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

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

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All Comments (21)
  • @ethanganes9266
    Little does S1 John know how his relationship with horses would develop
  • @Izandaia
    Ah, the first time they spent a silly amount of money on a gag. History in the making.
  • @milkgrapes6420
    You know. I was thinking of pirating episodes for LWT. Turns out I don't need to anymore. Thank you HBO and John Oliver. This is how you destroy piracy
  • @iamscythed
    From an exiled Syrian whom lost everything and almost everyone: I know it's the least you could do, thank you for it.
  • I love that even in the first season, the lengths John and his crew was willing to go has remained consistently beautiful. Thank you all
  • @LoveDiveChannel
    The way John Oliver converted how hot the temperature in Qatar is into American perspective and being understand by the audience is such a mind blowing
  • @forgiveman
    This episode shows how much we have lost when we were not able to see the complete show. The song at the end was chef's kiss.
  • @xelefonte
    John Oliver looks a million years younger but he’s still in his prime.
  • @JJGGYT
    In my flawed human memory I thought these were always two separate episodes. One where the main story was FIFA and the other where the main story was Syria. It’s interesting to see how the show started and what it’s evolved into over ten years
  • @akamoreno
    The noise in the crowd lets you know, times where happier back then! Much love to all of you who get the message! ❤
  • @ringo1692
    "you're a mom fearing asshole" best lyrics ever!!! 🤣😂😂
  • John Oliver should get another Emmy award just for these full uploads of season one!!!! 🥰🤗🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
  • @v8wr253
    rewatcching these makes it hit home how relevant a lot of this stuff still is...
  • @eflarsen
    FIFA did the same in Qatar for the recent world cup, where alcohol is actually illegal but FIFA was still allowed to sell beer in the stadiums.
  • @LuhSnicket
    I'm Brazilian and this episode went viral in Brazil, and that's how I met John Oliver. So thanks so much for this, John! Thanks for saying to the world what we were trying to say with the protests, and thanks so much to Last Week Tonight for putting this episode and making me a fan since then.
  • @pacolemus2938
    Thanks so much for uploading the complete show, I never knew Right Said Fred was here
  • @adv4287
    Oh young John Oliver. There’s so many things I want to warn you about.