Italian Election: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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  • Italy is in the throes of a turbulent race to elect a new prime minister. John Oliver discusses the colorful contenders and introduces an equally ridiculous candidate.
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  • @silvia2516
    @silvia2516 Před 3 lety +2199

    Greetings John Oliver, we are currently looking for a Prime Minister for the THIRD TIME since this video. Are you still available?
    Hugs and kisses
    From Italy

    • @jnkiee
      @jnkiee Před 3 lety +18

      😂

    • @petrichor259
      @petrichor259 Před 3 lety +67

      Why do you change PM so often? I am sorry for my lack of knowledge.

    • @silvia2516
      @silvia2516 Před 3 lety +64

      @@petrichor259 that is actually a really good question... RAGA AIUTATEMI (->"guys, help" )

    • @giuseppecatalano670
      @giuseppecatalano670 Před 3 lety +88

      @@petrichor259 Because we never know who we want or what we want; we just follow the party whose leader has been the most on TV in search of a strong leader who makes us feel safe, until we realize things are not as simple as they depicted, and that everyone has their own responsibilities as part of a social system, so we have to find another one... Repeat these steps more or less every year

    • @sw1nkz50
      @sw1nkz50 Před 3 lety +15

      I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you guys that none of mussolini's grandchildren get elected

  • @jamiekamihachi3135
    @jamiekamihachi3135 Před 5 lety +8539

    I would love to see a 5 minute video of the HBO budget department reacting to the requests from John’s show.

    • @kgfes
      @kgfes Před 5 lety +275

      Imagine the experience of being in the studio audience

    • @swiley223
      @swiley223 Před 5 lety +128

      They got that westerosy gold pouring in .....next year might be a different story.

    • @tajicbladeofthelegion5474
      @tajicbladeofthelegion5474 Před 5 lety +112

      @@WolfRider2002 He managed to get a giant, explosive, glass "2016" and blow it up in a stadium as well

    • @jessebananasaurus1526
      @jessebananasaurus1526 Před 4 lety +65

      @@jemiebridges3197 It won't do any good. She don't give a fuck.

    • @rubilenedoe-jewel2081
      @rubilenedoe-jewel2081 Před 4 lety +3

      Me too

  • @ryanluther5785
    @ryanluther5785 Před 4 lety +4367

    HBO Producer, weeping: John, please, we can't get you a lamb and an old Italian game show set.
    John: *_i r e q u i r e t h e m f o r m y s h o w ._*
    HBO Producer, still weeping: John, please...
    John: *_f e t c h m e a l a m b ._*

    • @northchurch753
      @northchurch753 Před 4 lety +202

      John: *WHERE'S THE LAMB?!*

    • @Jellygamer0
      @Jellygamer0 Před 4 lety +72

      @@northchurch753 sauce

    • @northchurch753
      @northchurch753 Před 4 lety +38

      @@Jellygamer0 I took out the sauce because we're talking about an actual lamb

    • @Jellygamer0
      @Jellygamer0 Před 4 lety +25

      @@northchurch753 shhhhhhhhhhh, senor...

    • @AnonymousXeno
      @AnonymousXeno Před 4 lety +61

      Not another sacrifice John, that’s the third one this week!

  • @dejanjovanovski1686
    @dejanjovanovski1686 Před 3 lety +1297

    "When the queen invites you to a party, you go to the party. When Berlusconi invites to a party its probably wise to say you've fallen ill" -David Cameron, British PM

    • @ElBulPagani
      @ElBulPagani Před 3 lety +87

      That’s cause cameron prefers fucking pigs

    • @antonioscendrategattico2302
      @antonioscendrategattico2302 Před 3 lety +46

      @@ElBulPagani And Berlusconi just wouldn't put out

    • @SizzleMontyjing
      @SizzleMontyjing Před 3 lety +25

      @@antonioscendrategattico2302 Nonsense, Berlusconi is physically incapable of not putting out

    • @howler6490
      @howler6490 Před 2 lety +6

      And this from a corrupt,millionaire liar...no shame, Cameron.

    • @oscaralegre3683
      @oscaralegre3683 Před 2 lety +2

      what does that mean?

  • @Leandrodalcanto
    @Leandrodalcanto Před 6 lety +2613

    Italian here. Just updating the situation: we are still without a government
    arrivederci

    • @malikoniousjoe
      @malikoniousjoe Před 5 lety +119

      Leandro Dal Canto American here. Fuck this timeline. That is all.

    • @rocksnrolls
      @rocksnrolls Před 4 lety +120

      @@malikoniousjoe I'm British, I agree. I suggest we try to erase this timeline

    • @romandarius6041
      @romandarius6041 Před 4 lety +5

      GOD BLESS METTEO SALVINI!

    • @BadCooper
      @BadCooper Před 4 lety +77

      Italian here, we really don't know wtf to do
      P.s Roman Darius pls, just please, shut up

    • @romandarius6041
      @romandarius6041 Před 4 lety +1

      @@BadCooper If the border of Italy is protected by Metteo Salvini, that means less jobs for Africans and more jobs for Italians. Less welfare more Africans and more money for Italians.

  • @williamsexton1389
    @williamsexton1389 Před 5 lety +3257

    John Oliver to HBO: Alright so for the next episode we're gonna need a lamb, a set of an old Italian game show, and a remote control volcano
    HBO: ......

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 Před 3 lety +379

    For those wondering what the correct answer is for Renzi's Wheel of Fortune episode, it's _un mare di neve_ (a sea of snow)

    • @jsinghvishal
      @jsinghvishal Před 2 lety +12

      Thanks … I was wondering what the correct answer was …

    • @samrey1803
      @samrey1803 Před 2 lety +2

      Me too. Is that an Italian phrase?

    • @ilpuntodigf
      @ilpuntodigf Před 2 lety +7

      @@samrey1803 nah it's just a phrase

    • @ArcanineEspeon
      @ArcanineEspeon Před 2 lety

      Thank you, I have been wondering that for more than three years!

    • @themax2848
      @themax2848 Před 2 lety

      Damn I would’ve said seal, boo me

  • @michelesantolini4342
    @michelesantolini4342 Před 3 lety +1382

    Watching it as an Italian is both hilarious and depressing

    • @noemiv8248
      @noemiv8248 Před 3 lety +8

      già

    • @annamaria__
      @annamaria__ Před 3 lety +8

      Hell of an experience, I confirm

    • @6XenYang9
      @6XenYang9 Před 3 lety +6

      Watching Jonh Oliver saing such stupid things about my contry is only depressing.

    • @noemiv8248
      @noemiv8248 Před 3 lety +32

      @@6XenYang9 ma che dici? ha detto solo la verità. L'unica cosa deprimente è la realtà in cui viviamo

    • @6XenYang9
      @6XenYang9 Před 3 lety +1

      @@noemiv8248 Che lo sia non c'è dubbio ma non di certo per i motivi che quel demente ha esposto.. fascismo ma mi faccia il piacere!

  • @JimFortune
    @JimFortune Před 6 lety +1199

    "I am far from your worst option." What a campaign slogan!

    • @evilotto9200
      @evilotto9200 Před 6 lety +24

      ... and last call pickup line

    • @ripsumrall8018
      @ripsumrall8018 Před 6 lety +30

      "What do you have to lose?" - Donald Trump

    • @kevinmcclintock4613
      @kevinmcclintock4613 Před 6 lety +20

      Rip Sumrall Morgan Freeman: “The people soon learned that they had a lot to lose”

    • @PrimeCo129
      @PrimeCo129 Před 6 lety +3

      Didn't Guatemala's current president use that slogan? Ni corrupto ni ladron - neither corrupt or a thief xD

    • @BigDangerous311
      @BigDangerous311 Před 6 lety +7

      I feel like that's going to be the slogan of whoever runs against that idiot Trump in 2020.

  • @tvftw1
    @tvftw1 Před 6 lety +196

    "If you don't know where I'm going with this, you've clearly never seen this fucking show before"

  • @austinemms9772
    @austinemms9772 Před 11 měsíci +216

    Back here after Silvio Berlusconi passed away. My condolences go out to his volcano in this very tough time.

    • @zubetp
      @zubetp Před 6 měsíci +11

      who's going to alarm the neighbors with it now? 😢

  • @MrNimbus420
    @MrNimbus420 Před 4 lety +142

    "I am far from your worst choice" that line alone would actually gain you the elections in Argentina

    • @RyuKyu.77
      @RyuKyu.77 Před 2 měsíci

      Hehe, well this election y'all voted for the worst option it seems

  • @matteoCapa96
    @matteoCapa96 Před 5 lety +979

    One year later and here in Italy i think that the Vespa with a tank top would be the very best choice right now

  • @StefanoManiero
    @StefanoManiero Před 6 lety +737

    Dear John, I'm an italian 18 year old boy who's voting for his first time. How good is that?
    Now, you seem to understand the awful Fasta Frimavera we're on, so please, PLEASE, save us from destruction (or Berlusconi (or both)).
    P.S. I'd probabily vote for you man
    ...and I shouldn't be thinking this...

    • @deborah9738
      @deborah9738 Před 6 lety +30

      Whether you turn to, you just find people who, in good conscience, shouldn't even be running in politics, really. So, at the end of the day, it does looks like John is our least ridiculous candidate.

    • @giuseppepaolo1616
      @giuseppepaolo1616 Před 6 lety +9

      GentleHoney the Supreme is the only choice

    • @Carlitow
      @Carlitow Před 6 lety +8

      Stefano Maniero siamo nella merda, my friend.

    • @StefanoManiero
      @StefanoManiero Před 6 lety +35

      Abhishek Jain
      Man, we are basically screwed. Our chooses are:
      -a guy who resembles Sid from the Ice Age (Renzi),
      -a man whose party used to proclaim that northern Italy should be indipendent until they realized that people in the south can vote too (Salvini),
      -a rapist whose only difference with Trump is his hair-color (Berlusconi),
      -a former baby whose only attitude is insulting anyone else (Di Maio).
      Ohh yes, I'm hoping to hide in a grave.
      Very soon.

    • @merylsilverburgh8081
      @merylsilverburgh8081 Před 6 lety +17

      Man, I´m sorry for you, this must be nervewrecking AF. :( BUT as crazy as it sounds..... to be able to vote for John Oliver, thanks to a loophole, could be an opportunity for your generation to show that you have had it with this political system. I know I´m kind of a dreamer but... pleeeeaaaase don´t get yourself an italien Hitler. The italian youth has to stop this nightmare, man. :/ I believe in you!

  • @Quintusblake
    @Quintusblake Před 3 lety +353

    Sometimes, on cool summer nights, I like to take long walks and ponder what the world might look like today if John Oliver had somehow been elected the prime minister of Italy.

    • @bridgetbinion8494
      @bridgetbinion8494 Před 2 lety +2

      We wouldn't have to worry about John Oliver lying to us.

    • @j.bat.8235
      @j.bat.8235 Před rokem +13

      Honestly? Coming here from 2023, with Meloni and her fascist friends at the helm, I guess we would be better off - by far

  • @jesus-of-cheeses
    @jesus-of-cheeses Před 3 lety +2289

    Cut to 2020: an Italian comedian makes a video about how insane the US election is.

  • @MadHatter_920
    @MadHatter_920 Před 6 lety +407

    That fake game show skit really makes me think John Oliver should play the lead in an Austin Powers revival.

  • @mirzaahmed6589
    @mirzaahmed6589 Před 6 lety +583

    Watching Jeremy Paxman say "unfuckable lard arse" is the best thing ever.

    • @notdaveschannel9843
      @notdaveschannel9843 Před 4 lety +23

      I'm genuinely gobsmacked that I hadn't seen that before.

    • @carolinegcooke
      @carolinegcooke Před 4 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @anse7288
      @anse7288 Před 4 lety +5

      Oh, and in Italiano it is "culona inchiavabile"

    • @richardmendez1702
      @richardmendez1702 Před 4 lety +3

      It confused me, that title belongs to tRump have you seen photos of our fearless leader playing golf.

    • @TheNinthGenerarion
      @TheNinthGenerarion Před 4 lety +1

      Richard Mendez oh you mean 80% of his presidency?

  • @toreta4980
    @toreta4980 Před 3 lety +645

    I love how John sometimes bring up false images of something and let us know a moment later it's false. That makes me think I should think twice, not just straight out believe anything, when I see something on TV.

    • @irkaboysen8713
      @irkaboysen8713 Před 2 lety +5

      Very good point!!!

    • @trivialtrav
      @trivialtrav Před 2 lety

      While this sounds good, the problem is people use this concept as an excuse to never believe anything. People will flat out refuse to believe basic facts under the guise of "free thinking".
      Conspiracy theorists who claim things like Sandy Hook never happened also believe they're just being healthily skeptical of the news.
      Skepticism does not mean immediately labeling everything on the news a lie.

  • @boredperson8x
    @boredperson8x Před 4 lety +177

    This man is so EXTRA and it’s just perfect. I really think the work that John and his writers do is criminally underrated and under appreciated.

    • @rohitr9400
      @rohitr9400 Před 3 lety +1

      Not underappreciated. He has his Emmys..

  • @LorenzoFerrariarea00
    @LorenzoFerrariarea00 Před 6 lety +845

    You got my vote Giovanni Oliviero!

    • @romandarius6041
      @romandarius6041 Před 4 lety +2

      Lorenzo, John will turn Italy into London. Where have all the whites gone to?

    • @Thefamilychannel723
      @Thefamilychannel723 Před 4 lety +6

      @@romandarius6041 they mixed with other races. So now in London there are a lot of mixed races. The whites didn’t disappeare, they evolved.

    • @romandarius6041
      @romandarius6041 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Thefamilychannel723Whites left London because they want to be around their own kind. Next you will be telling me that Mugabe of Zimbabwe did not take the farms away from white people and gave them to black people.

    • @romandarius6041
      @romandarius6041 Před 4 lety +2

      @@Thefamilychannel723 Black Liberia has a black only immigration policy, and you dreams we whites are going to mix with you.

    • @Thefamilychannel723
      @Thefamilychannel723 Před 4 lety

      @@romandarius6041 you are wright, the whites are the most oppressed people in the world. Poor whites ...

  • @sebaseba6710
    @sebaseba6710 Před 6 lety +1429

    as an Italian I wouldn't mind being represented by a Vespa
    John Oliver for president!

    • @IgotDis14
      @IgotDis14 Před 6 lety +8

      But what if it wassnt wearing a top tank?

    • @franxx941
      @franxx941 Před 6 lety +56

      A vespa would be an improvement, we are so fked...

    • @SomeOne1121
      @SomeOne1121 Před 6 lety +42

      Vespa > Salvini

    • @sebaseba6710
      @sebaseba6710 Před 6 lety +4

      IgotDis14 I would still accept it

    • @marinarosario8855
      @marinarosario8855 Před 6 lety +3

      What is it that you have agains being represented by a fiat 500?

  • @thelonelyelephant
    @thelonelyelephant Před 4 lety +97

    i think we should let the vespa in the tank top try for a bit

  • @noty2137
    @noty2137 Před 6 lety +1138

    Don't you dare take your words back, I better see your name in the goddamn candidate list

  • @paoloscaratti1094
    @paoloscaratti1094 Před 5 lety +3545

    “Under the Italian law the governement coalition can pick a random jackass who has nothing to do with this campaign as Prime Minister”
    IT LITERALLY WENT THAT WAY!🙈

    • @neilothee4966
      @neilothee4966 Před 4 lety +23

      Paolo Scaratti who won?

    • @shiki0309
      @shiki0309 Před 4 lety +384

      @@neilothee4966 Basically, no one. The Lega and M5S had an agreement and picked a "random jackass" as Prime Minister, because they had the majority of votes. Now they are "working together", the situation's pretty bad though

    • @romandarius6041
      @romandarius6041 Před 4 lety +31

      Metteo Salvini is protecting the borders of Italy, so I love him

    • @nessuno3783
      @nessuno3783 Před 4 lety +152

      @@romandarius6041 sì ci protegge da pericolosissimi striscioni ahahahah

    • @peterdafox
      @peterdafox Před 4 lety +100

      @@romandarius6041 Protecting from who?

  • @emermbiemer302
    @emermbiemer302 Před 4 lety +68

    Berlusconi is the real life quagmire from family guy lol

  • @ninahiatt294
    @ninahiatt294 Před 3 lety +26

    John Oliver saying Arrivederci in a British accent was much funnier than I thought it would be.

  • @Distruptor18
    @Distruptor18 Před 6 lety +211

    It's snowing in Rome and John Oliver made a show about Italian elections.
    I do not believe in coincidences.

  • @Nameless_mixes
    @Nameless_mixes Před 6 lety +1545

    John Oliver’s resume:
    -Queen of Television
    -King of Italy
    😂😂😂

    • @jaives
      @jaives Před 6 lety +93

      you forgot Founder of the religious sect: Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption

    • @drpepperman2765
      @drpepperman2765 Před 6 lety +35

      JVee Veneracion Praise Be.
      John Oliver has about as many titles as Danaerys Targaryen

    • @JSmusiqalthinka
      @JSmusiqalthinka Před 6 lety +3

      Italy doesn't use a king

    • @ameyagokhale5123
      @ameyagokhale5123 Před 6 lety +3

      Elyria That's Stephen Colbert

    • @funnytube4316
      @funnytube4316 Před 6 lety +2

      Do watch my new funny video - Ultimate SPORTS FAILS ...... you will love it :)

  • @ThompterSHunson
    @ThompterSHunson Před 3 lety +38

    _"The Forrest Gump of human misery"_ LOOOL! 😂😂😂

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Před 4 lety +320

    Who's here after Conte resigned?
    (Also, I just realized that the governing coalition did, in fact, "pick a non-politician who's had nothing to do with this campaign so far", "some random jackass that Italy has never heard of". So let's hope they pick John Oliver this time!)

    • @Rankidu
      @Rankidu Před 4 lety +4

      Yes he absolutely predicted the future in that statement

    • @annalusenti9713
      @annalusenti9713 Před 4 lety +6

      At least he can speak english ( and yes, I'am talking about YOU Di Maio!

    • @RebelRossi
      @RebelRossi Před 4 lety +7

      That is completely false. Italy is a parliamentary republic, not a presidential democracy, and that's why the prime minister is not elected. It doesn't compare in power or functions to the POTUS.
      Despite this fact Giuseppe Conte had plenty to do with the campaign because for the first time in our history, a party announced his government candidates before the elections, and therefore 5 star voters knew him, even though he took Di Maio's leading place.

    • @jakpraho
      @jakpraho Před 4 lety +5

      do not worry my friend. He's back!

    • @samfreeman2839
      @samfreeman2839 Před 4 lety +8

      Dario Pedicini you are right too bad Salvini didn’t know that Italy is a parliamentary republic. He should have done his homework instead of playing dj at the beach with dancing showgirls

  • @tiptoes_
    @tiptoes_ Před 6 lety +594

    Lord Buckethead for Italian prime minister, let's make it happen

    • @johnny_eth
      @johnny_eth Před 6 lety +2

      He already too busy with being the british PM.

    • @thexalon
      @thexalon Před 6 lety +12

      No, the Brits still need Lord Buckethead to take over for Theresa May!

    • @MCNarret
      @MCNarret Před 6 lety +8

      Why not do all three?

    • @kennethferrell3275
      @kennethferrell3275 Před 6 lety

      Oh goodness I’m glad I wasn’t the only one who thought about Lord Buckethead

    • @ryanfriedman4329
      @ryanfriedman4329 Před 6 lety

      Francisco Echaniz vice prime minister should be John Oliver!! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

  • @Sundae-Sundae
    @Sundae-Sundae Před 6 lety +236

    As an Italian, I love seeing Italy from a foreigner's perspective, it must be extremely interesting. And John Oliver is amazing.

    • @larrywildman4381
      @larrywildman4381 Před 6 lety +3

      Amazing ignorant and blatantly leftish propaganda.

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo Před 6 lety +9

      I've always found Italian politics baffling. From the sheer number of parties and the positions covering a huge range of philosophies to the turnover of prime ministers, it seems chaotic. Then there was/is Berlusconi. Irish comedian Dylan Moran said that he's so crooked he sleeps on a spiral staircase and that every time he smiles an angel gets gonnorhea.

    • @Sundae-Sundae
      @Sundae-Sundae Před 6 lety +15

      Larry Wildman I honestly don't see the problem, everyone is entitled their opinions. It might be easier for me because I mostly agree with him, but - although his political opinions are blatant, as you say - he joked also on left and "neither left nor right" parties. Plus, I don't think that despising racial/sexual discrimination should be only a "leftist" thing.

    • @Sundae-Sundae
      @Sundae-Sundae Před 6 lety +4

      Tracymmo I know, right? When it comes to Politics, in order to maintain your sanity, you have to pretend you are an alien and watch everything from the distance as if you were observing a totally different species doing their things.

    • @tomewyrmdraconus837
      @tomewyrmdraconus837 Před 6 lety +5

      But the far-right makes itself so easy to make fun of. Sure the left fucks up too (all the time, maybe even more often than the Right because "stay on course" fucks up less often than trying something new), but find me a leftist as easy to make fun of as Trump. I'm not a fan of the Corporate States of America, so the Democrats earn plenty of ire from me. Obama didn't manage to close Guantanamo... despite the fact that he easily could have in his last year when "bi-partisan cooperation" stopped needing to be applicable for the future. Then you look at Fox & Friends or Breitbart, and the near complete lack of facts instead of opinions couched as facts. I'm a centrist, and I'm a leftist in the USA!
      Honestly I hope the Republican Party's sub-groups implode and we can develop either an actual moderate party, or a center-left and center-right, by drawing off the moderates from the Democrats to join the moderate Republicans and neoconservatives. Leaving the Christian Right, Libertarians, and Traditionalists for the Republican Party, and the Socialists, Progressives, and Liberals to the Democrats. But that would probably require voting reform... which probably won't happen sadly.

  • @jacopostringara6102
    @jacopostringara6102 Před 4 lety +58

    Probably not the first to point this out but... not only is Di Maio only 31 years old but his one and only job before becoming a politician was being the snack guy at Napoli's soccer stadium. Soooo... you be the judge my friend.

    • @toffonardi7037
      @toffonardi7037 Před 4 lety

      fake news demo berlusconi's tv channels and newspapers

    • @xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844
      @xxxdumbwordstupidnumberxxx4844 Před 3 lety +3

      Yeah, I've just checked. That's not true. He was an apprentice journalist, and worked as a webmaster (maintains websites) and also the drinks seller at that stadium. Still not great, but not entirely accurate.

  • @fonkia
    @fonkia Před 3 lety +128

    Quick recap of what happened in Italy in these past 2 years:
    - elections resulted in a three-party victory which made really difficult to form an actual governement
    -5 star (33%) movement formed an alliance with far right party Lega(17%), putting G. Conte as prime minster
    - The alliance fell one and a half year later. Pact was broken by Lega, now at 34% in polls. Basically drained 5star electoral base
    - Renzi left the Democratic Party, creating a new small party, Italia Viva right after forming an alliance between DP(19%) and 5star to create a second governement, led by Conte
    - pandemic came and it was a huge mess
    - at the beginning of 2021, Renzi made the governement collapse for literally no apparent reasons.
    - after another hard three weeks, Mario Draghi (former BCE president) was called by our president to become prime minister. He's now leading a governement that is basically held together by all parties joined
    - far right wants to go to elections though. But here's the catch: parlament can't be sent home in the 6 months prior to the next President election. This period starts in August, so DP wants to hold on to avoid Legs and their alliance to elect the new president through the parliament.
    Curious to see what's gonna happen, while we are still in the middle of a pandemic and far right is probably going to crush everybody else in next elections..that should be in 2023..or not?
    Btw, 68 governements in 73 years, yay

    • @cliffordbanes2271
      @cliffordbanes2271 Před 3 lety +6

      Thanks for the update it was very tough to Navigate through the complicated stuff

    • @TheAlps36
      @TheAlps36 Před 3 lety +5

      Wow, what a clusterfuck. I hope it gets sorted soon

    • @brainyskeletonofdoom7824
      @brainyskeletonofdoom7824 Před 3 lety +6

      @@TheAlps36 it's been like that since (at least) 1861, I just hope we won't have to invade Russia without winter equipment anytime soon

    • @lapoguido8672
      @lapoguido8672 Před 2 lety

      @@brainyskeletonofdoom7824 😥

    • @deansheets
      @deansheets Před 2 lety +2

      I hope that your country finds its equilibrium that it so deserves.

  • @hannahplas2495
    @hannahplas2495 Před 6 lety +631

    Nobody says the word "cool" better than John Oliver👌🏻😂

  • @LeloTheUnamused
    @LeloTheUnamused Před 6 lety +118

    As an Italian, I was just waiting for John Oliver to talk about us one day or another (we have had so much shit going down in recent years I wouldn't have been surprised if he talked about us more), and I was not disappointed.
    Now everyone can pretty much see how bad our situation is lol
    John as a Prime Minister would actually be a blessing, make it happen pls

    • @2snowornot2know81
      @2snowornot2know81 Před 6 lety

      EIGOProduction I wonder if he'll talk about the Africans that chop up people in the middle of the streets in italy. Or about the 120 db movement from germany.

    • @LeloTheUnamused
      @LeloTheUnamused Před 6 lety

      The "Africans chopping people in the streets" is kinda a shocking but isolated fact. It's not the kind of topic a show like this can talk about for half an hour.
      If it was a trend with many many cases it would be maybe a different situation, but as for now it can't really be compared with more pressing matters that can actually have repercussions outside of Italy (like elections)

    • @2snowornot2know81
      @2snowornot2know81 Před 6 lety

      EIGOProduction if it's not the topic to talk in a show about "why italy will have a right wing anti EU government" then the whole show is propaganda.

    • @LeloTheUnamused
      @LeloTheUnamused Před 6 lety

      Saying that Italy will have an anti EU government because of a case of brutal murder by african people, like if that single fact would justify people like Salvini and the fascists rising in the streets, it's also propaganda.
      It's also well known we are kinda drowing in shit with immigrants, we can't receive them all, we don't have enough resources to manage them all, and other EU countries don't help us. All of these factors maturing in years and years are much more relevant (and less hate-polarizing) to why the right wing is gaining attention than single cases of violence by specific ethnic groups of people.

  • @--Dan-
    @--Dan- Před 4 lety +98

    "Hey... HBO? Ya, we're going to need a baby lamb, and the largest model volcano we can find.... Yes... Yes, with real fire and lava.. To cover the Italian elections, obviously... Thanks HBO!"

  • @ryanfriedman4329
    @ryanfriedman4329 Před 11 měsíci +21

    I came here after hearing the news of Silvio Berlusconi’s death. I’m not sad for him.

  • @Gongasoso
    @Gongasoso Před 6 lety +1803

    Italy stands in a crossroads. On one side, a joke. On the other, a fascist.
    America solved this by combining the two.

    • @android19willpwn
      @android19willpwn Před 6 lety +202

      we're efficient like that

    • @geekygoggles628
      @geekygoggles628 Před 6 lety +152

      I'd be offended if you weren't absolutely correct.

    • @dreadpirateroberts4764
      @dreadpirateroberts4764 Před 6 lety +23

      Android 19 trump isn't a Fascist

    • @ChristomirRackov
      @ChristomirRackov Před 6 lety +66

      Yeah, he's only a Nazi...

    • @SonoftheAllfather
      @SonoftheAllfather Před 6 lety +40

      Trump is economically a business Democrat. He isn't pursuing hardly any social reform. He's just anti-mass unfettered immigration, which is totally reasonable at this point. Leftists are so fucking dumb, they want a populist welfare state, open borders and multiculturalism and they can't seem to conceptualize that those things can't exist simultaneously and be sustainable. Anyone with a brain can see this, but Leftists remain cognitively dissonant. Then they label anyone that points out the flaws in this logic and argues against it a fascist and a Nazi. It's unspeakably inane and juvenile.

  • @Masquerola
    @Masquerola Před 6 lety +257

    20:01 Host (while wearing glasses): Boo this idiot with glasses! *slaps John*
    shit had me dying

    • @TexasDevin
      @TexasDevin Před 6 lety +7

      We all say LOL a lot, but I was literally laughing out loud after seeing that.

    • @SomeRandomGuy-us1yb
      @SomeRandomGuy-us1yb Před 6 lety

      20:13
      That face when you want to start a mass shooting

  • @s0larb0wl87
    @s0larb0wl87 Před 4 lety +148

    Several people in the audience know Italian. They laughed before Oliver translated “Vaffanculo Day”

    • @cmyk8964
      @cmyk8964 Před 2 lety +6

      I mean, I can’t speak Italian but do know that “vaffanculo” is a rude insult. Some people like to look up swear words in other languages :>

    • @samrey1803
      @samrey1803 Před 2 lety +2

      Ever seen the show "friends"? Joey does that to Chandler.

  • @matteoar
    @matteoar Před 3 lety +125

    Update on Italy: the random jackass who had nothing to do with the campaign that was picked as Prime Minister by the government coalition (composed of 5 Stars and League) was picked again as Prime Minister after Salvini tried to take down the government last August and make the electors vote again due to projection polls showing him as favorite and 5 Stars (that of the two was the majority component) decided to make a new coalition with the Democratic Party.
    And yeah, before anyone asks, Berlusconi is still here, volcano and all.

    • @superpippo93x
      @superpippo93x Před 3 lety +9

      Oh, so THAT'S what happened! With the rest of the world being on fire and the news being EXCLUSIVELY about Covid lately I had totally lost track of the political landscape.
      Same old, same old.
      Grazie mille, proteggiti come puoi, e buona giornata!

    • @LRTOTAL
      @LRTOTAL Před 3 lety +11

      ​@@superpippo93x The "random jackass" choesen turned out to be better than the leaders italians could vote for, surprisingly. Or maybe unsurprisingly.
      Now Conte's second government is basically over, because Matteo Renzi exited the majority coalition (wait, wasn't Renzi supposed to be gone from politics forever? He said so before losing his referendum...). The majority coalition lacks 18 senators, leaving Italy in deep crap during a pandemic:
      Vaccinations campaign just started, ~209B€ from the EU Recovery Fund to invest in our future hopefully without wasting any of it.
      So we don't know what's going to happen yet. Will Conte get a third chance to govern italy by finding 18 random senators? Or will John Oliver step in to save us? Who knows!
      You'll find out on next episode of... czcams.com/video/AeIyNHyeC4g/video.html
      P.S.:
      To be completely fair, Conte isn't 100.0% random, as he was presented as a minister by M5S in the campaign before the 2018 election, although he was not and still isn't member of any party. But it was really funny to hear John Oliver "forseeing" that our prime minister would be chosen at "random".😂

    • @sindaco710
      @sindaco710 Před 3 lety +2

      @@LRTOTAL È stato sicuramente il male peggiore, difatti il problema non è sicuramente conte ma i parlamentari e senatori votati nel 2018, potrei fare una lista di persone che dovrebbero essere a spalare la neve anzichè avere potere, che siano di destra o di sinistra o dei 5 stelle
      Mamma mia che paese del cazzo

  • @Valtry85
    @Valtry85 Před 6 lety +159

    As an italian, what really makes me sad is that he's right: he's far from our worst option.

    • @francescoquaglia4061
      @francescoquaglia4061 Před 6 lety +10

      Valtry85 la cosa allucinante è che hai capito la situazione lui in America, mentre milioni di italiani credono alle fake news e al populismo

    • @Valtry85
      @Valtry85 Před 6 lety

      Veramente tristissimo...

    • @pietrojenkins6901
      @pietrojenkins6901 Před 6 lety +1

      He's stil a baby he doesn't have any wisdom upstairs.

    • @pomiisodst
      @pomiisodst Před 6 lety +1

      at least you don't have orbán

  • @Domnom22
    @Domnom22 Před 6 lety +391

    "he is the Forrest Gump of human misery"
    -John Oliver

    • @avigutierrez8948
      @avigutierrez8948 Před 6 lety +5

      Well said. Maybe pence is bubba just saying😏

    • @BenDaviesFC
      @BenDaviesFC Před 6 lety +1

      domnom 2288 he is TRULY your quite is incorrect FIX IT

    • @1Dyermaker
      @1Dyermaker Před 6 lety

      avi gutierrez That makes no sense.

    • @Xenomorpheus429
      @Xenomorpheus429 Před 6 lety

      1 Minute Cuber *you're

    • @love-hammer
      @love-hammer Před 6 lety +2

      Similar story except Forrest was a veteran, started his own business, exercised regularly, and probably had a better handle of the English language.

  • @seand1011
    @seand1011 Před 11 měsíci +9

    Came back to this after Silvio Berlusconi died today at 86

  • @animeXcaso
    @animeXcaso Před 4 lety +318

    Just make Piero Angela king of Italy and Roman Emperor

  • @biagiodistefano5224
    @biagiodistefano5224 Před 6 lety +601

    Italian here. That was hilarious, but from a voter’s perspective it’s a tragedy. Anyway, although the volcano surely was interesting, I think it would’ve been worth noticing that while Berlusconi was our PM he managed to have the parliament pass almost 60 “laws of shame” that, amongst other terrible things, managed to avoid him being convicted for crimes he was on trial for and helped his own industries.

    • @carolina.369
      @carolina.369 Před 6 lety +9

      Biagio Distefano I agree with you, however to be fair, he was also the only one to survive an entire legislature....

    • @cryasor3428
      @cryasor3428 Před 6 lety +10

      Carolin A. Really?? Berlusconi was the only one who survived an entire legislature? What the Fuck is wrong with you down there? This has to be some kind of miracle.

    • @mardasman428
      @mardasman428 Před 6 lety +8

      Biagio Distefano Yes, the most dangerous thing about Silvio is the extent of his corruption

    • @carolina.369
      @carolina.369 Před 6 lety +4

      Cryasor a lot of things but we have pizza that makes us happy 😂

    • @sabrinasabrina5797
      @sabrinasabrina5797 Před 6 lety +4

      oh my god that statement is just so sad :/

  • @JackoSasha
    @JackoSasha Před 6 lety +309

    Italian here, #VoteForJohnOliver

    • @Ygr3ku
      @Ygr3ku Před 6 lety +5

      If he would join the race, I'll call all my friends in Italy and ask them to vote for Oliver! Not even joking.

    • @andreatuscano6923
      @andreatuscano6923 Před 6 lety +1

      another one here, go john!

    • @DumitruGrubii
      @DumitruGrubii Před 6 lety

      YOU HAVE MY VOTE!

    • @blueversf8812
      @blueversf8812 Před 6 lety +1

      John Oliver presidente del consiglio!

    • @krellmithond
      @krellmithond Před 6 lety

      Absolutely! #VoteForJohnOliver

  • @vickysmile23
    @vickysmile23 Před 4 lety +76

    Watching this almost 2 years after the 2018 election hilarious.😂 Also John are you still available to run for prime minister at our next elections? I would love to have you as our leader

  • @captainjules6033
    @captainjules6033 Před 4 lety +29

    “Irrepressible horndog” I have got to work this insult into conversation

    • @kyleguajardo
      @kyleguajardo Před 4 lety +2

      "Trump is what happens when an irrepressible horndog who thinks money equals game gets bored and the people are stupid enough to ignore and listen to him at the same time."
      How's that? You can have it for free

  • @iosonogerva1989
    @iosonogerva1989 Před 6 lety +417

    You are forgetting about our glorious supreme leader Paolo Gentle Honey.

    • @user-ki4bg4ke9g
      @user-ki4bg4ke9g Před 6 lety +9

      *( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)*

    • @Drobexxx
      @Drobexxx Před 6 lety +19

      You meant Gentile Clooney... he's so handsome, probably one of the 10 sexiest men on earth

    • @anitamusayo9865
      @anitamusayo9865 Před 6 lety +42

      The gentaglia is everywhere

    • @martymitch8375
      @martymitch8375 Před 6 lety +13

      Andrea Florini Alessandro Masala's fan spotted! Gentaglia is love, gentaglia is life.

    • @iosonogerva1989
      @iosonogerva1989 Před 6 lety +6

      I wasn't aware that BreakingItaly is working for our great cause (i know the guy cause i used to watch it some years ago). I come from the super secret coup organization to seal our beloved great leader as supreme leader of our world.

  • @riccardosalerno9131
    @riccardosalerno9131 Před 6 lety +415

    It would be great if this was subtitled in Italian, so my parents and family could watch it and laugh (and cry tbh)

    • @IvanMesicZagreb
      @IvanMesicZagreb Před 6 lety +32

      Riccardo Salerno write it yourself. There is an option to do in in CZcams.

    • @johnny_eth
      @johnny_eth Před 6 lety +12

      You can write the subtitles and show the video to people.

    • @bazingapuzza
      @bazingapuzza Před 6 lety +2

      puoi mettere i sottotitoli in inglese, puoi scriverli su un foglio, tradurli con qualche cosa su internet e poi metterli sul video cosi da averli tutti.

    • @nikai0713
      @nikai0713 Před 6 lety +3

      Isn't there an HBO Italia that translates?

    • @galtjust
      @galtjust Před 6 lety +1

      facebook.com/comedybay/videos/1146333388836392/

  • @shannsimms9072
    @shannsimms9072 Před 2 lety +29

    I feel like John and his writers just think of ridiculous shot to spend HBOs money on. I love it so much

  • @huaweinovay9095
    @huaweinovay9095 Před 11 měsíci +13

    Who's here after hearing that Berlusconi's dead?

  • @jaimenguyen715
    @jaimenguyen715 Před 6 lety +881

    John Oliver's resume:
    - comedian fool
    -queen of daytime talk
    -mega reverend of Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption
    -prime minister of Italy

    • @borislavstoqnov5132
      @borislavstoqnov5132 Před 6 lety +57

      Also:
      -Host of the next winter olympics.
      -CEO of debt buying company.

    • @beingathing974
      @beingathing974 Před 6 lety +27

      i forgot he's a reverend😂

    • @JVenger
      @JVenger Před 6 lety +32

      Praise be!

    • @turtle_combat
      @turtle_combat Před 6 lety +5

      -first hegemon of the International Human Alliance

    • @fury556
      @fury556 Před 6 lety +3

      You forgot rat faced bastard

  • @Khorothis
    @Khorothis Před 6 lety +536

    You're laughing now, John but let's see you keep that smile when you're elected president of Italy. I'm not Italian but I'd watch every public appearance you make that's broadcasted.

    • @TheXPeppe99
      @TheXPeppe99 Před 6 lety +20

      Khorothis, it will be great, but we can vote the party, not the prime minister

    • @fulgenzio89
      @fulgenzio89 Před 6 lety +28

      The President of Italy is another person. They're voting for Prime Minister.

    • @toagne85
      @toagne85 Před 6 lety +8

      breaking news: we've never been supposed to directly elect NEITHER the prime minister NOR the president.

  • @valentinazanon5982
    @valentinazanon5982 Před 3 lety +34

    I love seeing how the rest of the world sees my country

  • @NightridewithNikki
    @NightridewithNikki Před 4 lety +28

    “Is it true you called her an unfuckable lard ass?” I have no idea why but that is one of the best interview questions ever.

  • @thejulinks
    @thejulinks Před 6 lety +94

    "I wouldn't want a 31 yearold to run a European country" - laughs hysterically in Austrian.

    • @hankcyrus9776
      @hankcyrus9776 Před 6 lety +1

      Julinks He doesn't research very well

    • @thejulinks
      @thejulinks Před 6 lety +8

      I mean he technically said that a 31 year old is in his opinion too young to run a major European country, which Austria just really is not. Side note: our chancellor is actually a fucking joke, so he might just be right.

    • @kevinjohansson3923
      @kevinjohansson3923 Před 6 lety

      It doesn't look like anything to me.

    • @thejulinks
      @thejulinks Před 6 lety +1

      I mean Austria is just a small country and Sebastian Short... i mean Kurz IS a joke and a bad one, with ears like fucking Dumbo the elefant, at that so... yeah I guess.^^

    • @musically_insane
      @musically_insane Před 6 lety

      Julinks i don’t know much about austrian politics. How is Kurz bad? I know he is anti-immigrant but I remember reading about him a few years ago when he was the foreign minister and the article appreciated him a lot. So I’m just confused.

  • @cinefacts.
    @cinefacts. Před 6 lety +1823

    this is so embarrassing, and so funny, and so horrible, and so hilarious, and so frightening, and as an italian I WANNA CRY NOW.

    • @thatonegirl531
      @thatonegirl531 Před 6 lety +96

      Yeah, welcome to the US's world

    • @remyllebeau77
      @remyllebeau77 Před 6 lety +15

      You mean you can't see through the lies in this video? Maybe when you are older and wiser, you will.

    • @vba961
      @vba961 Před 6 lety +29

      Ti capisco fin troppo bene.
      I feel the same.

    • @Crimsonraziel
      @Crimsonraziel Před 6 lety +7

      Maybe you want to enlighten him before the election?

    • @deby9229
      @deby9229 Před 6 lety +20

      Teo, siamo tutti nella stessa barca. Piangere è l'unica cosa che possiamo fare, per adesso

  • @JBOboe720
    @JBOboe720 Před 4 lety +52

    "Oh, it's true! He's back! Silvio Berlusconi - sorry, that's HPV. Silvio Berlusconi - sorry, that's just a condom filled with marinara sauce"

  • @paltry7415
    @paltry7415 Před 11 měsíci +9

    10:27 for the crab partygoers

  • @georgsteinhauser6217
    @georgsteinhauser6217 Před 6 lety +567

    Who else waited for the sarcastic "cool."?

    • @erikeide5407
      @erikeide5407 Před 6 lety +25

      I LIVE for those.

    • @itsamebrinyoh7038
      @itsamebrinyoh7038 Před 6 lety +8

      I did, and every time I watch it (as I've repeated it about 20 times already), it gets funnier and funnier.

    • @npc6817
      @npc6817 Před 5 lety

      I was hoping for a "figo" or something like that, he often translates when he talks about foreign countries

  • @florrie.6377
    @florrie.6377 Před 6 lety +102

    I didn't know how much I needed to see John Oliver holding a little lamb until I saw John Oliver holding a little lamb.

  • @juhaniaho6698
    @juhaniaho6698 Před 11 měsíci +21

    Who else came back here after Berlusconi's death?

  • @Solid_Snake88
    @Solid_Snake88 Před 3 lety +12

    Lol very well researched video. As an italian i love this show

  • @fidorover
    @fidorover Před 6 lety +129

    *_Breaking News -- March 4, 2018_*
    John Oliver is elected president of Italy.
    _Last Week Tonight_ will now be hosted by a man in a giant squirrel suit.

    • @melissakaye1294
      @melissakaye1294 Před 6 lety +10

      LMAO!!

    • @fidorover2
      @fidorover2 Před 6 lety +6

      Love your comments, dude.

    • @TheFriendlyTroll
      @TheFriendlyTroll Před 6 lety +1

      Nicely done.

    • @munihan1308
      @munihan1308 Před 6 lety +1

      Omg!!! That will be a beacon in today’s world current affair....

    • @seamonster936
      @seamonster936 Před 5 lety

      fidorover
      To be eligible as President of Italy, you must be older than 50. I can see how you would be confused, as this English arse certainly looks over 50.

  • @yuuyashirazu3016
    @yuuyashirazu3016 Před 6 lety +630

    As an Italian, everyday it's so difficult watching the news on Tv. You constantly feel angry, betrayed and tired of listening to the damn mess that is our political system.

    • @efraimgoldfein-shekelblats260
      @efraimgoldfein-shekelblats260 Před 6 lety +35

      Yuuya Shirazu come to Germany and Watch our TV, here they censor and blur the refugee crime and government scandals so you think except for your diesel car its all fine.

    • @deliverygod7779
      @deliverygod7779 Před 6 lety

      Già ..

    • @thebilla6568
      @thebilla6568 Před 6 lety +47

      Yuuya Shirazu you can always come to America and laugh at our bumbling idiots in office. It's both hilarious and terrifying to see such morons with so much power and money.

    • @misakichan8234
      @misakichan8234 Před 6 lety +15

      Same in america :)

    • @reneisrene1221
      @reneisrene1221 Před 6 lety +21

      I'm in America and I'm going to be voting age this year..... Try being a teen and not knowing what to believe because so much information is tampered with or fraudulent. I'm a minority too so I legit can't stand our political system its so bad it affects the education you recieve in certain areas and its just ridiculous and terrifying.

  • @soundgoesdown
    @soundgoesdown Před 3 lety +27

    I'm 100%italian and this is the most hilarious and clear explanation of italian politicians.👏🏻
    Can't stop watching after years and years. 😂

  • @LorenzoSpolaor
    @LorenzoSpolaor Před 3 lety +8

    That's exactly how it went. Both Salvini and 5Stelle won, forming a coalition and nominating a prime minister that didn't run for election and we never heard of ever before. Ciao from Italy ❤

  • @JediSkull
    @JediSkull Před 6 lety +815

    For those who didn't catch the wheel of fortune joke.
    the answer should be
    mountain of ice and a sea of snow
    (montagna di ghiaccio e un mare di neve)
    and not
    mountain of ice and a sea of ships
    (montagna di ghiaccio e un mare di navi)

    • @tekbarrier
      @tekbarrier Před 5 lety +38

      Make me Crafty thank you! I was wondering that myself

    • @DovahGirlie
      @DovahGirlie Před 5 lety +23

      Is it a common phrase, or is everybody just acting like snobs? It seems to me like the host could just say he was close since the words were so similar anyway.

    • @4252julio1
      @4252julio1 Před 5 lety +23

      @@DovahGirlie in the game you have to find a phrase that describe the clue word, so it isn't a common phrase, but only a meaningful one

    • @medoammar9276
      @medoammar9276 Před 5 lety +4

      Thanks

    • @surelock22
      @surelock22 Před 4 lety +6

      Booooo booooo!

  • @ascarrambad
    @ascarrambad Před 6 lety +214

    As an Italian it's strange to see domestic politics made fun of by John Oliver. It puts everything in perspective with the rest of the world. And I didn't know Berlusconi had a volcano in his house!!!
    JOHN OLIVER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
    PS
    Also, just on a sidenote, would this go on air in Italy, Bob Murray (from the Coal episode) would be the very least of his problems. He would have to lawyer up very badly! SAD...

    • @antonellamR2D2
      @antonellamR2D2 Před 6 lety +2

      Matteo Riva I knew because it was another part of his villa that went under the law he did about irregular constructions (povera Sardegna )

    • @Shalalacls
      @Shalalacls Před 6 lety +6

      Aspettavo con ansia il momento in cui John Oliver avrebbe fatto un pezzo sull'Italia... Mi sento orgogliosa e allo stesso tempo schifata

    • @kristinaamuan7577
      @kristinaamuan7577 Před 6 lety +5

      Matteo Riva im not american or italian, but john oliver has done some shows on my countrys crappy government and oh wow yeah it does feel weird

    • @user-PoliceMisconduct
      @user-PoliceMisconduct Před 6 lety

      But he has a particular fondness for lying by omission when it comes to Trump.

    • @domenicomarzolla3045
      @domenicomarzolla3045 Před 6 lety

      A villa Certosa.

  • @gabrielemazzone2774
    @gabrielemazzone2774 Před 3 lety +5

    I'm Italian and when I'm sad I watch 3/4 times in a row this magical episode.

  • @joshemane
    @joshemane Před 2 lety +5

    18:20 Did he really transition an Airbud comment into a 14 minute web exclusive 4 years later

  • @federicagualtieri5469
    @federicagualtieri5469 Před 6 lety +718

    **laugh**
    **Suddenly remember that I am Italian.**
    **cry**
    #JohnOliverForPresident

    • @JB-xl2jc
      @JB-xl2jc Před 6 lety +8

      Isn’t it prime minister?

    • @Mimiki203
      @Mimiki203 Před 6 lety +1

      Jeff B no he's a US citizen. That being said because he's an immigrant he can't be president.

    • @MikhailKalashnikovMiG
      @MikhailKalashnikovMiG Před 6 lety +18

      **cries in Italian**

    • @riccardopandolfi179
      @riccardopandolfi179 Před 6 lety +2

      Jeff B technically “Presidente del Consiglio”.

    • @chiaretta9839
      @chiaretta9839 Před 6 lety +2

      Jeff B no, in Italy we have a president because we are a Republic. We had prime ministers when we had kings

  • @costanzarosamongioi5989
    @costanzarosamongioi5989 Před 6 lety +529

    I'm Italian, and everything he said was actually accurate. I'm going to vote for the political elections for the first time this Sunday (I'm 19), and I'm really afraid that the coalition led by Berlusconi will win. The problem is that the left parties are too detached from the problems of the people, so many people are "forced" to turn to the right because it seems the only party that cares about them (not true - right parties would be a disaster for our country, and there are actually some good left parties that care about real problems, they're just too small to have a chance). Whatever the results will be, I hope that in the future we will do better. We Italians just have to stay strong and don't loose hope.
    Peace ✌️

    • @seanoconnor7682
      @seanoconnor7682 Před 6 lety +19

      Vote for john
      Make Italy great again
      The peoples champ

    • @loweel2897
      @loweel2897 Před 6 lety +13

      We had this disease already, in 1922, Ivan. Try with something better.

    • @GuilleGobierno
      @GuilleGobierno Před 6 lety +5

      Obviusly you guys have work to do. I mean, left leaning people who do not feel represented. It comes down to our generation, and to keep waiting for someone else to do it is not an option. We would argue about methods, but the time has come to get involved. It's the same work we have to do in Spain.

    • @SymphoniaYT
      @SymphoniaYT Před 6 lety +4

      Non sei costretto a votare l'alleanza di destra, se non rispecchia le tue idee. Esiste l'astensione. Inoltre, questo programma è molto grottesco, ma non così accurato: calca molto sulle figure di merda e le immagini dei politici, nonché sulle notizie sui nostri problemi politici, ma finisce lì. Molto divertente e tutto, ma non rispecchia le modalità di voto, come si costruisce il nostro Parlamento (che andremo a votare) e non è neanche affidabile riguardo la posizione di Berlusconi (che, si spera saprai, è incandidabile!)

    • @Reclamation-
      @Reclamation- Před 6 lety +2

      Vote for John

  • @tomasozanardi2041
    @tomasozanardi2041 Před 4 lety +19

    "He can be a random jackass that italy has never heard of..." Incredibly, the best prevision of our last elections' outcome.

  • @axel0_02
    @axel0_02 Před 4 lety +21

    Worse thing is that the statement "I'm far from your worst option" was actually true

  • @Rhazagal
    @Rhazagal Před 6 lety +180

    ALSO: Berlusconi called Finnish food garbage, so when we beat Italy in an international pizza competition, we named our winning pizza "Berlusconi" just to spite him! :D

    • @mooniejohnson
      @mooniejohnson Před 6 lety

      Rhazagal It comes with a side-sauce of herpes, I assume?

    • @Enzman
      @Enzman Před 6 lety +1

      Can you tell me this pizza recipe? =D

    • @hoshinoko42
      @hoshinoko42 Před 6 lety +1

      YOU-ARE-GREAT-GUYS. I'd eat it

    • @leblubblab
      @leblubblab Před 6 lety +1

      didn't everybody beat Italy in an international pizza competition? For a nation that invented pizza, Italians sure make shitty pizza. I had the worst pizza of my life in Napoli, followed closely by the second worst in Taormina, Sicily.

    • @AlwaysANemesis
      @AlwaysANemesis Před 6 lety

      Huh! That's a pretty fun fact! Good to know!

  • @My-Pal-Hal
    @My-Pal-Hal Před 5 lety +417

    Just watching reruns.
    But I do have one question.
    ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED 😂

  • @gaiasilvestri3034
    @gaiasilvestri3034 Před rokem +3

    I'd absolutely love to see another video like this for this year's elections (yes, from this video we've changed another prime minister... actually 2)

  • @dr.pepper9893
    @dr.pepper9893 Před 4 lety +10

    John Oliver did appear on an actual game show in the UK back in 2005. The show was called Mock the Week

    • @filmtheory783
      @filmtheory783 Před 11 měsíci

      It's true I looked it up and he was on a show called "mock the week"

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic Před 6 lety +962

    I lost it when he slapped him in the face for losing the game show. "Fasta frimavera?"

    • @specialistgreen
      @specialistgreen Před 6 lety +30

      Paul TheSkeptic "Stupido!" *POW*😂

    • @LeonDeSilva
      @LeonDeSilva Před 6 lety +17

      lost it in the office at the Merkel silence ... jeezuz this world needs a saviour.

    • @matt-tf6sp
      @matt-tf6sp Před 6 lety +3

      Looks like the lost beatle on the game show

    • @wickedblackheart26
      @wickedblackheart26 Před 6 lety +10

      Too funny. I couldn’t stop laughing

    • @insertname8889
      @insertname8889 Před 6 lety +2

      Che belli i troll

  • @20peas
    @20peas Před 6 lety +185

    “He is truly the Forrest Gump of human misery.”
    Tip of the hat to whoever wrote this. 😂

    • @MazeFrame
      @MazeFrame Před 6 lety +1

      I would bet that was the bored assistant of a camera man on the Game of Thrones set waiting for the rain to stop.

    • @joshuaguallett732
      @joshuaguallett732 Před 6 lety

      It's funny because it's true!

    • @rumplstiltztinkerstein
      @rumplstiltztinkerstein Před 6 lety

      the more I think about it, the funnier it gets lol

  • @denizkendirci
    @denizkendirci Před 4 lety +21

    What's not to love this guy.
    One day I'd really like to see faces of HBO execs when he demands the ridiculous things for the show.

  • @philippengl2342
    @philippengl2342 Před rokem +4

    Hey John, looks like the place for prime minister is up for grabs again.

  • @federicopavone9997
    @federicopavone9997 Před 6 lety +1220

    it's trending #1 in italy ahahaha

    • @fra604
      @fra604 Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah lol

    • @dnw009
      @dnw009 Před 6 lety +5

      John Oliver running a country .... Yea no that would probably be just about as bad as the other choices they've got.

    • @SF_5
      @SF_5 Před 6 lety +35

      No joke, i'm in Rome and this is brilliant

    • @1784st
      @1784st Před 6 lety +10

      is trending in the whole Europe don't you get it!

    • @chuckiesthis
      @chuckiesthis Před 6 lety +3

      Marcus Yrvild snowflake alert

  • @l.t.3496
    @l.t.3496 Před 6 lety +638

    "Better to like girls than to be gay"... Wow. I never heard that one. Berlusconi never stop to amaze me.

    • @caroselloshow5615
      @caroselloshow5615 Před 6 lety +2

      Lol he said even worst things than this unfortunately

    • @karihotakainen5210
      @karihotakainen5210 Před 6 lety

      So, you do not agree?

    • @Kalumbatsch
      @Kalumbatsch Před 6 lety +5

      You just have to look at the expression on his face to know that he's a slimy piece of shit.

    • @tommasoangelini5503
      @tommasoangelini5503 Před 6 lety +3

      I think any gay would say the same at the opposite and none would be so disapponted

    • @igrigrev9035
      @igrigrev9035 Před 6 lety +5

      What is so wrong with this statement? Are you depriving him of his personal right to determine what he likes or not?

  • @SebastianMeusel
    @SebastianMeusel Před rokem +3

    The U.S. Foreign Minister comes up to the President and says: “Sir, the Italian Prime Minister is calling. Will you take the call?”
    The President says:
    “I’m about to go to lunch. Tell him I’ll call back his successor after.”

  • @AnaheimDan57
    @AnaheimDan57 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Hello to everyone coming back to rewatch this after Berlusconi’s death 👋🏻🇮🇹

  • @MythicTyrant
    @MythicTyrant Před 6 lety +1872

    Who else was waiting for John Oliver to bring out his own volcano as soon as it was brought up that an image for the Italian one couldn't be found :-)

    • @Oliver-kv4lt
      @Oliver-kv4lt Před 6 lety +19

      MythicTyrant when he was talking about air bud I thought he was bringing Lord Buckethead to the mix. It was still funny, but not as funny.

    • @doremonhg
      @doremonhg Před 6 lety +9

      You obviously know this show very well.

    • @albertogonzalez01
      @albertogonzalez01 Před 6 lety

      MythicTyrant where is John.....

    • @albertogonzalez01
      @albertogonzalez01 Před 6 lety

      ?

    • @TheWeatherbuff
      @TheWeatherbuff Před 6 lety +3

      MythicTyrant Yeah, I kind of saw that one coming... but the little lamb caught me off guard LOL. Awesome show, eh?

  • @keelahrose
    @keelahrose Před 6 lety +1299

    OMFG what are they even going to do with that volcano after the episode? I WANT IT.

    • @PremiereHell
      @PremiereHell Před 6 lety +4

      kaduzy what volcano is it for sale?

    • @elaites
      @elaites Před 6 lety +16

      Ask Berlusconi for one

    • @PremiereHell
      @PremiereHell Před 6 lety +9

      onemanshow627 you do that you'll have 100 million subscribers

    • @cicci0salsicci0
      @cicci0salsicci0 Před 6 lety +23

      You will never find pictures of that volcano because when he was prime minister he made it an official state secret. Not joking. Not even police can go there.

    • @loweel2897
      @loweel2897 Před 6 lety +1

      onemanshow627: this vulcano was the nephew of an Egyptian Pyramid, and now it went back to Egypt.

  • @IlmarcheseJacky
    @IlmarcheseJacky Před 3 lety +36

    Watching this 3 years later makes me unironically think that John Oliver would have made a far better Italian prime minister than what we got and whatever we could get as an alternative

    • @JohnSmith-pn2vl
      @JohnSmith-pn2vl Před 2 lety

      actually we got the best government and prime minister in decades.

  • @Ludwig_Perpenhente
    @Ludwig_Perpenhente Před 3 lety +4

    John's face in the Thumbnail is just _insert Italian Gesture here_ perfect

  • @StannisLaRochelle
    @StannisLaRochelle Před 6 lety +254

    I'm italian and, even if our political situation is so humiliating, nonetheless all you said is true and I can't stop laughing about your jokes!!!
    btw, John, you have my vote! please, save us all!!! If you win I will offer you as reward endless lasagnas

    • @Legitpenguins99
      @Legitpenguins99 Před 6 lety +10

      In America we have a walking meme with the intelligence of a toddler as president. Your political situation is amazing by that comparison.

    • @millsykooksy4863
      @millsykooksy4863 Před 6 lety +1

      Yum!!!!!

    • @Michele08080808
      @Michele08080808 Před 6 lety +2

      he downplayed the five star movement a lot, just passingly admitting "there are A LOT of things to like about the 5 Stars movement" but focusing on negative things and on the age of the candidate.. good thing that he said a lot about corruption in italy which is actually one of the first things 5 stars have been wanting to tackle since they have been founded..this way he is basically encouraging not to vote which is a clear recipe for salvini and berusconi to get to power..he could have done better this time

    • @StannisLaRochelle
      @StannisLaRochelle Před 6 lety +3

      Michele08080808 every now and then each politician claims about an anti-corruption act, but the only party who actually did something was PD. That’s not enough yet, but is something for sure as a starting point. M5S voted against PD also when they proposed laws similar to M5S ones, just because were proposed by PD.

    • @Michele08080808
      @Michele08080808 Před 6 lety +1

      yes except that they just based much of their existence about this point as you surely know..PD did something? do you know anything about mafia capitale? pd was there after alemanno left.. do you know anything about conflitto d'interesse? do you know anything about de luca, a renzi sponsored regional strongman, and the scandal that is being covered up in campania? why did they not cancel the falso in bilancio laws from berlusconi? how can we say that a party like PD who has been governing for years and left things as they were did something against corruption when they did maybe the slightest minimum just after the m5s came into existence..if you want to be blind and leave your vote to crooks just do it

  • @DucaBarthleby
    @DucaBarthleby Před 6 lety +220

    Italian here. John, you have my vote, my sword and my shield.

    • @ilmisteriosofranceseradene7548
      @ilmisteriosofranceseradene7548 Před 6 lety +11

      And my bow.

    • @Michele08080808
      @Michele08080808 Před 6 lety +2

      he downplayed the five star movement a lot, just passingly admitting "there are A LOT of things to like about the 5 Stars movement" but focusing on negative things and on the age of the candidate.. good thing that he said a lot about corruption in italy which is actually one of the first things 5 stars have been wanting to solve since they have been founded..this way he is basically encouraging not to vote which is a clear recipe for salvini and berusconi to get to power..he could have done better this time

    • @Sonichero151
      @Sonichero151 Před 6 lety +6

      AND MYYYY AXE!!

    • @hoshinoko42
      @hoshinoko42 Před 6 lety +3

      Oh someone said the axe part before me -_-
      And..... and... my hand

    • @Liciz
      @Liciz Před 6 lety

      You have my everything, please come here and save us.

  • @dishevelleddev
    @dishevelleddev Před 2 měsíci +1

    Y'all I've been binge-watching this show for almost a week and I still forget that he's going to say "except it's not, that's what comes us when you search for Italian man stock image" and "because that's not Uraguay, *this* is Uraguay." God I am slow and that bit will never get old.

  • @tommaso1810
    @tommaso1810 Před 2 lety +24

    Oliver is making italian politics way more serious then what it actually is and it's hilarious

  • @marcofavaro3675
    @marcofavaro3675 Před 6 lety +229

    I'm italian and I'll vote for you John! (But only because your volcano is bigger than Berlusconi's)

    • @TigranAbgarjan
      @TigranAbgarjan Před 6 lety +9

      how do you know if it's bigger, if there are no photos of it? **mystery music**

    • @terminationshock1356
      @terminationshock1356 Před 6 lety +7

      The important thing is how you use it

    • @Sliver02
      @Sliver02 Před 6 lety +3

      he was the one impersonating obama at his home lel

    • @bananawal8215
      @bananawal8215 Před 6 lety +1

      Flow is much more important than size tho. Thankfully, John's volcano has magma bursting from the tip!

    • @22grimdark
      @22grimdark Před 6 lety

      you're volcano *