Britain's Greatest Gift to America: John Oliver

Started by Solomon Zorn, July 03, 2017, 05:39:15 PM

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Solomon Zorn

#105
I'm actually only about half-way-through this one, at the moment, and technically, it's a medley of "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," episodes, that feature John Oliver, but still, very funny...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpVVxiF9_zg

EDIT: Oops! Looks like that one got removed. I try to stick to the official videos, but that one was actually very funny. I would have to post several different clips, to include everything that was in it(but don't worry...I won't).
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"What is your dream?"(yeah..I know...that quote is far more heartbreaking, than funny...but, Laughing Buddha says, "Laughter and tears...Is there a difference?")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umqvYhb3wf4
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"...How the Hell did you respond, on the RSVP card, when it asked if you wanted, chicken, or fish?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d667Bb_iYA
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Quote from: Solomon Zorn on July 10, 2017, 11:29:47 PM
[spoiler]"No one, however smart, however well-educated, however experienced, is THE SUPPOSITORY OF ALL WISDOM...."

That sounds like something Chico Marx might say.
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#113
"I issue this challenge, to President Obama, and all future presidents..."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8Buy2X0kFo&index=55&list=PLmKbqjSZR8TZa7wyVoVq2XMHxxWREyiFc
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#114
Stephen Hawking, in this segment(at 5.36), says something, that may well be the funniest thing out of the entire series...(I'm pretty sure it was scripted...but still...)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPV3D7f3bHY&index=103&list=PLmKbqjSZR8TZa7wyVoVq2XMHxxWREyiFc
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I saved this one, for what may be, the last one, because...well...you know... I am an American...and, well...it's about..."soccer..."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlJEt2KU33I&index=104&list=PLmKbqjSZR8TZa7wyVoVq2XMHxxWREyiFc
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#116
Well...sadly(because this stuff, for me, is therapeutic)...it seems...I HAVE FINALLY EXHAUSTED THE LIBRARY.

So...let me wrap up the videos, on this thread, by repeating...with an even more passionate belief, that these words are true, THE VERY FIRST PARAGRAPH, OF THE VERY FIRST POST:

If you haven't yet discovered HBO's "Last Week Tonight, with John Oliver," then you are missing out on the most important voice in America, since Jesus Christ. No matter how educated you think you are, he will enlighten you. He is the college teacher that you always dreamed of, who tells you everything you that you needed to know, on subjects you may not have even realized that you cared about, and does it so concisely, that you can digest it in a single lesson, and at the same time, make you laugh your ass off, at the very moment that you were about to cry. If there is a supernatural "spirit of satire," then it is, unequivocally resting, at this moment in history, on John Oliver.




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ENCORE...

I found one, by accident, that I haven't already watched, and I have to take issue, with some of it's, seemingly blanket assumptions, below the video...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxQq8HTtb4A


Several of the objections, in the clip, are about white people, dressing as Mexicans, by wearing sombrero's, on Cynco De Mayo.

To put it simply, racism is about HATE, nothing more. When you deliberately(and that is, really, the essential component), diminish a person, or their race, then you are doing wrong. But I am fairly confident, that most, if not all of the sombreros, were being worn, with the intention of celebrating Mexican culture, for a day, not demeaning it.

There are two sides to an interaction, and you are just as responsible, to try and understand my intention, as I am to try and understand, your perception. If, honestly, no offense is intended, then none should be taken.

Everybody is CARELESS, OR INSENSITIVE sometimes, in their words, or actions. That is NOT THE SAME THING AS MALICE.
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Baruch

I eat tacos ... but I am only loosely connected to Texas and Mexico.  Am I a racist?  If I eat fried rice, am I diminishing Asians?

Yes, we used to have to use White folk to portray other races in the movies, because it was illegal for other races to appear (per censorship).

In fact, in Elizabethan theater, boys had to play all the women's parts.  The nerve!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifjmJHoUzc8

The irony of a woman playing a boy.  Waterboard the hussy!
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Don't do that.

Solomon Zorn

#119
Found another good one(I've watched many more, than I have posted), that's only a couple of months old...I know you thought this issue was resolved...but...enter Trump...

When you're done watching the video, you might want to go to...
gofccyourself.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92vuuZt7wak

And here's a slightly more recent update...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI5y-_sqJT0
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