When there is no laughing audience, the tone of how serious this actually is hits you.

@dujon

4 жыл бұрын

So true.

@pcrizz

4 жыл бұрын

It helps the show isn't that funny either. I don't think that is John's fault either.

@dinozorman

4 жыл бұрын

i must have missed it, what did he say that hasnt been said already? i thought this was a comedy show.

@fairygrant5097

4 жыл бұрын

@@pcrizz b but the audience was there to tell me when to laugh...

@Kazikox

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know man, to me it's all the new cases every hour, people dying and countries literally closing down did the convincing, not the lack of audience laughter.

John Oliver in 1 month after the world collapses and he’s still trying to do the show: _”This is John Oliver. If you’re listening to this, you are the resistance.”_

@Phoenix_VR

4 жыл бұрын

@John Oliver, take notes from that /\!!

@yannick245

4 жыл бұрын

Or just resistent.

@nicolinagallo

4 жыл бұрын

??????

@nicolinagallo

4 жыл бұрын

@@Phoenix_VR ????????

@nicolinagallo

4 жыл бұрын

@@yannick245 ???????

"This could last weeks or even months." *laughs in a year later until sobbing*

@riyadharun9389

2 жыл бұрын

This comment could easily sum up the entire pandemic and all the issues highlighted or stemming from it.

@merdab8

2 жыл бұрын

Happy Anniversary? Apologies, I've forgotten how holidays work. Yay.

@xBloodySymphonyx

2 жыл бұрын

*Laughs and cries in almost 2 years later*

@Spunow

2 жыл бұрын

We're still in it lmao

@alnabulsi313

2 жыл бұрын

Oh me too, shoutout from almost two years after the 1st diagnosed case

"Something called social distancing" imagine a time where that wasn't part of day to day vernacular

@ArcanineEspeon

3 жыл бұрын

It used to sound so weird and I had to hear it a bunch of times to remember it.

@cornblaster7003

3 жыл бұрын

@Asim Malik dear lord is that so many emojis! why do you need that many?

@decentlysmartforanidiot8284

3 жыл бұрын

@@cornblaster7003 i think its a bot dude

@cornblaster7003

3 жыл бұрын

@@decentlysmartforanidiot8284 that would explain a few things huh, well thanks for telling me, I don't really want to embarrass myself further here

@decentlysmartforanidiot8284

3 жыл бұрын

@@cornblaster7003 hey, you're good man. thanks for being so cool about it haha

no audience laughing makes this whole thing 10 levels more somber

@kevinmoore4470

4 жыл бұрын

If you get your health advice from Faux News pundits, don't be surprised when you die.

@janxander6535

4 жыл бұрын

@@kevinmoore4470 Perfect response!

@britaeirikr8609

4 жыл бұрын

What can I say? The pandemic makes me horny!

@britaeirikr8609

4 жыл бұрын

@Cassandra Tafoya i didn't even notice a beastiality joke. Must rewatch.

@vicherinca

4 жыл бұрын

if you're having anxiety, please listen to this: victorianoll.bandcamp.com/track/ocean

Without an audience, it sounds like he’s giving a public health message in a post-apocalyptic world. Creepy.

@beezrow

4 жыл бұрын

It's like the beginning of a post-apocalyptic movie/nightmare/reality 🤔

@MatejBosansky

4 жыл бұрын

Did you ever see his audience?

@evanmacg6090

4 жыл бұрын

post-apocalyptic?

@rbarajas86

4 жыл бұрын

Well.. I mean... *gestures to everywhere* 🤷🏽‍♂️

@noahy.9827

4 жыл бұрын

@@MatejBosansky ye

The lack of really awkward whooping and cheering is so refreshing. It's so much more English to just nod silently and exhale slightly harder when something is funny.

@luckystar3641

4 жыл бұрын

I actually kind of like the noises

@Kamexe

4 жыл бұрын

to americans it feels strange. I do what the english do but... man it feels weird seeing as its been years of there being laughter.

@boogiewoogie9770

4 жыл бұрын

Oh nonsense. It works for John Oliver in the US but really...we own having a laugh. We're not uptight America.

@jefffranklin4894

4 жыл бұрын

Katie Anne indeed it is 😂

@MeleeTiger

4 жыл бұрын

I legit prefer this.

"There will be ample time to be furious with him later." Oh boy that statement was prophetic.....

@1Arrowkill1

3 жыл бұрын

I regret to inform you that 2 months in the future it only gets worse.

@boredproduction

3 жыл бұрын

@@1Arrowkill1 I regret to inform you that 2 weeks later it is very more prophetic

@AaronScottLawford

3 жыл бұрын

@@boredproduction even further sorry. 1 week later it has nosed dived into shite county

@boredproduction

3 жыл бұрын

@@AaronScottLawford Yare Yare

@victorrain

3 жыл бұрын

7:09, that was a prophetic line!!

So thaaaaaats what the intro looks like to people who actually have HBO

@fenrirgg

4 жыл бұрын

It's like watching Game of Thrones again, oh the horror, the horror!!!

@salocin9695

4 жыл бұрын

fenrirgg 😢

@thetacoguyy

4 жыл бұрын

Felt like the rich folks for a sec there

@pinkmoon5471

4 жыл бұрын

@@thetacoguyy me too

@shulidernis1418

4 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for this comment lol

I guess John Oliver is a real KZreadr now that he’s like the rest of us: Sitting alone in an empty room

@ShinKamaitachi

4 жыл бұрын

😔

@greenkoopa

4 жыл бұрын

#MasterCastTV

@mute47

4 жыл бұрын

It took him a while to find his pacing without a live audience, but, yeah, he's a KZreadr now

@RainingSaturn

4 жыл бұрын

I see he forgot about China while he was criticising Trump.

@trajectoryunown

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha... Oh. :(

I'm re-watching these in 2021 to remember just how insane 2020 actually was. Holy shit it was a lot.

@jetti7944

3 жыл бұрын

Same, it’s bonkers

@teresabates9177

3 жыл бұрын

same!

@merdab8

2 жыл бұрын

Hello from 6 months from now! I think we've caught up to 2020s a lot.

@jaegrant6441

2 жыл бұрын

Hello from December 2021, aaaand this year surpassed 2020 re craziness lol (not lol)

@averongodoffire8098

2 жыл бұрын

2022 Things seem better, vaccines are available but people don’t want them because… conspiracy theories I guess🤷‍♂️ It’s been a lot but there’s still A LOT to get through going forward

2020 aged him, a lot. His hair is at least a year grayer in his next coronavirus update, only a few months later. Void-era lwt will remain one of the more surreal moments in late-night history. Kudos to him and his whole team

@WhiskeyPlease-xq3ru

Жыл бұрын

He was probably grey all along but stylists were shut down and he couldn’t get it done. If you watch later episodes his haircuts were mishappened, he or his wife were probably cutting it.

@ztslovebird

7 ай бұрын

2020 aged everyone.

Without the audience laughing John sounds like he’s making a documentary

@kayingham3528

4 жыл бұрын

He still had some real great jokes though. I loled the bedroom eyes joke

@edrumsense

4 жыл бұрын

He always make a documentary, what makes us laugh is how stupid the people is

@xKevgax

4 жыл бұрын

I actually much prefer the show without audience laughter

@dagomeiudex6583

4 жыл бұрын

The clear breaks for audience laughs that never come give me anxiety

@henrikcarlsen1881

4 жыл бұрын

He often does, but you haven't noticed.

John talking to a camera in a room by himself. Now he's reached true KZread territory.

@ToddHowar.d

4 жыл бұрын

I know! I watched this on HBO and thought “shit this really is a KZread news video”

@Shadow9k

4 жыл бұрын

It feels so awkward XD

@frostychickenprods

4 жыл бұрын

Nubbie Wubbie Erin-Leigh Hoffman my late night show has had zero audience since 2004. Then again, had almost zero viewers. But I don’t quit. kzread.info/dash/bejne/oJdqqrqnnbiug8o.html

@grantlauzon5237

4 жыл бұрын

He needs Spongebob or Wii shop music in the background. Actually seeing a human face without jumpcuts or hearing the shows normal audience feels weird.

@JohnHydeisawesome

4 жыл бұрын

Nah! He's just spewing SOME MORE NEWS!!!

"do not retweet or post something that you do not know to be true," is a quote that should be done all the time, by everyone. Please, for the love of god, check your sources.

@thoughtsofyesteryear1199

4 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Bir is that you? Don’t worry I’m going to turn in my research paper I just need a few more days.

@jsk752

4 жыл бұрын

If you absolutely insist on posting check your facts first. Factcheck.org is just of many sites.

@mariag.8242

4 жыл бұрын

So I don’t retweet the _president_ ?🙄😂

@daviddelaney2407

3 жыл бұрын

You DEFINITELY _never_ retweet the President. Not the current one, anyway. Retweet Obama all you want. Check Biden before retweeting. Do not taunt happy fun Nixon. --Dave, Trump has never once cared, his whole life, whether what's coming out of his fingers, or his burger-hole, is true or not. That's just not the standard he goes by. At all.

Trump: "I have absolute power, I'm in charge of everything." Reporter: "What about when you did this?" Trump: "I didn't do it nobody saw me do it you can't prove anything."

@antanis

3 жыл бұрын

@Asim Malik wut

@myronaustin

2 жыл бұрын

One year later and it ACTUALLY represents his ENTIRE presidency. . .

The lack of laughters makes it sound like British poetry.

@ynnh1694

4 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@darrensim295

4 жыл бұрын

THATS what it sounds like. Was trying to place it

@JT-xj1pg

4 жыл бұрын

Lol you clearly don't know anything about poetry

@JA-sk9sw

4 жыл бұрын

@@JT-xj1pg Indeed I don't ^^

@sirClogg

4 жыл бұрын

I wasn't sure if I'm laughing at right moments sometimes but it was fun even without the laughter track. Kudos to the show for that.

Therapist: The laughing audience isn't here, they can't hurt you. My brain: *_IMAGINARY LAUGHTRACKS_*

@thisguylovebananas

4 жыл бұрын

sad.

@robinbucher4817

4 жыл бұрын

lmao this comment hit differently - kudos

@iliketacos6067

4 жыл бұрын

So true

@volusiasorange

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah if laugh tracks were ever appropriate or at least excusable it's in this instance

@AnamelessDeath

4 жыл бұрын

I feel like Pavlov dog. After a joke I laugh and wait for the audience laugh, but nothing comes out

POV: you’re watching as American deaths have passed 200,000.

@ziggyustar3137

3 жыл бұрын

Georgia Englot What they would have u believe....trump & Milania caught & were cured over the weekend the cure will be available after the vote/ don’t let it rule your life? The worst advice comes from liars & professional liars... trump / heraldo /

@wurdnurd1

3 жыл бұрын

Hello from two weeks in the future. 215k Americans dead. And now I'm triggered for the afternoon...

@haft2beu

3 жыл бұрын

@@wurdnurd1 woah there buddy, leave the time traveling to animal crossing alright

@rmunoz1994

3 жыл бұрын

220k now Edit: 260k

@steffengustavsen9678

3 жыл бұрын

Belgium has mandatory masks from very early and they have 16k cases yesterday with a population of only 10m. If they had same population as US they would have over 500k cases a day while US now only has 60-70k. Just proves lockdowns, testing, and tracing dont work in the long run.

These Coronavirus episodes are depressingly accurate with its predictions. I'm so jealous of the alternate dimension of reality where John Oliver is the current president of the USA.

@TheLibermania

3 жыл бұрын

At least Liverpool won the League Title

@haft2beu

3 жыл бұрын

aw man can u imagine, the british edition of west wing

@anonymouscinemafan1820

3 жыл бұрын

Would we still be referred to as the colonies, or would they allow us to be called America?

@stoodmuffinpersonal3144

2 жыл бұрын

I am not perfect. I am some hypocritical dumbass. But. People, smarter than I, say you can test how accurate a model is by, well, seeing how many of it's predictions come to pass. Not just Corona videos came true. Police brutality and murders are still happening to unarmed Black folks, 2 years after George Floyd's murder. Climate change models predicting the weather events. And if the trend continues? Then Plastics, authoritarianism, biodiversity death, more intense racial violence, droughts, floods, and many other terrible predictions could come to pass, if they haven't already. I'm a tad nervous, lol

@derlesende

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn‘t say accurate. He said it will take weeks or months, but….. what can you say anymore about it. Think about the hamster. Think about the hamster. Happy thoughts. Happy hamster.

The lack of audience laughter combined with the white void of a set and of course the grim subject matter just make this whole video feel....... unsettling

@thesewinggeekmiri9029

4 жыл бұрын

kinda like we've all already died and this is our afterlife, right?

@ruialexandre6197

4 жыл бұрын

I think that's just reality.

@billeckert6614

4 жыл бұрын

Glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way...it's just weird

@faridhasanov6094

4 жыл бұрын

It sounds weird really not to hear laugh track after the jokes

@dumpygoodness4086

4 жыл бұрын

John's an amateur. I would've had the GRIM REAPER standing over me to my left, the entire time. WIth his sickle / scythe.

this feels like entertainment in a dystopian future

@henryvyne8774

4 жыл бұрын

it practically is

@Elithrae

4 жыл бұрын

It really, really does.

@MultiUnreal

4 жыл бұрын

We have a militarized police force that is allowed to murder innocents without consequences, a prison system that uses non violent drug offenders for slave labor, a president that is in the pocket of a foreign government and is actively abusing the office to enrich himself and his businesses, a wage gap so large that a very small minority of people control the majority of the world’s wealth, a planet that is slowly dying from rampant unchecked pollution, and a virus that is rapidly spreading and killing people across the entire globe. The hypothetical dystopian future is now the literal dystopian present.

@m3talentagency680

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the future.

@VPS_Reports

4 жыл бұрын

more cuz of the content than the visuals tho tbh

It's 2022 and I almost can't believe there was a time when John Oliver had to explain what social distancing is or who Dr. Fauci is.

@matthewklahn3204

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@mavadavia8340

Жыл бұрын

The person pushing for GOF experimentation?

@merissaj4518

Жыл бұрын

I approached the comments section cautiously to say just this.

@Hitori15

Жыл бұрын

It's 2023 and I still can't believe it. And in retrospect, I wish they use the term, physical distancing rather than 'social' distancing, which would clarify what it actually is- not social isolation but a physical one.

@SugarandSarcasm

11 ай бұрын

@@Hitori15what is this “social” of which people keep speaking?

Watching this in mid July and ti's terrifying how accurate the predictions were. At the time they were considered ludicrous and would never happen. Look at us now.

@Sailnoff

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's crazy. I'm here in July 2020. I'm wondering how September is gonna be?!

@cmorris9494

3 жыл бұрын

Let's send the kids back to school. I wouldn't send kids back if I had kids.

@rociocanelacastillo

3 жыл бұрын

@@cmorris9494 in my district there will be remote learning Me and his baby brother usually walk my 10 year old to the bus stop so this helps keep all of us safe. I wish everyone could do the same for their children.

@shanez1215

3 жыл бұрын

And Florida is about to reopen schools

@kellyb7321

3 жыл бұрын

@@shanez1215 I live in Florida and they have already opened schools. Got a few teacher friends who aren't happy but still trying their best. Some are offering remote learning but in person classes are definitely happening.

Am I the only who can still imagine hearing audience laughing at certain points?

@ObamaTheHedgehog

4 жыл бұрын

God this is like those videos where they cut out the audience laughter from shit like Seinfeld and Big Bang Theory

@luieboss9100

4 жыл бұрын

I am there with you!!!!

@tunnelsloth5948

4 жыл бұрын

@@ObamaTheHedgehog At least I actually laughed a bit at some parts here. Big Bang Theory is just abominable

@cadmiumtelluride2245

4 жыл бұрын

He even pauses as if waiting for his usual audience to finish laughing... but they're not there. It's weird.

@Hirnwichsen

4 жыл бұрын

conditioning. I think that's normal.

He still pauses for people to laugh, it's like listening to acoustic John Oliver.

@fozziebear5351

4 жыл бұрын

We are laughing at home. I appreciate the time.

@hibafassifihri3420

4 жыл бұрын

Timing 👌🏻

@H_A_L_7

4 жыл бұрын

@@hibafassifihri3420 😃👍

@TheChelengo

4 жыл бұрын

I hear the laughs loud and clear 🤣

@rhenry212

4 жыл бұрын

Smh focusing more on trump than the virus itself

Coming into this almost two years later has me laughing and crying at almost the same time. I started outwardly sobbing at John introducing Fauci, because that was a simpler time when we had no idea who Anthony Fauci was.

"It is what it is" John Oliver is a prophet.

@dontsubscribetothischannel9684

3 жыл бұрын

@Asim Malik shut the fuck up, please, shut the fuck up

@k4four615

3 жыл бұрын

@Asim Malik, Shut the fuck up, you internet toilet. But at least toilet's make shit go away, unlike you.

Without the laughing after each joke, it feels more like John Oliver is talking to us from the afterlife, and that’s too spooky for me.

@JonathanOber

4 жыл бұрын

That Kars for Kids commercial will take your life.

@miyuden4118

4 жыл бұрын

Especially with the white background

@blueturret5596

4 жыл бұрын

That’s an unsettling thought.

@YammoYammamoto

4 жыл бұрын

That's because you're expecting jokes - and the lack of canned-laughter, makes it impossible to tell where the punchlines of his weak jokes are. He is flailing his arms at Trump, listing the ONE of the two countries that has responded diligently to this crisis; Singapore and South Korea. Other than these TWO countries - NO GOVERNMENT IN THE WORLD has responded with due diligence. If anything - Trump has actually done a LOT more than some countries (like Sweden... which has done sweet fuck-all... and is TO THIS DAY - forcing parents to send their children to school at the threat of going to jail/loosing custody). Trump is a pile of shit.... but compared to ALL the other piles of shit... this pile of shit at least floats. John Oliver will never even recognize this... this is what makes John Oliver a partisan hate-mongerer intent to tear the country down. For example: Why does a leader say that the markets are doing fine? Because people are stupid fucking herd-animals. If you say "they will go to shit" people will sell all their holdings and thereby ENSURING IT GOES TO SHIT!!! I am 100% certain John Oliver knows this - which makes John Oliver an evil person... not just a comedian, but actually evil.

@KireTheCat

4 жыл бұрын

It feels like I shouldn’t be laughing

When you turn towards comedy hosts for crisis management and towards the President for comedy.

@jeanettewaverly2590

4 жыл бұрын

Don Kanaille That’s our current affairs in a nutshell.

@TheCherrybomb58

4 жыл бұрын

That hurts because it's true.

@DylanWills312

4 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of Jon Stewart on several occasions, but most prominently after 9/11. Informative, entertaining, genuine and somber.

@reapthewhirlwind6915

4 жыл бұрын

O K!

@memoriewilkerson3547

4 жыл бұрын

NaiLed it!

THIS WAS 3 MONTHS AGO ALREADY? Come on, America. Let's close up again and just deal with it once and for all.

@Sailnoff

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, is crazy. I'm watching this in July 2020. I'll check back but I'm sure by September someone will be saying the same thing I'm saying now, WAKE THE FUCK UP AMERICA! This is real!

@katyungodly

3 жыл бұрын

America threw all our coronavirus money at the top 10% to artificially inflate the stock market and it's slowly starting to go back down to reflect the real situation here in the states. The money didn't trickle down like Republicans have pretended it would for decades, it's only inflated CEO pockets.

@netsch20

3 жыл бұрын

but but but... mah freedom?

@VincentGonzalezVeg

3 жыл бұрын

@@katyungodly it looks like those people that would be mafia just instead ended up sickening the state and the second amendment is there because people Realized' long ago that corruption pools and it needs to be culled Through reformation would be preferable

@simonshallowgrave5864

3 жыл бұрын

@@SailnoffHi, I’m here from September and things still suck. Someone respond again in October.

"Weeks, maybe even more likely months" Two years later... ... sobbing uncontrollably

Without the audiences' laughter, this episode was more unsettling truth and reality than jokes and punchlines. Astoundingly good journalism actually. I would watch clips again without the audience laughter.

@nayrtnartsipacify

4 жыл бұрын

Its cringey propaganda.

@LarryDavis2099

4 жыл бұрын

the jokes are always the worst part of Last Week Tonight, they're the same bits over and over

@keeganbehrens1667

4 жыл бұрын

Salvador...stop iiittt😥😫

@stuffhappensdownsouth9899

4 жыл бұрын

@@nayrtnartsipacify yep virus is very low mortality but we gotta surrender our freedoms....

@lastfreethinker6810

4 жыл бұрын

@@nayrtnartsipacify please explain? Nothing in this is untrue. In fact it is much more true and serious than anything else I have seen out there.

The lack of audience was really weird but honestly this whole experience is really weird so... kudos. Very on-brand.

@MenkoDany

4 жыл бұрын

It just makes it painfully obvious how unfunny he is without the forced laughs

@Xaphoeous

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly...the jokes fall hard, but the lack of an audience or even a laugh track makes it all so much more poignant.

@JuliaTaylorSoprano

4 жыл бұрын

Sean Harwood Oh. No that’s not what I meant. I love John and I think he’s very funny. I meant the quarantine is really weird. I’m in NYC and it’s really a strange place rn.

@wesbecool

4 жыл бұрын

@@JuliaTaylorSoprano they are just haters, and as we all know: haters gonna hate.

@mrflipperinvader7922

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure somebody will make an edit to add the audience in this episode

This is a masterpiece of human empathy and care, even a month on when we in the UK are getting the show. This should have aged by now but, outside of specific events, all of this is still exactly as relevant if not much more so.

It's July 26th, 2021, we have a vaccine for this virus, and people STILL don't wanna get vaccinated. watching this is so wild.

"America's major sports were suspended, as was hockey." Didn't need a studio audience laughing to catch that one.

@ghettofridge

4 жыл бұрын

Poor hockey, but the NHL only has themselves to blame for their continued relative obscurity.

@mikkile0n

4 жыл бұрын

Hockey don't want dat smoke lol

@bennettc419

4 жыл бұрын

That one hurt, even more so without the audience laughing about it.

@maqywhaq

4 жыл бұрын

@@bennettc419 It probably hurt even more that no one was laughing and you just know how close it hits...

@evangelosvasiliades1204

4 жыл бұрын

@@ghettofridge Out of curiosity, why would you say that is?

Poor John. None of his jokes were landing with the audience tonight. I laughed good sir, I definitely laughed.

@andrasfogarasi5014

4 жыл бұрын

Tough crowd

@poutou1789

4 жыл бұрын

It’s really weird not to hear the audience.

@ZapDash

4 жыл бұрын

@@poutou1789 It's creepy as all get out is what it is.

@dennishowell9319

4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who got molested by an uncle?

@noirrain6005

4 жыл бұрын

He could’ve add the fake laughs like he does in the og show

I like the way he says "This was Trump's worst moment so far..." bearing in mind this was March 15. i.e. before the "disinfectant moment"

@lazyhomebody1356

4 жыл бұрын

He did say, So far....

@haziqtheunique

3 жыл бұрын

That was the first entry in the Coronavirus franchise. We're now in the shitty Disney spinoff, "Coronavirus X: USPS Strikes Back!"

@MasterMinderLp

3 жыл бұрын

I. E. Before he tried to steal an election 1🤣

@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT

3 жыл бұрын

A more innocent time.

@leviathan3630

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus Fucking Christ this comment thread reminded me how depressingly shitty things have been

"...why is this Corgi so thikkk?" "That's just nature baby." HAHAHAHAHAH LMAO

@Mike-gt7sk

4 жыл бұрын

I love how he starts sounding a little like Matt Berry and got little out of breath.

@angel555b

4 жыл бұрын

That one got me too!

@amberlance3221

4 жыл бұрын

When you nearly fall out your chair laughing 😂😂😂

@LaserGadgets

4 жыл бұрын

That look on his face xD he likes that thick corgy butt...

@mythicalguy1236

4 жыл бұрын

Thicc

The white void and the lack of laughter feels like a fever dream lol

@girlofanimation

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps, it's the coronavirus? (And I will escort myself out of the comment section...)

@MrJohndoakes

4 жыл бұрын

We need some of that "2001: A Space Odyssey" atonal music.

@gigantkranion

4 жыл бұрын

Music and gag audio could have gone a long way in this video...

@volo870

4 жыл бұрын

I like it more without the background hysteria. I don't need prompts to understand humor... I must be European.

@internetwizard404

4 жыл бұрын

Made a Discord to help Laugh at John's jokes! discord.gg/G4zTa5E

I feel like John was like, "yeah, we could cancel, but I think people need to hear this right now," and I really appreciate that

@pippofranco879

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think John makes those decisions, but I am also glad they filmed this

@giriprasad1624

4 жыл бұрын

Drink vodka you will be safe

@giriprasad1624

4 жыл бұрын

China-coronavirus Africa -ebola virus America-Bernie virus

Watching this three years later, it’s still scary.

I am here to inform John Oliver that Barclays Premier League has resumed and Liverpool won the freakin title for the first time in 30 years

@dontspikemydrink9382

3 жыл бұрын

Who the fuck came up with your comment

@mbh292

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

I feel really bad for john for not having an audience to laugh at his jokes, he looks so alone😭

@four_girls_in_search_of_awesom

4 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Limo He did a really good job considering he didn't have audience energy to feed off of.

@btoombs4060

4 жыл бұрын

Sebastian Limo yea the audience is told to laugh, not genuine laughter.

@devynyates1929

4 жыл бұрын

You mean the fake laughs

@jacklynbrown1768

4 жыл бұрын

@@devynyates1929 you're dumb

@raymonddavidson3151

4 жыл бұрын

Man still made a video regardless. Props to him 🙏

the silence where there'd normally be the audience's laughter make this feel both off, like we've stepped into the twilight zone, and much more somber EDIT: hey guys this comment wasnt an invitation to shit on john in the replies, he said what needed to be said in an entertaining way, and i still laughed from his jokes because they were good, the comment was about how strange it felt to be laughing alone instead of with the audience and how it really sunk in the situation and how bad it got. it feels odd to be laughing alone when i got so used to having the audience in the background with me

@stephaniebull2441

4 жыл бұрын

It should be more somber considering the context. Instead of helping each other we are fist fighting over toilet paper, fucking ridiculous

@LetsShitPost

4 жыл бұрын

He needs to add a laugh track, even if it is cheesy.

@christopherrouse3216

4 жыл бұрын

yes, john is still a hero for soldering on, for us.

@maybeitsyou1317

4 жыл бұрын

I mean we have 4 million people thinking this guy is a valid source of serious information. Twilight zone indeed.

@FifinatorKlon

4 жыл бұрын

He isn't funny so it's fitting

“Things are going to be weird for weeks, or maybe, months…” Me laughing in 2023: you sweet summer child

@EnbyGaemer2005

5 ай бұрын

It's still weird.

this is just... eerie to watch going into 2024. we truly had no idea how far it would go nor how badly it was managed.

@shikamarunara2480

3 ай бұрын

Nah we knew it was being treated like shit. Big hint was when the king thought injection of bleach or cleaners could work

Mad respect to John Oliver -- even when he doesn't have a studio audience, he's still doing his damnedest to make them laugh as hard as humanly possible.

@majorfallacy5926

4 жыл бұрын

I much prefer it this way. No weird pauses to wait for the audience to finish laughing the hardest at the worst jokes

@Nitrinoxus

4 жыл бұрын

@@majorfallacy5926 Fair enough. Still, the silence makes the gravity of what he's saying feel that much more harrowing -- hearing those gut-busting guffaws from the audience helps to soften the blow a bit.

@wecontrolthevideo

4 жыл бұрын

Also to HBO for making the entire show available on KZread this week.

@drifterdan1194

4 жыл бұрын

^

@Nitrinoxus

4 жыл бұрын

@@wecontrolthevideo Yeah, that was appreciated. I think we could all use a laugh right about now, don't you?

“That’s just nature baby” felt so alone laughing at that without the audience.

@cheryal6661

4 жыл бұрын

Oh Jose, Sweetie, you weren't alone. I laughed right out loud, too❣

@aleph1510

4 жыл бұрын

I laughed too, but it felt wrong

@cheryal6661

4 жыл бұрын

Btw, I LOVE fat dog butts. One of the CUTEST things in the world...😉

@dennishowell9319

4 жыл бұрын

Refried bean ass nigga

@kurisu7885

4 жыл бұрын

No kidding.

As a healthcare worker, i can confirm, we have been in "the sh*t".

The pure white background and dead silence after jokes makes it feel like I died and John is giving me the updates from heaven.

@DocLeQuack

4 жыл бұрын

Tyler F but is that so bad?

@as-coachingworldwide2051

4 жыл бұрын

I like it better.

@cadettaotao3020

4 жыл бұрын

Very that..

"America's major sports were suspended. As was hockey." I think I'm laughing at this one more than I do when you have an audience. Thank you for giving us a show. We all need it. Edit: And props to John for being able to toss in his comedy bits without an audience reaction. That is NOT easy.

@thesewinggeekmiri9029

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that joke X,D I thought that one was especially bitingly funny

@benheisenberg2633

4 жыл бұрын

He did phenomenally with no audience, well done

@cossuhd673

4 жыл бұрын

Why do I not get that? I feel stupid not understanding it as a hockey fan xd. I guess it's got something do with the fact that hockey is not that major sport in the us

@jeremysmith9696

4 жыл бұрын

Well it is Canadian. Lolololol

@FOnewmike

4 жыл бұрын

Corona Virus in current year

Props to John Oliver and his team.

Here I am in 2022 rewatching this because autoplay is weird. I jokingly say to myself in fits of laughter with this show "we don't deserve John Oliver." But man, this dropped three days after things really started hitting the fan, and in retrospect I wish John Oliver had had some sort of fireside chat like this every single day of 2020. Funny, sincere, calm and collected with a real sense of urgency, but never panic. We really don't fucking deserve John Oliver.

Not hearing any laughter after John’s jokes is extremely eerie

@iamsheel

4 жыл бұрын

Eerily funny

@aurorawolfe6060

4 жыл бұрын

It's like the mood of the whole US right now tbh

@Frawt

4 жыл бұрын

@@iamsheel Not even a little.

@mysticmarble94

4 жыл бұрын

Yes ... Its like a post apocalyptic version of the show 😬😬😬😬

@122Delta

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr wtf

Extra props for John: no audience, no laugh track, nailing his timing, and delivering useful info in an amusing way. Hat off to all who put that together

@blugill2273

4 жыл бұрын

lets be real we alrealy laugh enough with this alone

@olandir

4 жыл бұрын

I know that had to be so hard for him. All of the late night shows are canceling obviously not just because of no audience, but that's a big factor. It's just dry trying to tell jokes without a response and I'm sure it was nerve wracking for John to do this. But I'm glad he did!

@user-bf5sc8pn8x

4 жыл бұрын

Unlike some people...

@TexelGuy

4 жыл бұрын

He's like a regular youtuber now

@peteriannucci1961

4 жыл бұрын

You know how he does it, though, right? He's part TikTok hamster.

Hey us peasant Australians can now watch this when it's a month out of date yay!

@jamesflynn4951

4 жыл бұрын

Month later: everybody's dead dave

@Archwyrm

4 жыл бұрын

It actually seems kind of prophetic watching this one month later.

@unpopularopinioncompany5985

4 жыл бұрын

33 million people on such a huge country. You can have 1km social distancing ha-ha. Only if you didn't gather up in small cities.

@villageblunder4787

4 жыл бұрын

​@@jamesflynn4951. Love that show.

@kaz5150619

4 жыл бұрын

@@villageblunder4787 the Cat was the best

“Liverpool were only 2 games away to winning the championship” Who wants to tell him?

@arrielradja5522

3 жыл бұрын

Mee plesase

I volunteer to be the girl in the audience who goes “whoo!” to everything

@ArcanineEspeon

4 жыл бұрын

dang you beat me to it

@detectivepikachu3161

4 жыл бұрын

A "whoo girl" eh, Ted warned me about your kind.

@lumberjackbjh

4 жыл бұрын

Whoo!! Girl you are the best!

@rgwak

4 жыл бұрын

Less typing, more whooing! 😝

@BothHands1

4 жыл бұрын

we need you now more than ever

This set looks like we all died from corona virus and went to heaven to find that the afterlife was just one impossibly long episode of last week tonight.

@Toasty644

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I'd be down for that.

@nunocarvalhoguerra7190

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

@FrostReave

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine instead of America he was covering Heaven and Hell. Now THAT is an episode I would like to see.

@jonathansmith114

4 жыл бұрын

That would be hilarious.

@jesseberg3271

4 жыл бұрын

"Our main story tonight is that everyone is dead, there is a God, and she's not who you thought she was!"

Who else is going through these in order?

@VitaeLibra

2 жыл бұрын

*Cough* (Heh... cough... lol. No but honestly I've dubbed them "John Oliver documenting the 8 stages of denial")

USA: We have the worst president during this pandemic! Brazil: hold my caipirinha

@ZStitchDisneyFan

4 жыл бұрын

UK are not far behind this!

@sergioespinosa2041

3 жыл бұрын

Mexico says hi

@rociocanelacastillo

3 жыл бұрын

We share a name 😊🙋‍♀️

@steffengustavsen9678

3 жыл бұрын

what about Belgium. They have much more serious lockdown than almost all countries, were early on to react, masks are mandatory and yesterday they had 800% more infections than the US per capita.

@mariacmantovani

3 жыл бұрын

Melhor piada!

Hearing John Oliver talk in a blank, empty room without any laughter was so eerie. Watching things that are supposed to have audiences but don't now feels post-apocalyptic, like public figures are robots that are left working after all the humans have died.

@Jack_Lockhart

4 жыл бұрын

Oh good, someone else noticed and put it in better words then I ever could

@danielleisaacs6237

4 жыл бұрын

Going to school with no teachers and only a couple of people at any time was weird. We had to collect our books and every single teacher was in a meeting so we kinda just went in there and grabbed it.

@Winterfal11

4 жыл бұрын

@law law People actually watch her show? lol

@SerHeadwig

4 жыл бұрын

Arigadatred If you thought that was bad, go and watch the last WWE wresting hour. Jesus Chris it's bad.

@noyes.

4 жыл бұрын

Robots or maybe NPCs?

Laughing by myself was the weirdest thing about this episode.

@sharstarg2414

4 жыл бұрын

I loved that we didn’t need faux laughing for us to laugh. Great writing 👍🏾

@tzeneth

4 жыл бұрын

The energy feels very different when he doesn’t have an audience.

@conorcarlson2297

4 жыл бұрын

This is so weird!

@maxine4579

4 жыл бұрын

agreed, all the jokes falling flat makes john sound depressed

@XxSpidermanxX28

4 жыл бұрын

So happy they didn’t pump in any laughter though, well needed and somewhat eye opening

He's so excited about Liverpool football and seems genuine about it and it's the best bit in the vid

"Feels too stupid to be real....." And then kids, there was america!

@amirhoseinmadadi3283

3 жыл бұрын

very funny.

@LaserGadgets

3 жыл бұрын

@@amirhoseinmadadi3283 Who is kidding??

@amirhoseinmadadi3283

3 жыл бұрын

@@LaserGadgets have you ever been to the Islamic dictatorship of Iran?

@cheem7807

3 жыл бұрын

@@amirhoseinmadadi3283 probably not lol

@louisgreubel742

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's ironic for you to quote something as being "to stupid" while using the wrong "too."

The lack of laughter after the jokes was so weird, but so is my friends being quarantined and my mom forcing me to stop taking public transport

@SALEENS7GTR5

4 жыл бұрын

It felt like none of the jokes stuck and I wasn't sure if I should have been laughing. But it still was funny!

@spiralentree737

4 жыл бұрын

It felt like he made this segment just for me and i was the only person in the audience

@arctic_haze

4 жыл бұрын

Your mom is right. And the jokes are funny.

@mistertea603

4 жыл бұрын

Hope your friend makes it out okay,

@andiwand6132

4 жыл бұрын

As a german citizen, I lack the ability deciding when to feel which emotion.

“We might be on our own here” it hit different with the white background and lack of audience

@elaineburnett5230

4 жыл бұрын

I still got it, and he is absolutely right, we are on our own. Lucky a few intelligent scientist and some competent reporters are trying to help folks to get good information.

@justinc.5591

4 жыл бұрын

I’m so used to hearing the crowd laugh after his jokes. Not having that is jarring.

@crazyhannahl

4 жыл бұрын

The lack of audience and the white background made it feel like one of those videos you see dug up in the post apocalyptic future by a ship of travellers after everything is long gone.

@reo.-.9221

4 жыл бұрын

Hannah Bell that’s terrifying

@sweetpeabee4983

4 жыл бұрын

@@crazyhannahl And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; look upon my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains.

“…even months…” *Spongebob Title Card* “Three Years Later”

“who’s watching this in late april” is the new “who’s watching this in 2020”

@karmel5603

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's totally true

@lexyswope

4 жыл бұрын

4/27/20.

@0FFICERPROBLEM

4 жыл бұрын

Hah! May.

@sheridan7475

4 жыл бұрын

5/12/20

@itazura8572

4 жыл бұрын

6/8/2020 if this post manages to go back in time let it be known the country has gone to shit.

This was extremely intimate without the audience. It was like John was talking directly to me...

@timhunter9804

4 жыл бұрын

Kelp Farming did you have a stroke halfway through writing this?

@Setixir

4 жыл бұрын

@Kelp Farming You're... Incredibly stupid.

@headcoatee

4 жыл бұрын

@Kelp Farming Guess what doofus, this disease spread so rapidly due to air travel from global commerce. Capitalism created this epidemic, not "open borders".

@yudeetube8001

4 жыл бұрын

No he doesn't look like DotardChump so how did his show spread this disease? Explain your response please.

@delikatessbruhe9843

4 жыл бұрын

@Kelp Farming THAT'S why you guys stockpile all the toilet paper! You shit your pants when you're butthurt. Which is always.

The white background, glass table, no audience, serious subject. John Oliver now seems like a straight up BBC spokesperson.

@nhagan001

4 жыл бұрын

Made me think he was the Creator of the Matrix for a moment, and this was all a simulation!

@williamwang3729

4 жыл бұрын

Mondo Mendez the British accent and half smug face helped too.

@rico76

4 жыл бұрын

I wish he'd come on nightly in 5-10min vids to dispel the days bullshit and keep attitudes in a good place.

@freddieclark

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamwang3729 Yeah.....LOL, not so much a British accent anymore !!

@Kargorath

4 жыл бұрын

He just seems like a comedian without an audience.

Wow the comedy still works even without the live audience laughing... take THAT Big Bang Theory!

“things are gonna be weird for a while, for weeks, and honestly, for months” oookkkkkkaaaayyyyyy 😬

I fully expected him to stand up in only his boxers.

@MMuraseofSandvich

4 жыл бұрын

Just have him wear something skin colored and blur him as he stands up.

@Larpushka

4 жыл бұрын

He probably regrets not doing it after seeing this comment

@t.p.w.6343

4 жыл бұрын

Totally missed opportunity.

@cody3247

4 жыл бұрын

The ending (after the credits) was still on-point.

@ryanlftwflex

4 жыл бұрын

Why not both?

The show is so surreal without the audience laughing. It makes the feeling of crisis and the seriousness of the situation feel a lot more real

@kirikayumura6015

4 жыл бұрын

I know.. it gives that morbid undertone of feeling like the audience all died. But it was still a good show. I'm glad he was able to put it together.

@IzzyTheNose

4 жыл бұрын

It also punctuates how unfunny John Oliver is without having an audience queue laughter.

@AltimaNEO

4 жыл бұрын

It also makes the jokes land flat

@nvr2late666

4 жыл бұрын

@@IzzyTheNose Speak for yourself, I still liked the jokes. But it makes him feel a bit more like what he often is; a documentarian/newcaster doing comedy, not a comedian doing news.

@GZc12

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin T almost like real news. Not hyperbolically stoking the fire but reporting things as they are: surreal and very grim.

This was the first time I heard the term "social distancing."

John, seriously, thank you for your continued presence in our lives. You have a brilliance which is unique, and explain things clearly and concisely, amid the humour. Thanks for the dose of sanity. You're a smart guy.

I must mentally applaud how Jon Oliver told the first joke as per his usual- and he immediately noticed how awkward it was without the audience laughter- and he immediately changed up the delivery to be more mellow and personal. Within a few minutes he made a subtle change to the format to make it more engaging. He's good. He's very good Prettay, prettay good

@dinozorman

4 жыл бұрын

his performance was good, the talking points were just bad, but i guess that happens when you just become a media puppet.

@DangerousTempest

4 жыл бұрын

@@dinozorman what sort of talking points do you think he should have hit?

@MiorAkif

4 жыл бұрын

@@dinozorman please enlighten us what points he should've made instead.

@XthegreatwhyX

4 жыл бұрын

He just adjusted his timing to compensate for the lack of live audience. I though they'd have prepared for this, but it was still impressive how he did it on the fly.

@phriedokra6158

4 жыл бұрын

@@DangerousTempest don't feed the comedy racist troll

This looks like; if you died and went to heaven, John would be the first one you meet and ask you questions about how you lived your life and what went wrong.

@StealthMaster86

4 жыл бұрын

"Welcome to Last Life Tonight"

@FrostReave

4 жыл бұрын

John: “Sooooo...you died.” Me: ”No shit. Any good news?” John: “I’m dead too so at least you’ll have company.” Me:...”This is a tragedy.”

@thegingerunicorn178

4 жыл бұрын

Cactus 🤣🤣🤣

@ahsansiddiqui4263

4 жыл бұрын

Kinda like the Good Place.

The little things make such a big difference in the void of this broadcast. After the little rant about Liverpool, the audible "thump" of his hand on the desk before his says "Look" somehow captures the desperation in the message he is delivering. It probably wasn't intentional, but it works.

Sorry John my favorite infectious disease expert is still Dr Gregory House

@ZStitchDisneyFan

4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@nina241085

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe this is Lupus?

USA in the 21st century: watch comedians for actual information and listen to the president for some comedy.

@chadistan4790

4 жыл бұрын

Wow so original

@taahdaah3813

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@uacbpa

4 жыл бұрын

Very true.

@vishnudast1578

4 жыл бұрын

that's indeed the truth everywhere now.

@boathousejoed9005

4 жыл бұрын

True!

"America's major sports were suspended, as was Hockey." Caught that burn there.

@platobach8309

4 жыл бұрын

ezekieloruven : Perhaps it’s because I’m a Canadian, but, yeah, I caught that too.🏒🥅🇨🇦

@platobach8309

4 жыл бұрын

Mark Lidstone : koo roo koo koo koo koo koo koo ... old enough to remember Bob and Doug

@platobach8309

4 жыл бұрын

The trick to Canada’s success (compared to the US) in controlling the outbreak - the requisite distance to maintain between people is about the length of a 🏒

@simbanala79

4 жыл бұрын

Canadian here, caught that also! Lol

@JoRiver11

4 жыл бұрын

Take off, eh

Re-watching this on December 29th. Hearing John talking about "not maxing out hospital capacity" seems wildly optimistic in hindsight.

This has quickly become my favorite show. I can't stop binge watching it!

"America's major sports were suspended. As was hockey." SHOTS FIRED

@kisikisikisi

4 жыл бұрын

It bothers me that Americans don't appreciate hockey, you're in the top 6 consistently!

@burkles4456

4 жыл бұрын

It took me like 10 seconds to realize what he said and then I was sad :(

@Kadets6

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Carroll why’d he have to do my beloved NHL like that...

@danielburger2550

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it just a definition? It's the NHL but MLB. So Baseball, Football, Soccer etc. are "Major Leagues" but Hockey is a "National League". I don't know if that's correct, I'm not American, just a theory. :-D

@vraisairs9201

4 жыл бұрын

@@SunburntAZ dude, it was just a goof

It’s a badge of honor for a reporter when Trump answers with, “That’s a nasty question”.

@Sindollx666x

4 жыл бұрын

Haha totally!

@Silverhks

4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I can only half way agree. That is his response when a women, preferably of color, asks him a question he doesn't like.

@PaulSteelePodcast

4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow you’re definitely a moron

@YUSOMEAN

4 жыл бұрын

It's how you know you nailed the idiot with a zinger

@russdill

4 жыл бұрын

This pretty much goes with out saying, but a really no-duh that follows is that Trump knows exactly what the question is about.

It's weird seeing someone saying not to use a mask unless you have symptoms. What with now it being, everyone wear masks

@weirdisspeltweird

3 жыл бұрын

Yepp never forget how long it took western governments to recommend everyone to wear masks...

@rjones6801

3 жыл бұрын

That was for 2 reasons: 1. Mask shortages. 2. They hadn't discovered that it spread asymptomatically. ...well if I'm being honest, someone HAD discovered it spread asymptomatically (in Europe), but scientists didn't believe it initially. That skepticism backfired.

Despite the lack of audience (for feedback) and the lack of a set, he handled really well. He's earned me back on HBO.

It is genuinely creepy not hearing anything but John's voice. He's hilarious as always, but it's like it has a desolate undertone.

@TvTrollByIvy

4 жыл бұрын

I mean, the situation fits the tone, if you ask me...

@moarsaur

4 жыл бұрын

It was right in line with work today: half deserted, everyone on edge, the whine of the auto-sanitizer and hurried footsteps in the lobby.

@liamodahl1205

4 жыл бұрын

@@moarsaur That is really unsettling.

@moarsaur

4 жыл бұрын

@@liamodahl1205 I haiku'd it, cuz what the hell: Quick footsteps trail the auto-sanitizer whine. Distanced together.

@DeterminedDIYer

4 жыл бұрын

Did you see Steve Colbert's show the other day? Pretty sure he was drunk lol.

John Oliver: try to stay away from people in public my social anxiety: it's show time

@oof239

4 жыл бұрын

Evan 2 electric boogaloo that hit me in the feels

@justindebrosse5785

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@jamisonlamkin5576

4 жыл бұрын

Evan 2 electric boogaloo I feel this.

@noirrain6005

4 жыл бұрын

So being a loner my whole life will finally pay off.

@teodora9280

4 жыл бұрын

Right? People around me complain about not being able to go anywhere. I pretend that I'm bothered, as if I wasn't planning to stay at home anyway.

Weird to watch this at the end of 2023, So much respect for this guy - his delivery was perfectly balanced and clearly heartfelt!

Who else is watching the Coronavirus segments a year later and wishing we knew what we know now, back then...

@isaiasovelar4434

3 жыл бұрын

What do we know now, we didn't know a year ago?

The only host delivering jokes with confidence despite missing reassurance of the audience laughing about them.

@djkb125

4 жыл бұрын

Damn, good observation. Guy's a pro, that's for sure.

@amypfeffer4983

4 жыл бұрын

Colbert was completely lost without his. Kinda hurt to watch him.

@sgtpepper1138

4 жыл бұрын

@@amypfeffer4983 though, seeing him do a show actually drunk , or at least pretty tipsy was entertaining.

@howdyman5961

4 жыл бұрын

The sound of the audience laughing probably plays in his head after every joke

@dinozorman

4 жыл бұрын

were there jokes? i must have missed them.

Without the live audience and the white background it felt like John is in heaven and is telling me all the stupidity that’s happening on Earth-

@wilmer4258

4 жыл бұрын

I do too!!!

@MacBamboocha

4 жыл бұрын

Which to be fair, it's not that far off from what he does usually! :^)

@HeilRay

4 жыл бұрын

Or purgatory

My sincerest commendations to the writing staff and full time/ part time researchers of the show.

I remember where I was and how I felt when I heard him say the last line of this video the first time. I don’t know how to describe the feeling it elicited but it was and remains so impactful.

It’s sad to see John with his audience stripped away. It makes him seem more human. Stay safe John, and all the rest of you out there.