S1 E6: FIFA, Syria & Tiananmen Square: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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Season 1, Episode 6, June 8th, 2014. Take a look back at the show's first deep dive on FIFA, plus a look at Bashar Al-Asaad's personal history, Angela Merkel on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and a rare Last Week Tonight performance by ... Right Said Fred. Of course.
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@ethanganes9266 Ай бұрын

Little does S1 John know how his relationship with horses would develop

@Viceroy_Sundercles_III Ай бұрын

And rat erotica.

@lady0ftheunderground Ай бұрын

😭😭

@jaymiller5669 28 күн бұрын

More than S1 John could possibly know!

@TheRealEvilkitten3 27 күн бұрын

was just thinking that XD

@viviansytsui 7 күн бұрын

How far we've come xD

@ultimatehawkeyefangirl Ай бұрын

Man, how the tone of “Fuck that horse!” has changed in this show!

@tomokolovecraft3792 Ай бұрын

John went from Fuck That Horse >:[ to Fuck That Horse ;3

@publicuser2534 26 күн бұрын

That horse love though 😂

@JuanPerez-cs1gx 16 күн бұрын

🤣 Season 1 -> Figuratively Current season -> Literally

@Izandaia Ай бұрын

Ah, the first time they spent a silly amount of money on a gag. History in the making.

@0Clewi0 Ай бұрын

I wonder how weird it was, before this was a known thing, to receive the email explaining what they wanted to do.

@LianteakaLia Ай бұрын

I was just thinking exactly that as I saw that. :D And it didn't take long did it? Episode 6, season 1.

@ZT1ST 21 күн бұрын

@@0Clewi0 What's the over/under that the email chain was where John Oliver developed his desire to joke about people not knowing *where* a country they were talking about was situated?

@ZT1ST 21 күн бұрын

@@0Clewi0 On the other hand, it does also make me wonder how much convincing they needed to get the musicians on board.

@0Clewi0 20 күн бұрын

@@ZT1ST musicians likely are one of the easiest one to get on board, at least when it comes to politicians like another video about campaign trail music.

@milkgrapes6420 Ай бұрын

You know. I was thinking of pirating episodes for LWT. Turns out I don't need to anymore. Thank you HBO and John Oliver. This is how you destroy piracy

@sujimtangerines Ай бұрын

Literally just commented on how I used to wait for The Internet Truck™ to drop off episodes... rarely have to resort to that now.

@rebeccaholder668 Ай бұрын

Lol. I think it is less destroying privacy and current business daddy giving the finger to old business daddy.

@angielott83 Ай бұрын

AMEN!

@sujimtangerines Ай бұрын

@@rebeccaholder668 Why not both? Kinda sounds like 6 of one, half dozen of the other.

@superiorjrn1604 Ай бұрын

@@rebeccaholder668my first thought was subscriptions aren’t what they want and they are helping that out with ad revenue

@iamscythed Ай бұрын

From an exiled Syrian whom lost everything and almost everyone: I know it's the least you could do, thank you for it.

@y_fam_goeglyd 13 күн бұрын

Hope you're rebuilding your life in peace and love. ❤

@LoveDiveChannel Ай бұрын

The way John Oliver converted how hot the temperature in Qatar is into American perspective and being understand by the audience is such a mind blowing

@0Clewi0 Ай бұрын

I feel it should at least be common knowledge to know around which temperature it's a fever in the other system.

@Vysair Ай бұрын

I thought that was in the script or teleprompter lol

@gustavouchida1 Ай бұрын

The temperature in Qatar in the summer is 50 DEGREES CELSIUS ( silence ) 50 degrees Celsius is a 100 Fahrenheit (OOOOOhhhh)

@airellevan9684 Ай бұрын

i like how john did it again in the 2022 world cup and the audience reaction is unchanged haha

@thegameshowgeek Ай бұрын

That’s why I intend to encourage my future children to learn Celsius to Fahrenheit conversions.

@forgiveman 29 күн бұрын

This episode shows how much we have lost when we were not able to see the complete show. The song at the end was chef's kiss.

@TheDriedfrogpills Ай бұрын

I love that even in the first season, the lengths John and his crew was willing to go has remained consistently beautiful. Thank you all

@xelefonte Ай бұрын

John Oliver looks a million years younger but he’s still in his prime.

@sevenprovinces Ай бұрын

He's a silver fox now really and, that being said, it is no wonder he fled the UK! Fleeing before turning into said fox.

@TheJohtaja Ай бұрын

*In his HBO

@Dr.Spatula Ай бұрын

Well, this was season 1...

@andtherewerenone-ID Ай бұрын

26:20 Whoever screams with full power, thank you, I fucking laughed

@HeinzTomatoKetchup 25 күн бұрын

YYEEEEAAAAA

@JJGGYT Ай бұрын

In my flawed human memory I thought these were always two separate episodes. One where the main story was FIFA and the other where the main story was Syria. It’s interesting to see how the show started and what it’s evolved into over ten years

@LSnicket 19 күн бұрын

I'm Brazilian and this episode went viral in Brazil, and that's how I met John Oliver. So thanks so much for this, John! Thanks for saying to the world what we were trying to say with the protests, and thanks so much to Last Week Tonight for putting this episode and making me a fan since then.

@TangoCharlie-mz8lh Ай бұрын

Holy shit that D-Day stray caught me like a Private Ryan extra

@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 Ай бұрын

*John Oliver should get another Emmy award just for these full uploads of season one!!!!* 🥰🤗🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

@akamoreno Ай бұрын

The noise in the crowd lets you know, times where happier back then! Much love to all of you who get the message! ❤

@Viviorkogaming Ай бұрын

It’s the same.

@JJGGYT Ай бұрын

There was certainly a lot more hope for liberal/leftist people in 2014. I don’t think anyone in that audience could’ve imagined the Trump presidency, Covid, January 6th, or Biden being president at 80

@Viviorkogaming Ай бұрын

@@JJGGYT what amazes me, we still have many of the same problems. Technically more. What the hell are those idiots in government doing!

@simgem 27 күн бұрын

@@Viviorkogamingcollecting a paycheck

@ringo1692 Ай бұрын

"you're a mom fearing asshole" best lyrics ever!!! 🤣😂😂

@eflarsen Ай бұрын

FIFA did the same in Qatar for the recent world cup, where alcohol is actually illegal but FIFA was still allowed to sell beer in the stadiums.

@steveng2896 Ай бұрын

Actually I think Qatar was allowed to backtrack. Originally yes they said alcohol could be served in stadiums but Qatar changed that and it only allowed alcohol to be purchased in special facilities that weren't in the stadium. Also fifa just awarded the 2034 games to saudi arabia of all places

@publicuser2534 26 күн бұрын

If it was changed, would’ve been smart from a health standpoint. It’s too bloody hot in Qatar! I felt like I was getting broiled when I was there. The U.S. Military is allowed to have alcohol on Al Udied Air Base…three beers a day was the limit when I flew through.

@v8wr253 Ай бұрын

rewatcching these makes it hit home how relevant a lot of this stuff still is...

@stanis_gaming Ай бұрын

I have a feeling I’m about to see John Oliver age rapidly in my feed

@forgiveman 29 күн бұрын

Season 3 onwards.

@adv4287 Ай бұрын

Oh young John Oliver. There’s so many things I want to warn you about.

@pacolemus2938 Ай бұрын

Thanks so much for uploading the complete show, I never knew Right Said Fred was here

@coalblooded 27 күн бұрын

Right, I'm so excited to finally see all of these things we didn't know we were missing!

@Jozman2005 6 күн бұрын

This was obviously before their brains shrank in the great bullshit palaver of 2020…

@nicole81678 Ай бұрын

Pretty incredible going back and watching this FIFA segment after the recent one he made after the World Cup was held in Qatar, and all those predictions came true...

@non0113 Ай бұрын

The play back guitar that we don’t even hear is just amazing

@yes-fx3pq Ай бұрын

Can you guys please categorize the episodes into a playlist for each season?

@vonriel1822 Ай бұрын

Sometime in the past 5 hours, they did just that.

@Dr.Spatula Ай бұрын

It already was when the seasons were on sale

@lumioX 29 күн бұрын

Why does almost all of Oliver's episodes ends with me, almost to tears in laughter?

@transsnack Ай бұрын

That one guy who yelled "YEAH" when John said "I'm too sexy" was a good song... I wonder how he's doing. It is a good song, tbh.

@DeathMelodies Ай бұрын

God. John has so much liveliness here. The past decade has done many of us in.

@piedpiper1172 Ай бұрын

It really is cosmically unjust that the Qatar World Cup produced one of the all time greatest finals. It tacitly legitimizes the venue and ensures memories of the event will often diminish the suffering that went into preparing for it as the timelessness of the final looms large.

@publicuser2534 26 күн бұрын

Young Mbappe losing to the seasoned Messi in penalties was a fantastic finish for sure.

@norsemaiden1108 Ай бұрын

Wow. A Prairie Home Companion reference. Which did in fact actually go the fuck away.

@misledprops Ай бұрын

Right said Fred coming in so badass

@sportsfreakize Ай бұрын

As a California Chrome and horse racing fan, when LWT announced that it would be uploading full episodes for Season 1, I could not wait for this specific episode so that I could finally watch the California Chrome segment (I had never seen it).

@tee_es_bee Ай бұрын

Thank you for releasing the entire first season from a current HBO subscriber! 🧡💛🧡

@DMBLaan Ай бұрын

Tim Roth is a great actor. I feel like his role in the FIFA movie was a similar experience to Michel Cain in Jaws 4 lol.

@StefanMedici 22 күн бұрын

You know he got that bank, and in the words of Vincent Price "Someone's got to pay the bills".

@SurfingTacoMedia Ай бұрын

You guys should put the original air date in the description of all these. I've watched all the main stories for the past few years and I'm "re watching" so I can see the full episodes. I wonder how much ad revenue this is generating for HBO...worth it!

@im2cre8iv2 Ай бұрын

I was here when it happened

@shepinchains1 Ай бұрын

I was not. As with the rest of us.

@wgooetrik Ай бұрын

As john oliver would say "cool"

@The_Sleepiest_Socialist Ай бұрын

I was not.

@DNGNDriver Ай бұрын

I remember watching this in high school... this takes me back!

@johnchessant3012 Ай бұрын

S1 E6 (aired June 8, 2014)

@harinisridharan1188 Ай бұрын

Gawds! Their writing has been top-notch since the get-go!

@nepenthe4929 5 күн бұрын

Nothing is so cathartic and hilarious! This show is the best. Thank you, Last Week Tonight team, for always delivering such insightful and entertaining content!

@KGI_KlikoNL Ай бұрын

Qatar WC was different. There suddenly it is possible to ban beer in the stadiums.

@a3-radio Ай бұрын

Qatar government played fifa like a fiddle, they promised them EVERYTHING fifa wanted and then they said "nup you have to follow our rules, if you don't like it you can leave" and by that point fifa really had no other option, fifa thought they were the ruthless in control ones, turns out that against a government of uber rich oil oligarchs they can't do jack shit but bend the knee

@billclockwell 26 күн бұрын

Qatar has more money than budweiser

@dianaponce7314 Ай бұрын

John Fn Oliver ❤️ one of the best comedians to ever exist

@joshuaharyono Ай бұрын

the songs mentioned are: Sexy and I Know It, Bizarre Love Triangle, Look at Me Now.... literally f*ck, marry, k*ll

@aliaamustafaaltabbaa4958 Ай бұрын

On Syria God bless you... We need an update of everything throughout this decade

@hagestad Ай бұрын

Yea US and Israel are at it for at least 6 decades. They even had original Jeffrey Epstein on the case en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen . They also occupy Syrian oil fields as we speak. How not unlike Iraq.

@billymckeon9762 Ай бұрын

I miss the studio from this era

@TroubledTrooper Ай бұрын

And now in 2026 we will have world cup in North America, with finals in *DALLAS* 💀

@iceofwolf 18 күн бұрын

Finally, a good reason for Friends to exist.

@veggigoddess Ай бұрын

This is great, as I've never seen earlier episodes and I've never seen an episode in its entirety before this

@ElementalofAir Ай бұрын

I remember John talking about LMFAO on the Bugle 😂

@jenelaina5665 Ай бұрын

It's on KZfaq. Either Syria Update or The President's Playlist. My favorite episode ever lol. ("BISHAR! TURN THAT SHIT OFF!")

@greciaedaenperezaguilera2386 Ай бұрын

I guess my life is officially over after now I am morally driven to rewatch everything

@EndPoliticalCorruption 29 күн бұрын

Milestone episode! First real deep dive on an issue. First time spending nontrivial amount of money to do something ostentatious.

@birbluv9595 20 күн бұрын

I cannot thank you enough for reposting these old episodes, which i didn’t get to see originally.

@JakeTPE Ай бұрын

haha West Ham catching a stray @14:00 in that graphic

@lauren8135 Ай бұрын

We are being blessed with fun tonight.

@randyastle3301 12 сағат бұрын

I’ve thought more about soccer while watching Last Week Tonight clips than the entire rest of my life combined.

@user-je1sp3tn4x Ай бұрын

I am so so glad you guys were aired this I missed this episode I can't believe it this is awesome I've always loved I'm too sexy shout out Right Said Fred

@jiedcogahilme676 7 күн бұрын

#ThankyouHBO for making the complete episodes available. I can't even access HBO where I live.

@Damagedbyher 29 күн бұрын

I like how he took the extra second to hang up the fake phone

@morganmay9149 Ай бұрын

“Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back”

@Lord_Reset Ай бұрын

That intro!😊

@xophyrvaio1123 Ай бұрын

ouch, i miss 'a prairie home companion '. too soon

@aaronwurtzel7287 Ай бұрын

The line... at least Hitler could paint. Wow that's dark.

@ogb1923 19 күн бұрын

"Even Hitler could paint" is a wild line

@Whalebarf79 20 күн бұрын

I am thrilled that Fred still has a career! That song is classic.

@PramkLuna 3 күн бұрын

26:21 Respect to that one audience member for saying "yah"

@jeromedyson5247 Ай бұрын

I find it both incredible and horrifying that these same issues are still persistent 10 years later. Syria is practically destroyed and still at war with Bashar al-Assad at the helm. FIFA still sucks. its crazy

@HeisntLegend 14 күн бұрын

That guitarist was definitely essential.

@KeithChadwick-oc9xc 24 күн бұрын

In recent weeks, I have been watching John Oliver on KZfaq. He makes me laugh like no other. And the points he makes are spot on. I do so love the fact that he doesn't play political favorites. If the country/party or person says or does anything wrong or stupid. He calls them out on it. Well done to John and his crew.

@tuckerbowen4626 Ай бұрын

ironically the 2022 world cup actually DID ban alcohol, but people wouldn't shut the fvck up about how much they hated it

@Zeb364 22 күн бұрын

Is it weird that that’s the best episode of Friends I’ve ever seen?

@jssmith0225 Ай бұрын

John before he discovered his true love of horses

@Vysair Ай бұрын

9:48 HAHAHA JOOHNNN WTH 😭😭😭😭

@TheRealEvilkitten3 27 күн бұрын

man i haven't thought about right said fred in forever lol. they look like they had fun there tho

@liliflower1376 25 күн бұрын

The beginning of the expensive spectacles, amazing

@Primo_extracts Ай бұрын

Legendary 😂😂

@timstram Ай бұрын

Episode hits different with the student protests going on right now. Any time I try to make the connection in a comment it gets deleted somehow.

@ultimatehawkeyefangirl Ай бұрын

KZfaq auto censors have always been iffy. I’ve had completely innocent comments using the q word on gay TikTok compilations be deleted automatically. I actually timed it out as an experiment once, if your comment is going to get deleted, it will take about forty seconds. I mean, maybe the time has changed, it’s been a few years since I timed it lol

@yoyojoe618 Ай бұрын

Potatoes are good

@wendydabee 23 күн бұрын

John' s 'We'll be there for you *clapclapclapclap*' was criminally under-reacted to and deserved a much bigger laugh, IMO.

@alsostephenking 19 күн бұрын

massive shoutout to the guitarist of right said fred, not playing a single note but nevertheless giving it his all

@yyyy-uv3po Ай бұрын

Pootin just pulled a Bachar recently.

@dx5soundlabs939 26 күн бұрын

The D Day line was foul lmfaooooo

@michaelg3088 Ай бұрын

Not that I'm complaining. But why are they giving us the full episodes for this season?

@joannejohnson7006 7 күн бұрын

Another fascinating show And 😂

@saltedpork647 Ай бұрын

*that's why Brazil threw that 1-7 game with Germany in the finals.*

@pavelmacek282 17 күн бұрын

I´m no football fan but the decission to host the world cup in quatar made me agry again...

@DANNYonPC Ай бұрын

12:20 Amsterdam spotted let gooo

@DANNYonPC Ай бұрын

Reguliersgracht to be exact

@Easy_n_Fun Ай бұрын

Okie, I got the context of the song now. Listened to it before but so not get it.

@gustavouchida1 Ай бұрын

00:41 - Recap of the Week: Californian Crown race horse 01:29 - Fuck this horse! 03:08 - Germany's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 04:47 - 25th Anniversary of Tian'anmen Square Massacre 06:53 - Friends so popular in China 07:26 - Friends: The One With The Chinese Massacre Trivia 08:20 - I would like to show you my Sausage 08:29 - FIFA 2014 Word Cup 08:33 - Most excited Englishman you'll ever see on TV 08:52 - Soccer's a religion 09:59 - Brazil! 13:01 - FIFA pushing Budweiser 14:53 - Sepp Blatter & Corruption 17:11 - $27M on a film about FIFA starring Tim Robbins 18:05 - Best film about Sepp Blatter ever 18:34 - 2022 FIFA Worldcup in Qatar 19:24 - Truth about Working conditions in Qatar 20:36 - The church of FIFA 21:21 - And Now This - Chris Mattews & Tip O'Neal 21:41 - Syria 23:33 - Backstory 24:49 - The Whys 25:35 - iTunes playlist: LMFAO 26:12 - Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy 27:25 - Right Said Fred's You're Too Awful 28:30 - URADick

@MrCityslickerktm 5 күн бұрын

Wish they had put the lyrics on screen as he was singing them

@CHill-42 6 күн бұрын

Hereing that a dictator looks like the mouse from The Tales of Despereaux is something I would never imagine would happen in 2024. Nonetheless, releasing the old episodes has led me here, and I'm grateful for that

@sissiwzx 23 күн бұрын

Oh dear can't believe it's almost the 35th anniversary...

@theubiquitouspotato 2 күн бұрын

That horse has a detailed map of florida on its forehead.

@trennelstewart7698 20 күн бұрын

Catchy

@entasisab Ай бұрын

19:58 The Lady failed for 2,500

@jim6170 Ай бұрын

it's scary how nothings changed except our lack of patience and morality

@brianwiltshire3847 12 күн бұрын

'Speaking of Germans losing things, it was the 70th anniversary of D-Day this week'

@JuanPerez-cs1gx 16 күн бұрын

Even MAFIA... I mean FIFA's controversies are one of those things that you don't know if it's something from the past or a recent event.

@rasaagresti1268 Ай бұрын

Oh you can still see the light in his eyes, the world has ruined him..

@KelsaRavenlock 27 күн бұрын

Brazil already has a bad history with athletic stadiums for international sporting events built by the government.

@BrandonHardaker Ай бұрын

The world cup and FIFA are appalling!

@TravisBerthelot 6 күн бұрын

I hope Assad is listening.

@MitchellTF 10 күн бұрын

I can only assume Syria does not broadcast this episode, because there was not a record of their dictator killing himself in shame 10 years ago.