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  • čas přidán 21. 05. 2022
  • John Oliver discusses one of the largest franchises in the U.S., how their business model doesn’t always serve franchisees, and what it all has to do with Korean dramas.
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  • @whatdamath
    @whatdamath Před rokem +2883

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

    • @rogwheel
      @rogwheel Před rokem +185

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

    • @chelseamodl8628
      @chelseamodl8628 Před rokem +52

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

    • @vxxiii4160
      @vxxiii4160 Před rokem +3

      Nice

    • @danielcarrapa3632
      @danielcarrapa3632 Před rokem +23

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

    • @jamesc7894
      @jamesc7894 Před rokem +10

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

  • @acmeopinionfactory8018
    @acmeopinionfactory8018 Před rokem +20728

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

    • @jessstapf426
      @jessstapf426 Před rokem +842

      He’s a jobs creator!

    • @davidpeterson5647
      @davidpeterson5647 Před rokem +88

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

    • @whazzat8015
      @whazzat8015 Před rokem +194

      No jury would ever convict him.

    • @RB-hj7qc
      @RB-hj7qc Před rokem +499

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

    • @jschuler53
      @jschuler53 Před rokem +183

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

  • @hell0moko
    @hell0moko Před rokem +4269

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

    • @sinbad6319
      @sinbad6319 Před rokem +145

      Honestly I would watch this for shits and giggles

    • @juliebraden6911
      @juliebraden6911 Před rokem +259

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

    • @mwadams1
      @mwadams1 Před rokem +64

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

    • @kenneth5355
      @kenneth5355 Před rokem +39

      @@juliebraden6911 Well that's a bit rude innit

    • @KahlevN
      @KahlevN Před rokem

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

  • @mhkpt
    @mhkpt Před rokem +2558

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

    • @11SIMPLIFIED
      @11SIMPLIFIED Před rokem +33

      That's a great idea

    • @EuroGuy85
      @EuroGuy85 Před rokem +28

      spite subway? like Larry David?

    • @hibiscusst523
      @hibiscusst523 Před rokem +16

      That would have been too perfect 😂

    • @hibiscusst523
      @hibiscusst523 Před rokem +2

      @@EuroGuy85 lol Mocha Joe

    • @thiruvetti
      @thiruvetti Před rokem +17

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

  • @Tsukiru
    @Tsukiru Před rokem +4683

    "When you buy a franchise, you enter into a family"
    I'm reminded of a really good tweet. "if a job hire u on the spot and say welcome to the family you bout to encounter multiple human rights violations"

    • @CrusherX1000
      @CrusherX1000 Před rokem +264

      "...and this family gets abusive >:)"

    • @Primalxbeast
      @Primalxbeast Před rokem +30

      What about Tomasino's? They're mafia themed. They probably get away with using the term, family.

    • @fogrepairshipakashi5834
      @fogrepairshipakashi5834 Před rokem +32

      I'm pretty sure you just described Russian Foreign Policy there.

    • @Tsukiru
      @Tsukiru Před rokem +13

      @@Primalxbeast I think dedication to the bit would be excluded, personally.

    • @Primalxbeast
      @Primalxbeast Před rokem +18

      @@Tsukiru I don't know, even the statue of a chef outside is missing a hand. I wonder what he did, they usually just cut off fingers.

  • @Gboy86ify
    @Gboy86ify Před rokem +9003

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

    • @averageytber5547
      @averageytber5547 Před rokem +359

      Their insurance provider too.

    • @SEAZNDragon
      @SEAZNDragon Před rokem +329

      If the SLAAP episode is any indication I would say yes

    • @tangentreverent4821
      @tangentreverent4821 Před rokem +175

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

    • @andrefricke9998
      @andrefricke9998 Před rokem +118

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

    • @poocrafter2
      @poocrafter2 Před rokem +147

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

  • @johnskrip7174
    @johnskrip7174 Před rokem +1147

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

    • @placeholderdoe
      @placeholderdoe Před rokem +63

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

    • @zingzangspillip1
      @zingzangspillip1 Před 10 měsíci +78

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

    • @jonathancharron7360
      @jonathancharron7360 Před 8 měsíci

      They were also parodying mac and me with everyone dancing

    • @tijmen131
      @tijmen131 Před 8 měsíci +45

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

    • @ybab-j
      @ybab-j Před 3 měsíci +5

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

  • @successfulfailure1298
    @successfulfailure1298 Před rokem +328

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

    • @placeholderdoe
      @placeholderdoe Před 8 měsíci +15

      So sad

    • @4partmedia
      @4partmedia Před 5 měsíci +5

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

    • @Chrisko1492
      @Chrisko1492 Před 5 měsíci

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

    • @DutchKidRanger
      @DutchKidRanger Před 3 měsíci +19

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

    • @irondragonmaiden
      @irondragonmaiden Před měsícem +10

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

  • @arhyvrapisa
    @arhyvrapisa Před rokem +9293

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

    • @jessicatschirhart3712
      @jessicatschirhart3712 Před rokem +340

      The k drama actors are amazing!

    • @heathernks8
      @heathernks8 Před rokem +86

      I just read this comment a little further down. It had 1.4k likes. What is happening? It looks like a lot of comments have been repeated.

    • @sergiokaminotanjo
      @sergiokaminotanjo Před rokem +38

      l hope you are being sarcastic...

    • @LastRookie
      @LastRookie Před rokem +93

      @@omi_god The best and worst part of the internet *is* how easily one can copy/paste someone else's comment to draw likes, but I still act dum and just retype it.

    • @DragonQuicksilver
      @DragonQuicksilver Před rokem +37

      K dramas are generally excellent. Love them.

  • @jorrit_8292
    @jorrit_8292 Před rokem +6241

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

    • @starmaker75
      @starmaker75 Před rokem +141

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

    • @MausMasher54
      @MausMasher54 Před rokem +116

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

    • @brandonayong5823
      @brandonayong5823 Před rokem +103

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

    • @cherachapin3826
      @cherachapin3826 Před rokem +2

      @@brandonayong5823 🤣🤣🤣

    • @FatherTime89
      @FatherTime89 Před rokem +20

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

  • @RayRaeTV
    @RayRaeTV Před rokem +617

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

    • @ratzae
      @ratzae Před rokem +49

      not a commercial, it was a Tv show.

    • @katharineeavan9705
      @katharineeavan9705 Před rokem +99

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

    • @calebmcintosh1991
      @calebmcintosh1991 Před rokem +43

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

    • @TheNinthGenerarion
      @TheNinthGenerarion Před rokem +19

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

    • @asecretone
      @asecretone Před rokem +16

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

  • @MrTreefoz
    @MrTreefoz Před rokem +636

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

    • @MuhammadKhan-py7md
      @MuhammadKhan-py7md Před rokem

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

    • @bon12121
      @bon12121 Před rokem +22

      Have I got a business opportunity for you!

    • @ManoredRed
      @ManoredRed Před rokem +40

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

    • @Bootystank99659
      @Bootystank99659 Před 11 měsíci

      @@bon12121 NOOO

    • @famweefood7073
      @famweefood7073 Před 7 měsíci

      @@bon12121ooooo tell me more!!!

  • @thedapperdolphin1590
    @thedapperdolphin1590 Před rokem +4628

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

    • @monsieurdorgat6864
      @monsieurdorgat6864 Před rokem +119

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

    • @rudi_ghuliani
      @rudi_ghuliani Před rokem +151

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

    • @applemauzel
      @applemauzel Před rokem +61

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

    • @lil_tiggles
      @lil_tiggles Před rokem +35

      I want a whole show written and produced 🤣

    • @Keviamaya
      @Keviamaya Před rokem +16

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

  • @hannahhickman8663
    @hannahhickman8663 Před rokem +3980

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

    • @marjanek1
      @marjanek1 Před rokem +227

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

    • @Manganization
      @Manganization Před rokem +50

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

    • @Lethgar_Smith
      @Lethgar_Smith Před rokem +9

      @@allnn2552 I find all this rather fascinating.

    • @marjanek1
      @marjanek1 Před rokem +5

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

    • @marjanek1
      @marjanek1 Před rokem +7

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

  • @nyxxie-pooh
    @nyxxie-pooh Před 4 měsíci +64

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

    • @ezelfrancisco1349
      @ezelfrancisco1349 Před 2 měsíci +8

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

    • @nyxxie-pooh
      @nyxxie-pooh Před 2 měsíci +2

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

    • @baileyj7968
      @baileyj7968 Před měsícem +2

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

    • @ericamborsky3230
      @ericamborsky3230 Před měsícem

      That sounds frickin awesome.

    • @oreradovanovi5204
      @oreradovanovi5204 Před 26 dny

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

  • @MotivatedGirlTism
    @MotivatedGirlTism Před rokem +419

    You've officially ruined subway for me. I've passed by subways thinking, "I'm hungry," but then I remembered, "John Oliver" and the line of thought stopped completely.

    • @nguyen985
      @nguyen985 Před rokem +13

      🤷🏽‍♂️ food still tasty asf tho

    • @portervilleplayerkids3529
      @portervilleplayerkids3529 Před rokem +40

      I'm actually more interested in going, now. Gotta help those owners keep the lights on!

    • @douglas9825
      @douglas9825 Před rokem +5

      If you knew what Subway BDAs have done to hard working people who have tried just to a simple good restaurant owners you would never eat in again. Karma is coming finally to Subway.

    • @lethrneck4
      @lethrneck4 Před rokem +2

      @@douglas9825 thats 99% of fast food businesses and chain restaurants....few can be well run and great to employees like Chik FIl A

    • @nguyen985
      @nguyen985 Před rokem

      @Spaceman Spiff actually no 💀 I could still eat shit

  • @LonelySandwich
    @LonelySandwich Před rokem +2968

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

    • @Barracius
      @Barracius Před rokem +168

      Nah, the best parts come after the magic words "and the reason I know that is..."

    • @TylerShacklefordDurden
      @TylerShacklefordDurden Před rokem +12

      Their lawyers apparently also suggested he completely snub the city of Buffalo NY

    • @b1k2q34
      @b1k2q34 Před rokem

      @@repentandbelieveinjesuschr5875 shut up

    • @lillimadsen3438
      @lillimadsen3438 Před rokem +6

      Goddamnit WHY are you EVERYWHERE

    • @perec3674
      @perec3674 Před rokem +2

      @@TylerShacklefordDurden how so?

  • @davidleon9037
    @davidleon9037 Před rokem +4528

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

    • @calmbbaer
      @calmbbaer Před rokem +299

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

    • @ohkris10
      @ohkris10 Před rokem +23

      Also a huge fan of Chuck and Community!!

    • @wolftamer9
      @wolftamer9 Před rokem +161

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

    • @Bombercules
      @Bombercules Před rokem +121

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

    • @zenleeparadise
      @zenleeparadise Před rokem +18

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

  • @ethanlappin
    @ethanlappin Před rokem +306

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

    • @DTheCritical
      @DTheCritical Před 4 měsíci +5

      Which ironically can still result in people wanting it

  • @mclaude3
    @mclaude3 Před rokem +44

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

    • @jessicabrown5058
      @jessicabrown5058 Před měsícem

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

  • @midoriya-shonen
    @midoriya-shonen Před rokem +4448

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

    • @funningames2243
      @funningames2243 Před rokem +50

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

    • @jerryokazaki8626
      @jerryokazaki8626 Před rokem +68

      More emotion than any SNL Skit

    • @squee599
      @squee599 Před rokem +131

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

    • @TreyCapnerhurst
      @TreyCapnerhurst Před rokem +67

      The villain was perfect!

    • @andrew20146
      @andrew20146 Před rokem +17

      Some real sandwich artistry.

  • @BrianSpurrier
    @BrianSpurrier Před rokem +2568

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

    • @nasis18
      @nasis18 Před rokem +40

      But he heavily implies otherwise 😆

    • @emberalexander7444
      @emberalexander7444 Před rokem +105

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

    • @millennialmari2135
      @millennialmari2135 Před rokem +1

      Brilliant 😂

    • @johnnyjohnny2650
      @johnnyjohnny2650 Před rokem +7

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

    • @onkelpappkov2666
      @onkelpappkov2666 Před rokem

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

  • @keshy28
    @keshy28 Před rokem +160

    Thank you John for making my husband think I only watch K-dramas filmed in and in front of subways. Granted, K-dramas are pros at product placement in general- not just subway. They always leave me wanting some kind of coffee or noodles after an episode.

  • @Xadov
    @Xadov Před rokem +98

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

  • @indebtfolife
    @indebtfolife Před rokem +1544

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

    • @NatalieMarie917
      @NatalieMarie917 Před rokem +38

      Yes, it was Korean

    • @DapSchaf
      @DapSchaf Před rokem +61

      *Sandwich artist's kiss

    • @BiggusDickus_
      @BiggusDickus_ Před rokem +11

      Yes, Korean indeed.

    • @pkjoesd
      @pkjoesd Před rokem +63

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

    • @rajeshupadhyay5683
      @rajeshupadhyay5683 Před rokem +8

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

  • @danakscully64
    @danakscully64 Před rokem +3637

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

    • @peachybuttercrunch4409
      @peachybuttercrunch4409 Před rokem +97

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

    • @3ggh3ad
      @3ggh3ad Před rokem +80

      Major red flag when any business or employer says that

    • @ChromeDestiny
      @ChromeDestiny Před rokem +47

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

    • @XShrike0
      @XShrike0 Před rokem

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

    • @Gabe94dotcom
      @Gabe94dotcom Před rokem

      Loooooool

  • @maryennis1169
    @maryennis1169 Před 10 měsíci +49

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

    • @skunktotem8785
      @skunktotem8785 Před 7 měsíci

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

  • @Evanthebat15
    @Evanthebat15 Před rokem +24

    Is it bad that I was totally hooked to the k-drama at the end of the segment? The actors did a great job!

  • @user-tj5yg5pk8v
    @user-tj5yg5pk8v Před rokem +1546

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

    • @shoutenry
      @shoutenry Před rokem +45

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

    • @giangkim8789
      @giangkim8789 Před rokem

      ok

    • @jonesjermaine4387
      @jonesjermaine4387 Před rokem

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

    • @kaliharper4698
      @kaliharper4698 Před rokem +7

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

    • @hunterbidenparmesanimports5633
      @hunterbidenparmesanimports5633 Před rokem

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

  • @dunngyllite7883
    @dunngyllite7883 Před rokem +657

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

    • @AngryNotSoOldHippy
      @AngryNotSoOldHippy Před rokem +5

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

    • @LuisLopez2
      @LuisLopez2 Před rokem +6

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

    • @32a34a
      @32a34a Před rokem

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

    • @Luna-sp7be
      @Luna-sp7be Před rokem +1

      I think it was Jughead Jones

    • @J3llyman
      @J3llyman Před rokem +1

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

  • @Your_Future_Overlord
    @Your_Future_Overlord Před rokem +13

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

  • @Keres47
    @Keres47 Před rokem +32

    I always love how far this show goes to make it both informative and incredibly fun to watch. The lengths they go to is hilarious

  • @trillion21
    @trillion21 Před rokem +1398

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

    • @JE-zl6uy
      @JE-zl6uy Před rokem +81

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

    • @KuruGDI
      @KuruGDI Před rokem +30

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

    • @livinginthisgalaxy7961
      @livinginthisgalaxy7961 Před rokem +4

      adhusji

    • @kshitijakhade4164
      @kshitijakhade4164 Před rokem +9

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

    • @TMS9918A
      @TMS9918A Před rokem +55

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

  • @victorv2492
    @victorv2492 Před rokem +6040

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

    • @dakrawnik4208
      @dakrawnik4208 Před rokem +193

      If only Hollywood could hire the proper races of actors.

    • @andrewthezeppo
      @andrewthezeppo Před rokem +73

      Koreatown is right next to Hollywood

    • @kellyriddell5014
      @kellyriddell5014 Před rokem +272

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

    • @mzarectah
      @mzarectah Před rokem +25

      @@kellyriddell5014 my thoughts exactly

    • @jonny-b4954
      @jonny-b4954 Před rokem +7

      @@dakrawnik4208 Meh, that's just silliness. Worrying about nonsense like that. That's kind of part of the problem. They overcompensated to appeal to the raging masses who are unreal and unreasonable. I mean, it's acting...... so you need to be a criminal to play a bad guy? Or a father to play a dad in a movie too?

  • @david-reason
    @david-reason Před 5 měsíci +8

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

  • @Vanq22114
    @Vanq22114 Před rokem +9

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

  • @briandowling8372
    @briandowling8372 Před rokem +3940

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

    • @Ashesisemocutcutcut
      @Ashesisemocutcutcut Před rokem +265

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

    • @bernardoserrano4439
      @bernardoserrano4439 Před rokem +515

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

    • @alexkidd3d
      @alexkidd3d Před rokem +243

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

    • @briandowling8372
      @briandowling8372 Před rokem +43

      @@alexkidd3d exactly. Very famous case!

    • @dmercury292
      @dmercury292 Před rokem

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

  • @Fusilier7
    @Fusilier7 Před rokem +1008

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

    • @samreid6010
      @samreid6010 Před rokem +154

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

    • @juzoli
      @juzoli Před rokem +105

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

    • @thomashughes_teh
      @thomashughes_teh Před rokem +3

      Movie: Demolition Man

    • @theoutsideperspective3230
      @theoutsideperspective3230 Před rokem +21

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

    • @Apostrophe4035
      @Apostrophe4035 Před rokem +27

      The completely passionless kiss? What attention to detail!

  • @pepepoopsonthefarright7531

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

  • @alexandermccarthy
    @alexandermccarthy Před rokem +41

    Absolutely brilliant! Congrats to John and the whole team at Last Week Tonight, plus several crisp high fives to the actors in the Korean mini-drama!

  • @HerrDurkslag
    @HerrDurkslag Před rokem +2618

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

    • @lbatemon1158
      @lbatemon1158 Před rokem +201

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

    • @RachelDoesntknow
      @RachelDoesntknow Před rokem +109

      Accidentally? That was the entire point.

    • @linwizz2126
      @linwizz2126 Před rokem +20

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

    • @briannelson3830
      @briannelson3830 Před rokem +30

      @@linwizz2126 +the extra meatballs those add up quick

    • @Begeru
      @Begeru Před rokem +18

      Doubt it was an “accident”.

  • @funfetti4137
    @funfetti4137 Před rokem +592

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

    • @lucrezia6923
      @lucrezia6923 Před rokem +24

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

    • @justlurkingat8
      @justlurkingat8 Před rokem +44

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

    • @Laitalafraise
      @Laitalafraise Před rokem +1

      I agree!

    • @GoldSrc_
      @GoldSrc_ Před rokem +4

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

    • @anthonyking2475
      @anthonyking2475 Před rokem

      Cool, was looking for a response like this

  • @darthmaule
    @darthmaule Před rokem +30

    I worked at a subway in a small town and what baffled me was Subway would be sending out coupons and getting people 'excited' about promotions, but many of the locations couldn't afford to honor them. Even right now the subway by me has a sign on the door that says "We are not accepting any coupons, we want to stay in business"

  • @cristinaberci493
    @cristinaberci493 Před rokem +8

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

  • @joquerol
    @joquerol Před rokem +336

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

    • @mythreepants
      @mythreepants Před rokem +13

      Exactly what I thought would happen

    • @pyronymph-868
      @pyronymph-868 Před rokem +2

      That's what I was expecting!!🤣

    • @Jockustoe
      @Jockustoe Před rokem +4

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

    • @girlinterrupted9792
      @girlinterrupted9792 Před rokem +1

      Me tooooooo😅

    • @zagreus5773
      @zagreus5773 Před rokem +3

      Report them, it helps.

  • @alfonsofulgieri7162
    @alfonsofulgieri7162 Před rokem +21

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

  • @t3ss33
    @t3ss33 Před rokem +6

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

  • @nemojose773
    @nemojose773 Před rokem +4632

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

    • @cleopatrasrevenge
      @cleopatrasrevenge Před rokem +188

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

    • @Funkopedia
      @Funkopedia Před rokem +156

      A true artist puts 100% even into a joke.

    • @WinWin-oo4uk
      @WinWin-oo4uk Před rokem +34

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

    • @dark7element
      @dark7element Před rokem +95

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

    • @Mugruncher
      @Mugruncher Před rokem +29

      I feel like I need to get into Korean soap operas

  • @noeperard8843
    @noeperard8843 Před rokem +674

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

    • @Drekromancer
      @Drekromancer Před rokem +35

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

    • @billwilson8374
      @billwilson8374 Před rokem +35

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

    • @ABLW100
      @ABLW100 Před rokem +11

      @@Drekromancer "The Bread is stale"

    • @ArthurDamato
      @ArthurDamato Před rokem +12

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

    • @OverseerF1
      @OverseerF1 Před rokem +1

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

  • @peacelovetv95
    @peacelovetv95 Před 4 měsíci +4

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

  • @Montesama314
    @Montesama314 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Jesus, that Hawaii Five-O segment is EGREGIOUS.

  • @chrnogirl
    @chrnogirl Před rokem +710

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

    • @apriljoy5754
      @apriljoy5754 Před rokem +6

      Saaame ‼️. They dominate K Dramas 🤣

    • @user-jo3go8fe3g
      @user-jo3go8fe3g Před rokem +1

      SAME!!!

    • @lurklingX
      @lurklingX Před rokem +7

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

    • @A.H.A.J
      @A.H.A.J Před rokem +1

      Omg I thought the same

    • @Asummersdaydreamer14
      @Asummersdaydreamer14 Před rokem +3

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

  • @rosehearts8380
    @rosehearts8380 Před rokem +1056

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

    • @billbill4444
      @billbill4444 Před rokem

      czcams.com/video/JtCBspvYFl4/video.html

    • @FakingANerve
      @FakingANerve Před rokem +8

      LOL!! You're not wrong! 😂👍

    • @rajeshupadhyay5683
      @rajeshupadhyay5683 Před rokem +15

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

    • @lezliewhicker8450
      @lezliewhicker8450 Před rokem +12

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

    • @davidhudson3001
      @davidhudson3001 Před rokem +6

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

  • @theslimcreeper3779
    @theslimcreeper3779 Před 3 měsíci +4

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

  • @nat4695
    @nat4695 Před rokem +5

    I can’t get over how good a metaphor that little movie had. I wanna watch the whole thing now.

  • @michaelmythology
    @michaelmythology Před rokem +817

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

    • @jamesc7894
      @jamesc7894 Před rokem +11

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

    • @jschuler53
      @jschuler53 Před rokem +11

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

    • @g.d.graham2446
      @g.d.graham2446 Před rokem

      Lol

    • @Dave_of_Mordor
      @Dave_of_Mordor Před rokem

      I like their egg and cheese flatbread sandwich...

  • @socketymeatsack
    @socketymeatsack Před rokem +1929

    when I was at subway, the server asked "is that good", I said "yes that's perfect", and he said "that's what you get when you work at subway for 5 years: perfect sandwiches and depression".

  • @Blasted2Oblivion
    @Blasted2Oblivion Před 6 měsíci +20

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

  • @geniusfollower
    @geniusfollower Před rokem +17

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

  • @TheGennen
    @TheGennen Před rokem +497

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

    • @bluecanine3374
      @bluecanine3374 Před rokem +21

      As annignorant English only speaker, csre to elaborate?

    • @nanyukang8316
      @nanyukang8316 Před rokem +50

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

    • @NekoChanKarate
      @NekoChanKarate Před rokem +19

      Localization staff are heroes.

    • @matthewheadland7307
      @matthewheadland7307 Před rokem +2

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

    • @LlyleHunter
      @LlyleHunter Před rokem

      That’s so good to know.

  • @kirkkitsch
    @kirkkitsch Před měsícem +4

    I died at ‘Power bangs” 🤣💀

  • @dbopdew
    @dbopdew Před rokem +9

    This is a little irrelevant, but one of my first jobs was at a Subway at age 16. My first day on the job, the coworker training me stole money from the register during close that night and tried to blame me the next day I came to work. He got fired shortly after, and I didn't realize I'd pick up all of his 12-hour shifts where my manager would " go to the bank" during lunch shifts and dinner shifts. They did a good job exploiting young workers who had never had a job before. They told me when I first applied that it would be great experience, and it really gave me the experience to 1) know my worth 2) quit that job as fast as humanly possible.

  • @renzyification
    @renzyification Před rokem +608

    The development agent's acting was gold

    • @jw7268
      @jw7268 Před rokem +31

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

    • @afreaknamedallie1707
      @afreaknamedallie1707 Před rokem +18

      so much ham I loved it

    • @MikeyPee
      @MikeyPee Před rokem +5

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

    • @Molue_
      @Molue_ Před rokem +4

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

  • @margiet748
    @margiet748 Před rokem +780

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

    • @goma3088
      @goma3088 Před rokem +58

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

    • @t3sc0.
      @t3sc0. Před rokem +17

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

    • @em5522
      @em5522 Před rokem +16

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

    • @mlamarana
      @mlamarana Před rokem +5

      @@t3sc0. RIGHT!! Crash Landing on you also have that annoying Subway placement I hated

    • @kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061
      @kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061 Před rokem +5

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

  • @sarahshin7341
    @sarahshin7341 Před rokem +3

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

  • @prongsletaelin
    @prongsletaelin Před 4 měsíci +2

    Gosh that drama was the cherry on top!

  • @ForboJack
    @ForboJack Před rokem +626

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

    • @macgoryeo
      @macgoryeo Před rokem +15

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

    • @markcab2055
      @markcab2055 Před rokem +12

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

  • @ectior
    @ectior Před rokem +506

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

    • @cloudbrooks
      @cloudbrooks Před rokem +13

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

    • @mxlazarus190
      @mxlazarus190 Před rokem +14

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

    • @MariaVosa
      @MariaVosa Před rokem +5

      I. Loved. Him!

    • @orrinfreeman5672
      @orrinfreeman5672 Před rokem +13

      My man was going full Anime antagonist!

    • @cooldrop02
      @cooldrop02 Před rokem +4

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

  • @gent8940
    @gent8940 Před rokem +8

    I love how these exposés must take a shine off of the millionaire Subway family’s sense of peace & leisure

  • @enigmadrath1780
    @enigmadrath1780 Před 7 dny

    "Either text me, or forget me" is the slogan I've been needing in my life. Making that my voicemail greeting.

  • @Turquise8
    @Turquise8 Před rokem +891

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

    • @Mikaylap713
      @Mikaylap713 Před rokem +56

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

    • @Turquise8
      @Turquise8 Před rokem +25

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

    • @jamesc7894
      @jamesc7894 Před rokem

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

    • @davidpeterson5647
      @davidpeterson5647 Před rokem +2

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

    • @danang5
      @danang5 Před rokem +3

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

  • @_kyramisu_
    @_kyramisu_ Před rokem +258

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

    • @TheMongooseOfDoom
      @TheMongooseOfDoom Před rokem +14

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

    • @eshbena
      @eshbena Před rokem +2

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

    • @goma3088
      @goma3088 Před rokem

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

    • @Olan315
      @Olan315 Před rokem

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

  • @bsperoz
    @bsperoz Před rokem +3

    7:38 LOL HE ADMITTED IT!!!

  • @633959
    @633959 Před rokem +4

    Haha the ending was gold. The subway opened inside! The other subway hahaha 😂🤣

  • @SilverCyan
    @SilverCyan Před rokem +133

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

    • @yal100
      @yal100 Před rokem +7

      lmao 😀 that would have been even more awesome

    • @anaibarangan4908
      @anaibarangan4908 Před rokem +1

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

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 Před rokem +1

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

  • @julieflores2181
    @julieflores2181 Před rokem +17

    I’ve never spit out anything while eating, but thanks to the “if bread could fart” joke we made history today.

  • @Tonyhouse1168
    @Tonyhouse1168 Před rokem +3

    I can’t tell y’all how moved I was when he said “………………..what?”
    Literal tears, tears that fell directly onto ny subway Italian bmt sandwich

  • @DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993.
    @DiegoAlvarezBeltran1993. Před rokem +1505

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

    • @sodaaccount
      @sodaaccount Před rokem +91

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

    • @rektspresso7288
      @rektspresso7288 Před rokem +27

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

    • @benmeltzer
      @benmeltzer Před rokem +4

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

    • @chunnil4898
      @chunnil4898 Před rokem +21

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

    • @thoatran2718
      @thoatran2718 Před rokem +1

      ok

  • @uwufoxie
    @uwufoxie Před rokem +723

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

    • @fatbgmanbg975
      @fatbgmanbg975 Před rokem +11

      Big OOF!!

    • @spritemon98
      @spritemon98 Před rokem +1

      That's alarming o_o

    • @uwufoxie
      @uwufoxie Před rokem +2

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

    • @HungryLoki
      @HungryLoki Před rokem +5

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

    • @uwufoxie
      @uwufoxie Před rokem +12

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

  • @eugeniegodin8079
    @eugeniegodin8079 Před rokem +1

    I just watched a K-Drama which made me follow all the actors online, and when I saw one of them post about Subway, I racked my brain to find out where I had this association from. Two weeks later, here I am. Thanks CZcams!

  • @rockypatel383
    @rockypatel383 Před rokem +1

    I was a owner of the subway 13 years ago. I 100% Agee with you. That’s exactly why I walked way from subway.

  • @sealife7475
    @sealife7475 Před rokem +1623

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

    • @5fingerjack
      @5fingerjack Před rokem +62

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

    • @10-AMPM-01
      @10-AMPM-01 Před rokem +12

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

    • @maxdanielj
      @maxdanielj Před rokem +51

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

    • @Lethgar_Smith
      @Lethgar_Smith Před rokem +8

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

    • @Raulbikcube
      @Raulbikcube Před rokem +12

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

  • @jamyangpelsang3099
    @jamyangpelsang3099 Před rokem +1985

    That fake Korean rom-com at the end there was nice way to circle back to John's roots in Community. Who knew you could serve so much satirical bite in a single sandwich?

    • @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491
      @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 Před rokem +6

      girl no meat No Meat !

    • @tiraXpyrrha
      @tiraXpyrrha Před rokem

      Wait, it's fake?
      I want to see where the shitty sandwich K-drama goes!

    • @22espec
      @22espec Před rokem +19

      Fake? Why is it fake? Those are real korean actors.

    • @shadowmanwkp
      @shadowmanwkp Před rokem +50

      He means it's not a real series. Regretfully so.

    • @Tanavids
      @Tanavids Před rokem +44

      If I recall that episode of Community - wasn't it ALSO about how Subway is aggressive and creepy with its franchise model?

  • @kellyk7856
    @kellyk7856 Před rokem +3

    I remember in the 90s there were no Subways, and then suddenly there were three fairly close. Back then, they'd be open much later than everywhere else, until midnight on weekdays and 2 AM on weekends. As a teen who'd get off work after 11 PM, this was one of the few places you could eat.
    I actually remember liking the sandwiches then, especially compared to the McDonald's alternative. They only had two kinds of bread, so it was usually freshly baked. Subway was one of the closest places to eat near the high school too, so it was always packed at lunch.
    I didn't eat Subway for a while, came back and they had like 7 kinds of bread. Every single time I got a sandwich in the future (usually while traveling on a road trip and needing non-McDonald's/Burger King etc food), the sandwiches were horrible because the bread was almost always stale. I haven't eaten at a Subway in years now, usually picking Jimmy John's when road tripping for some "fast" food.
    The K-Pop at the end was a thing of beauty and perfectly done to the point that it looked legit until the tuna thing. :)

  • @adreadoble2108
    @adreadoble2108 Před rokem +6

    Thoughtful, intelligent humour......Thank you, John Oliver and HBO, from the Canadian prairies

  • @ruffshots
    @ruffshots Před rokem +877

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

    • @therealmistermemer
      @therealmistermemer Před rokem +28

      I love Spicy Marinaras with extra meatballs!

    • @seigeengine
      @seigeengine Před rokem +13

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

    • @sylvietapos807
      @sylvietapos807 Před rokem +3

      @@seigeengine lol…

    • @JasonMcCarrell
      @JasonMcCarrell Před rokem +25

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

    • @jalfredprufrock620
      @jalfredprufrock620 Před rokem +15

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

  • @montague4931
    @montague4931 Před rokem +484

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

    • @Bman32x
      @Bman32x Před rokem +19

      I was waiting for the next what!

    • @brannontirin
      @brannontirin Před rokem +19

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

    • @HagenvonEitzen
      @HagenvonEitzen Před rokem +1

      What??

    • @4bibimimi
      @4bibimimi Před rokem +1

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

  • @LyndaElizabethCreator
    @LyndaElizabethCreator Před rokem +6

    If you think Subway is a crazy, look into Jimmy John’s. My first job was at the store in Milwaukee near UWM. One of the written rules upon being hired was “Don’t let the owner inside after 10pm”, because he would come in coked up and drunk and fire the whole staff.

  • @gg454lune
    @gg454lune Před rokem +2

    That parody at the end was great.

  • @ikasugami8066
    @ikasugami8066 Před rokem +465

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

    • @lucienfortner841
      @lucienfortner841 Před rokem +5

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

    • @JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN
      @JESUSCHRIST-ONLYWAYTOHEAVEN Před rokem

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

    • @spamrich9952
      @spamrich9952 Před rokem +2

      My exact thoughts

  • @mayaklast6334
    @mayaklast6334 Před rokem +82

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

    • @perec3674
      @perec3674 Před rokem +10

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

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 Před rokem +2

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

    • @sonicboy678
      @sonicboy678 Před rokem +2

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

    • @dirkteundekoning4365
      @dirkteundekoning4365 Před rokem +1

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

  • @samhuerta22
    @samhuerta22 Před rokem +8

    Oh shit the kdrama parody is GOLD. Truly top tier - It could be on Netflix 😂 thank you ❤ 22:37

  • @markmoncure4098
    @markmoncure4098 Před rokem +3

    "The tuna tasts like shit !"
    I was ROLLING !

  • @yinandyangmix
    @yinandyangmix Před rokem +349

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

    • @lewkforce
      @lewkforce Před rokem +11

      I really hope you watched the rest of the video.

    • @yinandyangmix
      @yinandyangmix Před rokem +16

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

    • @traplover6357
      @traplover6357 Před rokem

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

    • @grumpysphinx4911
      @grumpysphinx4911 Před rokem +11

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

    • @literallyallthingsonice
      @literallyallthingsonice Před rokem +1

      @8:38

  • @Room142
    @Room142 Před rokem +65

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

  • @thewitchsfamiliar
    @thewitchsfamiliar Před rokem +1

    I can never now unhear or unsee "two arrows 69ing each other" ...

  • @eylandaviation5561
    @eylandaviation5561 Před 6 měsíci +3

    My MIL opened Subways in the early 2000s and this was pretty much exactly her story. She had one in a gas station on one side of an interestate in a small country town. Subway allowed someone else to build one on the other side of the highway before hers even opened.

  • @linat8268
    @linat8268 Před rokem +588

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

    • @johncatty6560
      @johncatty6560 Před rokem

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

    • @AliKhan-ns5nr
      @AliKhan-ns5nr Před rokem +24

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

    • @soulslikefan6760
      @soulslikefan6760 Před rokem +9

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

    • @chezmoi42
      @chezmoi42 Před rokem +21

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

    • @llondriga
      @llondriga Před rokem +5

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

  • @mikotomisaka8714
    @mikotomisaka8714 Před rokem +187

    As a Japanese girl whose spent a lot of time watching Korean Dramas as well, I have to say.. John could start an entire anime based off this.

    • @Mrshoujo
      @Mrshoujo Před rokem +2

      Let's see that taking out a car with a coin fired at it at the speed of light trick again!

    • @Alias_Anybody
      @Alias_Anybody Před rokem +10

      When you find out that the new show called "Sub-Wars" isn't about submarines.

    • @brandonwei2430
      @brandonwei2430 Před rokem +3

      Which group would do the opening?

  • @SS-cp7sl
    @SS-cp7sl Před rokem +2

    Good lord the parody omg its brilliant!!!!! The actors, music, dialogue, EVERYTHING!!!! I am screeaaammingg 🤣🤣🤣🤣