S3 E7: Congressional Fundraising, Nuclear Powers & The Yankees: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Season 3, Episode 7. April 3rd, 2016. John Oliver discusses the costs of political fundraising, Putin and Trump make news over nuclear security, and John trolls the Yankees after they antagonize lower income fans.
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[@austinemms9772]

It’s amazing to watch this episode and see that the thing that aged the greatest is John’s prediction about the Chicago Cubs.

[@bowdenproductions]

I was just going to comment on that 😂

[@Maxxisblitz]

I've always appreciated how at 15:40, John puts the phone away at the end of the bit. True professional right here.

[@kpatterson14206]

I will never have anything but respect for politicians who do interviews with John, knowing full well they will be the butt of jokes the entire time, no matter their platform or party

[@jasoncourtneybrown7221]

He iis actually very respectful of all of his guests. Repubs who come on the show usually know what to expect, it's called EMPATHY. That is what the bad guys are lacking, concern for other people. Pretty sure he wouldn't have anyone on who didn't, that would be a flame-grilled roast.

[@Furonanator139]

I love with the full episodes releasing i get to see new john shenagins "Oh this rich jerk wants to make sure the peasents don't buy a 1$ ticket? I'll sell em fo a quarter and demand they dress like they don't belong"

[@TrexelCat]

This was still the beginning of his hero arc where he would spend loads of HBO money for a gag, and to make some uptight fuck crap himself for landing in the sights of John Oliver.

[@dunkelmonkey]

Kinda crazy that during your "anything could happen" opening to the baseball segment, you said "the Cubs could win the World Series" and they actually did

[@Astral_Armadillo]

I was in the audience for this one!

[@iyeetsecurity922]

Pics or it didn't happen.

[@rjpittman4510]

Is it as fun as it looks?

[@ishotmyboss]

Get me a lock of his hair next time.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@iyeetsecurity922kinda hard to do that on KZbin. Plus sounds like a weird thing to lie about

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

How was it?

[@asamlos]

My mother ran for state political office twice and was the local Democratic Committee chair for a while and I can confirm that fundraising becomes like a lifestyle when you're in the political sphere. It was absolutely insane lol

[@CrazyInsanelikeafox]

"Sure,... that's fair." Johnny Oliver , you crack me up so much!!😂😂😂 You and J.Stewart are the Bees Knees!

[@Vanq22114]

I didn't think it was possible to make me feel sorry for a politician but holy fuck, 4 hours of fundraising on the phone sounds like the circle of Hell that Dante forgot to mention

[@Achiles2209]

I think that would have been in malebolge among the simionists, flatterers, and panderers lol

[@rjpittman4510]

I love they started adding the full episodes. I always hated that I couldn't watch old episodes on HBO and could only watch the main stories on KZbin. LWT is great not just because of the main story and how they present the topic, but all the crazy crap John does in the rest of the episode

[@ericallen3654]

"Oh, Congressman, I would never do this to a glass" XD

[@arp711]

Calling him the "Marquis de Sade of trainers" tells me this bubba has never read the Marquis de Sade, because I am guessing he would run for the hills if he knew what that would actually entail.

[@toastyy4186]

that congressman was kinda chill for sipping that bag ngl

[@pineapplesandjellies]

THAT'S why he's always green-eggs-and-hamming Ted Cruz?!

[@rachelfox8108]

Truly the birth of an 8-year-long bit that's still going strong.

[@kristina_eb]

it started in the Fillibuster segment in 2019 when they showed that same clip

[@MysteryMii]

3:27 Little did John know about what happened to the Cubs that season.

[@iyeetsecurity922]

Back to the Future part 2 knew.

[@MysteryMii]

@@iyeetsecurity922 They were off by a year tho.

[@Enjoyurble]

Thanks for reminding us about how Trump didn't understand why Japan doesn't have a military, John. Good thing we were smart enough to not vote for someone with so little foreign policy, John. Sigh. Of. Relief.

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

japan definitely has a military lmao the current one has been around for 70 years. they still don't have nukes tho, as far as we know

[@Uruz2012]

Sounds like you're saying that Japanese people can't be trusted to defend themselves. Sort of paternalistic and a touch racist, tbh.

[@stephaniehendricks3537]

A simpler time....awww john predicted correctly the cubs winning the world series in 2016. Awww, simple times

[@93DanielK]

John might’ve been the first to predict the Cubs winning the World Series in 2016 😂

[@andrewwinslow9315]

16:26, 8 years Later, NBA Champ Kristaps Porzingis may actually make calls telling Celtics fans to celebrate their team by "Cold Calling" them. Knicks fans, WHAT HAPPENED

[@NiklasLind-t7i]

isnt begging for money forbidden in many states?

[@Taospark]

Not unless they go over 5k.

[@bonniebrush94]

"But that's for thee and not for me". 🙄

[@zaxzumu4605]

Only for the poor

[@LunaryxDiarmait]

That song about ammonia nitrate is epic!

[@5amiann]

Re: Baseball. I wish you would do this for all the teams that have become so elitist. They would rather have empty stadiums than lower prices at all.

[@shannontobin7825]

having these full episodes still feels weird after years of cheating a Hulu subscription

[@budgetreno]

This explains some of what I've seen on tiktok recently, "I've never sat in premium seats before" 😂

[@patrickhaley1312]

I think I love this man

[@DanieltheTruebadour]

I KNOW I do.

[@DanieltheTruebadour]

This man is a National treasure. It began, I believe, with Jon Stewart, when people actually went to a comic to learn their news. In that tradition, folks like Stephen Colbert, Seth meyers, Jimmy Kimmel and, of course, John Oliver, comics all, bring us our news and political commentary. (These are just a few, albeit the major players, so forgive me for leaving others out.) This brings me to a point. I feel that these comics / political pundits deserve special recognition, particularly in these times of tRump et al. Hey, I believe, or the major players in preserving our national sanity, and I feel that they, collectively, deserve the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Let them vote among themselves for the individual to receive the honor, as their representative. I believe the idea deserves a Closer Look.

[@MsBrunoVarela]

I made a playlist in the correct order... kzbin.info/aero/PLOpXx5UbYp1vGOEdpIoL9FiWQuExZzAOg

[@jssmith0225]

Hero!

[@postmasterspecific]

Thank you oh my god

[@TheEmbessyNetwork]

I can now sleep to the proper setlist. Thank you!

[@DrewSavo]

3:31 I’ve just found my new Sleep Paralysis Demon.

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

God the US political system is spectacularly weird. And I'm from the UK. So I know about weird political systems!

[@Hayanomie]

Seventh video and we got a mention of Putin so theres that. At this point he was well into decimating Syria.

[@kiloftd]

our government literally spends 50% of its effort fundraising and we wonder why it is so dysfunctional

[@MitchellTF]

...I miss the day swhen we could share bag-wine with people without being terrified.

[@williamjustus2677]

We owe this practice to Newt Gingrich Congress was not like that until he came along and fundementally changed the way it functions. It is a fact you can google it!

[@zacharywolter]

The world before President Trump was so charming

[@DanieltheTruebadour]

"No," she responds.

[@alt9082]

The Cubs winning it all 🥹

[@MusicfromMarrs]

thanks for reminding us that there was a time when Trump the Chump thought that Kim, Jong Un was a mad man.

[@jimthemessiah]

that pic of arod looks like AI

[@MandrelsChasingStencils]

Revenge is something poor people do and wealth is not only monetary. Hold your heads high, instead!

[@SheevX66XPalpatine]

Hey, um, at least the cubs did win 😅 go cubs and god forgive us for trump..here in july 2024…maybe twice

[@heatherdowhaluk2128]

And along came MTG😂😂

[@shellyjoseph3109]

The amount of.smh I did w them. Doing stupid stuff just amazes me

[@MrMatteNWk]

0:21 Garry (misspelled in the intro) has been gone for that long??

[@helder2225]

I think Jared can find it for sure 😅

[@tigerrom03]

Best show

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Our government is so messed up

[@clxs8091]

I'm gonna win that contest 😂 wish me luck

[@JohnTLyon]

Okay, but a nuclear weapon is a pretty big bomb, too!

[@LucSkywalkerFTJ]

The Cubs did win and it was the only thing good that happened that autumn

[@MusicfromMarrs]

19:46

[@ikazukison2]

Wow Trump used to be sort-of coherent, I mean it was always nonsense coming out of his mouth but he could at least speak a little faster, he's really lost all of his remaining braincells in the last eight years

[@mellowyellow2576]

😂

[@Manhattan2025]

First

[@kenpiedmont]

🎉🎉

[@cepidehrazavi313]

2nd