I can't wait for the sequel : Harding 2 - *Harding Harder*

I hate to say it, but I feel like the supporting cast really carried the film. The guy who played Harding was kind of stiff.

I love that Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver are in the same talk show host cinematic universe.

Dear HBO, Thank you for allowing John Oliver to spend your Dragon money in utterly ridiculous and absolutely brilliant ways. I love you for it, and will always subscribe to support this content and all the amazing work John Oliver does. His resources make this show the best in late night and an invaluable resource to us all. I will listen to John Oliver explain everything from corporate taxes to Stupid Watergate, Gerrymandering to Prison Reform and absolutely everything in between for as long as you give him the incredible platform you've afforded him. Thank you thank you thank you, Sincerely, Intelligent Americans Everywhere.

Imagine that your a down and out museum auctioneer, and in walks Stephen Colbert, John Stewart and John Oliver.

"Spending good money on a poorly made wax figure of a former president is pretty stupid" if you only use it as a show piece. But if you use it to make a kickass trailer starring academy award nominees then it's not stupid it's fucking marvellous .

how on earth could they play that straight

This will forever be Oliver's best segment.

This is the most stupidly expensive and... Amazing thing ever seen.

While everybody freaks out about Anna Kendrick, I'm just here thinking: They got James Cromwell and Laura Fucking Linney, who obviously had a hard time trying not to burst into laughter. Now, that's impressive.

I love how John’s show is on long ongoing statement of “you gave us way too much budget and we’re not giving it back”

The accountants at HBO are looking at this like "Please! It's time to stop!"

I feel like Anna Kendrick absolutely loved doing this.

John Oliver constantly one ups everybody with ease. Celebrities are buying a wax president for fun? I'll buy 5 with hilarious amounts of money and produce a drama with 4 Oscar nominated actors. The greatness of Last Week Tonight represented in one video!

When you realize a wax sculpture has more game with Anna Kendrick than you...

Now we just need Lin Manuel Miranda to make a musical out of this.

The staff of Last Week Tonight has an infinite budget, don't they?

I heard that Daniel Day Lewis retired from acting because he knew his portrayel of Lincoln would never hold up against this mannequin's rendition of Harding.

That they got the "These United States" right is the sort of attention to detail that I like.

The camera movement was perfect in the trailer. It got him to seem kind of alive.

I found the actor playing President Harding in this trailer very stiff and unconvincing. Don't even get me started on his dialog.

(2:29) I can't get over how truly happy he is to say "we bought five of them." He is truly giddy with pride to announce what he's done.

0:46 that man's actual last name is Dickensheetz. Amazing.

"Why must my greatest love also be my greatest trial?" genius

So glad that HBO is willing to finance all this. Funniest video I've seen all week

too much money was put into this segment to not put it on youtube. god bless HBO.

As a US History teacher, this is laugh out loud funny and great, but honestly they missed a lot of opportunities with Harding jokes... -Harding was believed to have several affairs (thought to be 4 affairs and maybe more) before and during his presidency, not just the one mentioned. -He was a compulsive gambler and had weekly poker games full of alcohol - which was prohibited at that time thanks to the 18th Amendment. He was a notoriously heavy drinker and cigar smoker throughout his presidency, which once again was during the Prohibition Era. -At one of these poker games, he reportedly lost some of the rarest White House's fine china. -And how could they not make a pun on his last name regarding his affairs? I mean really? It's not that HARD! -I also wish they explained the Teapot Dome Scandal more as it was interesting and led to the first conviction of a Cabinet member (Sec. of Interior Albert Fall), but that's just the nerd in me :/

They should bring the Nixon wax figure on every DJT is mentioned with pardoning himself. *Nixon's head slowly comes up from the table.*

HOLD ON. Is that Anna Kendrick??? Did Oliver seriously get Anna Kendrick for this bit??

For a short 'trailer' this was surprisingly very well made

"WE WILL ALL BE FINISHED!!!" **head falls off** "...sir."

Jesus I laughed so hard it brought me to tears in Office. Even this small piece looks like a triple A production Kudos to HBO and LWT

I love this English bastard.

10/10 would watch

I'm still dying at the Jon Stewart bit.

Fun fact: Harding gave a speech in which he advocated "a return to normality" but he was so drunk it came out "normalcy". And "normalcy" has been a word ever since.

Y'know for a satire, that trailer was fucking amazing. Like, no joke.

I litterally love how your relationship with colbert and stewart is perfectly summed up by wax sculptures of Presidents.

To be honest, when you first started substituting for John Stewart I was unsure about it. Now I find that your material is just so creative and hilarious that I truly love watching it. You're definitely my favorite of the comedic newscasters now and congratulations on all of your success

John Oliver is the best thing to happen on television.

Every year this show throws their entire budget into no more than 5 minutes and I fucking love it

John Oliver consistently beats out all other shows in how funny and informative one person can be.

i absolutely love how john always is able to get an amazing cast for his spoofs. amazing.

“I’m Laura Linney and this... is Masterpiece Classic.”

The only problem with the cast is that this Harding is far more emotive than the real Warren Harding was.

i desperately want the audio of the call made from John Oliver to Anna Kendrick: "We want you to f*** a mannequin of Warren Harding."

I loved the reaction when he said "we bought FIVE of them!" :D

Seriously though, what is that beautiful piano melody towards the end?! It's so beautiful, I was genuinely moved. The melody that played right after the actor's names were said?

Always count on John Oliver to go a little bit too far, and then say "fuck it" and run even farther across the line.

I am pretty sure neither Jon Stewart nor Stephen Colbert are using their former president wax figures in the legendary way that John Oliver used his. John clearly wins this round .

8:02 If that statue blinked my heart would've stopped.

okay, this feels like the correct clip to finally comment on the HBO budget.

Stewart, Colbert and Oliver hahaha!!!!! gotta love those three!!!!!

You're a goddamn hero, John Oliver.

Man when HBO gave him total artistic power to do whatever he wants on his show, he goes HAM

Laura Linney’s performance was so good that despite watching a film about a goddamn wax figure, I bloody teared up.

Stephen Colbert, one of my favorite humans, Jon Stewart, one of my cutie pies and John Oliver, my favorite rat-faced bastard

"We don't know what we're going to do with the the other four yet" Give them cameos in your other segments, obviously.

I love the part where Harding is peeking through the door. I died laughing.😂😂😂

I still come back six years later to rewatch this. "We bought five" has given me one of the biggest laughs of my entire life. Thank you.

Laura Linney deserves an Oscar nomination for this performance... especially for that final scene omg

two videos at once? that's way too many options

I was literally crying, I was laughing so hard at this. Thank you for brightening my day!

What's funny is that James Cromwell had a recurring role on HBO's Boardwalk Empire as Andrew Mellon who was the Secretary of the Treasury to Warren Harding, and in the first season of BE, Harding's mistress and baby mama Nan Britton was a character on the series.

oscar worthy trailer, i would watch a whole fucking movie outta that!

I am so proud of this show even though I contribute exactly zero percent of the content

I've watched this a few times over the last few years and I think that John's shirt/tie combination in this piece is one of his best.

So much chemistry between these two

"White House fuck cupboard." Thank you. From all of us.

Just shows how prominent a figure John Oliver is becoming. CBS only let Colbert have one and HBO said "Fuck it, let him have five."

If the Harding movie is this good, I can't image how amazing the Nixon and Clinton ones be. The amazingness will be over 9000

I'm crying, there are literal tears running down my face I'm laughing so hard! John Oliver is my hero ♥️

LAURA FUCKING LINNEY!

THEY GOT ANNA KENDRICK FOR THEIR HARDING MOVIE WHAT when is the musical number

Imagine the sheer force of will necessary to do this without laughing at the delightful absurdity of it.

I want to see the bloopers for this!

"The best thing: We don't even know what we do with the other four yet" I lost it

Never heard Laura Linney's middle name before. German, I guess.

I think this is my favorite thing done on this show and there's been a lot of great ones.

My gosh. Why are you and your team so brilliant??!! Love everything you guys do. You are just the best.

John Oliver for president

On behalf of American History teachers everywhere...THANK YOU!!!!!!!

There is nothing I want more than the behind the scenes footage of making this, the outtakes would be magical.

I didn't know that I needed this...Thank you John Oliver

"and just think... we don't even know what were doing with the other 4 yet..." hahaha.

This is why we love this FUCKING show!!!

This is THE BEST episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver I've ever seen. I love it! Thank you so much for your creativity, dedication to the facts, dogged determination to the truth, and always, always making sure that we have plenty of sweet sweet humor to swallow it all down with. This was the perfect summer daycation break!

This is why I love Last Week Tonight. It's legendary.

I would illegally download that movie 😂😂😂😂😂😂👌

0:45 Dickensheetz may be the greatest last name in history.

THIS IS THE FUNNIEST THING I'VE SEEN IN A LLLOOONNNGGGG TIME...i AM SENDING IT TO Laura F///ing Linney fans..I watched John Adam and loved Laura Linney as Mrs.John Adam so this spoof was hysterical to watch...she is very funny...

Is that the girl from Pitch Perfect having an affair with a wax figure?

I think this is all just an elaborate ruse to film a sex scene with Anna Kendrick

I want a wax figure of John Oliver!

I just love the idea of 43 or 44 life size wax figures of American Presidents floating all around the country somewhere.

I absolutely love when real, serious actors have the sense of humor to do things like this.

I would watch a full length version of that movie.

Haven't finished the video yet, but I already know he probably bought one.

I'm impressed they were able to get the figures of marquee presidents like Nixon and Clinton. Would've thought the big name guys would've been tough to get.

youre a gift to this world, john