Executions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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  • čas přidán 10. 04. 2024
  • John Oliver reveals new information about the methods used to carry out the death penalty, explains why there is no good way to do lethal injections, and offers a new, unexpected use for peanuts. John swears it’s normal, we beg to differ.
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  • @flylikeadodo6320
    @flylikeadodo6320 Před měsícem +16064

    Babe wake up, the New Episode of Reciting major systemic Problems with the cadence of a joke with John Oliver just dropped on CZcams

    • @Nickaliiam
      @Nickaliiam Před měsícem +68

      😂

    • @supremespanker
      @supremespanker Před měsícem +128

      It's interesting because it's art, that is creation within a system of limitations.

    • @FelizTheLifeguardMinion3
      @FelizTheLifeguardMinion3 Před měsícem +46

      Old meme plz stop 🛑

    • @tauntingeveryone7208
      @tauntingeveryone7208 Před měsícem +84

      Babe I am still watching that 38.5 hour long Beverely Hillbillies deep dive that Quinton Reviews put out. Maybe after that and catching up on how philip defranco is going to make me sad about humanity, then I will watch the sad British man have a mental health breakdown on live television.

    • @gaberielpendragon
      @gaberielpendragon Před měsícem +247

      It's pretty sad how in this country comedians are the best source for news by a long shot.

  • @bensxbd
    @bensxbd Před měsícem +3726

    John baiting them to file a defamation suit so they can be exposed is one of the most adult and moral forms of trolling I’ve ever seen

    • @JTwelks32
      @JTwelks32 Před měsícem +25

      lol it’s not baiting when they def will sue and HBO will pay them to settle out of court. Who wins? They do lol

    • @richardwilliamsiv3778
      @richardwilliamsiv3778 Před měsícem +338

      @@JTwelks32they won’t file suite bc discovery process will put all of this in a public forum. Truth is an absolute defense to libel/slander. They will take their licks and keep quiet.

    • @manuelschneider1105
      @manuelschneider1105 Před měsícem +234

      @@JTwelks32 Yeah, you can only win defamation if it isn't true. And to prove it, you have to fork over documentation.
      This is assuming that his sources are iron clad.

    • @bensxbd
      @bensxbd Před měsícem +97

      @@JTwelks32 watch the slapp suit episode. They’re not settling

    • @HaberdashingRogue
      @HaberdashingRogue Před měsícem +72

      ​@@JTwelks32 Welcome to the show, since if you think that you gotta be new around here.

  • @evifnoskcaj
    @evifnoskcaj Před 28 dny +1060

    I love how they say "We do comedy, not journalism." then proceed to do better journalism and research than almost all of the mass media combined.

    • @KissSlowlyLoveDeeply-pm2je
      @KissSlowlyLoveDeeply-pm2je Před 26 dny +9

      it's cowardly. Jon Stewart did the same thing. he made political points and when people responded he went "lol we're just a comedy show relax".

    • @lolertwtew
      @lolertwtew Před 26 dny +51

      “Cowardly” lol sure thing buddy.

    • @KissSlowlyLoveDeeply-pm2je
      @KissSlowlyLoveDeeply-pm2je Před 26 dny +3

      @@lolertwtew it is. it's hiding behind a label instead of clearly stating a position and defending it.

    • @lolertwtew
      @lolertwtew Před 26 dny +54

      He’s made 3 full videos about this topic and has very much made his side clear. Not sure what he’s being cowardly about.

    • @Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear
      @Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear Před 25 dny

      @@KissSlowlyLoveDeeply-pm2je
      Oh, so leftists also sometime use the "it's just a joke, bro" excuse? I didn't know.

  • @MrLee-cy1pw
    @MrLee-cy1pw Před 27 dny +399

    This dude just called out a shady company, the state of Alabama and the Federal government making us laugh the entire time. John Oliver impresses the shit out of me!

    • @Ravus_Sapiens
      @Ravus_Sapiens Před 27 dny +11

      Every year I expect John Oliver to receive an Ig Nobel Sociology Prize.

    • @lizlandweher4939
      @lizlandweher4939 Před 20 dny

      Champions of cruelty!!!!
      Vile and evil.

    • @srirolf345
      @srirolf345 Před 4 dny

      I wonder what will actually happen. I fear that not much will happen.

  • @SpoopySquid
    @SpoopySquid Před měsícem +8692

    John Oliver once again making sure HBO's lawyers are never bored
    EDIT wtf is happening in these replies lmao

    • @d1boundkj
      @d1boundkj Před měsícem +15

      It’s finally completed: czcams.com/video/fuSrsB51puM/video.htmlsi=82dAz8Eoj6VQW9tb

    • @snehashispanda4808
      @snehashispanda4808 Před měsícem +75

      I am an atheist. I don't believe in the existence of God. There is insufficient evidence or rational justification to support the belief in any gods or supernatural entities. I rely on reason, logic, and empirical evidence to form my worldview and do not find compelling evidence or arguments to support the existence of god.

    • @cynicalwhovian4238
      @cynicalwhovian4238 Před měsícem +436

      @@snehashispanda4808 Good for you, but I don't think anyone is claiming that HBO's lawyers are "gods or supernatural entities."

    • @H3xx99
      @H3xx99 Před měsícem +191

      ​@@snehashispanda4808 Think you may have commented in the wrong place, dude, but strong agree anyway. 👍

    • @ChaseEssex
      @ChaseEssex Před měsícem +2

      Best comment

  • @ajm7375
    @ajm7375 Před měsícem +2501

    We all love John but shout out to the journalists, writers, lawyers, and crew that make this epic show possible

    • @barthollevoetkbr961
      @barthollevoetkbr961 Před měsícem +24

      I worked as a journalist when I was young and I would have loved my stories to be used for this purpose😊

    • @Dshs1234
      @Dshs1234 Před 27 dny +1

      No , we dont all love John.
      And we dont all appreciate the paid for pushing of bs narrative

    • @Funnyman20265
      @Funnyman20265 Před 27 dny +21

      @@Dshs1234which is what

    • @FemmeAfricaine
      @FemmeAfricaine Před 26 dny +4

      they let us experience what real journalism feels like. real professionals & truth tellers 👏🏾👏🏾

    • @shannfam9469
      @shannfam9469 Před 26 dny +4

      @@Dshs1234no one said “useless ppl”

  • @nicoleclammer7036
    @nicoleclammer7036 Před 29 dny +393

    I dont know why but when John Oliver says "holy s**t", it's one of his funniest phrases

    • @vintagefuze
      @vintagefuze Před 27 dny +7

      The cadence and accent

    • @sharonmullins1957
      @sharonmullins1957 Před 26 dny +2

      It's the accent........🙂😀

    • @misterdoctor9693
      @misterdoctor9693 Před 22 dny

      My hyper religious mom said that she had to stop watching him because of that particular catch phrase.

    • @catduck5935
      @catduck5935 Před 16 dny +3

      That's me when he says ...cool

    • @KPH1992
      @KPH1992 Před 12 dny

      Tall blonde white aliens exist.

  • @vivi_t3ch
    @vivi_t3ch Před 29 dny +75

    *breathes in helium* instantly becomes a British school boy that is extremely cross. Holy cow John. Holy. Cow. 1000% more British with that element there.

  • @kingaxolotl262
    @kingaxolotl262 Před měsícem +8855

    "i think we all agree that the most important thing we do here is stir shit up" that became my favorite quote he's ever said

  • @quantum7046
    @quantum7046 Před měsícem +3605

    The fact that a _comedy show_ has a level of journalism to potentially have figured out who supplies their government with execution drugs makes me both impressed with John's team as well as laugh at the rest of modern media's frequent mistakes

    • @HellsArchangel
      @HellsArchangel Před měsícem +23

      First of all I agree with you.
      But more importantly WHO IS YOUR PFP 🤩

    • @Viviorkogaming
      @Viviorkogaming Před měsícem +105

      It’s not a surprise anymore. They won a decade worth of Emmy’s.

    • @asup89
      @asup89 Před měsícem +110

      It's easy to outdo our Media when it comes to Journalism these days. The media is not in the business of journalism anymore.

    • @SittingOvations
      @SittingOvations Před měsícem +112

      No Last Week Tonight episode would be possible without journalists doing their job. In every case expect this one, he has just presented to you what actual journalists have found out.

    • @e4jasperi
      @e4jasperi Před měsícem +26

      Not a mistake, most of today’s media is controlled by common interests groups (e.g., govmt, corporations, etc.)

  • @krish2nasa
    @krish2nasa Před měsícem +259

    “ It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” -Voltaire

    • @efreezeaimtopleaze
      @efreezeaimtopleaze Před 26 dny

      The creator and the giver of life doesn’t have the right to take it away, when it is error?

    • @dougshea8784
      @dougshea8784 Před 26 dny

      Hi😅hyhugg​@@efreezeaimtopleaze😅 is f

    • @easymoneysniper9013
      @easymoneysniper9013 Před 23 dny +1

      ​@@efreezeaimtopleaze Satan and Krishna gave us life what does that have to do with anything?? 🤔 🤔

    • @efreezeaimtopleaze
      @efreezeaimtopleaze Před 23 dny

      @Orrion_the_Kitsune Who said anything about people taking lives in the name of God 🤔

    • @efreezeaimtopleaze
      @efreezeaimtopleaze Před 23 dny

      @@easymoneysniper9013 They gave life to whom?

  • @allendean9807
    @allendean9807 Před měsícem +321

    In 2021, an inept veterinarian straight up gave my cat the wrong medicine for treatable viral pneumonia, causing his lungs to fill with fluid. It took him 40 minutes to drown in my arms. There was NOTHING we could do. It was the most painfully excruciating, terrifying and barbaric thing I’ve ever lived through. And that was my CAT. I cannot even imagine giving this fate to ANY human being, regardless of crimes.
    3 years later, and I’m still very raw over the experience.

    • @burdistan
      @burdistan Před 27 dny +34

      god i can't imagine having to go through that, i'm so sorry for your loss

    • @CZProtton
      @CZProtton Před 26 dny +23

      Oh god I am so sorry, that sounds absolutely horrible. That veterinarian should never treat a pet again!

    • @fireflyfox93
      @fireflyfox93 Před 25 dny +6

      Oh my god, I'm so sorry. 💙

    • @supersport3714
      @supersport3714 Před 25 dny +5

      I’m sorry that’s horrific truly sorry.

    • @trinafirey1175
      @trinafirey1175 Před 24 dny +6

      That’s horrifying! I am so sorry that you and your beloved pet went through this. That vet’s Incompetence causes torture.

  • @andrewmettler2228
    @andrewmettler2228 Před měsícem +1777

    The problem with discussing the death penalty in America is that you're trying to discuss it from the perspective of wanting justice. Most people don't agree with the death penalty because they want justice, they agree with it because they want vengeance, and they don't understand the difference.

    • @rainmanjr2007
      @rainmanjr2007 Před měsícem +51

      I disagree. I think it makes them feel safer and that's what they like. In today's States Of America it's all about safety. It goes back to covering under the desk during nuclear war. Safety from the horrific possibility of suffering. The price of that safety is suffering and nobody's actually safer.

    • @myriamickx7969
      @myriamickx7969 Před měsícem +144

      I agree with @andrew: the death penalty is all about vengeance. When a victim’s relatives are interviewed after having attended the killer's execution, often they say so themselves. I don't understand how the "an eye for an eye" can help them process their grief, but the principle itself is so old and outdated that we, as civilized beings, should know better. Let go of the Old Testament ethics and read the Gospels for a change, all of you guys identifying as Christians.

    • @mariehammond5097
      @mariehammond5097 Před měsícem +81

      I would agree with it in cases where it's clear the person has no remorse and would have an extremely high likelihood of murdering again. That said, I think it's overused and abused, while those who would qualify by my standards are often spared. Our justice system is such a mess that we keep finding innocent people on death row, and that's my argument for abolishing the death penalty.

    • @Azzazpimp
      @Azzazpimp Před měsícem

      @@myriamickx7969lol plenty of executions have been conducted by and at the order of Christian authorities over the last 2,000 years

    • @franneep
      @franneep Před měsícem +11

      OMG. Perfectly expressed. Perfectly.

  • @shadowstone13
    @shadowstone13 Před měsícem +544

    John Oliver looking at a plate of wet chicken bits and thinking it looks appetizing is arguably the most British thing he's ever said on American television

    • @Hansengineering
      @Hansengineering Před 28 dny +11

      You noticed that, too? I mean it doesn't look _good_ by any stretch. Unseasoned meat? Wow, yum yum /s.

    • @aryaastark9201
      @aryaastark9201 Před 27 dny +13

      It certainly looks like British food, a kind of premium version of mushy peas 🤢

    • @JosetteBadger
      @JosetteBadger Před 26 dny +5

      Fancy feast = meat pie filling (my apologies to fancy feast)

    • @PersianWombat
      @PersianWombat Před 24 dny +2

      I think that was product placement from big daddy Nestlé, he didn't say anything negative about it and they made sure to add the Purina logo to the graphic. I'm not mad John, just disappointed.

    • @browncloudchronicles
      @browncloudchronicles Před 8 dny +2

      I couldn't agree more with what he said! And it smells delicious too! I came home from work one night, starving. But my cat needed to be fed, first. I opened up her can of Fancy Feast....man, I thought long and hard about eating it myself! lol

  • @Montesama314
    @Montesama314 Před měsícem +96

    If you have to lie and hide information about a state-sanctioned punishment, then something is wrong with that punishment.

    • @l-b284
      @l-b284 Před 25 dny +6

      hiding information and lying about any one thing in govt opens that door to hiding and lying about anything it wants to

  • @Yungtahoe
    @Yungtahoe Před měsícem +261

    Stumbled across John Oliver about two weeks ago and my god his show is my favorite thing to watch on Earth now. I have been binging them all constantly. Can’t get enough. Brilliant blend of comedy, politics, and current events.

  • @nyxshadowhawk
    @nyxshadowhawk Před měsícem +1933

    For the record, "pressed with weights" actually refers to one specific person, Giles Corey, who was executed during the Salem Witch Trials for refusing to testify against his family. His last words were "More weight."

    • @Valecto
      @Valecto Před měsícem +151

      It also refers to a common law punishment from the 13th century, It's called "peine forte et dure".

    • @sinisterhunter
      @sinisterhunter Před měsícem +50

      I can also recite movies I saw in high school

    • @WiseSageBum
      @WiseSageBum Před měsícem +160

      He was a badass who was done with the townspeople's shit after they accused his wife of witchcraft

    • @XxxTheFireEmblemxxX
      @XxxTheFireEmblemxxX Před měsícem +47

      Yes we all read the crucible, reference boy

    • @octobersveryown29
      @octobersveryown29 Před měsícem +23

      That's metal

  • @dontmisunderstand6041
    @dontmisunderstand6041 Před měsícem +1912

    Can we talk about how crazy it is that MOST US States allow the death penalty, while only 9 allow medical euthanasia?

    • @mahaffer71
      @mahaffer71 Před měsícem +21

      Yea another reason good reason to vote for Trump 2024

    • @zerieth6620
      @zerieth6620 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@mahaffer71Why? Trump is a pretend evangelical. He's not going to broaden the reach of Death with Dignity

    • @Dracon7601
      @Dracon7601 Před měsícem

      I'm genuinely confused why you responded like that, are you pro euthanasia and think Trump would help with that? Or are you against and want to prevent it? Or is it the death penalty bit?@@mahaffer71

    • @CoiledMTG
      @CoiledMTG Před měsícem

      @@mahaffer71 you just say that with 0 thoughts now don't you. cultist

    • @nolongerblocked6210
      @nolongerblocked6210 Před měsícem +483

      ​@@mahaffer71 there's no "good reason" to vote for Trump, absolutely none

  • @oliverscanlon3610
    @oliverscanlon3610 Před měsícem +131

    John yelling at people about how their idiots on helium is perhaps he's greatest comedic moment... The people want more of that John!

  • @GregMerritt-ws8tq
    @GregMerritt-ws8tq Před 5 dny +3

    Nah...the comedy's just a bonus...you're about the only one out here doing real journalism at this point.

  • @gussysussy47
    @gussysussy47 Před měsícem +997

    south carolinian here. i would like to thank john for making the foghorn leghorn joke more widespread. we have been saying it for years and hoping the rest of the country would hop on. thank you john oliver

    • @RizoftheDead
      @RizoftheDead Před měsícem +15

      Just a fellow Sandlapper chiming in to agree 😁

    • @godkingathleticsllc4218
      @godkingathleticsllc4218 Před měsícem

      Another South Carolinian here...and I agree with you 100%!
      I've actually worked for that dude when he was the AG; and he is a fuckin idi0t! It's difficult to believe that people vote for him.

    • @micksmom2293
      @micksmom2293 Před měsícem +32

      Same. We've been calling him Guvnah Foghorn Leghorn for years! 😀

    • @badbrain7163
      @badbrain7163 Před měsícem +18

      I Foghorn Leghorn phone solicitators. They end up hanging up on me.

    • @seanscott2677
      @seanscott2677 Před měsícem +3

      @@RizoftheDead Me as well!

  • @Hail_Fire
    @Hail_Fire Před měsícem +952

    The most surprising thing I am taking away from this video is that I am grateful to see that there are people brave enough to say the truth about their opinions on matters like this such as Senator Grant Burgoyne. His words made such an impact that I even looked back in the video to find his name, rather than just say that one politician from Idaho.
    I have real respect for people like him who are capable of pointing out an ugly truth in a manner that is objective while not getting clouded by hostility or condemnation; but even more so, I respect that he is pointing out the fact that the public cannot keep it's government from potentially mishandling it's responsibilities in this scenario due to the way that information is not accessible, which is a problem when there are many instances to suggest that this is precisely what has occurred.

    • @aestevalis0
      @aestevalis0 Před měsícem

      Clown. @@d1boundkj

    • @sunshynff
      @sunshynff Před měsícem +13

      @TrustandbelieveintheLORD2 ...Oh a quote from your fairy tale book, just what this conversation needs, thanks for contributing nothing.

    • @sunshynff
      @sunshynff Před měsícem +1

      I agree with being grateful for his honesty, and I can't believe my statement is going to appear as I'm defending the govt., because I'm totally against the death penalty, BUT....If they're not going to make it illegal to execute prisoners, I then must advocate for the procedure to be as quick and painless as possible. As a career paramedic, I have trouble wrapping my head around medical professionals, in this day and age, not being able to come up with a cocktail to inject people with that brings death quickly and painlessly, veterinarians are able to do it quite successfully. All I'm saying is, just like any other medical procedure, if you demonize it and push it into the shadows, it's going to get performed by shady people in a shady manor.

    • @rajidahae4220
      @rajidahae4220 Před měsícem +11

      He is a gem for sure! Men of conscience with the courage to speak it are so sorely needed in our government.

    • @laurie_guilbeau
      @laurie_guilbeau Před 28 dny +6

      Without transparency, there can be no accountability

  • @adriennesugarman9795
    @adriennesugarman9795 Před 29 dny +108

    I was very impressed that John managed to suck just the right amount of helium both times to have a high voice just for his insult, and then have his normal voice back. I can't imagine how much rehearsal that must've taken

    • @FadkinsDiet
      @FadkinsDiet Před 25 dny +9

      Getting back to your normal voice isn't hard, just make sure to breathe out completely, then inhale regular air.

    • @adamterrell-payne4523
      @adamterrell-payne4523 Před 23 dny +5

      Nah pretty sure the voice was changed in post production lol

    • @onkelpappkov2666
      @onkelpappkov2666 Před 21 dnem

      ​@@adamterrell-payne4523If you've never breathed Helium, you'll probably think it's fake but if you try it, you know it's exactly how it's shown.
      Inhale a bit of it, talk in a high voice and laugh your ass off in a high voice, then drop to normal in a matter of seconds. There is no magic to it, except that Helium is ruddy expensive and a finite resource.

    • @cjboyo
      @cjboyo Před 14 dny

      Not to mention still having his head on straight. Helium fucks with your brain. It’s a BIZARRE high.

  • @BiffChunksteak
    @BiffChunksteak Před 26 dny +19

    Grant Burgoyne, despite sporting the accent of a cop in a Cheech and Chong movie, the appearance of an educated Humpty Dumpty and a name like the cheapest brand of boxed wine you'll find in a night shop, really hit the nail on the head there. It's refreshing to hear a politician being this outspoken about a matter as controversial and polarizing as this while also making solid points and expressing themselves in a calm, collected, matter-of-fact, compassionate and respectful manner.

  • @tyrannosaurusinf1488
    @tyrannosaurusinf1488 Před měsícem +409

    "Business daddy is so angry at us...all the time."
    - Oliver, John

    • @dpclerks09
      @dpclerks09 Před měsícem +8

      Luckily for us, Sky Daddy and Earth Mommy Love each one of us just the same❤🌐

    • @justinchastant9246
      @justinchastant9246 Před měsícem +3

      @@dpclerks09 as a hardcore atheist, I approve this message. But they also care nothing about us just the same, but care for each of us with protection and energy, which is nice/weird/kinda cool and sad/sweet/awfully awesome.

    • @impishlyit9780
      @impishlyit9780 Před měsícem +2

      @@justinchastant9246 Yeah, I love the more reasonable religious takes. It must feel really nice to think the world cares about your well-being!

    • @Onigirli
      @Onigirli Před 7 dny

      @@justinchastant9246 I have no idea WHAT distinction you made there in the last sentence. Wtf

    • @justinchastant9246
      @justinchastant9246 Před 7 dny

      @@Onigirli try/think harder. If you don't know, then I guess you don't know.

  • @daria_morgandorffer5768
    @daria_morgandorffer5768 Před měsícem +466

    Missed a big opportunity with that slogan, “we have the FINAL solutions”

    • @derGrafvonBorg
      @derGrafvonBorg Před měsícem +13

      Danke!

    • @MajorBuzzkillable
      @MajorBuzzkillable Před měsícem +9

      Legit better than his joke, gj

    • @Xvladin
      @Xvladin Před měsícem +3

      Final Solutions LLC is the best company name I've ever heard. Whoever "Final Solutions LLC" is, I support them immensely.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 Před měsícem +5

      I knew someone else would think of this.

    • @crysstoll1191
      @crysstoll1191 Před měsícem +3

      Yes, my immediate thought.

  • @cathycanadian3328
    @cathycanadian3328 Před 20 dny +9

    I started crying when John got to the helium part. My son took his own life with helium 2 years ago and he was just 27. I miss him everyday.😢

    • @Onigirli
      @Onigirli Před 7 dny

      I'm sorry for your loss... but wow I didn't know the exit bag method worked. Good to know

  • @A51Rene
    @A51Rene Před měsícem +24

    John's Helium voice somehow sounds more British than his normal voice

  • @danielschein6845
    @danielschein6845 Před měsícem +787

    I’ll bet that DEA liaison’s slip up was deliberate. “Sorry. We can’t talk about this because it’s secret death penalty related.😉🤔”

    • @meekrab9027
      @meekrab9027 Před měsícem +78

      "Sorry hun the death penalty FOIA requests have to go through a special queue, something about secret transactions"

    • @lanthanumlanthanium6373
      @lanthanumlanthanium6373 Před měsícem +5

      Apparently this show forgets why those people were in prison. We shouldn't show sympathy towards people that brutally took out families, children, mothers, fathers and even elderly.

    • @user-sl1ws3tw2g
      @user-sl1ws3tw2g Před měsícem +95

      @@lanthanumlanthanium6373 do you know that this is what every single one of those did? are you 100% sure they did what they were imprisoned for? Cause your country has a long history of fucking this shit up, be it death penalty for crimes not as harrowing as you describe, as well as getting the wrong guys!

    • @karatefrosch17
      @karatefrosch17 Před měsícem

      @@user-sl1ws3tw2g also even if the justice system was 100% perfect you dont want the state with the legal authotiy to execute people

    • @kingace6186
      @kingace6186 Před měsícem +46

      @@lanthanumlanthanium6373 Sympathy isn't the issue here. Death penalties are unconstitutional violations of the VIII Amendment.

  • @laalaa99stl
    @laalaa99stl Před měsícem +2401

    Someone needs to embellish their sign. Absolute Standards: "We have the _final_ solutions"

    • @Toldoris
      @Toldoris Před měsícem +164

      Where I come from we tried "final solutions" once. It was one of the biggest crimes against humanity ever a total shitshow and the reason why I am deeply ashamed of that part my country's history. Never again!

    • @dayegilharno4988
      @dayegilharno4988 Před měsícem +13

      :) I was looking for this coment!

    • @Lia-zw1ls7tz7o
      @Lia-zw1ls7tz7o Před měsícem +72

      @@ToldorisI come from the same place and was about to comment something similar like you did.
      Never again!

    • @tobigrantlbart
      @tobigrantlbart Před měsícem +45

      ​@@ToldorisYea me too, humanity really shouldn't do any final solution

    • @jannevancapelle2776
      @jannevancapelle2776 Před měsícem +65

      ich wünschte, der rest unseres landes würde das auch verstehen *schaut besorgt zur afd rüber*

  • @mwitters1
    @mwitters1 Před 28 dny +21

    How has he not done a show on right to repair/ anti-consumer practices of big tech??? It's super important.

  • @synestasiawildfire8874
    @synestasiawildfire8874 Před 27 dny +32

    "Someone was pressed to death!"
    OMG HE REMEMBERED GILES COREY.

    • @shreddie42
      @shreddie42 Před 14 dny

      More weight is some badass last words

  • @ThisOldSkater
    @ThisOldSkater Před měsícem +564

    New rule: the governor, and AG are REQUIRED to witness all court ordered de-life procedures in their state.

    • @tfpnation6925
      @tfpnation6925 Před měsícem +10

      Agreed

    • @ricmorales3406
      @ricmorales3406 Před měsícem +14

      Are they allowed to use a private room with a box of tissues?

    • @brookejon3695
      @brookejon3695 Před měsícem +1

      Thanks, Bill Maher. I'm sure that will have an effect. 🙄

    • @Necromancer1230
      @Necromancer1230 Před měsícem +15

      In all honesty I think this ought to extend to the juries when there is one as well.

    • @YuKayHaven77
      @YuKayHaven77 Před měsícem +1

      I don’t think I understand why this is necessary

  • @Moonless_Future
    @Moonless_Future Před měsícem +1065

    I can't believe it only takes a little helium to turn John Oliver's voice into Nish Kumar's.

    • @DennisMoore664
      @DennisMoore664 Před měsícem +17

      Now that's funny ... and true!

    • @jpaykert
      @jpaykert Před měsícem +12

      😂😂😂 damn you’re right!

    • @danescott2188
      @danescott2188 Před měsícem +40

      Huh. I thought he sounded eerily like David Tennant's Doctor until I looked up what Nish Kumar sounded like.
      Incidentally, thank you for introducing me to Nish Kumar.

    • @throfur3489
      @throfur3489 Před měsícem +15

      I need your comment to somehow make its way to Nish's attention for a full discussion on his "Pod save the UK" podcast.

    • @jessehammer123
      @jessehammer123 Před měsícem

      @@danescott2188Watch the show Taskmaster. He’s on Season 5, and he is *delightful*.

  • @kingace6186
    @kingace6186 Před měsícem +65

    THIS is journalism. Thank you!

  • @alix4935
    @alix4935 Před 26 dny +20

    …why is nobody questioning why a london DRIVING SCHOOL had lethal injection drugs? or at least the ingredients for them? wtf 💀

    • @dogshake
      @dogshake Před 18 dny +1

      He didn’t provide the context. It was an illegal pharmacy that was posing as a driving school. He chose to just say “driving school” because he wanted to add absurdity to the situation instead of being honest.

    • @loganmedia1142
      @loganmedia1142 Před 17 dny +3

      @@dogshake The absurdity is that state authorities would make purchases from a company posing as a driving school.

  • @alanbear6505
    @alanbear6505 Před měsícem +202

    The bit about shipping in unmarked bottles and boxes certainly sounds like a DOT violation to me.

    • @lynb2039
      @lynb2039 Před měsícem +7

      USPS PROTOCOL

    • @lynb2039
      @lynb2039 Před měsícem +4

      USPS protocol

    • @melodycook4561
      @melodycook4561 Před měsícem +19

      I was a dangerous goods agent for FedEx for a few years. Anything hazardous needs to have extensive documentation and be loaded by trained agents in it's own container, tied down in accordance with protocol, and properly declared and documented to the pilots. Shipping them completely unknown is SO fucking dangerous, packages break open constantly in shipping warehouses! I had to have a week of training just to handle/load such substances!

    • @jessicafreeze8504
      @jessicafreeze8504 Před měsícem +1

      Jsyk, in all likelihood they used a private chemical shipper for the chemicals which would have documentation about what they are. Unmarked usually means data is abstracted behind a serial number and stored in a secure database, not entirely unmarked.

    • @bridgetsivongsa5757
      @bridgetsivongsa5757 Před měsícem +3

      SDS has entered the chat

  • @tonyclown
    @tonyclown Před měsícem +561

    Last Week Tonight, the perfect mixture between "Let´s talk serously" and "bring in the Heliumballoon".

  • @TheSuperappelflap
    @TheSuperappelflap Před 12 dny +2

    Missed a good joke there. "Absolute Standards. We have the final solutions"

  • @Keyan9
    @Keyan9 Před 29 dny +16

    John on helium sounds like if Austin Powers had a Mini-me

    • @l-b284
      @l-b284 Před 25 dny +1

      OMG could you imagine if John Oliver played Mike Myers' long lost brother in an Austin Powers movie???

  • @TheOldDragoon
    @TheOldDragoon Před měsícem +166

    As a diabetic who has been unable to find the proper dosage of Mounjaro for months now - THANK YOU, John.

    • @BearsThatCare
      @BearsThatCare Před měsícem +4

      boosting this. we need better

    • @frozenheart7133
      @frozenheart7133 Před měsícem +3

    • @jeffs6090
      @jeffs6090 Před měsícem +4

      Not sure what this has to do with the topic of the video. However, I also have a hard time getting Mounjaro since most dosages are back ordered. I have a years worth of refills on the 7.5, 10 and 12.5 at my pharmacy. I'll take any one of them that come in.

    • @TheOldDragoon
      @TheOldDragoon Před měsícem +18

      @@jeffs6090 John mentioned that diabetics are having a hard time getting their medications.

    • @passchen-fail3704
      @passchen-fail3704 Před měsícem

      Why are you taking a safari drug?

  • @riddhimaansenapati5006
    @riddhimaansenapati5006 Před měsícem +619

    Pro life apparently doesn't mean being against the death penalty for some reason.

    • @yophono5929
      @yophono5929 Před měsícem

      The fact that the most pro life states are also the states who are so horny for death penalty is so fkcing beyond me.

    • @JeffBilkins
      @JeffBilkins Před měsícem +229

      'Pro life' never meant anything beyond 'forced birth'.

    • @BlazeSLK
      @BlazeSLK Před měsícem +115

      It’s always been about controlling women

    • @MsScarletwings
      @MsScarletwings Před měsícem +97

      “If you’re preborn, you’re fine. If you’re preschool, you’re fucked!”

    • @laser_simon922
      @laser_simon922 Před měsícem +52

      If you‘re out of the womb, you‘re on your own…

  • @TheJRhyder
    @TheJRhyder Před 26 dny +7

    Really shows the effort put into these stories, they've been working on this since 2020

  • @leslieortenzi8875
    @leslieortenzi8875 Před měsícem +10

    That was my VERY FIRST TIME! I had never heard anyone with an English accent suck helium and talk. Didn't know what I was missing. A tip for John -- take a bigger hit off the balloon. You're still a register too low for an optimal Mickey Mouse! Thanks

  • @vmax4575
    @vmax4575 Před měsícem +816

    It is interesting to think that Trump mentioned that treason was something that could be part of the death penalty. Since he has to be a candidate for that very thing.

    • @ilenastarbreeze4978
      @ilenastarbreeze4978 Před měsícem +47

      Hes so close to dead that it woukdnt matter for him, by the time everything went through he would already be dead.

    • @emgeeklees
      @emgeeklees Před měsícem +15

      My first thought...

    • @Hans353
      @Hans353 Před měsícem +22

      Might as well. Guy is pretty much brain dead anyways lol

    • @JinxdOne
      @JinxdOne Před měsícem +15

      I wish people would watch the actual January 6th recordings. See the whole thing, not the copy and paste job the media did

    • @declaredjeans7555
      @declaredjeans7555 Před měsícem +52

      ​@@JinxdOneOk, and what did you see? Was it just tourists checking out the Capitol? You didn't see any rage and violence?

  • @adv4287
    @adv4287 Před měsícem +294

    This episode really displays how incredible the research team behind this show is.
    Also, as someone who was raised Episcopalian, the dog baptism joke had me on the floor

    • @JillKnapp
      @JillKnapp Před měsícem +13

      Same here, but raised Catholic over here. (Poor Fido.)

    • @maryhales4595
      @maryhales4595 Před měsícem +4

      Fellow Episcopalian here - I almost fell out of my chair laughing!!

    • @ke8132
      @ke8132 Před měsícem +5

      @@JillKnapp Fellow Catholic. I begged my parents to let us baptize my childhood dog alongside my younger sister!

    • @hannahhannah7002
      @hannahhannah7002 Před 11 dny +1

      ​@ke8132 I'm also Catholic, but don't worry animals are not beholden to the original sin

  • @binarydigit0942
    @binarydigit0942 Před 26 dny +5

    Once again, some of the best investigative journalism out there.

  • @jonsirammst
    @jonsirammst Před 27 dny +17

    In March of this year, I read an article in a local Northern Kentucky publication which was explaining the labor shortage in our region. The article was detailing how the local economy has suffered since before the pandemic with a shrinkage of the work-age population. It stated statistics of wages, affordable housing, education, and overall livability in our region and the importance of attracting people to Northern Kentucky in order to mitigate the labor shortage across nearly all sectors of the economy. It also spoke to the importance of immigration in combating the labor shortage. That is when I had an epiphany. The pro-life movement is funded not by the religious right, but by the 1% in order to have enough workers to maintain their wealth and control over the economy.
    It all began to make sense to me. Since I was a child, I never could understand how christian churches could logically say that they were pro-life if they had no desire to actually help take care of a child after it is born. The very same conservative voices who cry about the tragedy of unborn babies being murdered are the same who deny school children lunches if their parents can't afford it because the taxpayers shouldn't have to foot the bill for kids whose parents can't afford them. Again and again, the same logic is used in this debate whether it is about medical care, housing, education, or child care. Conservatives want babies born, but after that, they are not interested in the outcome of the child's life.
    As we are now entering the later months of the presidential election year, more and more attention is being focused on the stripping away of women's rights. Abortion is not murder, it is healthcare. And a threat to those who need workers to exploit in order to make a profit. The labor shortage is the real motivation behind the pro-life movement. This is a cult. And the whole country is its victim. We are being force fed this idea that evangelical christians are the innovators of this movement. I believe they are simply the most easily manipulated portion of the population that is already conditioned not to question authority and exist in a vacuum of fantasy and delusions of grandeur.
    Freedom can not exist in a society in which half of the population is forced by law to succumb to the will of a minority group whose only intention is control and dominance. I know that if the money trail is properly investigated, it will prove this connection between the industrialists and pro-life activists. The American people deserve to know the truth of the enemy that we are facing now. It is not overly zealous religious people. They are merely pawns in this game. An easy scapegoat that the powerful can manipulate and use as a barrier to protect themselves. I do not have proof of the statements that I have made, but I do believe that it can be found. We need to expose the true thieves of our freedom....by following the money.

    • @cathygould
      @cathygould Před 13 dny +1

      The whole hypocrisy of "saving the life of a fetus, but providing NO support to the woman or child who knows she cannot take care of a Child is despicable. Thanks for being a rare person to acknowledge this!

  • @BlackBanditXX
    @BlackBanditXX Před měsícem +266

    Why does Helium John have the Perfect British accent? It's like an angry, middle-aged squirrel that smokes far too much...and that image will now live rent free in my head.

    • @smaakjeks
      @smaakjeks Před měsícem +12

      He... he always speaks with a British accent. John is British.

    • @cranapple3367
      @cranapple3367 Před měsícem +3

      To be fair, if that squirrel is on JO's research team, can you blame him for smoking a bit?
      Wait crap they did an episode on that too huh.

    • @leafyrox
      @leafyrox Před měsícem +2

      I think the helium segment was fake. The timing was too perfect and it didn't sound quite right. But it doesn't matter, John Oliver is the best at everything else.

    • @BlackBanditXX
      @BlackBanditXX Před měsícem +1

      @@smaakjeks It's like you didn't read anything AFTER the question mark, and thus missed the joke.

    • @smaakjeks
      @smaakjeks Před měsícem +1

      @@BlackBanditXX I read it. Didn't get that this meant what you say it meant. Sorry.

  • @xingcat
    @xingcat Před měsícem +772

    In Salem, MA, we used to go to the Salem Witch Museum every year as a school field trip. One of the exhibits was of a guy who was pressed with weights until he died because he was accused of being a witch. It was an animatronic-style mannequin that kept saying, "MORE WEIGHT" as other mannequins put stones on top of him.

    • @dinonid1234
      @dinonid1234 Před měsícem +129

      Never forget Giles Corey

    • @ashleybanks-wm4cg
      @ashleybanks-wm4cg Před měsícem +18

      Hes in the movie they showed us in 8th grade too I'll never forget we made so many jokes

    • @JimAllen-Persona
      @JimAllen-Persona Před měsícem +108

      @@dinonid1234 Actually, he was accused of witchcraft because he refused to testify against his wife, who spoke out against the whole "beliving the 2 young girls" stance of the court, and was thus accused of witchcraft. The backstory being that all of his lands and property would have gone to the sheriff who already had started to sieze his lands. If he entered any plea, he would be subject to the sham trials and his land would've been forfeit. By refusing to enter a plea, the sheriff could not take legally take his property and it went to his heirs. The man is no hero... he was accused of murder (not sure if he was convicted or not). This is one of the reasons we seperate church and state.

    • @soba.
      @soba. Před měsícem +41

      He was actually saying "More? WAIT!"

    • @apocalypsepromotions7676
      @apocalypsepromotions7676 Před měsícem +11

      ​@ashleybanks-wm4cg wow. You made so many jokes at the expense of someone getting crushed. I bet you and your friends grew up to be pillars of society. Good times.

  • @make.and.believe
    @make.and.believe Před 27 dny +7

    18:22 - that 'wooooo - waaaa' face the AG is making while swinging the NunChuks! I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣 What a tool.

  • @adriennesugarman9795
    @adriennesugarman9795 Před 29 dny +5

    The way that the Senator next to Grant Burgoyne from ID was holding his head and covering his face while he was talking was so funny. You could tell he was thinking "Why won't this man stop?? Why am I here?" Felt like Seth in all of those clips of him getting ice cream with Biden

  • @EfrainRiveraJunior
    @EfrainRiveraJunior Před měsícem +179

    "Bing, bong!" This is from someone who needed his daddy to avoid military service.

    • @LlamaDuck2211
      @LlamaDuck2211 Před měsícem +18

      Bing bong, at home, safe from Viet Cong.

  • @dougirvin2413
    @dougirvin2413 Před měsícem +381

    God bless you John Oliver! Retired prison guard here, I do not believe the state should be executing malefactors, full stop. Read Dead Man Walking by Sis Helen Prejean. Keep up the good work, we're all counting on you!

    • @ibrahimalharbi3358
      @ibrahimalharbi3358 Před měsícem

      A man allegedly believes a child doesn't deserve life because of their race (black Africans ,Muslims and American Indians) If we keep a life for a Psychopath who thinks he can end another men due to above reasons we would increase racism and Supremacist
      Remember Supremacy of ideas good while racism and supermacism is bad
      (Monotheism against paganism
      Faith versus deny creator
      Civilian against nudist life)

    • @rihanaem1652
      @rihanaem1652 Před měsícem +4

      two words: Ted Bundy

    • @KBWeeds
      @KBWeeds Před měsícem +28

      @@rihanaem1652 Doesn’t change anything.

    • @konkey-dong
      @konkey-dong Před měsícem +10

      @@rihanaem1652To quote Doctur Dot's verse on Can't Punk Me by JID - 'Death is freedom, some deserve worse'

    • @davidhollenshead4892
      @davidhollenshead4892 Před měsícem

      @@rihanaem1652 Ted Bundy could have been welded in a cage, which would be worse than his death by electrocution. By the way, when it came to be executed in Florida for raping and killing a thirteen year old girl, he showed no bravery. As he expected empathy for himself, as he only lacked empathy for everyone else. The guard had to keep telling him that "It will be over soon enough..." and yet Ted still pissed himself a few times...

  • @ellenchiladas
    @ellenchiladas Před měsícem +10

    I literally lived next door to absolute standards for years and had no idea what it was ☠

  • @Drecon84
    @Drecon84 Před 26 dny +6

    The simple fact that everyone involved with the process doesn't want their name attached to it should be a glaring proof that they all think it's wrong and shouldn't be done. That's like, literally all of the experts.

  • @jordanwhite352
    @jordanwhite352 Před měsícem +313

    Last comment, but I totally agree that Alabama actual state slogan should be "Last To Do Good, First To Do Wrong"

    • @impotusx2459
      @impotusx2459 Před měsícem +10

      I thought oklahoma was quietly living up to that slogan?

    • @dmi6101
      @dmi6101 Před měsícem +1

      Well, that's certainly not wrong.

    • @stitchyfolklorist
      @stitchyfolklorist Před měsícem +7

      Oklahoma: Giving Alabama a Run for its Money

    • @Craxin01
      @Craxin01 Před měsícem +4

      @@impotusx2459 As an Oklahoman, I can confirm.

    • @robertb6889
      @robertb6889 Před měsícem +10

      I thought it was “49th in the nation for everything. Thank god for Mississippi.”

  • @laalaa99stl
    @laalaa99stl Před měsícem +412

    Was not expecting to have a belly laugh during (yet another) death penalty segment, but Helium John got me!

    • @woutervanderharst438
      @woutervanderharst438 Před měsícem +3

      😊

    • @soyevquirsefron990
      @soyevquirsefron990 Před měsícem +10

      I’ve never heard someone on helium with an English accent. It’s hilarious, if I was English I’d do that all the time

    • @ConstantChaos1
      @ConstantChaos1 Před měsícem +8

      You know what would be great, if he could stop needing to cover it

    • @catdragon2584
      @catdragon2584 Před měsícem +2

      I can’t believe it’s been ten years and this is the first time we’re hearing helium John. Hilarious!

  • @andrewwilliams9599
    @andrewwilliams9599 Před měsícem +2

    John Oliver's voice on helium is one of the best things ever. I could listen to that on a loop.

  • @mycat2230
    @mycat2230 Před měsícem +414

    This deserves a huge award. Love to all John's staff.

    • @MISNM0
      @MISNM0 Před měsícem +3

      Agreed.

    • @OctopusOwl
      @OctopusOwl Před měsícem +5

      So glad that one researcher had been working on this even before working with John Oliver. We’re lucky they’re doing this hard work.

  • @dankachilles9356
    @dankachilles9356 Před měsícem +246

    Property Brother joke was unhinged and so outta pocket 😂😂

  • @karenl7786
    @karenl7786 Před 27 dny +4

    Because of this particular subject it took me a few days to watch this but as always, glad I did.

  • @blakepowell5468
    @blakepowell5468 Před 26 dny +2

    21:30 the fact I'd be laughed out of my HIGHSCHOOL classroom for giving this presentation

  • @SonnyBear5
    @SonnyBear5 Před měsícem +159

    Alamaba: Last to do something good, or first to do something terrible.
    damn truer words have never been uttered.

    • @chrisSVT
      @chrisSVT Před měsícem

      Alabama is a shithole and a joke of a state.

    • @guardrailbiter
      @guardrailbiter Před měsícem +3

      Their governor failed to pronounce _nitrogen_ correctly..... TWICE in one speech.
      To be fair, those tri-syllabics are tough. 😉

    • @MsTemptation
      @MsTemptation Před měsícem

      Well it's Alabama........

  • @sethmizrachi8337
    @sethmizrachi8337 Před měsícem +711

    I made the mistake of taking a sip of coffee right before hearing Helium Oliver. I choked and died.

    • @FutureCommentary1
      @FutureCommentary1 Před měsícem +33

      Proof that there's an afterlife.

    • @maxhalley4373
      @maxhalley4373 Před měsícem +16

      Glad to have you back in the land of the living. I narrowly avoided the same fate myself.

    • @TheW83
      @TheW83 Před měsícem +90

      Death penalty via coffee asphyxiation then?

    • @tylerpoppele4558
      @tylerpoppele4558 Před měsícem +9

      Rip

    • @shannonlawhorn1674
      @shannonlawhorn1674 Před měsícem +77

      The state of Alabama would like to know where you got that coffee, and if they might be able to get some.

  • @chrisS25
    @chrisS25 Před 21 dnem +2

    I didn't think it was possible that John Oliver's voice could sound even more British - until he took the Helium xD
    Aside from that: that was another great show on an important topic with good research

  • @xpti24
    @xpti24 Před 29 dny +3

    Brilliant! Thanks to John and all the crew that makes a show like this possible!

  • @captainhook6262
    @captainhook6262 Před měsícem +264

    I used to work in animal research and we normally used ketamine/xylazine to achieve anaesthesia and it worked like a charm. When concerns arose that the ketamine was interfering with the medicine we were testing, we VERY briefly switched to pentobarbitol. I say very because it lasted ONE day. It took insanely variable doses (in some cases heroic doses) to achieve anaesthesia and it was horribly difficult to maintain. Animals were waking up in unimaginable pain and quickly euthanized or, more often, went from fully alert after several doses to suddenly keeling over dead.
    Someone has to be out of their mind to use that drug (which we now know is notoriously unreliable) on humans.

    • @Xvladin
      @Xvladin Před měsícem +2

      Are you talking about your specific place of work? Or more generally?
      When my dog was being put down I was naturally concerned with the procedure since I don't trust doctors generally, human or animal doctors.
      I was told that it was phenobarbital that they used for the procedure. I was aware of the potential risks, as I've certainly heard stories of animals jolting before dying, though very luckily for me and my dog the procedure went very well.

    • @Fastvoice
      @Fastvoice Před měsícem +30

      @@Xvladin Pentobarbital is not the same as phenobarbital.

    • @Fastvoice
      @Fastvoice Před měsícem +2

      @captainhook: Just to be clear - there is no pentobarbitol. You need to be very precise in this special topic.

    • @Xvladin
      @Xvladin Před měsícem +1

      @@Fastvoice But does phenobarbital carry some of the same risk?
      Also, did you kill animals?

    • @Fastvoice
      @Fastvoice Před měsícem +5

      @@Xvladin I'm not a vet - so no. I just wanted to point out that you asked the thread starter about a different medication that he was *not* writing about.

  • @wesley5nipes
    @wesley5nipes Před měsícem +350

    I toured a traveling torture museum in France on vacation years back. The stuff humans can do to other humans is difficult to comprehend.

    • @youtubegarbage7876
      @youtubegarbage7876 Před měsícem +9

      I know, right? Like setting up those tourist trap museums where there could have been something useful?

    • @CamJames
      @CamJames Před měsícem +1

      @@youtubegarbage7876 bingo

    • @elliotalderson4568
      @elliotalderson4568 Před měsícem +6

      Disagree...I've met a lot of sick and twisted humans. Once people decide to think a certain way, there is no reason to deliberate or change their perspective. Once people are set in their ways they use all excuses possible to push forward. I think the average person could justify murder, to themselves, given the right circumstances and settings. Also, some people are just psychopaths

    • @cathyleatherman3097
      @cathyleatherman3097 Před měsícem +3

      Listening to Trump is punishment enough !

    • @PaulMDavidson
      @PaulMDavidson Před měsícem

      @@cathyleatherman3097 "Drool and unusual punishment"

  • @nikolaykolev9761
    @nikolaykolev9761 Před 29 dny +5

    America is so entertaining to watch! From a safe distance, of course.

  • @katiegalayda2046
    @katiegalayda2046 Před 26 dny +2

    Foghorn Leghorn is exactly what we call that man 🤣

  • @peaches4444
    @peaches4444 Před měsícem +103

    John Oliver really showing his British side when talking about Fancy Feast. "Wet, brownish-tan meat? How comforting!"

    • @williamrenz3141
      @williamrenz3141 Před měsícem

      I gave my cats Fancy Feast and they treated it as Funky Beast, attempting to cover it as if with litter.

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Před měsícem +96

    22:15 helium somehow makes John's voice sound even more British

    • @juliebraden6911
      @juliebraden6911 Před 28 dny

      Those were regular balloons. He faked it.

    • @MrTakaMOSHi
      @MrTakaMOSHi Před 27 dny +4

      We now know what John Oliver sounded like as an adolescent

  • @smilinsunshine10
    @smilinsunshine10 Před 7 dny +3

    I don’t know why, but helium voice John sounds even more British somehow.

  • @EndPoliticalCorruption
    @EndPoliticalCorruption Před 27 dny +2

    Oliver + helium = young Harry Potter 😂

  • @BTG07
    @BTG07 Před měsícem +127

    Watching this on Thursday keeps tripping me up man... I keep thinking, "Is it monday today?"

    • @stephenriggs8177
      @stephenriggs8177 Před měsícem +9

      Same. And the garbage company recently moved our trash collection day, for the first time in more than 10 years. I have no idea what day it is, anymore.

    • @user-jo7vf2ju7d
      @user-jo7vf2ju7d Před měsícem +11

      Same here my brain is not the library it used to be, 81 tomorrow but I always make sure I watch John Oliver

    • @mk1st
      @mk1st Před měsícem +2

      Agreed.

    • @seyersusej8329
      @seyersusej8329 Před měsícem

      @@user-jo7vf2ju7dHappy early birthday btw! 🥳

  • @derekwilliams1066
    @derekwilliams1066 Před měsícem +196

    My biggest problem with the death penalty is how many people have been put to death and even had enough evidence to get the Innocence Project on board with them to try and get their sentences commuted because there was quite a bit more than reasonable doubt that they were 100% guilty. I think they've murdered actual innocent people with the death penalty, which is absolutely horrifying and cruel. And in those cases, the DA's, cops, prison officials, and governors did not seem to be the least bit concerned about whether the condemned prisoner was actually guilty or not.

    • @chouchoumuse2729
      @chouchoumuse2729 Před 28 dny +8

      "Depending on your power or lack, Judgement will paint you white or black". Jean de la Fontaine

    • @christophergreen6595
      @christophergreen6595 Před 28 dny +12

      I am CONSTANTLY citing the Innocence Project as proof of the state's fallability.

    • @johanneshass1614
      @johanneshass1614 Před 28 dny +8

      Also see: Blackstone's formulation - it's better for 10 guilty to go free than one innocent to suffer. Supposedly(!) the basis for the US-American legal system. Then again, the US also has a lot of Christians in power and we all know how well they adhere to the actual principles of Christ.

    • @HelenLemink
      @HelenLemink Před 28 dny

      Since 1973, at least 197 people who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. have been exonerated.

    • @PrairieDoug
      @PrairieDoug Před 27 dny

      how many?

  • @CanadianSpiceKing
    @CanadianSpiceKing Před 7 dny +1

    John Oliver finally does a good Zazu voice.

  • @8arrows
    @8arrows Před 17 dny +2

    Funny thing, Bill Nye started his career as a comedian. And the science guy started as a skit character.

  • @majorasmask5523
    @majorasmask5523 Před měsícem +78

    Please cover the American foster care system.

    • @teshlafreeman4040
      @teshlafreeman4040 Před měsícem

      I agree the closest he has is family separation

    • @BaelPenrose
      @BaelPenrose Před měsícem +1

      Thank you I’ve been saying it for weeks. If anyone knows how to contact his producers I can give them a shit ton of sources.

    • @theshadowman1398
      @theshadowman1398 Před měsícem

      And the one in UK, Holland, Germany and Norway after that.

    • @essiebessie661
      @essiebessie661 Před 22 dny

      I thought that he had.

  • @corumhayes8178
    @corumhayes8178 Před měsícem +102

    I think it should give us all pause when corporations aren't willing to take advantage of the scarcity of a drug they could vastly overcharge the government for.

    • @apathybronson
      @apathybronson Před 20 dny +1

      If a whole continent worth of pharma companies decide to not supply those drugs to you one should start to ponder

  • @zaelia2056
    @zaelia2056 Před měsícem +7

    as an alabamian, yes I am tired of us being known for Only The Worst Things and not being able to do anything about it

  • @mitchellclark4377
    @mitchellclark4377 Před dnem

    Anyone else been waiting to cross off 'John rants on helium' on their Last Week Tonight bingo card?

  • @aldotorres1983
    @aldotorres1983 Před měsícem +108

    It's very weird to think of our federal government, and various state governments getting execution drugs clandestinely from seedy suppliers. If we did that we'd get arrested and forced into rehab.

  • @SecretSocietyofGoths
    @SecretSocietyofGoths Před měsícem +95

    ok so i actually liked when the reporter went "why cant you just use fentynol?"
    i dont think he was being serious as much as he was pointing out how ridiculous this whole thing is

    • @laliday
      @laliday Před měsícem +20

      I liked the question because the answer perfectly illustrated why it can't be used. And for it to be used it must come from an FDA approved labs it can't be compounded in someone's garage, must be prescribed and dispensed by licensed professionals. No company will deliver it straight to the government for that use. All of it is regulated. And any company delivering poison or drug delivered in unmarked vials should be automatically prosecuted because it's just not safe.

    • @BearsThatCare
      @BearsThatCare Před měsícem +21

      The way his answer was basically 'we would (we maybe looked into it?) but it would be illegal'

    • @passchen-fail3704
      @passchen-fail3704 Před měsícem +1

      Oliver has too much of the tism to recognize a joke

    • @luvmibratt
      @luvmibratt Před měsícem +4

      ​@laliday they have been killing people for years 1960-2010 knowing the meds highly addictive and dangerous,but the death penalty is where the draw the line.

  • @barrygeistwhite3474
    @barrygeistwhite3474 Před 27 dny +2

    I know that it's wildly impractical for John to do an entire episode in helium voice, but that doesn't stop me from wanting it.

  • @shellymercurygaga9164

    I love John Oliver!! I love his researchers... I love everything about this show!! The writers are awesome!

  • @rumplstiltztinkerstein
    @rumplstiltztinkerstein Před měsícem +197

    One of the things I love about John Oliver's Show is that he doesn't say that something is "the truth", instead he makes clear that it is "his opinion'. He explains his thoughts while at the same time addressing the reasons why people may disagree with that idea.

    • @scifirealism5943
      @scifirealism5943 Před měsícem +1

      I love this too!

    • @stevenp25100
      @stevenp25100 Před měsícem +7

      BS
      Back in the day John, for the most part, would talk about a variety of issues that would speak to people of both sides of the isle. He's 100% switched to dnc talking points.

    • @user-tf8xr8wc9u
      @user-tf8xr8wc9u Před měsícem +33

      @@stevenp25100He's 100% switched to dnc talking points.
      You joking? Biden is for the death penalty. Biden is hard on crime. Biden has gotten roasted more on John's show this year than Trump himself.

    • @TWHowl
      @TWHowl Před měsícem

      @@user-tf8xr8wc9uIs that why he just prefaced this topic, and repeated throughout, that everything he’s talking about is somehow brought about by the “Trump Administration”? 😂 gtfoh, last I checked the federal executive branch, and an administration 4 years removed from office mind you, isn’t responsible for how a state handles this issue 🤔 welcome to an election year folks!

    • @stevenp25100
      @stevenp25100 Před měsícem +2

      @user-tf8xr8wc9u
      I know Biden is prodeath penalty, you know that... but where was it mentioned in this segment? It wasn't because that is obviously not a dnc talking point. "Trump went on a killing spree" certainly is and was talked about. (BTW he means Trump admin carried out sentences legally issued by our justice system.)
      where did he criticize Biden in this piece?

  • @Tosti_Tory
    @Tosti_Tory Před měsícem +620

    Having studied criminology, it always is such a pain to see how we are doing the exact opposite of what we are suppose to do with crime. Treating it fully with our emotions, while not using our intellect and science at all.

    • @blackblurable
      @blackblurable Před měsícem +17

      Yeah this is just emotion. Apparently they can't sleep at night. They don't seem to live in reality.

    • @savethecat5011
      @savethecat5011 Před měsícem +92

      This is especially infuriating because treating crime as a social problem that is oftentimes born out of prior abuse, neglect or other societal factors would benefit everyone. There would be less victims of crime, less people in jail and less money being spend on reparations and the justice system overall.

    • @Shiftarus
      @Shiftarus Před měsícem

      ​@@savethecat5011 it would benefit everyone except grifters and politicians who use fear of crime to push agendas

    • @dayegilharno4988
      @dayegilharno4988 Před měsícem +25

      Makes one wonder if that is really the company you want to be associated with: "In 2022, the 5 countries that executed the most people were, in descending order, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United States." (Wikipedia)

    • @paulzoom489
      @paulzoom489 Před měsícem +24

      really? what's not practical about the death penalty? why keep someone in jail for the rest of their lives if there is no possibilty of parole? Think of the savings to the state to not "warehouse" someone for what could be decades. In fact I have no idea why you people think putting someone in a concrete box for decades is "humane"

  • @user-vq3el2ko5j
    @user-vq3el2ko5j Před 4 dny

    OMG!!! John Oliver, you are my Light in my 73 year old Heart!!! I am in love….🥰 …THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @ebenezerdzilan474
    @ebenezerdzilan474 Před měsícem +1

    The Last Week Tonight Show is a very unique Comedy Show. A very few investigative media outlets can do the kind of investigation John and his team do on every subject. Very informative, educative and entertaining. Phenomenal Show

  • @kylew.8562
    @kylew.8562 Před měsícem +339

    I really just wanna say how excited I am that I caught this 8 seconds after it went up.

  • @someguye1029
    @someguye1029 Před měsícem +65

    "Bing bong, when we were strong" has to be my new favorite rhyme

    • @passchen-fail3704
      @passchen-fail3704 Před měsícem

      Not going to be that way for a good bit

    • @jjjjjokerface
      @jjjjjokerface Před měsícem

      bing bong, sing along, your team's al gore 'cause your views are wrong

  • @ThisTrainIsLost
    @ThisTrainIsLost Před 24 dny +2

    The barbed wire on display on the wall behind John is a very good illustration of the structure of DNA.

  • @CurtHendzell
    @CurtHendzell Před 10 dny +3

    So Helium John Oliver is just David Tennant

  • @jordanwhite352
    @jordanwhite352 Před měsícem +162

    As someone who was born in 1987 and basically grew up at the internet, I never thought that essentially the Star Wars mock lightsaber kid grew up to become an attorney general...

    • @jasonyang6630
      @jasonyang6630 Před měsícem

      Not sure what you mean by that. People are usually way different than they were at the age of, i don't know, 10. The light saber kid got bullied incessantly for that video, which someone else posted without his consent to mock him.. he thankfully managed to eventually finish school and graduate law school no thanks to the bullies, I'm sure he is successful somewhere.

    • @JRSiebz
      @JRSiebz Před měsícem

      @@jasonyang6630 that guy chuckin' wasn't 10 years old

  • @tinas_hotdog_sophie
    @tinas_hotdog_sophie Před měsícem +184

    Texas: "We will make sure the pharma companies that provide lethal injection drugs will be kept secret. We've got you guys!"
    Also Texas: "Hey you random person, we need you to tell us when a woman you know is getting an abortion!"

    • @Roko-jb5hl
      @Roko-jb5hl Před měsícem

      Do you not see the difference? One is tried and convicted of heinous crimes, the other is innocent.
      Why do leftist coddle criminals but think it’s perfectly fine to kill babies?

    • @chrisbenefield9963
      @chrisbenefield9963 Před měsícem +5

      Yea even if they travel to another state to get that care.

    • @Roko-jb5hl
      @Roko-jb5hl Před měsícem

      @@chrisbenefield9963 what “care?”

    • @materialgrl2000
      @materialgrl2000 Před měsícem +1

      ​@@Roko-jb5hlthe health care that saves their lives

  • @michaeldanaseymour
    @michaeldanaseymour Před 15 dny +1

    This man is my hero. If there is a God, please do not ever let this man retire from this show!

  • @tetramorpheus
    @tetramorpheus Před měsícem +3

    That face you make when Hamden, CT is your hometown. 😬That face you make when you live within three minutes of the place...😱

  • @ThatLeBelKid
    @ThatLeBelKid Před měsícem +51

    The worst part of watching one of these videos is when he's still very clearly describing the problem and there's only a few minutes left and I realize oh crap. There's not going to be a solution to this is there?

    • @user-jo7vf2ju7d
      @user-jo7vf2ju7d Před měsícem +2

      Don't be offended, were there a solution we wouldn't have the death penalty, the abolishment of Roe V. Wade and of course, the orange slime.

    • @lynb2039
      @lynb2039 Před měsícem +3

      Solution: no death penalty. LWP

    • @ThatLeBelKid
      @ThatLeBelKid Před měsícem +1

      @@user-jo7vf2ju7d agreed

    • @ThatLeBelKid
      @ThatLeBelKid Před měsícem +1

      @@user-jo7vf2ju7d I completely agree with you.

    • @wellhellothere6347
      @wellhellothere6347 Před měsícem

      Not without updating the entire legal system into the 21st century.