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John: welcome,
Welcome, welcome
To "last week tonight."
I'm john oliver.
Thank you so much
For joining us.
And let's dive right in with
President trump.
The "bachelor in paradise" of
American presidents.
And unfortunately, we have to
Start with the fact that on
Thursday, the president sent a
Series of disgusting tweets
About "morning joe's" mika
Brzezinski, tweets that were
Absolutely indefensible.
And yet, white house press
Secretary sarah huckabee
Sanders,
The least amusing cast member in
A direct-to-dvd faith-based
Romantic comedy, gave it her
Best shot.
I think that the president
Has been att*cked mercilessly on
Personal accounts by members on
That program, and I think he has
Been very clear that when he
Gets att*cked, he's gonna hit
Back.
John: you know what?
She's kind of right:
Trump is basically a walrus
Wearing a t-shirt that says
"I have diarrhea!"
He's pretty open about how
Grossly shitty he can be.
So we can't be surprised
When he is.
But that news actually
Overshadowed a development
Regarding the president's
Travel ban, which the
Administration has long
Maintained is not a ban despite
What you may have heard from
Biased mainstream media outlets
Like the president of the united
States and the dictionary.
You may remember trump's
Original executive order
"Halted all refugee admissions
And temporarily barred people
From seven muslim-majority
Countries."
It was met with widespread
Protests and dozens of
Lawsuits, resulting in courts
Placing both the ban and trump's
Subsequent revision of that ban
On hold.
And this week, the supreme court
Weighed in.
The u.s. Supreme court has
Ruled to partially reinstate the
President's highly controversial
Travel ban before hearing
Arguments on the case in
October.
John: yes, at first the ban
Was banned, but now the court
Has partially banned the
Ban-ban, instituting a partial
Ban pending the possibility of a
Future partial-ban ban.
Now, the court did impose some
Restrictions, saying it couldn't
Apply to anyone with "a credible
Claim of a bona fide
Relationship with a person or
Entity in the united states."
So the natural question is,
What constitutes
A "bona fide relationship?"
And the trump administration
Took a swing at answering that.
The state department has
Narrowly defined that as a
Parent or child, including
In-laws, a sibling or a spouse.
The guidelines for who is
Considered close family does not
Include grandparents, aunts or
Uncles, nieces or nephews,
Cousins, and brothers or
Sisters-in-law.
John: whoa, whoa, whoa.
Grandparents aren't close
Family?
Good luck telling them that!
That would require calling them.
Which would mean a 12 or 13
Minute conversation at minimum,
A conversation that would
Inevitably involve being asked
Whether you remember jerry
Flaxman.
You know, jerry flaxman who used
To live down the street.
Jerry.
Flaxman.
You remember him.
He had the daughter with
The internet business and she's
Gay now?
Flaxman.
What was her name?
Jamie?
Either jamie or amanda.
Right, right, samanatha flaxman.
Anyway, her father is jerry
Flaxman.
And, well, he's dead.
And while the definition is
Ridiculous, the impacts of this
Ban are very real, particularly
For refugees, since the
Administration has decided that
Being assisted by a
Refugee-resettlement agency does
Not constitute a bona fide
Relationship.
Which means thousands of
Desperate people who've gone
Through exhaustive vetting and
Been approved to come here have
Now been left in the lurch.
Which is shameful.
And yet, for some, it's no big
Deal.
An attitude best exemplified by
Human lacrosse stick tucker
Carlson, who asked --
#Tucker --
Why does america benefit from
Having tons of people from
Failing countries come here?
A question that made the statue
Of liberty give up and drown
Herself in the hudson river.
And if I may point out, tucks,
Just because a nation is
Failing doesn't mean it can't
Produce some amazing people.
Just as -- and I think we all
Know who exhibit a for this is
-- A successful nation can
Produce some failed human
Beings.
#Tucker.
And look, this ban is cruel,
It's unnecessary, and it
Undermines our standing
In the world.
So you'd think the president
Would at least be justifying its
Existence.
Instead, he keeps derailing the
Conversation with his barrage of
Bullshit.
And there's no better example
Than the fact that, just this
Morning,
Abc's "this week" had a homeland
Security adviser on to discuss
The ban, but they never got
Around to it, because they had
To address yet another unhinged
Tweet.
And just watch the guy's face as
He realizes what he's about to
Have to talk about.
I want to get to security
Questions and security concerns,
But we've just had the president
Tweet a gif that I want you to
Take a look at.
You can see it right there.
Obviously president trump
Has taken some video and put
A cnn mic logo on
Who he's beating up.
John: at this point,
I have no choice but to admit
That trump was right.
There is at least one
Grandparent who poses a grave
And immediate threat to america.
And unfortunately it's the
Grandparent currently in charge
Of it.
And now this.
High announcer: I now
Meteorologist john elliott
Engages in a bit too much
Self-deprecation.
I've been cast as the wacky
Redhead for years.
I'm kind of stuff.
Yes, "diarrhea of a wimpy kid"
He had great success.
I did not like homecoming
Dance.
I had to beg janet to go with
Me, and then sarah.
She couldn't get address the
Second year.
When the package is this born,
No one cares what's inside.
They tested me.
They said I was stern,
Unapproachable, and had no
Future in television.
Gravity gets you every time.
Take it for me, the leprechaun.
You know what I like to do?
In the elevator, total
Strangers.
What are they going to do?
They can't leave.
Have some fun and say hi to
Folks.
My wife does not like my cargo
Shorts.
John: moving on.
Our main story tonight concerns
Local news.
It's mostly known for
Informative and hard-hitting
Segments like this one.
Police say one of the masked
Suspects, armed with a hand g*n,
Got out of his car, walked up to
The victim's window, pointed the
g*n right at her face, and told
Her he wanted her purse, her
Money, and her cell phone.
John: holy shit.
You gotta hand it to him.
That is a great way to make
People pay attention to a story
They might not be interested in.
With that in mind,
Our main story tonight concerns
The potential problems in
Corporate consolidation
Of local news.
Don't you dare
Change the channel.
National cable news gets a lot
Of attention, with their big
Budgets and fancy graphics
Packages.
Meanwhile, local news often has
To do a lot more with a lot
Less.
The black bear was roaming
Through tina merrison's
Back yard.
Tina was too stunned to get a
Picture but this is what the
Bear probably looked like,
Except real.
This recreation identifies how
Witnesses say the bear escaped
Into the woods.
John: you know what?
Whoever is hiding behind that
Tiny bear cutout deserves
A pulitzer.
Sure, he could have stood up and
Just walked the bear across the
Garden and it would have been
Exactly as convincing.
But he didn't.
He hunched down
Because he cares.
That man is a journalist.
And look, it's easy to make fun,
But local news fills an
Important role, finding stories
That the national news
Is missing.
This show uses local news
All the time.
Our civil forfeiture piece
Used outstanding reporting from
Tennessee's news channel 5,
And our piece on problems with
Atlanta's "11 alive."
In fact, a pew study last year
Found that local news
Is trusted more than national
News.
People absolutely love it.
So, yes, when you watch local
News, you may see something
Silly.
But you also may see something
Great.
And there's actually a third
Option.
Because in some parts of the
Country, you might see this.
I've got a message
For certain students.
Listen up closely, snowflake.
Yes, I'm talking to you.
You, the social justice warrior
Who whines for trigger warnings
And safe spaces.
Not grown-up enough to deal with
The facts?
Then hunker down in your room
And snapchat the day away with
Other social justice warriors.
College isn't a babysitting
Service.
It's time to grow up, snowflake.
John: that man is mark hyman,
With one in what I presume is a
Series featuring titles like,
"Wake up, libtard,"
"Cucked much, ya little beta
Baby?"
And "knock knock, sheeple, it's
Me, truth" with mark hyman.
Hyman is a commentator and
Former executive at
Sinclair broadcast group.
And sinclair may be the most
Influential media company you've
Never heard of.
Not only are they the largest
Owner of local tv stations in
The country, they could soon get
Even bigger.
Sinclair will pay about
$4 Billion for tribune media and
Its 42 local stations.
The combined companies will
Create the largest single group
Of television stations in
The nation.
John: wow.
It's a little disconcerting to
Learn that something you've only
Just heard of is throwing around
$4 Billion.
It's like finding out that
Exxon mobil just got bought, and
It was by the little twerp who
Plays the new spiderman.
What?
How is that possible?
How does spider-twerp have
The resources to do that?
I only just found out he
Existed!
Now, this acquisition still
Needs regulatory approval,
But it's widely assumed that'll
Happen.
At which point, sinclair's reach
Could expand dramatically.
We did some math, and found that
When you combine the
Most-watched nightly newscasts
On sinclair and tribune stations
In some of their largest
Markets, you get an average
Total viewership of
And that is a lot.
It's more than any current prime
Time show on fox news, including
"Five idiots have the most
Intolerable dinner party ever"
And "that guy from college
Everyone hated has a talk show
Now with tucker carlson".
And the fox parallels
Don't stop there.
Because sinclair's content tilts
Noticeably conservative.
Remember the snowflake guy?
Sinclair produces those segments
And sends them to their
Affiliates.
And that in itself is already
Unusual.
As best we can tell, no other
Major owner of tv stations
Distributes its own commentary
Segments to run during local
News.
And hyman's opinions
Hew hard-right.
We are threatened by a nasty
Cancer epidemic.
It's a danger to our nation.
It is political correctness
And multiculturalism.
Words that were once acceptable
In polite conversation
Are no longer.
"Handicapped" and "Ret*rded" are
Now off limits.
There is one step that's proven
To dramatically reduce domestic
v*olence.
Marriage.
I am now a proud washington
Redskins fan.
And the opinion that only black
People can legitimately have an
Afro?
Someone should tell that to
American folk singer
Art garfunkel.
John: what are you talking
About?
As I believe paul simon
Once said, "there's no need to
Involve art garfunkel in any of
This."
And the things is, hyman is not
Sinclair's
Only conservative voice.
Just recently, they hired a man
Named boris epshteyn, a former
Trump advisor, who you might
Remember from
Multiple tv appearances last
Year, where he made wild claims
Like this one.
Barack obama may have won in
Illegal voting.
Oh, my god!
Boris, where are you getting
That from?
Barack obama won in north
Carolina because of voter fraud?
5% Of voting in north
Carolina may have been by people
Who are non-citizens who
Shouldn't have been voting and
Swung north carolina
To mr. Obama.
John: obviously, that is
Nothing even resembling a fact.
The claim he's making received a
"Pants on fire" from politifact.
And even if it were true --
Which, again, it isn't --
Obama still would have beat
Mccain by 177 electoral votes.
Which raises the question:
Do trump surrogates even know
Why they're lying?
Or are they driven by some vague
Instinct, like when
A cat sits inside a box?
"Why are you doing that?"
"I have no idea.
There's just something inside me
That tells me I should."
And yet, he is now sinclair's
Chief political analyst and has
A regular segment called "bottom
Line with boris."
Let me show you a recent one,
Concerning a retracted story on
Cnn.
The bottom line is this.
Cnn, along with other cable news
Networks, is struggling to stick
To the facts and to be impartial
In covering politics in general
And this president specifically.
John: oh, come on.
That couldn't be more pot
Calling the kettle black if he
Said "the bottom line is, cnn is
A rejected extra from "the
Sopranos" in a jcpenney's tie
Whose voice sounds like
Sylvester stallone with a mouth
Full of bees.
But sinclair doesn't just lean
Right with its commentators.
Even its ad breaks sometimes put
A thumb on the scale.
In 2010, sinclair's pittsburgh
Affiliate pulled a 30-second
Democratic ad off the air after
They received a complaint and
Found that some claims in the ad
Were unsubstantiated.
And look, it's a good thing they
Were willing to take a stand to
Ensure nothing inaccurate made
Its way on-air.
Although just a few months
Later, that exact same station,
And multiple other sinclair
Outlets, aired a 25-minute
Attack ad on democrats,
Featuring assertions like this.
During his presidential
Election, he wound up with a
Record-shattering $750 million
In his campaign.
To this day, he refuses to
Report from whence it came.
One reason might be that some of
It originated from the t*rror1st
Group hamas.
John: oh, my god.
If you're going to make up scary
Donors to the obama campaign,
Why stop with hamas.
Keep going.
"He won't say where the money
Came from.
One reason may be that it
Originated with this
g*ng of coyotes that has made
Billions selling human babies to
Other hungrier coyotes."
And look, if the opinions were
Confined just to the commentary
Or to the ad breaks, that would
Be one thing.
But sinclair can sometimes
Dictate the content of your
Local newscast as well.
And in contrast to fox news,
A clearly conservative outlet
Where you know what you're
Getting, with sinclair, they're
Injecting fox-worthy content
Into the mouths of the local
News anchors,
Two people who you know and who
You trust and whose on-screen
Chemistry can usually best be
Described as "two people."
And you may not realize
It's happening.
Because sinclair, and its
"Digital news" subsidiary
Circa not only produce and send
Packages to their stations, they
Even write scripts local anchors
Can use to introduce their
Pieces.
For example, this tuesday night,
Anchors at sinclair stations all
Over the country introduced a
Story about michael flynn like
This.
Did the fbi have a personal
Vendetta in persuing the russia
Investigation of president
Trump's former national security
Adviser michael flynn?
Did the fbi have a personal
Vendetta in pursuing the russia
Investigation of president
Trump's former national security
Adviser michael flynn?
Did the fbi have a personal
Vendetta in persuing the russia
Investigation
Into president trump's former
National security adviser
Michael flynn?
Did the fbi have a personal
Vendetta in pursuing the
Investigation?
It could very well be true.
John: yeah, but you could say
"It could very well be true"
About anything.
Are all peanut m&m's just snake
Eggs painted different colors?
Do foxes walk on their hind legs
When no one is looking?
Is there really only one olsen
Twin who's moving back and forth
At superhuman speed to trick the
Human eye into seeing two of
Them?
All of those things could very
Well be true, and, aside from
That one about the olsen twins,
None of them are.
Now, the story they were teasing
Was that michael flynn had
Apparently spoken up on behalf
Of a former fbi agent
In a gender-discrimination suit
Against the agency.
But it's a huge stretch to get
From there to an agency-wide
Conspiracy to bring him down.
The problem is there's some real
Power in hearing your trusted
Local newscasters use fbi and
Personal vendetta in a sentence.
If those same newscasters
Somehow used the words
"Daniel stern" and "expl*sive
Ejaculation" in the same
Sentence, you could never watch
"Home alone" the same way again.
And sinclair's content
Can often not be optional.
They regularly send out
What are called "must-runs,"
Segments that station managers
Are directed to work into their
Broadcasts.
Both boris epshteyn and mark
Hyman's segments are must-runs.
And so are some "news" segments.
In fact, let me give you a taste
Of a "must-run" story that ran
A month before last year's
Election.
How can americans, especially
Blacks and latinos in america,
Support hillary clinton?
It's a surprising message
Coming from a black pastor, but
Evangelical bishop aubrey shines
Is spreading a message of why he
Believes hillary clinton's
Democratic party isn't good
For black americans.
The party that gave this
Country sl*very, the kkk, jim
Crow laws.
John: whoa, hold on.
First, democrats gave this
Country sl*very?
It's a little more complicated
Than that.
Sure, someone gave me
This haircut.
But I'm accountable for being
Comfortable with it, liking it,
And keeping it around for a
Morally repugnant amount of
Time.
And you can maybe, maybe see why
That could be news in florida.
"Tampa pastor makes
Crazy video."
But that piece ran in columbus,
El paso, omaha, syracuse,
Seattle, green bay,
Tulsa, and stations all over the
Country.
To be fair, sinclair didn't let
All that pastor's assertions
Go completely unchecked.
They did have the brief
Appearance of balance,
By bringing in
This political scientist to
Fact-check the video.
But he was given far less screen
Time than the pastor, and the
Voiceover undercut him at every
Turn.
Bullock says that shines
Cherry-picked his history.
But if you have the whole
Context of history and where
These -- the things are
Mentioned where they actually
Miss pieces, then you would not
Be persuaded at all.
So about that history?
When it comes to the kkk,
Historians generally agree it
Was created in post-civil w*r
Reconstruction by democrats and
Later, southern democrats were
Behind the jim crow laws.
Yes, that was the party of
The south, and as I've
Mentioned, over time, those
Parties have actually shifted in
Terms of what their membership
Base is.
John: I love his frustration
As he tries to explain that now
Is not 100 years ago.
You expect him to say,
"I'll prove it.
Neither of us are wearing bowler
Hats, and that woman has a job!"
All of which supports my theory
That, as I've mentioned, now is
Not 100 years ago.
And here's the thing.
The must-runs are not just
Individual pieces.
They're also recurring features,
Like poll questions, which can
Range from benign to pretty
Leading.
What did you think of today's
Comey testimony?
Do you think it was all about
Substance or theater?
Do you think enough is being
Done to battle street gangs in
The u.s.?
Do you trust information from
Unnamed sources in the
Washington post stories?
Why are cable news channels
Airing so much coverage of the
Trump/russia story?
So here are the options:
It's bias against the president,
For higher ratings,
Or it's a really important
Story?
John: okay, there's a clear
Slant to those questions
And answers.
I can't wait for the inevitable
Poll: how would you describe the
Way donald trump looks
In athleticwear?
A, adonis-like.
B, herculean.
C, striking for a man
Of his age.
Or d, not my thing
But I'd still hit it.
But perhaps the most troubling
Thing of all is that sinclair
Has a daily must-run segment
Called the terrorism alert desk.
That's right.
They report on terrorism
Every single day,
Whether there's something major
To report on or not.
Which means that sometimes,
The updates contain things like
This.
The company in charge of
Security says the ringleader of
The london bridge attack did
Apply for a job.
He was not interviewed and no
Interview was scheduled.
He filled out an online
Application.
An !sis flag was found
Hanging in a neighborhood in new
Hampshire.
It was taken down and police are
Looking into who put it there.
From the terrorism alert desk
In washington,
I'm lindsay mastis.
John: in other alerts:
My grandma heard a loud noise,
A man with a beard asked me
When the next bus is coming,
And iran still exists.
From the terrorism alert desk
In washington, I'm just about
Done with this.
And look, there's no doubt that
The terror alert desk has also
Featured some truly terrifying
Stories.
!sis has carried out a
Gruesome public execution in
Iraq.
They sliced 9 teens in half
With a chainsaw.
John: now, that caught our
Attention because it feels like
The sort of thing we'd have seen
Reported elsewhere.
So we tried to track down that
Story, and it originated with an
Anonymously sourced report
On something called
Iraqinews.
We weren't able to find any
Outlet that had independently
Verified it, and even when it
Was picked up by
British tabloids and breitbart,
They were careful to distance
Themselves with language like
"It has been claimed"
And "reportedly."
And I didn't know it was
Possible to dip beneath
The journalistic standards of
Breitbart.
That's like being too bad a chef
To work at a
Carnival food cart.
"Look, your fried ham
Is unimaginative and bland.
And we can't have that.
We're uncle sticky's discount
Ham wagon."
They reported it like it was a
Fact.
But what was perhaps even
Weirder about that chainsaw
Segment was the story that
Closed it out.
And mayors in 22 french towns
Are ignoring a high court's
Ruling banning burkinis is
Illegal.
More than 30 towns initially
Outlawed the swimwear worn
Mostly by muslim women.
From the terrorism alert desk,
I'm michelle marsh.
John: what the f*ck?
That's not about terrorism.
It's just about muslims.
By that definition, terrorism
Is "anything a muslim does."
Tonight: mahershala ali
On the cover of "gq,"
Kareem abdul-jabbar
Sneezed in an airport,
And happy birthday to
Fareed zakaria!
This has been your terrorism
Alert desk.
Now to their credit, in the face
Of all this, some sinclair
Stations are fighting back
Against their parent company.
For instance, their station
In seattle, "como,"
Have engaged in
Clever acts of rebellion,
Like airing must-runs at times
Of low viewership.
In fact, their only airing
Of the story about
The new hampshire !sis flag
Was at 4:54 a.m.
So it was basically only seen by
People in hospital waiting
Rooms, customers at 24-hour
Seven-elevens, and craig.
Just go to bed!
Get your shit together.
Go to bed!
But the truth is, if you work at
A sinclair station, there's only
So much you can do.
And should this tribune
Acquisition goes through, there
Are going to be even more good
Journalists having to see their
Hard work placed alongside
Terror-desk nonsense.
Just as there'll be even more
Unsuspecting audience members
Who'll be getting a heaping dose
Of sinclair's content,
Possibly without realizing it.
So you should find out who owns
Your local stations, and bear
That in mind as you watch.
And for any tribune station that
Could soon be taken over, we've
Produced a little video so you
Can alert your viewers.
Don't think of it as
A "must run."
Think of it more as
A "probably should run."
Take a look.
Hello, I am steve from
"The sopranos" and I am probably
Not the last guy with an accent
Wearing a cheap tie standing in
Front of a green screen that
You're going to see on this
Channel.
I will tell you why.
This station could soon be owned
By sinclair broadcast group.
You might see this f*cking guy
With this f*cking logo or this
f*cking desk.
That wasn't produced by the
Station because the people at
The station no local news should
Never be about cheap
Scaremongering or advancing the
Political agenda.
It should only be about weather,
Sports, investigations, human
Interest stories featuring cute
Animals like this pig.
Look at this little guy.
He is called pork chop.
Anyway, I am telling you if this
Becomes a sinclair station, good
Luck with that shit.
John: moving on.
Before we go tonight,
I'd like to talk about
America's presidents:
The only group of individuals
We know for sure, at some point,
Masturbated in the white house.
Oh, you think mckinley didn't?
Come on, grow up.
He's doing it in that photo!
Listen, with all the horrors
Of our current president,
It can sometimes help to get
Some historical perspective.
To look at all the people
Who preceded him.
Although, a few months ago,
One place where you might be
Able to do that was forced to
Say good-bye.
After nearly 60 years
Of operation, the hall of
Presidents and first ladies wax
Museum in gettysburg is shutting
Down.
Even though the museum will
Be no more, you have an
Opportunity to own a piece of
American history.
It's something that doesn't
Come up every day in an auction
For sure.
Should be a very interesting
Auction and we hope lots of
People come.
John: yeah, so do i!
I hope that too.
Because these wax presidents
Deserve a good home!
No one wants to see
Benjamin harrison having to
Model culottes at forever 21.
And here's the thing.
People did come.
Some apparently paid thousands
Of dollars to own
A wax president.
And it later turned out there
Were some notable buyers among
Them.
We got our very own
Life-size wax president.
That is president eisenhower.
John: is it?
Is it, though?
Because to me, it looks like
You may've just bought a wax
Sculpture of bill o'reilly
Covering his erection
With a magazine.
But it wasn't just maddow.
Stephen colbert got one too.
And now, ladies
And gentlemen, please rise
For your "late show" president,
Zachary taylor.
John: well, congratulations,
Stephen!
Although it's worth pointing out
That zachary taylor died
Of a stomach bug 16 months
Into office.
So he's really less
Of a president and more of a guy
Named zach who shit his brains
Out in the west wing men's room.
Colbert actually wanted
Martin van buren,
But unbeknownst
To him -- and this is true --
Jon stewart bought that.
Presumably to add to his
Ever-expanding mannequin
Sex dungeon.
That's the only rational
Explanation.
And I know what you're thinking:
Spending good money on a poorly
Made wax figure of a former
President sounds pretty stupid,
Right?
Yeah.
You're right.
That's why I'm proud to say:
We didn't go down there and buy
One of them.
We bought five of them.
Why five?
Because we're five times
Stupider than any other tv show,
That's f*cking why.
And the reason we've been
Sitting on this for so long is
Because we've been very busy,
Constructing a home for our
Horrifying new friends.
In fact, tonight I'd like
To present to you the "last week
Tonight" hall of dubiously
Lifelike wax commanders
In chief!
The g*ng's all here!
First, there's richard nixon!
He cost us $1,900 and he looks
Like a store-brand mitt romney!
Next, bill clinton, or,
To be more accurate,
John travolta in "primary
Colors" as bill clinton.
Then there's jimmy carter.
Looking like the "before" photo
For a jaundice medication!
And william henry harrison!
Who died of pneumonia 31 days
Into office and this is probably
What he looked like when he did!
And lastly:
There is
Warren g. f*cking harding!
And you know what?
This one is my favorite, because
We've talked a lot about harding
On this program.
He was our nation's
Administration was nearly
Brought down by the teapot dome
Scandal.
But he's perhaps most famous for
His sexual exploits.
After warren harding died
In 1923, nan britton wrote
A book claiming she'd been his
Mistress, they'd made love
In a white house closet,
And he'd fathered her daughter.
John: oh, warren.
Knocking up your friend's
Daughter in a white house
f*ck-cupboard?
You waxy little pervert.
But the fact is, harding has an
Incredible life story.
And it's a shame someone hasn't
Already made a major motion
Picture of it.
Who would do it?
It would have to be someone
With way too much time
On their hands,
Way too many resources,
And unfettered access
To a lifesize wax replica
Of former president
Warren g. Harding.
If only that person existed,
The movie they'd make might look
A little like this:
It's he came from humble
Roots to rumination.
As I live and breathe.
Let's show these fancy
Washington folk what an ohio boy
Can do.
Mr. Speaker, the president of
The united states.
Behind the public face, lived
A man of dark ambition.
Gentlemen, raise them up to
The 29th president of these
United states.
And two are very good fortune.
[Laughter]
Driven by hidden passions
Beyond his control and beyond
The realm of virtue.
Mr. Harding, I do believe you
Are flirting with me.
Consumed by a lost that would
Not we can.
Take me.
His name was synonymous with
Grace and dignity.
Mr. President.
Doomed to pay the price of
Power.
Mr. President, I must ask you
Again to sign an executive order
About this teapot dome matter.
You will sign this document.
Torn between duty and desire.
I demand to see my warren.
You are in no position to
Demand anything.
How dare you speak to me this
Way?
Look me in the eye and tell
Me she means nothing to you.
Don't you turn your back on me,
Warren.
To risk all he held dear.
If you don't contain the
Situation, this whole
Administration is going down.
We will all be finished!
Is that all I am to you, a
Plaything?
I am not your whore.
My greatest love and my
Greatest trial.
"The new york times" calls it
A movie.
The "los angeles times" raves
There are four oscar nominees in
It.
Seriously.
And world of wax monthly hails
It as a triumph.
Campbell scott, anna kendrick.
James cromwell, and laura
f*cking linney.
You are a great man, warren.
But heed my warning.
Even great men may be corrupted.
♪ ♪
So, yeah.
Yeah.
♪ ♪
"Warren."
Did you fall?
Coming soon.
John: just think, we don't
Even know what we are doing with
The other four yet.
That's our show.
We will be off for the next few
Weeks, we will be back july 30.
Good night.
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American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by comedian John Oliver.
American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by comedian John Oliver.