Coronavirus II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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As the spread of coronavirus worsens in the US, John Oliver discusses how the government is handling the outbreak, how they’re not, and what we can do to help.
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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.”_
@John Oliver, take notes from that /\!!
Or just resistent.
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@@Phoenix_VR ????????
@@yannick245 ???????
Poor John. None of his jokes were landing with the audience tonight. I laughed good sir, I definitely laughed.
Tough crowd
It’s really weird not to hear the audience.
@@poutou1789 It's creepy as all get out is what it is.
Am I the only one who got molested by an uncle?
He could’ve add the fake laughs like he does in the og show
"This could last weeks or even months." *laughs in a year later until sobbing*
This comment could easily sum up the entire pandemic and all the issues highlighted or stemming from it.
Happy Anniversary? Apologies, I've forgotten how holidays work. Yay.
*Laughs and cries in almost 2 years later*
We're still in it lmao
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
It used to sound so weird and I had to hear it a bunch of times to remember it.
@Asim Malik dear lord is that so many emojis! why do you need that many?
@@cornblaster7003 i think its a bot dude
@@decentlysmartforanidiot8284 that would explain a few things huh, well thanks for telling me, I don't really want to embarrass myself further here
@@cornblaster7003 hey, you're good man. thanks for being so cool about it haha
The pure white background and dead silence after jokes makes it feel like I died and John is giving me the updates from heaven.
Tyler F but is that so bad?
I like it better.
Very that..
Therapist: The laughing audience isn't here, they can't hurt you. My brain: *_IMAGINARY LAUGHTRACKS_*
sad.
lmao this comment hit differently - kudos
So true
Yeah if laugh tracks were ever appropriate or at least excusable it's in this instance
I feel like Pavlov dog. After a joke I laugh and wait for the audience laugh, but nothing comes out
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.
I actually kind of like the noises
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.
Oh nonsense. It works for John Oliver in the US but really...we own having a laugh. We're not uptight America.
Katie Anne indeed it is 😂
I legit prefer this.
"There will be ample time to be furious with him later." Oh boy that statement was prophetic.....
I regret to inform you that 2 months in the future it only gets worse.
@@1Arrowkill1 I regret to inform you that 2 weeks later it is very more prophetic
@@boredproduction even further sorry. 1 week later it has nosed dived into shite county
@@AaronScottLawford Yare Yare
7:09, that was a prophetic line!!
Without an audience, it sounds like he’s giving a public health message in a post-apocalyptic world. Creepy.
It's like the beginning of a post-apocalyptic movie/nightmare/reality 🤔
Did you ever see his audience?
post-apocalyptic?
Well.. I mean... *gestures to everywhere* 🤷🏽♂️
@@MatejBosansky ye
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
his performance was good, the talking points were just bad, but i guess that happens when you just become a media puppet.
@@dinozorman what sort of talking points do you think he should have hit?
@@dinozorman please enlighten us what points he should've made instead.
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.
@@DangerousTempest don't feed the comedy racist troll
I'm re-watching these in 2021 to remember just how insane 2020 actually was. Holy shit it was a lot.
Same, it’s bonkers
same!
Hello from 6 months from now! I think we've caught up to 2020s a lot.
Hello from December 2021, aaaand this year surpassed 2020 re craziness lol (not lol)
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
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.
2020 aged everyone.
When there is no laughing audience, the tone of how serious this actually is hits you.
So true.
It helps the show isn't that funny either. I don't think that is John's fault either.
i must have missed it, what did he say that hasnt been said already? i thought this was a comedy show.
@@pcrizz b but the audience was there to tell me when to laugh...
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.
USA in the 21st century: watch comedians for actual information and listen to the president for some comedy.
Wow so original
Facts
Very true.
that's indeed the truth everywhere now.
True!
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."
@Asim Malik wut
One year later and it ACTUALLY represents his ENTIRE presidency. . .
“Things are going to be weird for weeks, or maybe, months…” Me laughing in 2023: you sweet summer child
It's still weird.
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.
Its cringey propaganda.
the jokes are always the worst part of Last Week Tonight, they're the same bits over and over
Salvador...stop iiittt😥😫
@@nayrtnartsipacify yep virus is very low mortality but we gotta surrender our freedoms....
@@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.
When you turn towards comedy hosts for crisis management and towards the President for comedy.
Don Kanaille That’s our current affairs in a nutshell.
That hurts because it's true.
This reminds me of Jon Stewart on several occasions, but most prominently after 9/11. Informative, entertaining, genuine and somber.
O K!
NaiLed it!
"Weeks, maybe even more likely months" Two years later... ... sobbing uncontrollably
"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.
Mrs. Bir is that you? Don’t worry I’m going to turn in my research paper I just need a few more days.
If you absolutely insist on posting check your facts first. Factcheck.org is just of many sites.
So I don’t retweet the _president_ ?🙄😂
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.
It's so bizarre to see John make a joke and then be completely silent.
He's a stand-up comedian, so I'm sure he's used to it ;) hey-o!
@@JRSiebz I LOVE this format! Honestly I prefer to laugh at his jokes without the studio audience, and would watch the show way more if it was done this way.
@@Idiosynchris in sitcoms yes but here live audience make an atmosphere that is nice
no its not. my laugher is waking my up quarantined apartment.✌️
I'm digging it
John talking to a camera in a room by himself. Now he's reached true KZhead territory.
I know! I watched this on HBO and thought “shit this really is a KZhead news video”
It feels so awkward XD
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. kzhead.info/sun/ocdveLympId-hp8/bejne.html
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.
Nah! He's just spewing SOME MORE NEWS!!!
"It is what it is" John Oliver is a prophet.
@Asim Malik shut the fuck up, please, shut the fuck up
@Asim Malik, Shut the fuck up, you internet toilet. But at least toilet's make shit go away, unlike you.
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.
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.
That Kars for Kids commercial will take your life.
Especially with the white background
That’s an unsettling thought.
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.
It feels like I shouldn’t be laughing
Someone on Reddit, "If trump gets taken out by a virus from china with a Mexican name, I may have to re-evaluate my atheism," LMAO
Same mate, same!!
@long nose no don't worry, the POTUS is over 70 and keeps breaking the hygiene protocol, by shaking hands etc., there is a high chance of him getting and suffering from it. But a much lower chance for regular citizens.
Agreed
It's Latin. And it means "crown".
Same...hahaaa!!!
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.
Yeah it's crazy. I'm here in July 2020. I'm wondering how September is gonna be?!
Let's send the kids back to school. I wouldn't send kids back if I had kids.
@@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.
And Florida is about to reopen schools
@@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.
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.
Nah we knew it was being treated like shit. Big hint was when the king thought injection of bleach or cleaners could work
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
kinda like we've all already died and this is our afterlife, right?
I think that's just reality.
Glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way...it's just weird
It sounds weird really not to hear laugh track after the jokes
John's an amateur. I would've had the GRIM REAPER standing over me to my left, the entire time. WIth his sickle / scythe.
no audience laughing makes this whole thing 10 levels more somber
If you get your health advice from Faux News pundits, don't be surprised when you die.
@@kevinmoore4470 Perfect response!
What can I say? The pandemic makes me horny!
@Cassandra Tafoya i didn't even notice a beastiality joke. Must rewatch.
if you're having anxiety, please listen to this: victorianoll.bandcamp.com/track/ocean
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.
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.
At least Liverpool won the League Title
aw man can u imagine, the british edition of west wing
Would we still be referred to as the colonies, or would they allow us to be called America?
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
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.
Tough audience tonight John. You’ll get em next time
Jet Lee fight me in smash coward
not if corona get them first
@@friskydinngo I'm interested in finding out how this turns out.
Mission failed, we'll get'em next time
@@friskydinngo Only if i can use yoshi. If I don''t get to use yoshi i will not play you
The white background, glass table, no audience, serious subject. John Oliver now seems like a straight up BBC spokesperson.
Made me think he was the Creator of the Matrix for a moment, and this was all a simulation!
Mondo Mendez the British accent and half smug face helped too.
I wish he'd come on nightly in 5-10min vids to dispel the days bullshit and keep attitudes in a good place.
@@williamwang3729 Yeah.....LOL, not so much a British accent anymore !!
He just seems like a comedian without an audience.
"...why is this Corgi so thikkk?" "That's just nature baby." HAHAHAHAHAH LMAO
I love how he starts sounding a little like Matt Berry and got little out of breath.
That one got me too!
When you nearly fall out your chair laughing 😂😂😂
That look on his face xD he likes that thick corgy butt...
Thicc
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"
He did say, So far....
That was the first entry in the Coronavirus franchise. We're now in the shitty Disney spinoff, "Coronavirus X: USPS Strikes Back!"
I. E. Before he tried to steal an election 1🤣
A more innocent time.
Jesus Fucking Christ this comment thread reminded me how depressingly shitty things have been
The white void and the lack of laughter feels like a fever dream lol
Perhaps, it's the coronavirus? (And I will escort myself out of the comment section...)
We need some of that "2001: A Space Odyssey" atonal music.
Music and gag audio could have gone a long way in this video...
I like it more without the background hysteria. I don't need prompts to understand humor... I must be European.
Made a Discord to help Laugh at John's jokes! discord.gg/G4zTa5E
The lack of laughter from the audience is incredibly disturbing...
Makes the show more “real” tho, I guess it’s not that bad when talking about that kind of topic
It made the jokes feel like they were falling flat. You never really realize how much you use the audience's laughter to cue your own until the audience is gone.
Mac Daniel Howard lol ohh fuck you
Yes, without the laugh track ... he sounds like just another opinionated person.... However, I Still like his show.
I just added my own, where applicable. :-p
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.
THIS WAS 3 MONTHS AGO ALREADY? Come on, America. Let's close up again and just deal with it once and for all.
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!
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.
but but but... mah freedom?
@@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
@@SailnoffHi, I’m here from September and things still suck. Someone respond again in October.
It’s a badge of honor for a reporter when Trump answers with, “That’s a nasty question”.
Haha totally!
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.
Oh wow you’re definitely a moron
It's how you know you nailed the idiot with a zinger
This pretty much goes with out saying, but a really no-duh that follows is that Trump knows exactly what the question is about.
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.
Oh good, someone else noticed and put it in better words then I ever could
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.
@law law People actually watch her show? lol
Arigadatred If you thought that was bad, go and watch the last WWE wresting hour. Jesus Chris it's bad.
Robots or maybe NPCs?
Props to John Oliver and his team.
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.
Agreed
The person pushing for GOF experimentation?
I approached the comments section cautiously to say just this.
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.
@@Hitori15what is this “social” of which people keep speaking?
"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.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that joke X,D I thought that one was especially bitingly funny
He did phenomenally with no audience, well done
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
Well it is Canadian. Lolololol
Corona Virus in current year
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
lets be real we alrealy laugh enough with this alone
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!
Unlike some people...
He's like a regular youtuber now
You know how he does it, though, right? He's part TikTok hamster.
Watching this three years later, it’s still scary.
As a healthcare worker, i can confirm, we have been in "the sh*t".
This was extremely intimate without the audience. It was like John was talking directly to me...
Kelp Farming did you have a stroke halfway through writing this?
@Kelp Farming You're... Incredibly stupid.
@Kelp Farming Guess what doofus, this disease spread so rapidly due to air travel from global commerce. Capitalism created this epidemic, not "open borders".
No he doesn't look like DotardChump so how did his show spread this disease? Explain your response please.
@Kelp Farming THAT'S why you guys stockpile all the toilet paper! You shit your pants when you're butthurt. Which is always.
jhon oliver : *cracks jokes* me : *laughing alone with sadness*
I feel this mood.
It's so awkward laughing without the audience laughing too ;(
Don’t worry friend, I laughed too, you’re not alone, I promise.
We're laughing with you bud. None of us are alone in this
Same here, don’t worry, even though there’s no more audience laughing, jokes are still jokes and I can still feel people around the world are laughing together lollllll
“things are gonna be weird for a while, for weeks, and honestly, for months” oookkkkkkaaaayyyyyy 😬
Not having an audience in the background makes this feel so intimate---like John is literally just talking privately to me and I'm okay with that. Thank you for continuing to broadcast despite these setbacks!! We really need you right now.
mm yis
I want them to keep this format forever!
It's like watching Mr. Rogers minus the music.
It makes it harder to tell when his orange man bad jokes are supposed to be funny
JGV Illustrations want***, not need
I guess John Oliver is a real KZheadr now that he’s like the rest of us: Sitting alone in an empty room
😔
#MasterCastTV
It took him a while to find his pacing without a live audience, but, yeah, he's a KZheadr now
I see he forgot about China while he was criticising Trump.
Hahahaha... Oh. :(
POV: you’re watching as American deaths have passed 200,000.
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 /
Hello from two weeks in the future. 215k Americans dead. And now I'm triggered for the afternoon...
@@wurdnurd1 woah there buddy, leave the time traveling to animal crossing alright
220k now Edit: 260k
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.
USA: We have the worst president during this pandemic! Brazil: hold my caipirinha
UK are not far behind this!
Mexico says hi
We share a name 😊🙋♀️
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.
Melhor piada!
"America's major sports were suspended, as was hockey." Didn't need a studio audience laughing to catch that one.
Poor hockey, but the NHL only has themselves to blame for their continued relative obscurity.
Hockey don't want dat smoke lol
That one hurt, even more so without the audience laughing about it.
@@bennettc419 It probably hurt even more that no one was laughing and you just know how close it hits...
@@ghettofridge Out of curiosity, why would you say that is?
So thaaaaaats what the intro looks like to people who actually have HBO
It's like watching Game of Thrones again, oh the horror, the horror!!!
fenrirgg 😢
Felt like the rich folks for a sec there
@@thetacoguyy me too
I was waiting for this comment lol
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.
He's so excited about Liverpool football and seems genuine about it and it's the best bit in the vid
"America's major sports were suspended. As was hockey." SHOTS FIRED
It bothers me that Americans don't appreciate hockey, you're in the top 6 consistently!
It took me like 10 seconds to realize what he said and then I was sad :(
Andrew Carroll why’d he have to do my beloved NHL like that...
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
@@SunburntAZ dude, it was just a goof
The lack of laughters makes it sound like British poetry.
Lmfao
THATS what it sounds like. Was trying to place it
Lol you clearly don't know anything about poetry
@@JT-xj1pg Indeed I don't ^^
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.
This has quickly become my favorite show. I can't stop binge watching it!
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.
Gotta say, the silence where a laugh track should be really adds an extra layer of weight to this issue. Edit: “laugh track” was a poor choice of words.
I feel like he really isn't used to not having the laughs come in and reflexively pauses after every joke. Makes you think, huh?
John Butler I completely agree, I thought Stephen Colbert doing his bit was sad, this just hits a whole different way
It's strange to laugh alone
Was there a laugh track? I thought he filmed with an audience.
yup. It made me so uncomfortable that I giggled harder to compensate for the silence
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.
"Welcome to Last Life Tonight"
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.”
Cactus 🤣🤣🤣
Kinda like the Good Place.
“…even months…” *Spongebob Title Card* “Three Years Later”
"Feels too stupid to be real....." And then kids, there was america!
very funny.
@@amirhoseinmadadi3283 Who is kidding??
@@LaserGadgets have you ever been to the Islamic dictatorship of Iran?
@@amirhoseinmadadi3283 probably not lol
I think it's ironic for you to quote something as being "to stupid" while using the wrong "too."
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-
I do too!!!
Which to be fair, it's not that far off from what he does usually! :^)
Or purgatory
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.
I mean, the situation fits the tone, if you ask me...
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.
@@moarsaur That is really unsettling.
@@liamodahl1205 I haiku'd it, cuz what the hell: Quick footsteps trail the auto-sanitizer whine. Distanced together.
Did you see Steve Colbert's show the other day? Pretty sure he was drunk lol.
Re-watching this on December 29th. Hearing John talking about "not maxing out hospital capacity" seems wildly optimistic in hindsight.
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.
He still pauses for people to laugh, it's like listening to acoustic John Oliver.
We are laughing at home. I appreciate the time.
Timing 👌🏻
@@hibafassifihri3420 😃👍
I hear the laughs loud and clear 🤣
Smh focusing more on trump than the virus itself
Wow, without people laughing, this show's humour suddenly seems kind of dark.
It just seems like any other depressing news channel 😒
Alex Dummy my late night show has had zero audience since 2004. Then again, had almost zero viewers. But I don’t quit. kzhead.info/sun/ocdveLympId-hp8/bejne.html
@@frostychickenprods Please respect other commenters This isn't a joke.
Bell Boy I am? I don’t know what you mean. Sorry anyway though?
I actually found myself wishing for a laugh track, and I survived the 1970s.
This video is truly a sight to behold given how right he was. I would recommend watching these videos in reverse order to grasp how badly things escalated...
Loved the ' Okkkee Fuuuck!" At the end!!! Thanks for making me laugh in this time when it's so depressing.
Not hearing any laughter after John’s jokes is extremely eerie
Eerily funny
It's like the mood of the whole US right now tbh
@@iamsheel Not even a little.
Yes ... Its like a post apocalyptic version of the show 😬😬😬😬
Ikr wtf
Without the audience laughing John sounds like he’s making a documentary
He still had some real great jokes though. I loled the bedroom eyes joke
He always make a documentary, what makes us laugh is how stupid the people is
I actually much prefer the show without audience laughter
The clear breaks for audience laughs that never come give me anxiety
He often does, but you haven't noticed.
I watched this a month ago when it first came out and circled back to it today. As the virus continued to spread from then until now, seeing the seriousness of his closing message on this video made me a little sad.
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
Who the fuck came up with your comment
Nice
who else is imagining the audience laughing. I can't be the only one.
n00bmASter69 I do
It's surreal, I'm getting a little uncomfortable over here.
Lol came to the comment section just to see who says it first.
Yeah im in the same boat here 😂
It just plays in the mind.. Automatically
Am I the only who can still imagine hearing audience laughing at certain points?
God this is like those videos where they cut out the audience laughter from shit like Seinfeld and Big Bang Theory
I am there with you!!!!
@@ObamaTheHedgehog At least I actually laughed a bit at some parts here. Big Bang Theory is just abominable
He even pauses as if waiting for his usual audience to finish laughing... but they're not there. It's weird.
conditioning. I think that's normal.
Who else is going through these in order?
*Cough* (Heh... cough... lol. No but honestly I've dubbed them "John Oliver documenting the 8 stages of denial")
Hello from a year and a day after this video was uploaded. COVID-19’s still around and quarantine is still going on. Thank you for reading this update.
This feels like watching the final episode of a TV show before all of humanity was eaten by zombies. Kind of unsettling.
Yeah but it's been so shit that ya kinda want it to just end...😂 (Okay but seriously I hope people act smart and be safe!!😔)
Oh god I was literally just thinking the same thing
It’s like the last episode of Dinosaurs.
@@hey_its_p-ax yeeah!! It's so darn creepy :s
Same feels
I hate being the only one laughing at his jokes, this feels *waaay* too intimate
imsister 🤣
Try not wearing shoes and socks.
FR. It feels like he shot this for just me
trust me, I'm laughing just as hard (and no, this is a real present-day person, not 'the future')!
Don't worry, you're not the only one laughing
My sincerest commendations to the writing staff and full time/ part time researchers of the show.
Wow the comedy still works even without the live audience laughing... take THAT Big Bang Theory!
The only host delivering jokes with confidence despite missing reassurance of the audience laughing about them.
Damn, good observation. Guy's a pro, that's for sure.
Colbert was completely lost without his. Kinda hurt to watch him.
@@amypfeffer4983 though, seeing him do a show actually drunk , or at least pretty tipsy was entertaining.
The sound of the audience laughing probably plays in his head after every joke
were there jokes? i must have missed them.
Laughing by myself was the weirdest thing about this episode.
I loved that we didn’t need faux laughing for us to laugh. Great writing 👍🏾
The energy feels very different when he doesn’t have an audience.
This is so weird!
agreed, all the jokes falling flat makes john sound depressed
So happy they didn’t pump in any laughter though, well needed and somewhat eye opening
Sorry John my favorite infectious disease expert is still Dr Gregory House
Me too!
Maybe this is Lupus?
“Liverpool were only 2 games away to winning the championship” Who wants to tell him?
Mee plesase
“That’s just nature baby” felt so alone laughing at that without the audience.
Oh Jose, Sweetie, you weren't alone. I laughed right out loud, too❣
I laughed too, but it felt wrong
Btw, I LOVE fat dog butts. One of the CUTEST things in the world...😉
Refried bean ass nigga
No kidding.
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
I don't think John makes those decisions, but I am also glad they filmed this
Drink vodka you will be safe
China-coronavirus Africa -ebola virus America-Bernie virus
Hey us peasant Australians can now watch this when it's a month out of date yay!
Month later: everybody's dead dave
It actually seems kind of prophetic watching this one month later.
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.
@@jamesflynn4951. Love that show.
@@villageblunder4787 the Cat was the best
John: And why this corgi is so thicc Me: * chokes * (please stay safe and wash your hands!)
He's jokes are funny but not having an audience just feels like a lost limb. We, the quarantined viewers, are now the phantom limb!
DirectorG reading this comment lying on bed in the dark somehow feels soo comical hahahaha yes we are his phantom limbs!!!
why are we still here, just to suffer?
Damnit you got to the joke first... I was mid typing
Call Rusty Venture!
They could stream to a home audience for the laugh track? Or just press a button...
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.
Honestly, I'd be down for that.
Looks like Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Imagine instead of America he was covering Heaven and Hell. Now THAT is an episode I would like to see.
That would be hilarious.
"Our main story tonight is that everyone is dead, there is a God, and she's not who you thought she was!"
Weird to watch this at the end of 2023, So much respect for this guy - his delivery was perfectly balanced and clearly heartfelt!
This is so surreal to watch this in july 2021...We knew so little, how innocent we were. But John Oliver is quite a prophet...
John Oliver was more of a journalist than a comedian this time. This is scary
Sshh, Just listen.
He trained with John Stewart who knew that if you can make people laugh you can sneak a lot of info in at the same time.
We have reached a timeline where satire is being out-weirded by reality.
Logiwonk This
he is always more of a journalist than most journalist