to become more and more true as time goes on since data storage technology will continue to get better and better.

[@gyinagal]

@@moogle68it’s probably the streaming companies tbh

[@TheDilligan]

It's far less stressful watching this show later, knowing this is all in the past. I know exactly how it turned out and I feel like my current concerns are so much worse.

[@Neoyoshi-FFXIV]

Is it less stressful knowing Trump is going to win again? D: Because it probably is going to win.

[@zzaaaaap]

Except once again, America is being asked to vote against Trump, but this time everyone knows what will happen if he wins. You don't necessarily have to love whoever is the Democratic nominee in November, but the world can't allow the US to be overrun with literal fascism. They're far too influential in our world for them to be taken over by someone like Trump and the Heritage Foundation. Don't give that bastard and his cronies another 4 years, or I seriously doubt there will ever be another fair presidential election

[@collinsaddo6194]

Watching this knowing Borris Johnson gets a promotion from this point 💀

[@robkoper841]

SKOLLLEMOGEEEE

[@elaineb7065]

This... *cries*

[@kquinnvandevelde1384]

Was so confused when I saw RNC and Brexit update 😂

[@coyotefang]

I jago crazy

[@twooey8232]

As was I

[@ErutaniaRose]

Same, lol. Also love your pfp!

[@twooey8232]

@@ErutaniaRose thanks!

[@ErutaniaRose]

@@twooey8232 I meant OP, but I love yours too!

[@DrewSavo]

25:20 just in case anyone wants to know: Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart, Michael Bolton, Usher, Dan Reynolds of Imagine Dragons, Cyndi Lauper, Sheryl Crow, Josh Groban, John Mellencamp and of course, Mittens.

[@mahdokhtnikakhlaq1937]

Believe it or not I came to the comments section just to try and find out exactly what you commented 🙌🏻😁 Thank youuuu

[@straitJacketFashion]

The audience seemed to be big fans of Usher and Groban.

[@danderedere]

@@mahdokhtnikakhlaq1937 Same

[@saberbyte3989]

THANK YOU!

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

the first time i saw this episode, i only knew who cyndi lauper was XD (well i recognized michael bolton from the irs episode and usher looked vaguely familiar)

[@theanthill22]

I think these shows are actually MORE relevant now. Holy shit.

[@E_Unik]

The whole feelings vs facts debacle really foreshadowed things, huh?

[@TheNinthGenerarion]

Trump’s speech was rather historic in nature.

[@AMortalDefiant]

That's what happens when a political party's ideologies are not based in any form of reality. It started with attacking science, and the scientific method, while pretending that anything written in the Bible is fact.

[@gentlemans7579]

Well glad Johnson is only foreign secretary. Imagine if he was PM.

[@GreenMage39]

...this feels so much worse now than it did then...

[@Disconformative]

watching this in 2024 to figure out what went wrong... realizing so, so much, so very much went wrong

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

Ahhh yes the 2016 election, simpler times.

[@TMBrooks75]

One thing I noticed, this audience hasn't been through a Trump presidency or Covid, they seem much happier to laugh.

[@nneisler]

Now we just laugh in pain

[@artyb27]

What was once incredulous mockery has turned to fearful (but justified) hatred.

[@1991petrolhead]

I dont know about you, but i think Bernie Sanders might have been a slightly better choice.

[@lovetolovebooks]

Hillary would have won by a landslide.

[@SmokyVols]

Melting my subscription feed John

[@nullcypher]

yeah, im unsubscribing until this is over.

[@0008loser]

​@@nullcypher bruh crying over 1st world problem of free content lmao

[@nullcypher]

@0008loser bro crying over a random comment xd

[@CanadiansInCarsGettingCocky]

Bro, spead out the uploads. My feed is John slowly aging

[@martinjrgensen8234]

First world problems much

[@ankitpsk]

this sucked to watch today. how did we just let this all happen?

[@Osbox_levrai]

If you come across this, please send your prayers and positive energy. I’ve been battling health issues for years.

[@DrBreadstick]

It doesn't just feel like it is going to be worse, the fact is that it is going to be far worse.

[@aedwardsss]

At first I was insulted by the harmonica dig… then I saw him play and was like “okay I get it… he’s a beginner.”

[@creepycraig73]

"Newt Gingrich is what a smart person sounds like to a stupid person." - Paul Krugman

[@jeremiasrobinson]

It is so great to see our country's greatest thinkers getting together to sensibly and respectfully debate each other to make sure we address the issues only after having explored all the possible solutions.

[@bretfisher7286]

😂

[@thejackal007]

So the "Facts don't care about your feelings" crowd continues to scream about feelings being more important than facts. Years later and it's only gotten worse.

[@swagmasterdoritos]

There's no way this Trump guy is going to beat Hillary LMAO, the dems definitely got this one

[@SetiSupreme]

The options were a trainwreck monkey and an evil lizard.

[@TMBrooks75]

Bernie would’ve beaten him but Killary threatened him and he bowed out

[@charlessimmons223]

As a lifelong Dropkick Murphy's fan, I'm so fucking happy, and not even a little bit surprised.

[@neondarling379]

I wish a time traveler would’ve warned us

[@MohamedAli-be3gx]

Who else watches this channel for inspiration?

[@raynwave]

LAST WEEK TONIGHT PLEASE REVERSE YOUR PLAYLISTS FOR EACH SEASON 🙏🏽

[@TjMoses-db9vh]

תודה רבה על הסרטון! 🇮🇱

[@Enjoyurble]

25:21 FOR MUSICIANS COMING TOGETHER TO TAKE A STAND. YOU'RE WELCOME, JOHN.

[@Acidfrog475]

I’m so glad keyboard tabby could also make it with his incredible contribution to the craft

[@aabu4995]

I wonder if there is a kid in the world named Brexit

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

And yet Boris Johnson had far more credibility than Trump ever would Also 8:07 him saying “gay agenda” while Tchaikovsky (who was gay) plays in the background is funny

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

2024 here, shi#'s about to get a lot worse.

[@brodyharris7631]

I was so confused. I didn't realize this was an old episode 😅

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

Me2!😂

[@ohnositsrose]

Watching this in 2024 feels surreal.

[@Rad9000]

All the impending doom aside, it is incredible to remember just how amazing this show has been from the beginning.

[@ShSh-fw1cz]

It’s incredible to see such kindness and love. Thank you all!

[@MarkoMik-cj3ty]

You all have filled my heart with joy. Thank you for your kind words!

[@jackl4laughs]

Hold on here, did a Tim Kaine joke a minute in get Gen Z to wear long socks? John are you the effing reason I can't wear ankle socks, which are much cooler?

[@krautnapped]

Feelings don't care about your facts.

[@5urg3x]

This is amazing you’re putting these older episodes on KZbin but why aren’t they on Hbo max?

[@Muzikrazy213]

The entire libraries of The Colbert Report and the old Daily Show have been wiped from the Internet. John and his team are making sure that doesn't happen to this show.

[@The-Game-Merchant]

Nice to see this news bird when he was a bright and chipper Cockatiel instead of now, a slowly hunching African grey that looks more and more like he's trying to resist biting things as the years go by. I'm a fan of the show btw

[@RodrigobaladaMovel]

The production value is so high. It's like watching a professional show.

[@hannahivy4316]

thanks for the thirty videos, out of order, in my subscrption feed 😃lol but for real cant wait to watch them all .

[@Muzikrazy213]

The entire libraries of The Colbert Report and the old Daily Show have been wiped from the Internet. John and his team are making sure that doesn't happen to this show.

[@user-wp3ox1pv7b]

There's a perfect balance between education and entertainment.

[@pabloquijadasalazar7507]

“From the top to the bottom, from the middle to the side”

[@jeanNguessan-th8cw]

You all are restoring my faith in humanity. Thank you for your kind words!

[@hlwany7272]

Seeing so much love here is beautiful. God bless you all!

[@CuentaCrunchyrrol]

I'm in need of your prayers and support. Please keep me in your thoughts as I navigate my health journey.

[@SatnamSingh-ly4uv]

If you read this, please send your healing thoughts and prayers. I've been facing health struggles for a long time.

[@user-jb6yk4en4p]

The mastery of the craft is clear. Keep inspiring us with amazing work!

[@nadia0701]

The stakes are so much higher. There will be no adults in the room this time and he thinks he's got full immunity.

[@alsaadgeneraldubai]

Anyone else think this video should win an award for creativity?

[@commenter3002]

I think they're uploading their archive (thus 30 videos within an hour) because paramount replaced it with an ad for Paramount plus

[@mjd2022]

The talent on display is incredible!

[@milanjadav-su7ii]

Thank you for always putting a smile on faces. The content is pure joy.

[@lykaveniceva4359]

Did anyone else notice the small detail at 5:23? It’s so cool!

[@Master_WannaBe_]

I feel like Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar watching this.

[@mikewiz1054]

This is the party whose tagline is “f your feelings”. 8 years after this their whole platform is feelings.

[@dawnfrood2600]

Please do a primer series on project 2025. Short and easy to share and understand.

[@adelecall4712]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYraoqOua9GjldU

[@bagoto4015]

Thanks a lot from New Zealand! 🇳🇿

[@FernandoOceano-fu2ej]

These comments are like a breath of fresh air. Thank you for the kind words.

[@joanaalmeida8927]

You all are truly inspiring with your kindness. Thank you!

[@poppypurr1402]

This is even funnier watching after PM Boris happened.

[@FelipeAspee]

This is why I love KZbin.

[@justalaborer713]

So in 2016 feelings don't care about your facts.

[@ReneeKadlubek-gt9qm]

Thank you JO and affiliates in that order

[@joao_gomes]

Boris Johnson rising the ranks is one of the most bonkers things in UK politics

[@XopheAdethri]

Lol on the season 3 dump 😂🤣

[@elphieofkiamoko]

This non campaign song slaps

[@VizoSphere]

There's a gift for making people smile. Thank you for sharing it.

[@jimmichaels2319]

Fascinating to watch this 8 years later. And now we stare down the third consecutive Trump GOP coronation.

[@mariomario-fk4di]

Спасибо от всей души! 🇺🇿

[@SnoFitzroy]

As an avid pokemon fan I was wildly confused looking over and seeing pikachu in the intro, then I realized this episode probably was one of the first ones after GO exploded in popularity. We just had an "8th anniversary" event in the game and this is how it's clicking in my head that that many years ago was 2016. wtfffff

[@mariomario-fk4di]

Who's here before this video hits 1 million views? Early squad, where you at?

[@glenndoverryan]

Wow, honestly this is eerily accurate to what happened. Fuckin wild. Like the whole trump creating his own reality thing hits different in hindsight.

[@producerTJeski]

Oh poor 2016 John had no idea how much worse Boris Johnson was going to be.

[@terribleatmagic]

This is so surreal today. Wtf.

[@e4t662]

"Round here, nothing ever changes, round here"..

[@cholocco2831]

Why did you decide to upload everything at one time

[@Fools_Requiem]

They're releasing every episode of every season, but only a single season for weeks in which the show isn't airing.

[@michaeldanaseymour]

this show is golden

[@supportlocalbusines]

Who are all the artists at the end?

[@kelvincortegana8822]

What stabilization tools were used for the shots in this video?

[@aaditchadda3319]

wow thank god he is only the foreign minister. Wouldn't ever be able to picture him as a prime minister

[@alsaadgeneraldubai]

How did you achieve that smooth camera movement in this video?

[@saintbrotyrone]

How do you manage lighting for both indoor and outdoor shots in a video?

[@Mjws2907]

On 2 May 2024 Johnson was turned away from his polling station for the Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner, after forgetting to bring valid photographic identification, a requirement of the Elections Act, which Johnson introduced while in office.

[@RAHFATHSAROSE]

What type of camera did you use for this shoot?

[@lesleywillis853]

Keep producing this kind of content.

[@cleidesantos888]

How was the background music synchronized with the video scenes?

[@davidmckay9552]

IT'S 2024 AND THE COUNTRY IS STILL DEALING WITH THIS GUY

[@haroldsholguins4983]

Who else is here after watching the sequel?

[@skeewiffenator]

I feel like the timing on this one is on purpose

[@PujaKumari-rj2rp]

What microphone was used to capture the audio in this video?

[@kristianLamis]

How do you create and insert graphics into a video like this?

[@Jivolt]

This video is from 2016 and it’s hard to believe that the Republican Party could get even more ridiculous. It did.

[@tarielkaroldan4106]

The US of A missed the opportunity to have a ludicrously funny vicepresident. They got a ludicrous one for sure, but not in a funny way

[@merianaagollu6946]

What editing software was used to create the effects in this video?

[@TraderCabuloso]

What is the process for choosing the best takes for a video like this?