S1 E9: Hobby Lobby, Uganda & Boko Haram: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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Season 1, Episode 9, June 22nd, 2014. John Oliver covers LGBTQ rights in Uganda, the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court case, an unexpected turn of events for one terrorist group, and recruitment efforts in Syria by another.
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@Lonelywillow Ай бұрын

I just looked up Pepe Julian Onziema, to find out how he's doing these days. "As of 2020, he has found acceptance throughout his community, attending village elder meetings being embraced as "the son he truly is." And he's still fighting for LGBT rights!

@sealyoness Ай бұрын

THANK YOU! Otherwise I might have had to look it up myself. And I am glad that this gnarly survivor was still fighting the Good Fight. Ocrap it's 2024... I guess I'll check in anyway.

@ACME_Kinetics Ай бұрын

Meanwhile Assad is still doing Assad things. Snakes and bees were a mirage. Scorpions were at least honest from the start.

@MarkReadPickens Ай бұрын

What an amazing combination of hilarity and horror. Onziema is awesome.

@KaladinVegapunk Ай бұрын

Hell yeah! Great to hear. One of the rare cases he covers with a hopeful follow up a decade later..except for the insane evangelicals still pushing their hate speech, somehow thinking their Jesus loves vicious hatred, bigotry and intolerance. Bible also says don't eat shellfish 14 more times than don't be gay but they don't seem to push those views. Lunatics shouldn't be allowed anywhere near lawmaking

@leftielori1312 Ай бұрын

Fantastic, thank you so much for checking!

@radicalpasta7040 Ай бұрын

OMG. I didn't know John got to talk to the activist from the famous "Why are you gay" meme. The episode aged like wine

@Fanouriou Ай бұрын

I had nearly forgotten, sorry doesn't cut it! The man got hospitalized had nearly lost his hearing and as 2019 been arrested or detained 7 times! His activism is so important! Thank you Pepe Julian Onziema, for loving your country enough to try to make it better!

@abturska Ай бұрын

What an incredible man he is!!!

@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323 Ай бұрын

Are you?

@cashmerebolden4473 Ай бұрын

"Why are you gay?" Will forever be one of the most hilarious interview questions.

@bec7080 Ай бұрын

I love the idea of companies having a mid life crisis in their late 30s-40s because they realize they are going to die soon

@wanderer117Playlists Ай бұрын

Who is the new host? He's so young and vibrent. I didn't think Oliver's kids were this old but there is a clear family resemblance.

@angeladoll9785 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@zumabbar Ай бұрын

i think he is John Oliver's youngest grandson!

@shaggy1792 Ай бұрын

Yo, it’s the first season. It’s still John just from the past! I know it’s spooky lol

@ThatBlackGirlMagic Ай бұрын

@@shaggy1792... that was the joke.

@DrMcFly28 Ай бұрын

That's John Oliver himself silly! He's just using CGI de-aging to spare us from witnessing the cruel ravages of time so clearly

@BladesmossYT Ай бұрын

Look at him. So young, so full of energy. He's beautiful, fully awake, and ready to be crushed by the futility of modern society.

@ceciletillerot403 Ай бұрын

John or Pepe?

@StitchingUpChaos Ай бұрын

@@ceciletillerot403 Both? Both. Both is good. (Not really.)

@hewhohasnoidentity4377 Ай бұрын

Who else is binge watching all of Season 1 full episodes?

@DefaOmega Ай бұрын

Everyone!

@BforCali Ай бұрын

I love that every time I open KZfaq there’s just another S1 episode in the homepage and I just start watching it

@iyeetsecurity922 Ай бұрын

Yo mama.

@dylan9025 Ай бұрын

meeeee

@forgiveman Ай бұрын

Also Me.

@averywatts2391 Ай бұрын

Okay just going to say this here since you can't comment on a playlist as a whole, but thank you to whoever made this an ordered playlist. These weren't uploaded in order and I know that probably wasn't anyone's fault but it made it a pain for my dyslexic ass to find the episodes in order. Having a fun time watching these again!

@yyyy-uv3po Ай бұрын

They also made a playlist, which is ordered.

@calgreen447 Ай бұрын

Who at LWT is up at 1:30 AM uploading season 1? I’m so grateful

@christophero3869 Ай бұрын

That’s day time in Africa, so it’s probably the swarm of bees and snakes

@emiliskog Ай бұрын

youtube scheduling to give a serious answer

@phoenixfire8978 22 күн бұрын

1:40 am to be precise

@docMurk Ай бұрын

Hey team LWT: Is it possible to put the original air dates in the description? Thanks for all you do!

@stephh4495 Ай бұрын

Please! This would really help put everything into context.

@angeladoll9785 Ай бұрын

Definitely! I find myself guessing a lot n curious how close I am

@WatanabeNoTsuna. 28 күн бұрын

They now added it to the description of every video! 👍

@zachfederer8022 Ай бұрын

If anyone from HBO sees this, you should put the link to the extended interviews in the description or as a pinned comment. I would love to see more Pepe, Stephen Hawking, etc

@jamesm5787 Ай бұрын

And the original air date. It's literally called "Last Week Tonight." What the last week was is sort of relevant information.

@WatanabeNoTsuna. 28 күн бұрын

@@jamesm5787they've now added it.

@sujimtangerines Ай бұрын

Have boycotted HL ever since that ruling... the blatant smuggling of artifacts from Iraq came earlier but I didn't find out until their case before SC put them in the hot seat.

@animeartist888 Ай бұрын

Same. I'm a crafter and a sewer, but I refuse to go to them for even a gluestick at this point. Companies should not be able to force the founders' religious views on their employees. Sickening.

@wikidleigh Ай бұрын

I've never stepped foot inside a Hobby Lobby and I never will. I am pagan and I love birth control. 3 kids is enough Dammit!

@ghostnebula8805 Ай бұрын

Same

@elaineb7065 26 күн бұрын

I really don't get what's so "un-Christian" about birth control & abortion rights tbh. That kind of thing is more of an extreme conservative view than a Christian one

@whoareyouyouareclearlylost323 Ай бұрын

That 'pls don't be a terrorist' aged well.. Too well..

@Donnah1979 29 күн бұрын

Yeah, it's not like the US has supported terrorists before... Wait...

@stabmejorge708 Ай бұрын

John Oliver uploading full episodes of Season 1 to remind us that he was once a fresh and young bloke😅

@kay_faraday Ай бұрын

he's a bit of a silver fox now.

@ThatBlackGirlMagic Ай бұрын

A bit? 😏😏

@kay_faraday Ай бұрын

@@ThatBlackGirlMagic I'm trying to tone it down instead of just outright calling him a sexy grandpa

@KrasMazovHatesYourGuts Ай бұрын

So I did a little research about Mr. Onziema. He's still very active in LGBT rights in Uganda, and has suffered violence because of it. He's been detained 7 times, and was once assaulted so badly he lost hearing in one of his hears and had to be hospitalized. But as of 2020 he's become a respected activist in Uganda, and is highly respected in his village and his community.

@magicianstuff Ай бұрын

The interview with Pepe Julian Onziema is one my faves from LWT. Not the funniest, but I love hearing activists talk about their work

@TheMugbearer Ай бұрын

Pepe Julian Onziema, what a king.

@johnchessant3012 Ай бұрын

S1 E9 (aired June 29, 2014)

@NatalieNirian Ай бұрын

You're doing John's work.

@lifelearneranna4951 Ай бұрын

Thank you. I wish the airing date was clearly stated in the "show description," Definitely can't go by the posted date.

@mikedumford7052 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing Uganda interview.

@Blak1-ey1hn Ай бұрын

As I rewatch all of these nightly to fall asleep - and we have mooooore

@OG2958 Ай бұрын

He showed the restraint and patience of a true Saint in that interview holy shit.

@corbinpeacock8722 Ай бұрын

Gay marriage has only been legal for 9 years. I forgot how recent that was.

@rosieg6989 17 күн бұрын

And it technically is illegal in half the states. If the supreme court does what they did to Roe vs Wade to the gay decriminalization case and gay marriage case than any lgbt person not currently married in those states won't legally be able to.

@dealanabruce1034 Ай бұрын

This religious manipulation of federal policies goes against the Establishments Claim, and the Free Exercise Clause of freedom of Religion, not to mention more than a dozen rulings by the Supreme Court dating all the way back to 1878, in which the supreme court ruled "Although your freedom to believe is absolute, your freedom to act upon those beliefs is not."

@tarkovshmarkov8011 17 күн бұрын

That guy didn't accurately name a single fruit or vegetable xD

@lynndupree1205 Ай бұрын

Hobby Lobby is the biggest hypocrite! They claim to have "Christian" values but they force their workers to endure life threatening conditions. I regularly see Hobby Lobby workers balancing at the top of a 20 foot ladder, trying to place HEAVY inventory items on a high shelf. If they fell from that height, it would cause serious injury or even death. Hobby Lobby also humiliates the women who labor there, by surveillance of their every move. Its like working at a prison camp. They also buy their inventory from manufacturers who use child labor, in inhumane conditions.

@alericjohansen6775 28 күн бұрын

That's big corporations for you, always looking for a way to have slaves instead of workers, just to save a buck That's why we need workers rights and not corporate rights, aka we need to repeal citizens united and we need to bring back unions

@Tonyhouse1168 9 күн бұрын

Perfect example of Christian values out here in the US South.

@lynndupree1205 8 күн бұрын

@Tonyhouse1168 Yes. Those hypocritical actions are so loud, I can't hear the message they are sending with their mouths. They say they are followers of this man who preached love, tolerance, generosity, and kindness. They display "Christian" books and play religious music in their stores. Yet they treat their employees in the exact opposite way, with meaness and disrespect. It's almost mindblowing. I reported them to OSHA and OSHA wrote them a non compliance letter. But Hobyy Lobby's legal department responded by denying the charges even though I submitted pictures of an employee balanced at the top of a 20 foot ladder with no safety handles.

@lparky2441 Күн бұрын

Hobby lobby and its owners have been the subject of controversies and scandals including accusations of antisemitism, homophobia, LGBTQ discrimination. Wouldn't set foot in one.

@ManlyPuffs Ай бұрын

I love waking up to my Last Week Tonight and was heart broken there wasn’t a new episode. Thank goodness I can have one I haven’t seen today.

@stumccannel9675 22 күн бұрын

Don't despair , Manly Puffs , they're got gonna display a vid for you ,broadcasted 10 years ago and act like it just yesterday !

@Sissymosier Ай бұрын

This recap made me look up Pepe, and so so so relieved and happy to see he's doing fantastic!

@DanieltheTruebadour Ай бұрын

This is one terrific show. Thank you bringing on the Uganda fellow. Not to mention break-dancing Abe!

@DedmanReactin Ай бұрын

Thanx for the replay's!! I missed quite a few!! Love the show!

@sealyoness Ай бұрын

If Eve was created from Adam, what was Adam when *he* still had his female side? No offense meant; it's rhetorical unless someone makes it personal. The guest, Pepe Julian Onziema (?) is wise and strong - and is still out there upholding the rights of LGBTQ folks (Wikipedia, March 2024). Wishing blessings on him.

@Random_UserName4269 Ай бұрын

Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas and WV. The rest of the nation is staring at you. …At least West Virginia is beautiful. …almost heaven.

@KrasMazovHatesYourGuts Ай бұрын

Blue Ridge Mountains...

@sadem1045 Ай бұрын

I think Pepe said, "Sorry doesn't cut it" for 2 reasons: 1.) It's probably not safe for him to say something like that to someone in the Ugandan media (even in a joking way) and, 2.) He likely blames America and other western countries more for the homophobia in Uganda than his own people (and rightly so).

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley Ай бұрын

I wish the original air date was given so we had some context of when this was happening. In this episode, John mentions its 2014, but would be great to start the episode with the date or if the ones uploading this online put it in the description box.

@sapphoshanks165 Ай бұрын

i was thinking the same thing! much needed context.

@jennifersaunders6384 Ай бұрын

I agree but meanwhile I just Google when did this episode air and the answer was June 22, 2014.

@TheNaoXcguapo Ай бұрын

This episode is incredible, kudos to Pepe!

@cherylcampbell9369 Ай бұрын

I need a reminder about Hobby Lobby. I live too close to one, and actually bought a few things on a good sale, knowing damn well I shouldn't.

@AriMalatesta 19 күн бұрын

They claimed that they can refuse health coverage to their female emplyoees if it include contraception,because of deeply felt religious beliefs.

@jennifergreen-butler1461 Ай бұрын

It was rulings like this that opened the door for over the counter birth control and business like NURX. So thanks, Hobby Lobby.

@icedteajello Ай бұрын

so grateful it’s all here now❤

@SpacePirateFromSpace Ай бұрын

His humor has gotten a lot better

@baksatibi Ай бұрын

If Martin Ssempa seems familiar, it's because he's the Eat Da Poo Poo guy.

@inkdollz1 Ай бұрын

Thank you for uploading these. Excellent move!

@tee_es_bee Ай бұрын

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

@ThatGamePerson Ай бұрын

I wish the description had the original air date included.

@samanthachia1491 Ай бұрын

I think there's merit to revisit some of these cases to see where they are now. Also, I totally forgot that there was an interview segment. While it's great to see John talk to guests in person, I do appreciate the current version where the team can really deep dive into the weekly topics.

@KazenoniKakuremi Ай бұрын

22:34 finally the context

Ай бұрын

I literally can't get enough of this show. Sorry, productive tasks.

@adamloutsenhizer1959 Ай бұрын

This throws me back

@RBlue118 Ай бұрын

6:42 I have to wonder how John and the writers of this joke feel now that Ben & Jerry's now does just sell ice cream free edible cookie dough

@mdeliacloherty Ай бұрын

WHAT the FUCK, SCORPIONS?!!!

@elliot-sowdon 22 күн бұрын

“Why are you gay?” Is one of the funniest questions ever because it demands an answer that doesn’t really exist. Maybe someday in the distant future the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to attraction will be totally knowable but for now it’s like…”when I was 12 years old I saw an ad for paper towels online with the most beautiful model lady I had ever seen. Now I’m a lesbian. The paper towel goddess willed it.”

@IzzySoDope Ай бұрын

"Sorry doesn't cut it." 😂

@sportscaryungred Ай бұрын

1:52 "A shawarma fell in my mouth"

@Ford_prefect_42 Ай бұрын

Holy shit i kinda wish he had guests more. This is awesome

@annettezaleski Ай бұрын

Corporations should only get to have ONE Congress member. Say wherever the headquarters resides is the district

@TNTkeynine Ай бұрын

I don’t plan on going to Hobby Lobby ever so lol

@ImDemonAlchemist Ай бұрын

Corporation issues aside, if someone takes issue with contraception on religious grounds, then I think they should rethink their religion. Trying to block access to contraception is monumentally stupid and will not have whatever positive effect you think it will.

@e.enriquez4589 Ай бұрын

It’s depressing 10 years later nothing has changed, what’s more depressing listening to billy Joel we didn’t start the fire and 40 plus years later not much has changed

@alericjohansen6775 28 күн бұрын

It's even more depressing than that, as we have not changed AT ALL since the 1800s. We still have slavery today, and in fact there is more slaves today than there was even the civil war started. Look up the documentary 13th We still have corporate rule. We still have racism. We still have many things. We also still have a class system. Over 60% of those both into poverty remain in poverty until they die. And about 40% of people will go DOWN a class on their lifetime. The only difference is that people are living longer. And even then, in the past the life expectancy rage was low due to how many died as a child or giving birth.

@portmantologist Ай бұрын

12:20 I'd say it's at least as likely to be Alabama as Mississippi. We may even get to find out which state is last if SCOTUS has their way.

@ddobrien1 Ай бұрын

Original Airdate: Sun, Jun 29, 2014

@terasesnyder1626 Ай бұрын

Those that yell the loudest are the ones fighting their own urges.

@jimmiesavage437 Ай бұрын

Where's the extended interview

@lordpunriq 24 күн бұрын

By far one of the best episodes ever made.

@Onigirli 28 күн бұрын

11:08 I love this segment lol. "Literally thank you"

@Flemrora 28 күн бұрын

I have so much respect for Pepe Julian Onziema, both speaking up in Uganda, and coming on the show here. If anyone was actually thrown by the sorry doesnt cut it, I will mention that the atmosphere is extremely different when sitting in a studio that is not in a nation that criminalizes your existence, and while the restraint shown is admirable, we need to be making sure that people aren't in the position where that level of restraint is needed while defending their fundamental existence, as was made possible by the progress that had been made in the states at the time, and also by the atmosphere of the show itself. Best wishes to everyone who is fighting for equality and equity, and seeking to tear down our systems of oppression!

@hmax17 Ай бұрын

Also, can I ask, can you include the original airdate for these stories/epis in the description?

@user-fv9px7rf2t Ай бұрын

Keep up the fight!!

@rebeccap274 Ай бұрын

This was 10 years ago?? Why does it look like 20 years....

@dylan9025 Ай бұрын

does john do little characterslike this anymore? i feel like its way more rare now

@AlyxisNicole 12 күн бұрын

"Get back in that cake!" 😂

@DullyDust Ай бұрын

Tbh i have such big respect for the lovely Mr Onziema ❤ he was very muted with his countrymen in the interview with them, because they are all victims of a forced belief in all of this, but when he speaks to John, then "sorry doesn't cut it" because a sorry from him makes no difference to his everyday experience in this day and age, and I love that he didn't accept that sorry ❤

@aysada Ай бұрын

Citizens United is disgusting

Ай бұрын

Omg biting.😂 Dang I thought Mike Tyson was bad. Lol

@NikyDearestGoGo Ай бұрын

But I want to watch the extended interview!?

@BeachriderUSA Ай бұрын

Pepe is a Ugandan patriot.

@SkullMan--- Ай бұрын

I just wanted to say thanks LWTwJO

@xkoala303x Ай бұрын

Ok he was sued in 2016, won on a technicality but judge said he broke international law. A new anti gay law was passed in 2023 in Uganda so the same Ugandan sexual minorities group is suing him again, court case is this fall. Hope they win.

@callamastia Ай бұрын

i wish the descriptions included the original air date 😕

@Runnifier Ай бұрын

If you want to fix gay rights just take the government out of marriage. It should be a personal decision that the government has no involvement in whatsoever.

@kr1stinabee Ай бұрын

how would that fix gay rights? the primary problem gay people are facing is persecution and discrimination, not issues related to marriage

@Julieglam3 Ай бұрын

Exactly. Just like abortion. None of the government's business. Or the general public either.

@JosephM101 Ай бұрын

This episode originally aired June 29, 2014

@mikerotch7606 Ай бұрын

Pretty depressing to see that’s nothing changed, except for the worse

@VVeiQuek Ай бұрын

I dont understand, how is full series like this having lower viewcount than the one specifically edited for youtube (the cue would be John's `Moving On...`?

@Zwiki22 Ай бұрын

The 2024 new episodes that release on this channel can't be watched in the United States and other places where a legitimate way to watch them, like max, is available. That's why the trimmed down video gets more views. It's the only video that United States and other places can see and watch.

@Sakomi_Arorim Ай бұрын

adding to Zwiki22 responds they also posted all of season 1 at the same time, which is something that the youtube algorithm does not really like. so that might also be part of the reason for a lower view count

@cherylcampbell9369 Ай бұрын

What? John is Benjamin Buttoning!?!

@benjaiboy Ай бұрын

nothing really changes

@pamelahomeyer748 Ай бұрын

Oh the sacred cow Hobby Lobby

@ThatBlackGirlMagic Ай бұрын

I was like... "Oh! Did John do something different with his hair? Dyed it back to black?... he looks younger too... nevermind. I remember this episode. Precovid when we were all young." 😂😂 This is such a great episode though.

@makingstatements812 Ай бұрын

Getting free people is tight.

@DANNYonPC Ай бұрын

1:30 Whooo, Ajax made its way into LWT!

@somestormchaseridjitwithwi2024 14 күн бұрын

"Scorpions what is WRONG with you! STOP hiding in bananas in Pittsburg area Walmarts, get your SHIT together, and fight terrorism like snakes and bees!!!" I need that on a shirt. Like yesterday.