S1 E23: State Legislatures, ALEC & New Zealand's Flag: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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- Season 1, Episode 23, November 2nd, 2014. John Oliver discusses the impact a group called ALEC has on state legislatures, a very pressing issue regarding New Zealand's flag, protests in Hungary, and robots at Lowe's. Yes, robots at Lowe's.
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At about minute 12:40 he starts talking about how Congress is shaping up to be the least productive in history. Well 2023/2024 has them beat.
Was hoping someone else would point that out
I came to say the same thing 🤣 well put
The LWT team and John have updated those views along the way consistently... it's funny but unfortunate, really.
This was like 2015. Everyone in the US was hopeful.
Came to the comments section to find this. Was not disappointed
The let my people go guy had a very legitimate grievance..as I recall he was upset about being given bills over 1000 pages long to read with less than an hour before the vote..which is patently ABSURD...
Thanks for fact checking it’s one of my pet peeves when people show footage of someone looking ridiculous and don’t give context
@@anava7030 same!
@@anava7030 sometimes being ridiculous is warranted.
It's not about whether his rant and grievance were warranted or not, it's about the fact the sight of him losing it is legitimately hilarious.
Why did he say "Let my people go"?
29:27 they actually credited ALEC as "Associate Producet of Creating Horrifying Things For Us To Talk About" lol
I just assumed there was the appropriate follow-through on the bit, but it's nice to have verification.
“how could our daughter be asian 🤷♂️”
that entire conversation is so extremely Archer in all the best ways
The dude sounded like Sterling Archer, too.
@@Joshua_Shadow_Manriguez That IS Sterling Archer himself, H. Jon Benjamin.
@@toastyblues06 thank you..i was at a loss for words with that one
@@toastyblues06 I just knew he sounded like Archer.
@@toastyblues06 Im late to the party, but he is also the voice of Bob in Bobs burgers :D
I'm glad they uploaded these in full to youtube, I've been watching them on youtube since around 2017, but I've never seen the full episodes, only the "main stories", not the portion of the beginning of the episode where he actually recaps the events of the last week, which is where the show gets his name.
These uploads are taking me back to my heavy depressive episode a few years back when I was binge watching the “our main story tonight” clips.
Crazy how much I was missing!
How do you type memem
Not to mention, Stephen Root is the man. That's why the genius of the Coen brothers is all that is good😊
You could find full episodes online before. They were usually uploaded within a couple hours of the show airing but they had a bunch of weird workarounds for content ID like reversing the video, zooming in really close, playing music on top of it etc, and they sometimes wouldn’t stay up that long anyway. I’m glad those days are over.
The Home Depot skit was great!
The husband's voice is SO FAMILIAR. I think he's a voice actor for some cartoon, but I just can't place him.
EDIT:
I figured it out! He is Harry Jon Benjamin, voice of Bob Belcher of "Bob's Burgers"!
@@agiar2000 You mean it's Archer, the world's greatest spy?
As a former HomeDepot employee, it is not so accurate I am more likely to scan products for contractors.
@@agiar2000 It's H. Jon Benjamin. I don't think he likes being called Harry
Anything with Nick Offerman's laugh in it is worthwhile.
S1 E23 (aired November 2, 2014)
Estonia has free internet, but the US (supposed greatest country on earth) does not. They also have free school lunch. We have lots of billionaires, unhoused people, and a giant military. I think that shows some of our priorities.
"Let's catch up to Estonia" shows John / the writers of the show were quite out of the loop on Europe because at least when it comes to the internet and doing things on the computer, that's been the motto for quite a while.
Only americans say america is the greatest country in the world. For the rest of the world.. pfffftt!!
@@beth12svist People are out of the loop on Estonia also, they're working hard to be nordic instead of baltic.
@@ItAlIHappenedSoFast Well, yes, obviously; as a European on an American channel, I wrapped that up under "being out of the loop on Europe". 😆
@@ItAlIHappenedSoFast P.S. But also I think it's a bit like "Estonia and Latvia are both working rather hard on turning 'Baltic' into 'Nordic'."
When he talked about how the local gov was passing tons of laws... oh john... its gotten worse.
I love that they actually put Alec in the credits. 29:29 😂😂😂John Oliver is just legend.
9:11 is that the voice of “Bob” from Bob’s Burgers?
Sure is. Also Archer from Archer.
And the Void
10:39 pure Archer
Swanson laughing should be the national anthem
Archer undercover at a Home Depot was unexpected.
I think of the "windowless committee room in Lansing Michigan" line multiple times a year. Pretty much everytime I need to go to Lansing, and sometimes just randomly at breakfast or something.
Of all of John Oliver's various accents, I think his New Zealand accent is the best.
As an Australian I can confirm that yes, it is very funny
2014; "the least productive Congress in history..." 2024; "Hold my beer..."
This young kid is pretty funny. He also has a passing resemblance to John Oliver.
In case anyone is wondering, the ALEC credit is the very last one listed
ALEC, part of the Heritage Foundation family.
Yes, thank you. Thank you for pointing out the obvious thing that everyone else refuses to see. This is like the Emperor new clothes and they say it’s fine, except it’s an elephant in a room and they still say it’s empty and it’s fine. That elephant: the GOP machine apparatus.
I love that the music playing in the background during the start of the ALEC piece at 24:54 is the theme music from The Thing. Very appropos!
Glad to see HBO has finally realized we like to see the entire episode…
Passed 185 laws? If ONLY the current Congress was that productive 😐
I got curious and decided to look up updates on these things. Most of these sources are from wikipedia, with a few checks on other news sites.
-Hungarian Internet Tax was officially cancelled on October 31st 2014, so this must have been recorded before then since this aired on November 2nd of that year.
-New Zealand had its referendum, and despite a somewhat close vote, they chose to keep the flag,
-Lowe's robot came back in 2017, but obviously never really stuck around. Its more a novelty, and recently there's been more talk of VR testing or stuff like that from Lowe's.
-The "Dwarf tossing" repeal in Florida was dated back in 2011 and no updates past "trying" to get it removed happened, so we can assume it got nowhere. Worth noting that the Little People of America organization were against it, despite what the Senator was saying about them wanting to make their own choice.
-Mike Bost (freakout guy) resigned from state legislature to take office in Congress the year this aired. Few elections happened, he's now apparently involved in Veterans Affairs.
-Despite Joe Souki' plastic conflict of interest not seen as unethical, a series of sexual harassment charges brought to same board WAS. This ended his career in 2018 and he had to pay a 5K fine.
-ALEC is still going of course. Unsurprisingly, recent conservative hot topics like immigration and voter ID has had their involvement.
And after Roe was overturned, Mississippis one remaining abortion clinic closed its door for good. Unfortunately Alabama is no longer the more progressive option for pregnant Mississippi women.
H. Jon Benjamin is a national treasure
“Let’s catch up with Estonian” yeah, well, Estonian has allowed online voting for decades 👀
10 years seems like a different universe.
Does it though?
It's basically the same shit, that followed a predictable yet unaltered trajectory to become even worse.
Was the man in that clip at home Depot H John Benjamin??
It is indeed Archer from that show Archer and Bob from that show Bob’s Burgers.
@@Kill3rwaspFrom that show, Family Guy!
@@bradleybarnett9545Weird way to spell Venture Bros
I’m so mad that this is how I learned what the voice actor for archer looks.
There's a reason he plays Bob Belcher now 😄
@@atalbrechthe doesn’t play Bob Belcher NOW. He’s played Bob since 2011, only 2yrs after he started playing Archer. And that’s almost as old as Archer fans making derogatory comments about the actor because he doesn’t look like a cartoon character. It’s not funny
the lowes ad is amazing
Thank You
Thanks for putting this up.
That Home Depot husband sounds exactly like bob from bobs burgers
Cuz it is
"One of the most important elections in American history!"
Nobody can truly appreciate how much I wish that were true.
I absolutely love the "Let my people go!" guy.
I love seeing these old episodes and I knew current hot topics were far from new.... but it's a tad depressing to see the same things in these old episodes that are currently hot topics. Still love watching these old videos though
lol the Home Depot skit
The fact that they didn't include the Laser Kiwi flag is just horrifying
Thank you john oliver for keeping us informed.
It's nice to see they were able to get Ron Swanson for the Home Depot advert.
wow i remember watching this, it's crazy how long it's been.
The Home Depot bit? I worked there for six years. I'm in the plumbing aisle and a guy storms up to me and hands me his phone. His wife is screaming at him about the sink. He shoves a smudged page of instructions and lists written in pencil in front of my face and points at it. Not only did I feel compelled to talk her down and get out of her what she wanted, I had to shop it all for him. Whoever wrote this skit knows.
So proud at 26:20 to see my cousin getting called out for lying about a thinktank’s bill being his 😆
"The eucalyptis is for koalas and pacifists." Classic
Sorry the well-deserved applause didn't extend to anyone but Nick.
18:17 you forgot to highlight the UP lol
love John Oliver ❤❤❤
This is an alternate version of a design for the New Zealand flag. Google laser kiwi and behind its magnificence :)
Honestly, I was sooooooo glad our flag didn't change.
My husband and I met at Dave & Busters so he gets to say it all the time 😂
Why did the news item talking about ALEC sound like it was using the soundtrack from John Carpenter's The Thing?
I'm physically incapable of reconciling Jon Benjamin's voice with his body
Raymond Shrimp Boy Chow. 🤷🏼👀🤣🤣🤣
If Hostus Mostus is your genus, then I insist Humerous Maximus be your species, John.😆
A tax on the internet sounds weird. I'm already paying it. Isn't the ISP paying taxes on their income?
12:37 wait til they see the 118th Congress
"You're not supposed to say *incident* 'cause it implies there was one" :D
I'll be honest..... a Home Depot with its own Ron Swanson associate would probably be the most successful store location of all time as well as the number 1 location for saving marriages.
And then the current Congress said to the Congress from 2013-2014 with regards to the Do Nothing status... "Hold my beer."
9:04 it's Bob Belcher's VA. That is not what I pictured him looking like.
John you are the coolest…. 😊
Seriously, the ARCTIC chill from the dude next to him at 16:45. Buddy is out there throwing Egypt and slavery around and his colleague next door is just like "I guess this shit is happening. When do i need to do my thing and press a button?" Just wow
This stuff makes me so angry. It's so hard to listen to and yet so important to know about.
The fact that most of these episodes from a decade ago still seem so relevant is horrifying. Guess there were no takeaways
The flag proposed I actually kind of liked with the blue and red
Home Depot owes you so much more than money
Watching this in 2024. How long has Victor Orban been PM of Hungary?
Love the phrase bill mill
Remember when Tucker Carlson was on Fox?
Is there any reason you guys aren't adding the original air date of these re-releases? Y'all seem so on it in every other aspect of.. everything 🤷
Also, to HBO, having to wait until Thursday to watch a new episode is cruel and unusual punishment.
🤙🤙🤙
The abortion ban segment was prophetic
I love bob.
And Ron
14:17 they did a crappy job censoring this lol
Bob's new wife isn't cool. And home depot suits Beef
I'm glad we have mandatory voting here in Australia. Never heard of any unopposed officials running ever because everyone is acutely aware of who and how many are running. Each person who is running provides a brief statement about their objectives and beliefs and these are provided by our governments in the polling stations with the voting papers whether it's the local council, state, or federal level. And we have preferential voting which is just an awesome system that every country should have - look it up if you don't know it (better than me shoddily explaining it)
Little did he know we’d smash that “least productive Congress ever” record less than a decade later…
Holy Crap!! Protest Actually Works
Yikes to the spanking guy...
Ron Swanson job before the parks and rec gig
2014 show shown as a couple days ago
I totally expected him to have a divorce lawyer's card among the paint samples.
Does Hollister smell good or something? lol
I like that red and blue NZ flag - it looks pretty
Holy shit, h. Jon Benjamin and Ron swanson
The black flag with a leaf on it looks nothing like Isis flag that’s like saying the American prisoner of war flag looks like that Isis flag😂
H. John Benjamin!!!😂😂😂😂
Why is Archer buying ferns?
She taught school for 20 years. Maybe she knows what she’s talking about.
LWT: Does a piece on native advertising, S1E13
LWT 10 episodes later: Runs a 3 minute -native ad- sketch for a DIY store.
😒
The husband in the skit sounds just like Jordan Klepper.
As Alecs go, i vastly prefer Trevelyan
John Oliver will never know how much I love him. You're married I'm not stalker but I love you
where internet is free?
Nick offerman improves everything
This part about the 2014 election for the Senate not being the most important aged really poorly
Roflmao... watching these ten years later, things just have an extra layer of funny, or sadness, depending. Like "This congress is shaping up to be the least productive...". 118th Congress has called, they said hold our magat beers.
SEASON 1 not new ep they mention 2015 a few times...and John's hair is noticeably much less grey
No shit, Sherlock.
Joel Dombek learned from the best. His sleuthing skills are unmatched.
What do you think "S1 E23" means?
You can tell by the name of the video lmao
how did i never notice the guy from the home depot skit is fucking archer!
It is strange to see a not-unhinged Fox News video.