Subway: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

[@midoriya-shonen]

Major props to the actors in that parody drama. They put way more emotion into those lines than anyone could have expected of them.

[@funningames2243]

Someone calls you and you answer quite slowly,, Bacon mustachioed and cucumber eyes, Quan Nygat Pham and the sky of diaaamonds.

[@jerryokazaki8626]

More emotion than any SNL Skit

[@squee599]

The little trail of food crumbs across her face when he touched her with the gloves on absolutely killed me!

[@TreyCapnerhurst]

The villain was perfect!

[@andrew20146]

Some real sandwich artistry.

[@acmeopinionfactory8018]

As long as John Oliver has a contract, HBO's lawyers will have jobs.

[@jessstapf426]

He’s a jobs creator!

[@davidpeterson5647]

I'd love to see Jared's Diet Plan to try...

[@whazzat8015]

No jury would ever convict him.

[@RB-hj7qc]

I doubt Subway will sue HBO. They will lose and give Oliver more fodder for his show. Just like what happened with the coal guy.

[@jschuler53]

@@whazzat8015 Because his defense is no one would take anything he says seriously. He's a comedian after all and this is a comedy show. Parody, satire, sarcasm puns are all protected speech. Uh Huh.

[@hannahhickman8663]

You can tell the writers of the show actually watch Kdramas because this was so accurate, especially the acting of the villain

[@marjanek1]

@@allnn2552 The acting might seem over the top but is never boring. There are so many Korean dramas that are just so much fun to (re)watch!

[@Manganization]

Western series does that too. Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewifes come to mind.

[@Lethgar_Smith]

@@allnn2552 I find all this rather fascinating.

[@marjanek1]

@@Manganization I wouldn't put Ugly Betty aside Desperate housewives :D

[@marjanek1]

@@allnn2552 Maybe a lot of them is. My beloved are Bridal mask, IRIS, My girlfriend is a Gumiho, Secret garden, Rooftop prince and also 3rd hospital and Equator man :) The "misogynistic" tone of Korean dramas is (for now) just cultural and regional trait. The ongoing theme is the rivalry between two brothers, who would guess what that allegory might be. I used to watch European dramas in the 90s on TV, but they were not in original language, so I didn't enjoy them quite enough. Are there some you would recommend from the recent time. Thank you :)

[@johnskrip7174]

The funny thing is that the Subway plot line in Community is literally about the rampant spread of Subway and how they’re so intent on having a Subway at the school that they make a guy change his name to Subway and enroll him as a student and as the physical embodiment of the company.

[@placeholderdoe]

When he said that I was like,”That’s an add!?!”

[@zingzangspillip1]

@@placeholderdoe I always thought of that episode as more of a satire than product placement.

[@jonathancharron7360]

They were also parodying mac and me with everyone dancing

[@tijmen131]

@@placeholderdoe genius right, still getting paid and critisizing the company at the same time

[@ybab-j]

classic dan harmon! pretend to make fun of something toxic while signal boosting and benefiting from it

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

Never underestimate the lengths that John Oliver will go to for a joke. That ending segment was fantastic.

[@monsieurdorgat6864]

That was one of the longer segments for the show, I think. Worth it lmao

[@rudi_ghuliani]

A+ production value, too! When she pulled the meatball out of her pocket they had to cut because she broke! Too funny!

[@applemauzel]

Personally, I totally thought the ending would involve the girl also buying a subway within the subway, then serve everyone meatballs.

[@lil_tiggles]

I want a whole show written and produced 🤣

[@Keviamaya]

It could be It's own show! Amazing :D

[@successfulfailure1298]

I worked at a subway for a year. The owner of the shop was an amazing person. Gave small deals here and there that the company wouldn’t necessarily offer (think extra stuff on certain sandwiches he thought were bad deals). He also made sure every single employee had a job before we closed(I’ll get to that). I remember when the inspector would come down she’d proudly claim that we were the best subway in socal and she loved checking in on us. During the $5 footling I asked the owner “how do you afford to sell sandwiches at that price?” To which he responded “I’m wondering the same thing.” Poor dude had to close the whole shop a few months later and could barely afford to do so. I still have the order here sign as a memory of my first job

[@placeholderdoe]

So sad

[@4partmedia]

You got a "deal" on a fuckn sandwich here and there and you call that manager amazing? 😂😂😂

[@Chrisko1492]

See, and that‘s why I don‘t have any sympathy for these people. Why did he not read the contract he signed? Why did he not use his brain? 90% of people who get fucked in this show‘s topics are dumb people, usually minorities. Sure, Subway & Co. are evil (it‘s the USA, after all), but if you have a functioning brain you can avoid most capitalistic traps. I just remembered the episode about Trump university and how people got scammed. Like…yeah??! It‘s fucking Trump, his whole stick is scamming people. Why should I feel bad for those single digit IQ retards?

[@DutchKidRanger]

@@4partmediamaybe the full details were not expressed. The manager is likely a franchisee and promotional sales/giveaways are pennies out of their pocket, less for their families. They don't have to do promotions unless instructed, and they are under no obligation to put more stuff on the sandwiches, once again the franchisee earns less

[@irondragonmaiden]

@@4partmediaHaving an owner who warns you the ship is going down and tries to make sure everyone gets a new job before the shop has to close IS a great manager. Most people would rather work you for the last penny.

[@BrianSpurrier]

I think my favorite recurring joke in this show is “our lawyers say I can’t say ________ … so I won’t”

[@nasis18]

But he heavily implies otherwise 😆

[@emberalexander7444]

I mean the most classic courtroom trick is to bring up something that the judge rules inadmissible but knowing damn well the jury heard it anyway, they know he gonna say it

[@Itsrainingcatsyall]

Brilliant 😂

[@johnnyjohnny2650]

@@emberalexander7444 Yeah, news shows, talkback shows, opinion pieces, do it all the time.

[@onkelpappkov2666]

@@johnnyjohnny2650 _Do scientists truly believe the moon isn't made out of cheese? Well, they say it isn't... at least according to so called "observations". For legal reasons, I won't insist on the moon being made out of cheese but you damn well know that we're all aware of the truth._

[@davidleon9037]

Subway signing away the identity and rights of a human and enrolling them as a student named “Subway” in Community remains one of my favorite jokes in the entire show.

[@calmbbaer]

Yep - saving Chuck and Community earned Subway a permanent place in my heart, along with their going along with that superficially anti-corporate plot on Community. Also the fact that, for many years in many places around the world, they were the only restaurant with a vegetarian option that was more than just fries (which themselves weren't even vegetarian at some chains). A loved one even talked about opening a franchise someday. Fortunately, she chose a safer life option - moving to Ukraine.

[@ohkris10]

Also a huge fan of Chuck and Community!!

[@wolftamer9]

Kind of insane that Subway's paid sponsorship resulted in several episodes where they were explicitly hyper-corporate villains. Like, did they make money off that exposure?

[@Bombercules]

Seriously, John did them dirty by saying he forgot that arc, it was incredible.

[@zenleeparadise]

@@calmbbaer this comment is insane and I love it so much I wish I could “like” it twice

[@unawesome-.-jello]

As a Korean, I am absolutely thrilled by the K-drama of the ending. Accuracy of actors' language, music, impression, chef kiss.

[@JE-zl6uy]

I particularly loved our clear villian in the business analyst...

[@KuruGDI]

I was actually interested if the language and the actors were good. So thanks for your comment :D

[@livinginthisgalaxy7961]

adhusji

[@kshitijakhade4164]

I was really hoping that was a real show 😂🤦🏻‍♀️🙈

[@TMS9918A]

Knowing John, this was probably made in Korea. He loves to go beyond your expectations (and HBO's budget) for a punchline.

[@mhkpt]

If the Korean lady had solved her lover dispute by opening _her own_ Subway franchise next to them think I would've died laughing. Thank you for not going all the way there.

[@11SIMPLIFIED]

That's a great idea

[@EuroGuy85]

spite subway? like Larry David?

[@hibiscusst523]

That would have been too perfect 😂

[@hibiscusst523]

@@EuroGuy85 lol Mocha Joe

[@aham-mumukshu-asmi]

@mhkpt - That would have been way better. I thought she was going to be the development agent in disguise.

[@indebtfolife]

The amount of effort to write and produce a seemingly complete and fully staffed Korean (??) melodrama short is truly chef's kiss.

[@NatalieMarie917]

Yes, it was Korean

[@DapSchaf]

*Sandwich artist's kiss

[@masterofalltrades_]

Yes, Korean indeed.

[@pkjoesd]

As a Korean fan of John Oliver, it was so so so... I don't even have words. This may even be better than the Televangelist episode ending.

[@rajeshupadhyay5683]

Well said! I am also here to learn how to invest after listening to a lady on tv talk about the importance of investing and how she made 7 figure in 3 month, somehow the video taught me nothing and left me even more confused, I'm a newbie and I'm open to ideas on how to invest for retirement

[@hell0moko]

as a Korean this parody looks 100% accurate, like if it was made by real K-drama staffs

[@sinbad6319]

Honestly I would watch this for shits and giggles

[@juliebraden6911]

@@sinbad6319 bullshit. You would watch it because you love it and you would be all over social media about it and wear shirts and hoodies with the show logo and when it got cancelled, you would cry. Don't lie to us.

[@mwadams1]

Indeed. A little humor is exactly what most K-drama needs, and I would watch years of something that can laugh at itself but also make you feel something.

[@kenneth5355]

@@juliebraden6911 Well that's a bit rude innit

[@KahlevN]

They especially nailed the tendency to in all Korean media have the female lead cuck the male lead for at least part of the story.

[@user-tj5yg5pk8v]

The actors you got for the commercial truly deserve a standing ovation.

[@shoutenry]

Actual Korean actors was great, all of them actually sounded like they spoke Korean. Which is absurdly rare in cinema, much less tv.

[@giangkim8789]

ok

[@jonesjermaine4387]

I feel ya bro, I had a transgender coworker we worked at a Tacobell and he/she would jizz in the sourcream called it "jizzzam" I suggested they call it "cumshot"

[@kaliharper4698]

I would soooo watch a limited series of this. Maybe Subway: A “Love” Story

[@hunterbidenparmesanimports5633]

Yeah John Oliver is funny but it’s all fake. He lies about so much just to make a joke , if he didn’t push it as real it would be funny but he’s moron.

[@MrTreefoz]

So, between this and the Multilevel Marketing episode, what I'm learning is "Never trust a company that says if you work for them you can be your own boss." Because that's not how being part of a company works.

[@MuhammadKhan-py7md]

Summed up by the part 'if its not written in black and white, dont trust it'

[@bon12121]

Have I got a business opportunity for you!

[@ManoredRed]

The "catch" is precisely that you're not technically part of the company, they just lease some rights and equipment for you. However, you're subject to so many rules and regulations, that they may change at any time, that the "be your own boss" thing is indeed totally bullshit. The company decides everything and you just do very basic management at the location, like keeping it staffed and supplied, etc.

[@Bootystank99659]

@@bon12121 NOOO

[@famweefood7073]

@@bon12121ooooo tell me more!!!

[@danakscully64]

Anyone who has worked in food service for more than a day knows that "You're family" translates to we're an abusive family that will gaslight you and abuse you.

[@peachybuttercrunch4409]

over 25 years of experience in this field, has informed me that you are right. an abusive family it is. sexual harassment, cash, fraternasation, tribalism and so many other elements exist there. I used to be afraid to go in the fridge. it was an area without witnesses and one I couldn't avoid.

[@3ggh3ad]

Major red flag when any business or employer says that

[@ChromeDestiny]

My first job was at a cooperate fast food chain. I got 100% on a training quiz and wasted a day at a cooperate brainwashing/ team building thing in an extremely hot building and then they fired me for "Not getting through training fast enough." Also there was nepotism and other shady stuff going on with management. Looking back they actually did me a favour.

[@XShrike0]

It is an attempt to trick people into giving the company more without having to pay the employee more.

[@Gabe94dotcom]

Loooooool

[@Gboy86ify]

I imagine HBOs lawyers love Last Week Tonight. Jon provides them a constant stream of job security.

[@averageytber5547]

Their insurance provider too.

[@SEAZNDragon]

If the SLAAP episode is any indication I would say yes

[@tangentreverent4821]

One lawyer that I follow on here, who is not affiliated with HBO loved the SLAAP episode.

[@andrefricke9998]

I wonder if they learned not to tell him what he can't say without him asking first. They are obviously giving him ideas 😁

[@poocrafter2]

@@tangentreverent4821 You can just say Legal Eagle. It's obvious you're talking about Legal Eagle but you're trying to dodge around saying it.

[@jorrit_8292]

I'd love them to do an episode on Nestle, but that'd get a whole season's worth of content probably

[@starmaker75]

Yeah you think when comes to company that make shitty food and terrible policies, nestle would be talk about on show first

[@MausMasher54]

And their water leases they need to have revoked....

[@brandonayong5823]

" Where did you say you got the recipe from?" " My grandmother got it from her grandmother Nestlé Toulouse" "...... What was her name again?" " Nestlé Toulouse * "....... Do you mean Nestlé TOLL HOUSE " "........ Urg. You Americans always butcher the French language " If you know you know

[@cherachapin3826]

@@brandonayong5823 🤣🤣🤣

[@FatherTime89]

Well other people have made videos detailing the evil that Nestlé has done if you want something to show people who don't know how evil they are (or just watch yourself). Ordinary Things has a good one.

[@elf._.3825]

Extra fun fact: that drama with the scene about the friend in a coma in the subway, the show is actually about a South Korean woman getting swept up in a tornado and dropped into North Korea. Eventually, the army men who find her become friends, the caption in love, and when she flees, they do too, and the men in that subway are also technically North Korean defectors learning that their captain woke up from a coma. We love k-dramas 😭😭😭

[@ezelfrancisco1349]

Correction: It wasn’t the captain who was in a coma. It’s the captain’s love interest

[@elf._.3825]

@@ezelfrancisco1349 sorry yeah it was the main girl my bad, thanks, it's been a hot minute since I watched the show

[@cur1ouscatf1sh]

When you describe it like that, it sounds completely bonkers - and admittedly it is - but the whole time I was watching it I was so invested. I watched the whole show in a weekend and while I’m not gonna pull out some kind of cinematic analysis about the whole thing, I had fun 😂 totally forgot the subway product placement though

[@ericamborsky3230]

That sounds frickin awesome.

[@oreradovanovi5204]

Oh that was from "Crash landing on you"!!! One of the best.

[@louvebird]

as an avid kdrama watcher, y'all are scarily spot on with the directing of your own drama - the kiss, the music, the sound queues everything was perfect

[@lucrezia6923]

Omg so true… I was dying of laughing so hard 😂🤣🤣

[@justlurkingat8]

The awkward kiss but it's the actors just touching lips...

[@Laitalafraise]

I agree!

[@GoldSrc_]

I mean, this is HBO budget we're talking about, they obviously have the coin to spare lol.

[@anthonyking2475]

Cool, was looking for a response like this

[@michaelmythology]

I love when John does stories like this. It’s nice to take a break from the realm of war and politics to do a story mocking a horrible sandwich shop.

[@jamesc7894]

This is only half the show. He still does those things on a weekly basis.

[@jschuler53]

Living myth. Yes I thought so too at first but I think he picked the biggest and worst bc the others will follow in public perception as they are also egregious businesses. However, it's all intertwined. To many world wide this is a livelihood. To just say I'm not going to eat there anymore is not really the answer. there are people stuck in the middle who are hurting and I imagine it isn't limited to Subway. It's a big problem that DOES stem from the Capitalistic idea of owning your own business, being your own boss, and that kind of mythological independence we're taught is so easy to attain.

[@g.d.graham2446]

Lol

[@Dave_of_Mordor]

I like their egg and cheese flatbread sandwich...

[@briandowling8372]

The bread issue in Ireland was due to tax purposes. Bread is considered a staple food and has a lower tax rate compared to cake which is a luxury and has a higher rate. Subway bread was found to have much more sugar than bread normally does, so it was argued that it was cake. It's just bad bread.

[@Ashesisemocutcutcut]

What is cake but sugary bread? (this is meant to be facetious, please stop taking this seriously!)

[@bernardoserrano4439]

@@Ashesisemocutcutcut *me, adding a shit ton of sugar to a baguette*: BEHOLD, A CAKE

[@alexkidd3d]

There was also a long court case to figure out whether Jaffa cakes were cakes or biscuits because of this tax issue

[@briandowling8372]

@@alexkidd3d exactly. Very famous case!

[@dmercury292]

Great, now go out and do your due diligence and see how good sugar is for your body. That’s why they add sugar and salt to food is to get your body addicted to both. Then look up the effects sugar and salt have on your body. Diabetes and high blood pressure are some of the effects.

[@mclaude3]

I applaud the restraint of the writers for not including a joke about a foot-long in a Subway romantic parody. 👍👍

[@jessicabrown5058]

Had to include the vomit scene though 🙄 it's like every writer needs to find a reason to have some character violently throw up

[@dunngyllite7883]

"my stomach was empty - and so was my heart..." Whoever came up with this immortal line, give that person a raise.

[@AngryNotSoOldHippy]

:) I screamed laughter. I brayed like a jackass. :) I died and then came back so I would watch the rest of John's video. :)

[@LuisLopez2]

I tried that line today at a local Subway with this really hot chick that works there..... It didn't work very well. 😂😂😂😂

[@32a34a]

@@LuisLopez2 That's because she has no soul and no sense of humor

[@Luna-sp7be]

I think it was Jughead Jones

[@J3llyman]

My stomach was empty, and so was my heart. But now my bowels are full; I think I'm going to shart!

[@rosehearts8380]

The "Someway" guy's lines were amazing. Nothing has ever been written better than a man completely and justifiably confused about a woman repeating her love about a sandwich he forgot about.

[@billbill4444]

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[@FakingANerve]

LOL!! You're not wrong! 😂👍

[@rajeshupadhyay5683]

Well said! I am also here to learn how to invest after listening to a lady on tv talk about the importance of investing and how she made 7 figure in 3 month, somehow the video taught me nothing and left me even more confused, I'm a newbie and I'm open to ideas on how to invest for retirement

[@lezliewhicker8450]

@@rajeshupadhyay5683 I'll suggest you lookup Priscilla Dearmin-Turner, she's our real investment prodigy since the crash and have help me recovered my loses

[@davidhudson3001]

A news host spoke so highly of this💕 woman Priscilla Dearmin-Turner and her loss prevention strategies been trying to get to her ever since

[@HerrDurkslag]

I like how they accidentally nailed the Subway skit more than expected. The mean, corrupt boss keeping the humble, worker main character down is one of the most common trope in Korean dramas. This shit checks out

[@lbatemon1158]

Whichever writer pitched the idea and likely wrote the majority of it is likely a fan of K drama.

[@RachelDoesntknow]

Accidentally? That was the entire point.

[@linwizz2126]

What did this cost? He had to build 2 subway sets, unless they already had them from some other project.

[@briannelson3830]

@@linwizz2126 +the extra meatballs those add up quick

[@Begeru]

Doubt it was an “accident”.

[@theslimcreeper3779]

Honestly. The funniest thing will still be, that you can tell an actor every insane fucking thing they'd have to do for a scene with a straight face. AND LOW AND BEHOLD, they'll fucking do it. Even if it means, making a love confession whilst taking out a disgusting peace of meat out of their pocket. Really. These are TRUE artists!

[@nemojose773]

The subway themed Korean drama at the end was actually strangely good like wtf why was I so invested in such a short amount of time? It had no business being that good

[@cleopatrasrevenge]

I almost clapped for the leads when they kissed! It's also the exact right length an episode should be; I never have the patience for full blown 60 minute long K-drama episodes lol

[@Funkopedia]

A true artist puts 100% even into a joke.

[@WinWin-oo4uk]

Well they got the guy from Billions (Daniel K. Isaac) to be in it.

[@dark7element]

The guy who plays the "new boyfriend/second subway owner" has real talent, he went all-out for such a small role in a silly skit.

[@Suchwerewolf]

I feel like I need to get into Korean soap operas

[@victorv2492]

John Oliver put more effort into finding actors that can speak the language than anyone else in Hollywood ever did.

[@andrewthezeppo]

Koreatown is right next to Hollywood

[@kellyriddell5014]

I assumed maybe they outsourced the filming of this to a Korean film studio or something. Who knows.

[@mzarectah]

@@kellyriddell5014 my thoughts exactly

[@jonny-b4954]

@DaKrawnik420 Meh, that's just silliness. Worrying about nonsense like that. That's kind of part of the problem. They overcompensated to appeal to the raging masses who are unreal and unreasonable. I mean, it's acting...... so you need to be a criminal to play a bad guy? Or a father to play a dad in a movie too?

[@chet_awesomelad]

@@jonny-b4954 Lmfao you can act like a criminal but you can't act Korean, you dork. You are either Korean or you aren't.

[@noeperard8843]

i love the fact that even in the Community episode Subway was representing the ultimate corporate greed.

[@Drekromancer]

I came to this video to find the Britta x Subway shippers, and I was not disappointed. 😂

[@billwilson8374]

It was a disservice to Community to mention it so briefly like it was product placement. They were not particularly kind to Subway. (the restaurant OR the man)

[@ABLW100]

@@Drekromancer "The Bread is stale"

[@ArthurDamato]

The episode of community where they introduce a corpo-humanoid that Britta falls in love w is my favorite episode. “You had sex with Subway, and I recorded it!”

[@OverseerF1]

@@ArthurDamato And Corporate was willing to let it slide until they got to the part in the tape with the butt stuff.

[@Montesama314]

Jesus, that Hawaii Five-O segment is EGREGIOUS.

[@chrnogirl]

As SOON as John started talking about in show advertisements I was like “if he doesn’t talk about kdramas being notorious for it...” and he not only did but went above and beyond my wildest dreams LMAO That drama parody was SPOT on.

[@apriljoy5754]

Saaame ‼️. They dominate K Dramas 🤣

[@K100-b3e]

SAME!!!

[@lurklingX]

even the vomiting was. idk WHY but k-dramas often like to include vomiting.

[@A.H.A.J]

Omg I thought the same

[@Asummersdaydreamer14]

I was hoping for an instant intro to a pop ballad when they kissed with the camera angle switching to 3 different angles for no reason except to make the moment feel more important. Also give Crash Landing on You a chance if you like silly romcoms with heart even a little bit.

[@TheAdnanSakib]

Whenever John says "Our lawyers suggested..." you KNOW the funniest bit is coming right up.

[@FernieCanto]

The hand gesture he makes after that. Perfect.

[@margiet748]

I’m glad he talked about subway in kdramas cause it’s literally crazy how many shows have pivotal plot points that take place at subway

[@goma3088]

I was hoping he'd mention the prevalence of Subway in Kdramas so when he did I cackled in glee. I'm pretty sure there was one drama in which a character died after eating a subway sandwich. A shoutout to that would have been icing on the cake. I definitely witch-cackled my way through that ending clip too.

[@bell.e.flower]

I just watched Hotel Del Luna and I just barely realized that subway was in it too :’0

[@em5522]

Reminds me of how ppl doing kdrama stereotypes videos tend to use their logo to parody how we tend to always see Subway as a kdrama sponsor.

[@mlamarana]

@@bell.e.flower RIGHT!! Crash Landing on you also have that annoying Subway placement I hated

[@kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061]

The other major franchise is Baskin Robbins. Both subway and Baskin Robbins show up in Dokkaebi (Goblin).

[@Your_Future_Overlord]

As someone who currently works at Subway, everything that happens in that Korean romance drama is 100% accurate to what I deal with at work every day.

[@ectior]

That man had way too much fun playing the development agent in the ending segment and I’m living for it. I would love to see any excuse to bring him back.

[@cloudbrooks]

fr that guy was great! i noticed the way he played the character the moment he got on screen, it was great

[@mxlazarus190]

bad guys in k-dramas are ussually like that, they are the best.

[@MariaVosa]

I. Loved. Him!

[@orrinfreeman5672]

My man was going full Anime antagonist!

[@cooldrop02]

I hope any, absolutely ANY sketch get they bring him back for has him speaking exclusively in Korean.

[@Turquise8]

I think it's important to note that even Subway Jared's original Subway in Bloomington, IN has closed and been replaced by a local cafe. Nature is healing.

[@Mikaylap713]

I think it’s important to note that I worked there right before it closed and someone carved “Jared’s subway” in the bathroom stall lol

[@Turquise8]

@@Mikaylap713 It's always gonna be Jared's Subway, they'll never be free of him

[@jamesc7894]

Because the hard working people of that store were in on it ? Turq8 takes being an asshole to another level. He celebrates businesses failing and people losing jobs because of the actions of someone else.

[@davidpeterson5647]

Since you say this happened in Indiana, I'm a bit skeptical. Especially given that nearby Columbus was mentioned in the story.

[@danang5]

does it close before or after jared got exposed?im curious

[@Fusilier7]

Who ever made that K-drama parody, give 'em a raise. The dialogue was the most impressive, the script sounds like a legit K-drama, this really captured the way Koreans speak, but I also like how Subway is depicted as a Chaebol, which I suppose it is.

[@samreid6010]

I am 100% on board with restaurants creating dramas inexplicably centered around their products. I desperately want to hear a hot Korean guy say “you’ve hamburgled my heart”

[@juzoli]

Likely it was created by the Korean film industry (maybe by the same people as the original), and HBO provided “only” the money and the script. So this is a Korean product for an US client.

[@thomashughes_teh]

Movie: Demolition Man

[@theoutsideperspective3230]

@@samreid6010 You've made me the happiest mcman in the world... will you mcmarry me?

[@Apostrophe4035]

The completely passionless kiss? What attention to detail!

[@Vanq22114]

I watched this for my high school econ class, and voluntarily looked it up at home and watched it again. That's a hell of an endorsement.

[@tuczyn]

The segment at the end was amazing and the people who wrote it (and the actors and everyone else of course) did a brilliant job!

[@TheDunningKrugerEffectisReal]

Wtf was going on with the crowd? :s

[@denimchicken104]

I would watch hours of this show if it was real.

[@jonesjermaine4387]

I feel ya bro, I had a transgender coworker we worked at a Tacobell and he/she would jizz in the sourcream called it "jizzzam" I suggested they call it "cumshot"

[@thomasw.5344]

As usual 😉

[@sonvan6714]

ok

[@joquerol]

I was half-expecting the girl would open up her own Subway next to the other 2 so she could have all the spicy meatballs she wanted.

[@mythreepants]

Exactly what I thought would happen

[@pyronymph-868]

That's what I was expecting!!🤣

[@Jockustoe]

But of course there’s a spam bot in our comment sections now. Why wouldn’t there be…Jesus Christ!

[@girlinterrupted9792]

Me tooooooo😅

[@zagreus5773]

Report them, it helps.

[@DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.]

I love that they had to block the man's identity for genuine fear of what the higher ups of Subway could do to him or his family like it's the fucking Mob.

[@sodaaccount]

They dont say you "join the family" for no reason...

[@rektspresso7288]

Disney is the same way except instead of franchise owners it's the "cast members"

[@benmeltzer]

You "love" that?! I'd hate to enter a business relationship with you.

[@chunnil4898]

@@benmeltzer Kink shaming is not the way. Be better.

[@thoatran2718]

ok

[@Upstart051]

Wtf, I had KZbin on auto play on my TV and I wasn’t really paying attention to it. I looked up midway through the Korean romance drama/subway sketch and got REALLY into it, and now I’m disappointed there’s no more episodes

[@drewbola]

I worked at a Subway for years. There was something called the rule of threes which was how many of each item you put on a sub. I remember putting extra product on my subs. I think it helped increase sales (especially when I was working). My franchise owner, who was actually a good person, always lived in fear I would be working during a visit from quality control. Taught me there is little freedom in franchise ownership.

[@movoroch]

I remember being taught the rule of threes. It was ridiculous when you were dealing with things like black olives...I followed the rule of threes for the first few shifts I worked and then just stopped altogether (unless the boss was right there). Still ended up becoming a Night Manager at one of the franchises...and I remember how absolutely broken-hearted my boss was about the contract she was trapped in. When I finally quit she left within a few weeks and sold her franchise to the guy down the street who owned most of the other Subways in town. Fuck Subway.

[@borrrden]

Oh snap back in the early 2000s I don’t think this was a thing. I always got handfuls of stuff. Now in Japan they literally put on three pickles and I am heartbroken. I assumed it was just Japan being stingy but damn….

[@quesee08]

@@movoroch this makes me think. so it means the only way for franchisee to survive is to have multiple locations wtih in the vicinity. only rich people can afford that really

[@metaloom]

I've been working for subway for over a year and I have never heard of that. We just put however many veggies the customer wants on the sandwich and call it good

[@Thenoobestgirl]

That's insane

[@TheGennen]

As a Korean speaker I can tell you, that this was clearly translated from English into Korean. The translator then said to themself "This doesn't quite flow right, so f* it, I'm going to throw in some puns for extra sass". A work of art. 👍

[@bluecanine3374]

As annignorant English only speaker, csre to elaborate?

[@Jinmutang865]

Well at least they used actors that actually speak Korean. Must have been a bit awkward for them to do their lines cuz of the Korean script not sounding quite right

[@NekoChanKarate]

Localization staff are heroes.

[@matthewheadland7307]

The music and flow of the show seemed pretty flawless tho haha

[@LlyleHunter]

That’s so good to know.

[@_kyramisu_]

Whoever directed the kdrama bit at the end did their research!! Everything was spot on. From the music to the barely-touching-lips kiss

[@TheMongooseOfDoom]

Pretty sure they hired an actual k-drama production studio.

[@eshbena]

@@TheMongooseOfDoom The actors looked rather familiar, but then I watch a lot of K-dramas. XD

[@goma3088]

That whole bit had me in a paroxysm of giggles. And just as I got a hold of my emotions the chaste "kiss" at the end set me off again.

[@Olan315]

@@TheMongooseOfDoom is not crazy for it to have been produced in korea, probably a cheaper cost to produce over there i imagine

[@david-reason]

John, this was a great episode. I'm a Brit who has lived in Kazakhstan, China and now Thailand. Thailand seems to have a similar problems with 7/11's. From my nearest mall to home there are 10 shops on the main roads. They regularly spring up within 200 meters of each other. Thailand now has more stores than Japan, plus the largest 7/11 in the world in Pattaya. I loved you Korean drama . . . You've come along way from Mock the Week! Best wishes from Bangkok.

[@CERTAIND00M]

The best and worst part is the fact that the acting and direction in that sandwich-centric Korean dramedy are both objectively excellent.

[@vdinh143]

Koreans don't mess around with their drama 🤣🤣

[@gaydragongeek]

We need this show on Netflix right now!!!

[@cinnamondan4984]

Subway is white supremacy

[@davidhollenshead4892]

She was hot, but only if they met at a noodle shop, the library, or tending her families cremation spot on the wall...

[@chrisbutler1668]

Steak and cheese sandwich is the new XOXO

[@BoxWench]

As a previous Subway employee, who's store was shut down instead of them fixing the black mold that was in the walls and ceiling, this is all hitting too close to home

[@fatbgmanbg975]

Big OOF!!

[@spritemon98]

That's alarming o_o

[@BoxWench]

@@Spearca Well, he did get out of it technically since they shut the store down eventually

[@HungryLoki]

I don't see the rapport, fixing mold in a store is definitely the responsibility of the store owner, not the franchise.

[@BoxWench]

@@HungryLoki The landlord frequently lied for years to the franchise, saying he fixed it to which the owner would frequently have to say that he was lying. For years, three of which my sister worked there and one year I worked there. They should have shut it down earlier or at least told the employees before closing the store down with no warning.

[@LeMisterRai]

The development agent's acting was gold

[@jw7268]

i cant stand their drama plots but Korean acting is A+

[@afreaknamedallie1707]

so much ham I loved it

[@MikeyPee]

Yeah I was upset that his performance wasn't getting more laughs. He was fantastic.

[@Molue_]

You could practically *feel* the *_slime_* dripping off of him. It's probably because of the *_tuna._*

[@maryennis1169]

I was shocked to see Subway shops as a setting in so many K-dramas and Chinese dramas over the last few years. Placement has been huge in their Asia push.

[@NeuroDiv_Skunk8785]

I wonder if Herbalife will get in on the action (if they haven’t already).

[@sealife7475]

I absolutely love how, because John Oliver has the protection of HBO lawyers, he can rip into to any corporation he wants to tell it like it is. Meanwhile their own employees are scared shitless of retaliation.

[@5fingerjack]

I'm kinda feeling like going to buy a Subway to support the poor Lollipops. The franchisees didn't ask for this.

[@10-AMPM-01]

That sounds accurate to me. It takes teams of lawyers to deal with defamation and retaliation.

[@maxdanielj]

After doing a story on Taiwan that was honest about the situation the potential blowback of pretty much anything else is tiny in comparison, after all a single tweet made Jon Cena speak Mandarin

[@Lethgar_Smith]

As long as it is satire, you can say pretty much anything about a company or public figure.

[@Raulbikcube]

I was hoping John would buy out a franchisee so they could curse out Subway management to their heart's content.

[@BrianBattles]

My daughter worked at a Subway and I once witnessed the owner making her remove olives from a sandwich she was making, saying "too many olives, just put on 6". Six slices of black olives. Six. And right in front of the customer who asked for olives. The customer said "never mind" and walked out.

[@fruehlingsobst8123]

And that customers name?! It was Albert Einstein!

[@Suchwerewolf]

Sometimes toxic managers pull this shit because they think that this is what the customer wants to see, like “let us bond over me berating this peasant”. Those kind of managers are always shocked if the customer rejects the behaviour, because those kinds of people truly believe that everyone enjoys unkindness and therefore being unkind to employees on behalf of the customer is “good service” I’m a hotel maid (/bartender/waitress) and one of my managers once came in and started needlessly berating me in front of a guest while I was doing room service, pointing out all these errors that didn’t exist, and that guest actually stood up for me. I’ll never forget the confused shock on my managers face. Like she could not figure out why the guest was rejecting her offer to partake in bullying me, or at least enjoying the show.

[@colbyknightcomedy]

@@fruehlingsobst8123 underrated comment ☝🏻

[@countryinnsuitescountryinn1492]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gXe5dXaJnLaBrcU

[@kaitlynm9463]

@@fruehlingsobst8123 I worked at subway and this definitely happened. Do you not leave your house? Interact with people?

[@whatdamath]

Well that's awkward...watching this in Korea in an actual Subway eating a tuna sandwich for lunch... I wish I was kidding

[@rogwheel]

That wasn’t tuna you were eating and I’m not kidding

[@chelseamodl8628]

Well it is the only place to get a savory sandwich in this country so... I also watched this in Korea after ordering a subway sandwich 😅

[@vxxiii4160]

Nice

[@danielcarrapa3632]

Love your Videos Anton! Glad to see we have more than one thing in common!

[@jamesc7894]

Channels trying to leech off other videos with a fictional story for a shameless plug. Great PR work Anton. I am not kidding

[@ethanlappin]

To be fair the community subway episodes were hilarious because they spent half the time ripping the piss out of it

[@LokiTheClever]

Which ironically can still result in people wanting it

[@kirbwarriork3371]

"You enter into a family" and other similar statements are always chilling, even beyond any mob family implications.

[@courier6960]

Whenever you hear that phrase you know your about to have the worst work experience in your life, never EVER has that phrase been uttered before something positive.

[@seigeengine]

"Now that I've hired you, we're a family, so I'm expecting that you'll never show up, will only get in touch with a birthday message on Facebook, and that we'll pretend we're really close if we ever randomly meet in public."

[@peachybuttercrunch4409]

it is the subtext for me...you're correct chilling foreshadowing disclaimer

[@Unknown_Ooh]

I already don't like my family. I don't want a second one to deal with.

[@kieranjaegar]

That being said, I would legitimately like to enter into a REAL family.

[@montague4931]

Truly, Someway is a master-class of emotional storytelling. The only thing that would've made it perfect is if after she kissed him he responded with 'What?' again.

[@Bman32x]

I was waiting for the next what!

[@brannontirin]

I love how his actors showed more actual, visible emotion than the subway show… like, it was both more ridiculous AND more serious.

[@HagenvonEitzen]

What??

[@4bibimimi]

Meat eater, it's like kissing a fence post.

[@RayRae559]

I LOVE how John is willing to put himself on blast by mentioning he was in a Subway commercial hahah! That was perfect.

[@ratzae]

not a commercial, it was a Tv show.

[@katharineeavan9705]

The fact that the Subway plotline itself is about the franchise forcing out small businesses and having extremely shady marketing tactics is... well, I'm not quite sure why Subway signed on to it. It doesn't exactly paint them in a good light and says absolutely nothing about their products from what I can remember. It's like if Nestle paid to be featured in a storyline where their company steals all the local water and sells it back to everyone while the characters working for them cackle maniacally over dangerously dehydrated children

[@CJMGalaxy]

@@bcatarino83 trust Community to take a Subway integration and portray Subway as the corporate baddies harming a small businesswoman.

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

@@katharineeavan9705 same with the second subway episode where subway is buying the school. My favourite moment is the Dean in his office screaming “Why!”

[@asecretone]

@@TheNinthGeneration1 It's not the Dean's fault. He's a Level Seven Susceptible.

[@pepepoopsonthefarright7531]

"what if bread could fart?" John always asking the important questions

[@ikasugami8066]

This gives the Subway story in the show "Community" a whole new level of being true and scary

[@lucienfortner841]

That was literally the first thing that sprung to mind for me.

[@JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN]

GOD'S STANDARD FOR HEAVEN IS PERFECTION AND ONLY JESUS (THE SON OF GOD/GOD IN THE FLESH) LIVED THAT PERFECT LIFE! HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE & TOOK THE WRATH OF THE FATHER ON THE CROSS FOR YOUR SINS! GOD IS JUST SO HE MUST PUNISH SIN & HE IS HOLY SO NO SIN CAN ENTER HIS KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST ON JUDGEMENT DAY GOD WILL SEE YOU AS HIS PERFECT SON (SINLESS SINCE YOUR SINS ARE COVERED BY JESUS' OFFERING). YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO REJECT JESUS' GIFT/SACRIFICE & PAY FOR YOUR OWN SIN WITH DEATH (HELL) BUT THAT SEEMS PRETTY FOOLISH! GOD SEES & HEARS EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID & DONE. YOU WONT WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH HIM & YOU CANT DEFEND ANY OF YOUR SINS TO HIM. YOU'RE NOT A GOOD PERSON, I'M NOT A GOOD PERSON... ONLY GOD IS GOOD! WE'RE ALL GUILTY WITHOUT ACCEPTING JESUS' SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS! MUHAMMAD DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, BUDDHA DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, NO PASTOR/NO PRIEST/NO SAINT/NO ANCESTOR DIED FOR YOUR SINS, MARY DIDN'T, THE POPE DIDN'T EITHER, NO IDOLS OR FALSE gods DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO MUSICIAN OR CELEBRITY DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO INFLUENCER OR KZbin STAR DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO SCIENTIST OR POLITICIAN DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO ATHLETE OR ACTOR DIED FOR YOUR SINS! STOP IDOLIZING & WORSHIPING THESE PEOPLE! JESUS CHRIST ALONE DIED FOR YOUR SINS & WAS RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE! HE IS ALIVE & COMING BACK VERY VERY SOON WITH JUDGEMENT (THESE ARE END TIMES)! PREPARE YOURSELVES, TURN FROM SIN & RUN TO JESUS! HE KNOWS YOUR PAIN & TROUBLES, HE WANTS TO HEAL & RESTORE YOU! TALK TO HIM LIKE A BEST FRIEND! ASK HIM TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU & HELP YOU TO BELIEVE IF YOU DOUBT! DON'T WAIT TO CRY OUT! NO ONE IS PROMISED TOMORROW! HE LONGS FOR YOU TO INVITE HIM IN, HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN ANY PERSON EVER COULD, HE CREATED YOU! Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."-John 14:6 "But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."-Matthew 10:33 “For the wages of sin is death (hell), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”-Romans 6:23

[@spamrich9952]

My exact thoughts

[@marcocunha]

I was an accountant for a landlord who had tons of Subway tenants. They were always struggling and I was always giving them rent relief because they couldn’t make the rent. They would complain about Subway corporate to me all the time.

[@dirkteundekoning4365]

@PersecutedForTruth - Linguistics MegaStar Why not both? All who work there would likely not keep Subway on their CV.

[@funningames2243]

@Excellent Ohms that is freakin hilarious! I can see it now.

[@mchevre]

@Excellent Ohms My interpretation of what OP meant by landlord and tenants was like, the landlords of the strip mall buildings the subways are in, and the tenants being the franchisees renting out the space the subway restaurant is in, rather than talking about the apartments they're living in.

[@dirkteundekoning4365]

@Exeunt Omnes Well, that's bracing. I've been told my grandfather was baking bread during the second world war to help unfortunate people through hard times. I'm starting to talk with my friends in the Netherlands on how to operate and be (more) self-reliant. One of the Subway locations in Leeuwarden closed a few years ago, a new restaurant set up shop there. The zoning laws of the Netherlands didn't allow for a Subway restaurant to be so close together, so one was forced into being closed down. Subway couldn't leave things be it seems, to opened up another location near our train station. You couldn't pay me to get over there years ago, and certainly not now. Sorry I ranted on for a bit there.

[@dirkteundekoning4365]

PS: I wonder if the bread my grandfather baked was of better quality then that Subway bread. How my mind wanders after perceived trauma.

[@atomika6499]

As someone who watches a ton of korean dramas, I applaud that last segment. Absolute art and well worth the lawsuit that they’ll no doubt be receiving next.

[@mayanightstar]

I don't think they can be sued over it because it's parody/satire

[@AJHyoton]

HBO has a great legal department. After that one coal dude sued, they pretty much only put on content that has every legal clearance. Subway sues, they lose

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

@@mayanightstar you can sue for literally anything. You might not win every suit, but it's still a big headache for whoever you're suing.

[@jamesogburn4695]

@@AJHyoton Anyone can file a suit for basically anything. Case in point: Coal dude (Bob Murray) and kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6iZg6aLndxkh5o. God Bless 'Merica! And an extra thanks to LWT for the "Slapp Suit" episode. I think the LWT team and HBO are just strong enough to overcome and just smart enough to know when to pick a fight.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

The tuna thing was hilarious. The whole thing was that a DNA test was done on the tuna and didn't have tuna DNA. Nevermind the fact that it was pre-cooked tuna and the heat destroys the DNA. Once that point was made, the ones filing the lawsuit switched their argument to that the tuna wasn't sustainably sourced as claimed. At that point, it just proved they filed in hopes that Subway would settle and they could make a quick buck.

[@SeanHartnett-t8c]

The whole reason why the story took of, is because the chicken turned out to be only half tuna.

[@masonrockwood7732]

They mix the tuna with gallons of mayo anyway, there's no way you're looking for great taste or nutritional value after that point, so who cares?

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@masonrockwood7732 Dietary restrictions aren't always about nutritional value and being lied to about what you are eating is not good no matter how healthy it is or isn't.

[@A-FELIX]

John Oliver is the reason I started watching Community. He really is streets ahead.

[@zohasthoughts4207]

Community is the reason i started watching last week tonight!

[@ArmedDem]

Lmfao! Favorite KZbin comment of 2022 🤣🤣

[@RandomJoeseph]

People that don’t understand this comment are streets behind. 🙁

[@Hazlius]

Pierce, stop trying to coin the phrase “streets ahead”

[@nikibronson133]

Wait I'm confused, what's the connection?

[@ForboJack]

I'm fully convinced that John just discovered Korean drama shows and wanted one for himself so badly, he made this whole segment just as an excuse to make his own k-drama.

[@macgoryeo]

crash-landing-on-you is very entertaining and funny - and I must confess, the only one from that list I had seen, but there are countless other series which contain subway sandwiches or some other product placement like Benz, Audi, some coffee brand

[@markcab2055]

well you have to admit he hit a grand slam on this one.

[@escritora84]

As someone who's seen waaaay too many Subway product placements in Kdramas over the last 5 years, I really couldn't tell at first if the skit was legit or not until the tuna part. But this was hilariously perfect - all it needed was a character getting hit by a car or truck, or one of the characters ends up in a coma over their heartbreak because the bread wasn't real after all....

[@MeloraCarabas]

What I missed was when they kissed (closed mouth of course) he should have had the surprised wide open eyes

[@FranK-vs4zu]

Or a character needing an organ transplant after eating a sandwich. 🤣 (Although, I've been noticing more Quiznos product placements recently. 🤔) Btw, I loved watching 'the Ghost Detective'.

[@cristinaberci493]

That kdrama bit at the end was awsome. I was seriously rooting for the main characters while laughing at the story all at the same time 🔥🔥🔥

[@bllackknight]

"It's art, and it's cinema, and it's sandwiches." Elegant words as always on the masterpiece that is a Subway K-drama birdy fact funny man John Oliver.

[@chartsfocusone]

As a South Korean, that last part was on point with Korean Dramas, a bit exaggerated at some points to get the message across about Subway, but it still hit a home run. 😂 great job as usual LWT 👏🏻

[@srldwg]

@jabroni destroyer 🤣

[@MilanKelesi]

It had balls!

[@shinyagami8843]

Come on dude some kdramas are full of exaggerations. I’m not Korean but I love watching kdramas & this was far better than some I’ve watched 😂

[@dancedj2k2]

a bit"exaggerated" = K-Dramas.

[@chartsfocusone]

@@dancedj2k2 well a drama won’t be called a drama if there is no drama I guess haha

[@Allagi22]

Had a family friend who was a Subway franchisee. They decided to try to have their "own" business instead of buying a house. It was when the 5 dollar footlong was big and Subway was relatively popular. Long story short, it was smooth sailing for a couple years and then they opened up 3 more locations within a few miles, sales dropped, $5 footlong went away, and corporate forced them to shut their doors. They lost everything, declared bankruptcy. That was over 5 years ago, they have yet to recover. Fuck Subway.

[@spamrich9952]

Dang.

[@SAFbikes]

Fuck Subway? Sounds more like your family friend spread themselves too thin done fucked up! It’s so trendy now to sign a contract and then freak out when you have to follow said contract you agreed to. Take some personal responsibility

[@hugegamer5988]

This is what separates the big players from the small ones, with highly leveraged loans and shell companies large players don’t lose much of their own cash when something fails, and any one bankruptcy does not directly affect others because of how the companies they own are isolated from each other. The small player, if they can even get a loan, is put up with their own collateral and in the event of corporate bankruptcy it can wipe them out personally.

[@sugahbabydoll1]

Many of these franchises work the same. The condition of opening one store is that you have to be able to expand & open X amount of stores in X amount of time. To me it feels similar to pyramid schemes.

[@anitralarae_mahjacat]

Sounds like what happened to the other Sandwich Chain Franchisees.

[@alfonsofulgieri7162]

This man is bringing to light what SO many franchisees want to tell outloud

[@robcampbell3387]

That Community episode was amazing because it satirized over-the-top product placement and corporatism so I don't think John needs to feel bad about it. Also, Duncan was hilarious and one of the best characters in that show

[@turingmachine7905]

*raises fist* Eat Fresh

[@Raulbikcube]

I think they still got that product placement $$$ I know that is the case with 30 Rock. At least the writers had fun with it.

[@S.E.C-R]

I doubt that John feels bad in the slightest!

[@LittleRedWhine]

@@Raulbikcube Oh they were both definitely getting Subway product placement, they just used it as an opportunity to make fun of product placement AND still make the dough, which is the way to do it.

[@JC_Cali]

SIX SEASONS AND A MOVIE

[@AngelicaNyqvist]

Are they opening a subway shop or joining a MLM, it's not clear to me. 😬

[@KodasGarden]

I think the reason it's not clear to you is why MLMs are dangerous lmao

[@CA-bw9vw]

Seeing you here is such a surreal crossover event 😂

[@CassiusDrake]

Considering franchisee's apparent need to pass on your bad financial investments to bigger suckers in order to recoup their costs, the answer honestly may be both?

[@JohnVanderbeck]

Hate to break it to you but LIFE is an MLM

[@alastorcorvus]

Yes

[@linat8268]

There's a Simpsons episode where Marge opens a sandwish franchise and is screwed over by the company because she has to buy supplies from it and be competition to another franchise that is open just opposite hers. I knew there had to be a real-life inspiration for this.

[@johncatty6560]

Yeah, it is known for years now that opening a franchise is a bad idea. Although it es less f* up here in Germany: it is still f* up. And it is not just limited to fast food companies. There is a really bad example of a German optics company.

[@AliKhan-ns5nr]

it had the best throwback joke that Homer made Pizza hut go out of business because of their unlimited beverage policy (where is it all going) and it had the very sad moment of Homer working soo hard that he was thin.

[@soulslikefan6760]

I think that was actually inspired by MLMs, and just used food as a way to simply it.

[@chezmoi42]

It seems whenever _anything_ happens, the Simpsons predicted it years earlier.

[@llondriga]

All food franchises work like that, you're very limited who you can buy equipment with, normally it will be hugely overpriced because you have no other choice as it's the only approved dealer after they struck a deal with the mother company.

[@holymahogny]

I don't know a word of Korean but that "bad guy" was a perfect casting!

[@isaberabera_]

That last segment was absolute gold. Makes you wonder what kind of research went into preparing that and what kdramas John Oliver and the LWT writers watch in their downtime

[@victorpradha9946]

Or even just the casting and auditioning...that segment was NOT put together in a week. It was clearly months of work.

[@wordsmith451]

I'm in love with a girl who I think is in love with me, but I think we're both afraid of taking the next step, so even the slightest references to romance hit me hard. My world has been turned upside down. I don't think I've ever been this invested in what happens in a Subway. All I know is I truly, madly, deeply love meatballs.

[@asterix7842]

Also, did they actually get permission from a franchise owner to film that in a real Subway? It looks like one.

[@ColoringKaria]

Someone on staff is a BIG fan of Kdramas. That’s a given.

[@ColoringKaria]

@@victorpradha9946 most of their segments are put together in longer than a week. It’s rare for one to only take a week.

[@danield.s.921]

They forgot to tell that in Canada, the public broadcaster produced a show where they basically demonstrated that the chicken was not chicken, but instead it was a mix of flour and chicken. Subway sued the broadcaster and lost the pursuit.

[@Happytravellerkimmy]

And Subway sued a public university for the lab work they did for CBC. It was actually that their "chicken" is a mix of soy and chicken and not strictly chicken. Now here's the thing: most cheap commercially prepared "beef" burgers have like 50% soy because they keep their shape and don't shrink down when they are cooked. It also makes them cheaper so the profit margins are better. So, I believe CBC and Trent U actually did solid lab work because adding soy to meat is such a common practice in the food industry and Subway's chicken always looked formed like it had been pressed in a mold. It's only a problem if you want to actually know what's in your food.

[@RitzStarr]

And then it was immediately debunked as a fake stunt for money like the tuna, yeah.

[@Happytravellerkimmy]

@@RitzStarr nope. Subway lost in appeals court. They had to pay Trent's legal fees. Honestly, if you knew anything about the food industry you'd know that the soy in meat is a pretty open secret.

[@robertt9342]

@@Happytravellerkimmy . That 50% number seems completely made up. I am not saying it couldn’t happen, It just does not seem likely or widespread.

[@answeris4217]

I remember them going to multiple fast food stores and subway has the least by a large margin

[@holitinne]

“Do not subject Subway to ridicule.” You’ll have a better chance of having Putin and Zelensky holding hands at a NATO summit than protecting Subway from ridicule.

[@ShadowSlith789]

I get that this is supposed to be an exaggeration but I think it's literally true

[@ghostpiratelechuck2259]

Feels like ya really shoehorned that in there to be topical.

[@holitinne]

@@ghostpiratelechuck2259 well not really, if you watch his show he constantly mentions the situation there. Topical is more Amber Heard using Johhny Depp’s bed as a toilet.

[@holitinne]

@@ShadowSlith789 I noticed the place coming up alot in that show “To Catch a Predator.” So everytime I see Subway’s slogan “Eat Fresh” well… you know.

[@snowballeffect7812]

I feel like that clause can apply to the CEO, based on this video.

[@kirkkitsch]

I died at ‘Power bangs” 🤣💀

[@ruffshots]

Just to comment, as a native Korean speaker, and while I'm not exactly a fan of K-dramas, I'm pretty familiar with them....... Well fucking done! Just in every aspect, from realistic cheesy dialogue, acting, and of course, on point messaging.

[@therealmistermemer]

I love Spicy Marinaras with extra meatballs!

[@seigeengine]

Who doesn't love a man with an extra meatball, amirite?

[@sylvietapos807]

@@seigeengine lol…

[@JasonMcCarrell]

judging by the quality of the gags they do on the show, i suspect they hired a reputable firm from Korea, as i think they always do.

[@jalfredprufrock620]

Subways in Korea are nice and healthy. That seems to be a pattern for franchises in general. I was surprised to find that Burger Kings, Starbucks etc are really subpar in the US.

[@Room142]

that k-drama was next to perfect i'm screaming. the only thing missing was a reveal that the new subway owner was really her long-lost brother

[@jschuler53]

Yeonhee. And who is the real father? The regular BLT or the New BLMT?

[@krishmaindrasanan4061]

@@jschuler53 ll

[@adafrost6276]

As a truck driver, you realize real damn fast how pervasive Subway is. You can easily go months with only Subway for at least one meal a day. They are in practically every truck stop in the nation. They also vary wildly in quality but that's another story altogether.

[@brysonoakley1028]

I can only imagine as a trucker. I did construction all over within about a 40 mile radius of my house when I realized that no matter where I go, there was probably a subway I could eat lunch at.

[@carlwinslo]

If it wasnt for giving Subway money id say you should do a vlog of going to every Subway you see in long haul trucking lol.

[@davidbarger3786]

Loves and Subway, an iconic duo

[@niteowl7710]

@@davidbarger3786 Just following the original Pilot business model. When they first started expanding out of Tennessee the only thing in them was Subways. At least Love's gives you a 80/20 shot of having a Chester Fried...

[@rdoodoo2021]

@@mariebussinger6565 you were possibly profiled? They knew you wanted a skimpy sub with the wrong ingredients by looking at you? 🤔 I get weird like that when my depressions last too long, I start imagining weird stuff like this. It's a terrible way to live ✌️

[@peacelovetv95]

My favorite kdrama of all time, Goblin (Also called "Guardian: The Lonely and Great God", which is the first kdrama clip they used here), has Subway as a sponsor. My favorite product placement was when a character saves another from coming suicide then in an "eat something, you'll feel better" kind of way, hands him a perfectly wrapped Subway sandwich

[@yinandyangmix]

I was really hoping he'd mention Korean dramas. Some of the most popular, beautifully written, and well-received k-dramas include at least one random scene at Subway. It's hilarious.

[@lewkforce]

I really hope you watched the rest of the video.

[@yinandyangmix]

@@lewkforce Yes, sorry! I meant I was hoping he'd mention k-dramas and then was happy when he did!

[@traplover6357]

He did 😂. That advertisement free from franchises putting in work.

[@grumpysphinx4911]

There's literally a scene in one Kdrama where the main character stops a guy trying to off himself by offering him a subway sandwich

[@literallyallthingsonice]

@8:38

[@momentarilysomeone]

Okay, okay. I get the whole, "not going to Subway isn't the answer because small business owners, whatever" but as a a former subway employee, FUCK that. Nobody is treated or paid worse than the sandwich artists, and I've never worked anywhere with worse health and safety oversight. The little sanitizer buckets the knives went into would sometimes sit out all day with warm mayo on them. I was making $8.50 as the highest paid non supervisor on staff, and my boss, who worked her ass off and lived in poverty, made $11.00 an hour. He's right that the Subway model makes less money than other fast food, and that impacts the ways employees are compensated and treated. Furthermore, the low cost of opening a store attracts people who have never worked in the restaurant business and have no friggin clue what they're doing. My owner didn't clean the grease trap for 5 years and when he finally got a fine, he had his family member clean it out with a ladle while the store was open!!! Larger fast food franchises pay a company to do this fml

[@sunshine3914]

I can vouch for your comment.

[@eardescentmarvelo7566]

Second this, my husband was a manager and it was insane. The upper management wouldn’t even pay him for all the hours he got whenever others called out sick just so they didn’t have to pay him overtime. It’s by far the most toxic company I’ve ever seen

[@momentarilysomeone]

@@eardescentmarvelo7566 they used to pay people in cash for extra shifts, for the same reason. It was ridiculous!

[@Ritermann]

Someone who has the audacity to work at a Subway and calling themselves “Sandwich Artist” really doesn’t deserve differently :/

[@louieo.blevinsmusic4197]

Obviously I feel bad for the people tricked into buying one of these joints like the man that was called a “sucker.” That really angered me but on the other hand… he bought a damn subway.. falls under fool me once/fool me twice for me. That being said I’m rooting for him.

[@mayaklast6334]

I saw a documentary about Subway a few months ago. It was French so it focused on the French franchisee. But it showed that most banks automatically rejected any application for a loan to open a Subway. A few bankers interviewed in it were saying it just was a set up for failure and that they wouldn't even read the application for this, advising people to open 'anything else'.

[@perec3674]

the french really don't play around lol and if the Irish refused to call it bread you can only imagine what their position is.

[@derekstein6193]

@@perec3674 Probably something along the lines of, "If Subway's 'bread' were paper towels, we wouldn't use it to clean up vomit."

[@sonicboy678]

@@derekstein6193 Like the vomit from the woman who had the "tuna"?

[@dirkteundekoning4365]

@@sonicboy678 Under "du pain" of synthetic tuna, I hereby judge the Subway franchise guilty of food poisoning.

[@sarahshin7341]

I'm a Korean who doesn't watch k-drama but still know that Subway ppl is everywhere! I was just about to mention this on the comments and John started talking about Korea. 😅 I didn't know about the web drama though. Thanks for the info, as always! Big fan of your show!! Though I can only watch clips on KZbin (legally, that is)

[@SilverCyan]

when he said how easy it is to open a Subway franchise, I really thought we were heading towards "so we did"

[@yal100]

lmao 😀 that would have been even more awesome

[@anaibarangan4908]

Watch this show and will never want a Subway franchise. Funny but very informative. Very much a scam for franchisee. The only one where I live, recently closed down. It was in the smaller part of a two part commercial property, in a great location, but I don't know why have not been able to rent it all now. The bigger one has been empty for over a decade ago. It used to be a drugstore. I don't remember which one. it's a mystery property right smack in the middle of the town, also on the main strip road and highway. Meanwhile just about everything else commercial property is gone, sold, rented, and being built on. I think that the problem must be the lack of parking space. They're going to have to tear it down, and build something else much smaller, that leaves more parking lot.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

But they took the next cheapest trick and bought a sub from each Subway within a mile of the studio. - - On restaurant density: I live in a small town in NW Massachusetts. There is a Subway in my town, and there were two, now one, in the next town (one in the center of town, one that closed that was in the WalMart). This is on top of a McD's, a Wendy's a Taco Bell (no KFC menu there, dang it!), A Dominos, two Chinese restaurants, a Chinese/Japanese restaurant, an overpriced fine dining place, a seafood place, 3 single-owner pizza/sub shops, the deli counter at the Hannaford's grocery store, and around a half-dozen prepared food counters at the Market Basket mega-grocery store. There may be a couple I missed.

[@Siege924]

"His downfall was brought on just like his rise: trying to fit into smaller pants." Still the best Jared joke I've heard.

[@Kmmlc]

Or that he reason he was getting fat again in prison was because he was getting full size portions again.

[@johndododoe1411]

@@Kmmlc I've heard his "pedophilia" charges were for hiring a young prostitute to service him in New York, which an overzealous FBI agent trumped up to "transporting underage prostitutes across state lines", a law clearly written to stop sex slavery, not phoning ahead before visiting one.

[@angelicreinforcement3373]

Trying to GET into smaller pants

[@tekbarrier]

@@johndododoe1411 according to his Wikipedia article, it was more than one incident, and some people had their suspicions for years before he was arrested.

[@johndododoe1411]

@@tekbarrier Interesting, I hadn't checked, seemed too small a case to be on Wikipedia. Edit: Now that I have read that article, I had only heard of one of the two charges from the plea deal, and his argument that it wasn't a federal crime (thus he should only suffer the state punishment in New York, which is more lenient in cases about 17 yo prostitutes). I had not heard the allegations of abusing children as young as 14, nor any of the other allegations listed.

[@t3ss33]

The bit about "obviously not" being the spiciest an economist would go is so true. Usually, our answers revolve around "it depends" and we are highly sceptical about "obvious" things.

[@RyanMannebach]

I would love to see a video done like this about Uber Eats and Grubhub. There are so many issues with it that I think John Oliver could address.

[@Jackie371]

That's something I've worried about before - the delivery driver messing with my food, but I have no car & there's no city bus where I live. :( I always tip good - unless they bring me the wrong food if it includes meat because I'm a vegetarian.

[@Nostripe361]

Wasn’t one of those the company that restricted how big of a tip you could give your delivery driver?

[@adventureswithcorrine]

@@Jackie371 the driver isn't the problem. It's the absolute strangle hold that these delivery services have over restaurants. Some fees are so high that the restaurant actually loses money with delivery service orders. The services charge you, pay the driver a penance, and then charge the restaurant a fee for using the platform where you place your order! It's a racket and needs to be stopped.

[@IMPOTUSx2]

agreed. if you're impatient for a general video about them here's this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGnZZ6qco551fLs

[@dannyfromtheville3613]

Agreed

[@YorickX]

The power to just make a K-Drama should not be in John's hands but yet it is

[@autohmae]

You underestimate his powers.

[@kevinkibbe2679]

I’d personally give him as much power as he wants. He just makes everything better

[@squee599]

"Put sloppy bread cannons into their godbods" is the best sentence humanity has ever created.

[@PBBoogie99]

The furry days are over when I become governor.

[@derekwarren4563]

I remember interviewing for a job at Subway once. Nobody called back, so I should breathe a sigh of relief!

[@luiginastro8831]

John has mentioned Community, and I want to elaborate on that, for those who haven't seen it. The Subway gag runs for multiple episodes. The community college where the show takes place strikes a deal with Subway in order to open a location on campus. For marketing purposes, they hire a guy, who strikes a relationship with one of the main characters, who's forced to legally change his name to "Subway". A very funny and clever way to do product placement.

[@thetato1273]

SHIRLEY'S SANDWICHES IS BETTER

[@PetThePeeves]

Shirley’s Sandwhichs was clearly better but the entire thing is laughing at corporations and in context it works for this.

[@HectorTWE]

NO, DO NOT TAKE ITS NAME WITHOUT ADEQUATE COMPENSATION! (Do buy the new Honda though)

[@89gauna]

those Community episodes were streets ahead.

[@ElHipsterGeek]

@@89gauna what does that even mean?

[@beezwings2]

I never imagined my two worlds of love for John Oliver and love of kdramas could collide in such a beautiful way

[@stephaniepicarra2814]

Same! And a Community reference! Best segment ever!

[@borealiv]

Shoutout to the writer at Last Week Tonight who was able to show off their love for Korean dramas

[@geniusfollower]

I wish we got a day in the life video of a HBO lawyer, in the week when the LWT team pitches a story idea.

[@anajimenez1702]

Characters eating at Subway is now one of the tropes in K-dramas, along with staring out a window, the side hug, the piggyback, the arm grabbing and the fever scene

[@ForeverAmber_1]

The wrist/arm- grabbing thing still makes me cringe every time. It's NOT gentle, either!

[@christinegitonga8644]

Don't forget the limp lipped first kiss with 20 diffrent camera angles

[@primaryone3468]

Don't forgot the godawful wide-eyed fish kiss, bleh

[@tabasco.15]

What are some good K dramas our there for someone's first time watching?

[@atinycrow]

@@tabasco.15 I love the historical or supernatural ones best: Kingdom, Guardian the Lonely and Great God, Sungkyunkwan Scandal, Dong Yi, and The Scholar Who Walks the Night were all great.

[@erickp119]

The last segment proved that you can make a Korean drama about anything and I'd still get sucked in to the story, bravo.

[@s.k.6100]

As a former sandwich artist, I personally didn't understand why my area had 5 subways in a small ass town. They all had the same owners too, which never made sense. This was enlightening.

[@edenjung9816]

Funny enough, we have five here in tilburg. But they are spread out across the city. one at the university. one in the center and thre rest is spread out in the different parts of the city. That is better i gues.

[@Sniperbear13]

and here i am and the only subway in my average sized town closed.

[@leelydston1225]

@@Sniperbear13 Which Town if I might ask? Is it a Cool place to live?

[@Sniperbear13]

@@leelydston1225 well i wont say the town name out loud but i live in westchester county in New York, its a tourist trap kind of a place, lots of historic buildings(which makes owning property a royal pain because you might have to pay thousands for restoration crews to do any work), only place to hang out after dark is bars, most people just hop on a train to get to the city for night time fun. lots of filming going on in the area as well those days. not a bad place to live, but its expensive as hell if yer not renting.

[@pinut187]

Wait they really call that sandwich artist? I thought it was a joke!