S1 E24: The Lottery, Erdogan & a Fish Cannon: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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  • Season 1, Episode 24, November 9th, 2014. Finale. John Oliver does a deep dive into the lottery, thanks the season's very special guests, and gives updates on Turkey's president, Mike Bloomberg, and an unexpected use for a fish cannon. Even more unexpected than its intended use.
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  • @HinekoAkahi
    @HinekoAkahi Před měsícem +622

    Salmon Cannon is still one of my favourite segments ever - just, the way they got all those people from different networks together to participate in something ultimately meaningless but most definitely joyful.

    • @francca
      @francca Před měsícem +36

      Definitely some season finale-worthy effort right there 🙏

    • @richardsimon4135
      @richardsimon4135 Před měsícem +19

      One of the best bits in tv history

    • @lynemac2539
      @lynemac2539 Před měsícem +10

      As a Washingtonian, I am so proud.
      Also I love salmon!

    • @mosesbacke2311
      @mosesbacke2311 Před měsícem

      Salmon Cannon and Eat Shit Bob are segments that will live on as long as there is a TV set or a computer.

    • @trishaferrand1395
      @trishaferrand1395 Před měsícem +1

      Definitely disgusting.

  • @stephenholmgren405
    @stephenholmgren405 Před měsícem +872

    This is like finding a $20 bill in your pants every time you reload your youtu e homepage

    • @kenisi_thedevilonhigh
      @kenisi_thedevilonhigh Před měsícem +7

      Man if that only worked.... Le sad face

    • @linux750
      @linux750 Před měsícem +5

      Amen to that!
      Teach us about what's REALLY going on Jin Oliver!

    • @speedodragon
      @speedodragon Před měsícem +2

      bruh same.

    • @stephenholmgren405
      @stephenholmgren405 Před měsícem +3

      I saw the typo after i posted it but figured nobody would read it 🤕

    • @amberts180
      @amberts180 Před měsícem +2

      I’m never clicking another one until they include the date in the title. I don’t trust them anymore!!

  • @ilyakotovich7319
    @ilyakotovich7319 Před měsícem +450

    It is 2024…. World is being torn apart by wars, pandemic and greedy people in government and corporations. But fish cannon still reminds us- humanity still can do great things.

    • @TimmyTheTinman
      @TimmyTheTinman Před měsícem +1

      The pandemic ain’t around anymore but all that other stuff yeah

    • @IkanisuShikari
      @IkanisuShikari Před měsícem

      All Washingtonians should be proud... this is truly emblematic of our state.

    • @trishaferrand1395
      @trishaferrand1395 Před měsícem

      Or stupid things.

    • @brairr9966
      @brairr9966 Před 29 dny +1

      Man interferes with everything that is natural because of their greed

    • @jii.
      @jii. Před 28 dny +5

      ​@@TimmyTheTinmanIt just went into remission. The threat of another pandemic is still there.

  • @yourlordsavior5724
    @yourlordsavior5724 Před měsícem +239

    Guys I went and looked up all the links John gave us and holy sh*t it is still up and it's still funny years later.

    • @JAlves88
      @JAlves88 Před měsícem +5

      Damm really? That's good shit

    • @fogrepairshipakashi5834
      @fogrepairshipakashi5834 Před měsícem

      They actually explained this later, but every time they make a fake URL for a website, LWT and HBO legally have to buy it and keep it running.

    • @raykyogrou0358
      @raykyogrou0358 Před měsícem +4

      i was also shocked they're still live lmao

    • @kay_faraday
      @kay_faraday Před 13 dny +1

      does seem like they changed the images from the ones shown in the video tho.

    • @Kwilson328
      @Kwilson328 Před 12 dny

      @@kay_faradayi think they honestly updated the images as he aged

  • @animeartist888
    @animeartist888 Před měsícem +310

    I cannot believe that this is the first time I've seen that fish cannon bit! I laughed so hard it hurt! Thank you so much, LWT team, for gifting us these old episodes for free here on CZcams. You've legitimately made my whole month!

    • @zumabbar
      @zumabbar Před měsícem +3

      the fish cannon segment had always been available on youtube

    • @adam45z
      @adam45z Před 24 dny +2

      ​@@zumabbar that doesn't mean everyone has seen it

    • @zumabbar
      @zumabbar Před 24 dny

      @@adam45zthat also didn't mean i said what you said

    • @josephevans6293
      @josephevans6293 Před 14 dny

      Same here...my sides are killing me

  • @radiobob1908
    @radiobob1908 Před měsícem +82

    I need everyone to know about the Survive The Sound fish tracking game. Every year, scientists in Washington State microchip some salmon to track their journey to Puget Sound. These fish are then given names and cartoon avatars. Some of my favorites are Brian Mackerel, Sergeant Snackbar, and Floundry10.
    Businesses (usually local and/or fish-related, but not always) can sponsor a fish. For example, Floundry10 was obviously sponsored by Foundry10. This funds the restoration of salmon habitats.
    Some teachers also have their students sign up and pick a fish to track on their journey. When I was in high school, I picked Forest, who, if I remember correctly, got eaten by a sea lion at one of the dams that the salmon cannon helps fish across.
    This year, Survive The Sound begins on May 6th.

    • @cloudbrooks
      @cloudbrooks Před měsícem +4

      thank you for this info!! :D im so glad i know about this now

    • @kimsleep4111
      @kimsleep4111 Před 27 dny

      Once again, humanity is screwing around with an animal that has its homing function that took millions of years to evolve totally screwed over to accommodate us

  • @Crow-Fly
    @Crow-Fly Před měsícem +84

    John oliver being free to watch on CZcams! A match made in heaven!

  • @edwardgrimes7535
    @edwardgrimes7535 Před měsícem +102

    THEIR THEME SONG HAS LYRICS!? How have I gone ten years without knowing that?

    • @pennybutnotthecoin
      @pennybutnotthecoin Před měsícem +12

      So glad i found this comment lol i never would have guessed it

    • @jcwoodward0629
      @jcwoodward0629 Před měsícem +17

      I caught that at the end and it blew my mind too

    • @jessaminemanchester
      @jessaminemanchester Před měsícem +7

      Anyone know if the full version with lyrics is available anywhere? (I'd love it if I could find it on Spotify/Apple Music/etc but even an unmarked audio file on some decade old webpage would be cool too, I just want to hear the full song!)

    • @sayofthelor
      @sayofthelor Před měsícem

      @@jessaminemanchester go by valley lodge

    • @saferoundhouse5910
      @saferoundhouse5910 Před měsícem +25

      The song is Go by Valley Lodge

  • @theanthill22
    @theanthill22 Před měsícem +38

    The actors keeping a straight face after getting fished was funny

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před 12 dny +2

      Especially the soap actors

  • @user-gp4dk6wz4o
    @user-gp4dk6wz4o Před měsícem +49

    The salmon cannon is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

    • @chriskelly6559
      @chriskelly6559 Před měsícem +4

      And everyone that got fish smacked kept a straight face....but I'd bet the outtakes are side splitting funny.

  • @austinb3463
    @austinb3463 Před měsícem +88

    He looks so young. So happy.

  • @Imaginita
    @Imaginita Před 12 dny +8

    The Salmon Canon lives rent-free inside my head.

  • @gedster
    @gedster Před měsícem +74

    I was curious as to whether or not the Mike Bloomberg sites he mentioned near the beginning were still up or not, so I checked
    All 3 remain online, all these years later.
    Amazing.

  • @MeepsNcheese
    @MeepsNcheese Před měsícem +25

    Ten whole years have passed of me being an avid watcher of the CZcams clips of this show and *this* is the first time I've heard that there are LYRICS to the theme??
    Sidenote: I'm oddly emotional seeing a 10 years younger dancing John

  • @GoneAsGoneCanBe
    @GoneAsGoneCanBe Před měsícem +49

    I have sat here while working from home, with this playlist going since yesterday. Sad I have hit the end. Can't wait for the next season to get uploaded.

    • @singproud22
      @singproud22 Před měsícem +4

      Been doing the same, and was just thinking the same thing.

    • @MusicfromMarrs
      @MusicfromMarrs Před 12 dny +1

      Memorial weekend provides.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Před měsícem +69

    S1 E24 (aired November 9, 2014)

  • @Robert_MacCready
    @Robert_MacCready Před měsícem +32

    One of the best 30 minutes of tv there is.

  • @ultimatehawkeyefangirl
    @ultimatehawkeyefangirl Před měsícem +16

    So this is the episode that started the bit of buying random URLs… incredible!

  • @nonamemcnotaspy8654
    @nonamemcnotaspy8654 Před měsícem +31

    Ready to rewatch season 2!!!

  • @oxpolitik
    @oxpolitik Před měsícem +9

    When I first moved to Michigan, I tried to find public transparency documents on the lottery. Couldn't find them. Mind-boggling to think the state runs an organization that manages billions with so little accountability.

  • @JusTypical
    @JusTypical Před měsícem +21

    Imagine buying a ‘98 Mazda for $2500 today. Wild

    • @goddollars
      @goddollars Před měsícem

      This was the craziest part for me lol take me back

  • @jiggly-puffy
    @jiggly-puffy Před měsícem +46

    Throwback to when Seth did a standing monologue

    • @stefanhoimes
      @stefanhoimes Před měsícem +11

      And Colbert doing a Report!!

    • @Sam-Cain
      @Sam-Cain Před měsícem +12

      And Jon Stewart on The Dai-oh wait no nevermind.

    • @alexissweet5890
      @alexissweet5890 Před 29 dny +8

      Throwback to when Seth was in a suit.

  • @trustingpeddler383
    @trustingpeddler383 Před 23 dny +4

    So glad for the full episodes. I'm 36, but I want to be John Oliver when I grow up.

  • @TheMugbearer
    @TheMugbearer Před měsícem +4

    I can't believe they showered John Oliver with fake salmon for the halibut.

  • @lorigoshert6667
    @lorigoshert6667 Před měsícem +22

    I remember pretty much all of Season 1 well! I was teaching English in Prague at the time. I had a few groups of students who worked at an organization that ran a lottery there (Now I remember the name - Sazka), and I showed them part of this episode in class for listening practice and discussion.

    • @ultimatehawkeyefangirl
      @ultimatehawkeyefangirl Před měsícem +3

      Please tell me you showed them the Salmon Cannon segment!

    • @lorigoshert6667
      @lorigoshert6667 Před měsícem +5

      @@ultimatehawkeyefangirl I probably did at some point. I had a lot of classes and showed several clips from Last Week Tonight and the Colbert Report over the years. They were great for starting discussions with advanced-level adult students.

  • @GeauT
    @GeauT Před měsícem +8

    From Oregon. I remember when the lottery, and state gambling, first started. I was pushed as a way to fund schools. Since then, legislation has siphoned that money off to so many other things, that education is getting a pittance from Oregon Lottery.

  • @kevinfoster1138
    @kevinfoster1138 Před měsícem +5

    My mother remembers when Washington state lottery started and is still very disappointed the money they said was going to the schools STILL hasn't made it to the schools.

  • @TheTenthDoctorandHisTardis
    @TheTenthDoctorandHisTardis Před měsícem +11

    I’m ready for season two to drop! 😊

  • @fcbahamutzero
    @fcbahamutzero Před měsícem +10

    Did i really just binge all of season 1 in one day!

  • @tiwantiwaabibiman2603
    @tiwantiwaabibiman2603 Před měsícem +7

    That fish cannon bit has me rollin in my bed at 6am!!! The look on some of those actors' faces was priceless! Wamda Syke's "WTH?" was timeless. How were those soap opera actors able to keep straight faces when the fish hit her in the face during their dramatic moment? I wanted it to go on forever... LOL!
    🦈 🦈 🦈

  • @Ani-rq7wv
    @Ani-rq7wv Před měsícem +11

    Wait does the LWT song have lyrics?! It’s had lyrics this whole time?!!

  • @alexanderguarionex4498
    @alexanderguarionex4498 Před měsícem +19

    Couldn't wait for this next episode

    • @itchiegames
      @itchiegames Před měsícem

      i mean it came out a decade ago so you could have just went and watched it

  • @themadinspector
    @themadinspector Před měsícem +3

    I love the salmon cannon bit! 😆 🤣 😂

  • @jordanlewis4983
    @jordanlewis4983 Před měsícem +3

    Still classic with the salmon canon. I can just hear the call: “You guys wanna be on HBO?”

  • @Caseyisawkward
    @Caseyisawkward Před měsícem +6

    The commitment to the bit

  • @skullfish1013
    @skullfish1013 Před měsícem +4

    if I won the lottery I'd buy a whole cart of groceries and not worry about the cost.

    • @heatherregimbal4552
      @heatherregimbal4552 Před 21 dnem

      Sadly you won't have enough for a whole cart, unless it's junk food

  • @ACE-wy6ty
    @ACE-wy6ty Před měsícem +2

    THIS IS A GEM I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED!!!

  • @seluhir8820
    @seluhir8820 Před 15 dny +3

    Salmon Cannon LITERALLY never gets old. It always brings tears to my eyes - because I'm laughing so hard.

  • @angelowentzler9961
    @angelowentzler9961 Před 23 dny +1

    The salmon cannon segment is the best thing ever made. EVAH

  • @TheeAntiChris
    @TheeAntiChris Před měsícem +2

    JOHN OLIVER speaks the brutal truth hilariously!

  • @dwbrock1992
    @dwbrock1992 Před měsícem +6

    🎉 make old uploads great again! Lol watching the ones I missed (most of them)

  • @Matuse
    @Matuse Před měsícem +4

    I have so many things I need to warn 2014 John Oliver about...

  • @jvissers3086
    @jvissers3086 Před měsícem +1

    It feels like I haven't seen this episode for 10 years!

  • @joink25
    @joink25 Před měsícem +7

    Wait wait wait...the show theme has lyrics?

  • @LunaryxDiarmait
    @LunaryxDiarmait Před měsícem +3

    That is one hell of a salmon cannon!

  • @josephevans6293
    @josephevans6293 Před 14 dny

    I was dying over the fish cannon ..one of the best clips ever

  • @jiedcogahilme676
    @jiedcogahilme676 Před 13 dny +1

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

    • @tracynonumbers
      @tracynonumbers Před 2 dny

      the only other reason was to watch Bill Maher before he became ultra-bourgeois old white guy

  • @Satsujinki1973
    @Satsujinki1973 Před 25 dny +1

    They need to revisit the Salmon cannon in this time of war.

  • @MisterTutor2010
    @MisterTutor2010 Před měsícem +8

    The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.

  • @danielriggle
    @danielriggle Před měsícem +1

    The fish launching had laughing so hard.

  • @firerun777
    @firerun777 Před měsícem +1

    Didn't know the Salmon Canon was this early. With so many cameos I thought It was at least at season 2 bit

  • @eugenejr.subrado8201
    @eugenejr.subrado8201 Před měsícem +4

    Wow! Those sites are still active. 😄

  • @batmanjones655
    @batmanjones655 Před 29 dny +1

    The Danube Waltz was made for fish cannon

  • @Dice12K
    @Dice12K Před měsícem +1

    Well, I just finished watching the entire season 1. Thank you for this. Here's hoping for LWT to do this some more.

  • @dominikcramer8812
    @dominikcramer8812 Před 28 dny

    It is SO amazing to have these shows available on CZcams!

  • @joshhawes6084
    @joshhawes6084 Před měsícem +3

    The fingers crossed in green and white was the old logo for Virginia in the early 90's

  • @raptormesh
    @raptormesh Před měsícem +3

    Best use of fake salmon.

  • @heixiong5860
    @heixiong5860 Před měsícem +1

    The real tragedy is that they don't bring the Salmon cannon back every episode.

  • @seymourdemonica9264
    @seymourdemonica9264 Před měsícem +2

    I will never be over the RBG chihuahua

  • @enikata7349
    @enikata7349 Před 8 dny

    Oh my goodness, the salmon cannon bit was awesome!

  • @tee_es_bee
    @tee_es_bee Před měsícem

    Thank you for uploading the entirety of season 1 from a current HBO subscriber! 🧡💛🧡

  • @jamiemcnern7651
    @jamiemcnern7651 Před 15 dny

    Needing season 2 in full as fast as those fish are moving through that cannon! 😂🤣

  • @veggigoddess
    @veggigoddess Před měsícem +1

    We will never be able to unsee a raw rotisserie chicken strip dancing

  • @nymack66
    @nymack66 Před 19 dny

    Nailed it they did, love the Salmon cannon

  • @daviddunn2104
    @daviddunn2104 Před 24 dny

    How can you not love John Oliver, classic comedy!

  • @heidiadkins4871
    @heidiadkins4871 Před měsícem +1

    I started watching this show routinely 5 years ago. I was only 13 when it started… so understandably was not watching this. I am very happy to be watching season one for the first time.

  • @rainbowtropolis
    @rainbowtropolis Před měsícem

    This is so awesome, I get to watch the ones I've missed!

  • @Imhexed
    @Imhexed Před 14 dny

    God bless you John for calling out the lottery scammers! Where's our superfunded education systems?!

  • @BadgerBabe89
    @BadgerBabe89 Před měsícem

    I can't with the Salmon bit!!! 🤣👌

  • @jillmarie1332
    @jillmarie1332 Před měsícem +2

    I came here for the fish cannon.

  • @evelina733
    @evelina733 Před měsícem

    So great! Thank you for sharing it again 😍😍😍😍😍💕💕💕🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @naomilu9910
    @naomilu9910 Před 20 dny

    We thank YOU, Jon Oliver!

  • @lucianbakerii4047
    @lucianbakerii4047 Před měsícem +1

    The Oregon Lottery money is going to schools, but the legislature removed school funding from the state budget.

  • @dizzym9554
    @dizzym9554 Před měsícem +2

    Funnily enough two states I've lived in have been in the liquor business

    • @dizzym9554
      @dizzym9554 Před měsícem +2

      Notably in Virginia you could *only* buy hard liquor at state owned stores called the "ABC" and yes they did advertise it as the money going to things like education

    • @stefanhoimes
      @stefanhoimes Před měsícem +3

      PA has state stores and absolutely no alcohol in convenience stores. Some grocery store chains use a loophole about having restaurants and seating to be able to sell beer and wine. Current governor is in favor of loosening the prohibition-era laws.

  • @birbluv9595
    @birbluv9595 Před 22 dny

    I am going to watch the salmon cannon over and over

  • @aabu4995
    @aabu4995 Před měsícem +1

    Jet Force 5!!! Even w the salmon blasts. Where were you on this Kimmel?

  • @larragunn2809
    @larragunn2809 Před 28 dny

    Truly one of the absolute BEST shows on the airwaves today
    AMAZING WRITERS!!
    thank you thank you
    💙💙💙

  • @Rad9000
    @Rad9000 Před měsícem +1

    Salmon F'ing Cannon.

  • @Rice-bowl214
    @Rice-bowl214 Před měsícem

    This makes my day I love the hustle John

  • @Daichi82
    @Daichi82 Před 25 dny

    I need Season 2 now.

  • @rjpittman4510
    @rjpittman4510 Před 27 dny

    Salmon cannon is perfect. *chef's kiss*

  • @Obiter3
    @Obiter3 Před 13 dny

    I'm gonna love these Best Of vids

  • @Kuriousape
    @Kuriousape Před 12 dny +1

    The mid video advert I had was for an online casino….. read the room, algorithm. Read the room.

  • @BadJ63
    @BadJ63 Před 23 dny

    No one ever wins the lottery, it's always somebody else.

  • @thesilverhedgehog
    @thesilverhedgehog Před měsícem

    All praise the glorious Salmon Cannon!😂

  • @TheFlash1218
    @TheFlash1218 Před měsícem

    The salmon bit is like a time capsule of a specific era of tv

  • @richardsimon4135
    @richardsimon4135 Před měsícem

    I'm ready for Season 2 now please

  • @RaulRib
    @RaulRib Před měsícem +1

    Who else binge-watched all episodes in like 2 days from release?

  • @josemcheremm
    @josemcheremm Před měsícem +2

    Love you john.

  • @jakehernandez12933s
    @jakehernandez12933s Před měsícem

    craziest thing is how true John Oliver is to his sense of humor over time. the style hasnt changed much cuz it didn't have to... quality journalist + quality humor in a weird unique John Oliver kind of way!

  • @gimmiefriedchicken
    @gimmiefriedchicken Před 26 dny +1

    I require a small documentary about how to get got the salmon bit to work. I have so many questions.

  • @Nixxote
    @Nixxote Před 15 dny

    Ten years after this first aired we now have sports leagues like the NHL that exclusively run ads for online gambling sites.
    Not to mention the ubiquitous nature of alcohol in this part of the world. It really does not instil any real sense that we care about the destructive influence that this has on people struggling with addiction. We still callously wave our fingers at those poor souls dealing with it as though the game isn’t completely stacked against them.
    If you have managed to escape from the clutches of alcohol or gambling or any other destructive substance then my heart goes out to you. You are an incredibly strong person and you have my utmost respect.
    You beat the odds in a world that fully expected you to fail if not conspired against you and you promptly told it to fuck right off.
    Because YOU have shit to do and a life to live.
    Keep going. 🤟

  • @thatpyrope
    @thatpyrope Před měsícem +3

    Damn this crazy

  • @AA-qt1hi
    @AA-qt1hi Před 11 dny

    They REALLY fished all these celebs in their working/interview environments. OMG I love this! But seriously though. I hope they didn't hurt too much when they caught them in the face

  • @bradleybarnett9545
    @bradleybarnett9545 Před 27 dny

    Season 2, pleeease.

  • @csnaber
    @csnaber Před měsícem +1

    release the second season ma' john!

    • @davidfuentes9957
      @davidfuentes9957 Před měsícem

      Go to vacation, cancel yourself! I don’t care. But release the second season John!! Second season! Second season!

  • @hofterup
    @hofterup Před 29 dny

    The '98 Mazda 626 has those swinging vents in the dashboard. Can recommend.

  • @harveydent84joker
    @harveydent84joker Před 22 dny

    John please do this video updated! I work for a lottery company and I’d love to share more info with you on this

  • @Sylenced1
    @Sylenced1 Před měsícem

    A National Treasure for all topics he and his staff, Paws of Justice, and more cover. When the EP ended with the year 2015 I checked my 2024 calendar and died a little inside. Thanks for making Sundays so very worth looking towards for so long, even if I'm ancient

  • @davidlewis8814
    @davidlewis8814 Před měsícem +1

    Wait: were there lyrics being sung to the theme song, there at the end? Amazing! I wanna know them and sing them every time!!

    • @davidlewis8814
      @davidlewis8814 Před měsícem

      I found it! It’s “Go!” by Valley Lodge, and it’s fun! Ha ha!