@@yanDeriction The dragon show is why HBO thrives, John Oliver is the bonus that makes ever subscriber to HBO think ohh god is this what my money goes to.
Holy moly as a Japanese I never knew even the existence of Susaki city but now I do thanks to John Oliver! lol Now I can teach where Susaki is to my son. And to my son's son....and to my son's son's son...........
I love that we now have a real answer to this because John just gave an interview all about the mascot suits. The Japanese provided their own professional mascot actors.
"Let us therefore trust the eternal Spirit which destroys and annihilates only because it is the unfathomable and eternal source of all life. The passion for destruction is a creative passion, too!" - Mikhail Bakunin
Gabriel: That's a legitimately interesting quote. Honestly made me think of Appetite For Destruction by GN'R. Mjolnor: Jeez dude, that's dark. :/ Orion: That's my other favorite quote.
For anyone who's curious on the adventures of Chiitan, he recently tweeted something along the lines of "Come to Japan so I can rename your show to 'Has Been Smashed Through a Table'"
"When's the last time Twitter made you happy? When's the last time _anything_ made you happy?" Excuse me, Mr. Oliver? Hi, quick question: why must you force me to confront my soul?
@Textual Predator wtf does Africa has to do with this. if ur talking about his name that's Arabic and that's in the middle east. and none eats people casually anywhere, ever. same with suicide bombings and mass executions, most of the middle east is safe and don't have a raging war or terrorism. have you ever been to school or seen a map?
@@basketanand He split it into 2 Main Stories: the Mueller report and Chiitan. They were separated by an And Now. Usually a bunch of Quick Looks come before the And Now
“Chiitan wants to give Mr. John Oliver a chance to explode through a table” This is an actual thing from their twitter. This has to happen now. We require a Chiitan follow up episode later on.
@@0Clewi0 I feel robbed by Chitan not running in at some point to club someone :D But, not that Chitan is free, should we have her meet the THING from Phily?
@@Blazo_Djurovic It would be a fun match now that Chiitan is probably learning more about US mascots. Out topic I find gritty fine, but also one of my favorite toys as a kid was a plastic skeleton with an elastic string. Besides woudn't one want your ice hockey mascot to be brutal as the sport? (I don't follow it)
It's always nice when he does one of these palette cleansers. Sometimes ya just need to step away from the dark shit of the world and just have a good laugh to lighten the mood.
This video is literally a part of my de-escalation technique when I have panic attacks. I'm currently sitting here watching it and feeling so much better!
you are so right i got this video in my recommended after having flashbacks of the night my parents split up (it wasn’t pretty) and it is helping so much weirdly
I am here for a very similar reason, great to have a reliable source for this sort of thing. I love John Oliver's work but do wish I was not so upset by some of what I see him inform us of.
It needs a team up with the cat in the hat. Also, your username makes you the biggest nerd I’ll see today, and I’ve been on Warcraft 3 and Starcraft 2 forums.
I watched this whole video waiting to see if it was going anywhere productive. It ended with a Japanese city adopting a John Oliver plush persona as an official mascot, so I'd say it was pretty productive. 10/10 no regrets.
What kind of drugs were you on when you liked this ridiculously UN-funny video? Wake up and get a life where you don't actually think John Oliver is funny. He's an UN-funny hack! And... he fucking stinks as a comedian. Just awful. His fans must be, by definition, mindless dolts.
omg i'm from Kochi prefecture, where Susaki city is located, and it's SOOO WEIRD and AWESOME at the same time to see John Oliver talking about it. Lots of love from Kochi, Japan.
Same lol. My only theory is that this segment is a huge meta-joke because everyone expected him to talk about the Mueller report or something. This feels like one of those "And now, This" segments except stretched into a main story. That's the only guess I have. I mean, the story's vaguely interesting, but it's not only unimportant, it's aggressively unimportant. The video doesn't even focus on the impact on the city - the city's reaction is just mentioned tangentially. This feels like something that might interest his younger writers but I can't really imagine Oliver's actual opinions about this are as strong as he's making them out to be in the video, given that he's a 41 year old British man. If it's not a meta-joke maybe HBO just wanted them to come up with a story that would go viral and attract attention to the show across the world. Otherwise... I'm just confused. Maybe it's just because I'm out of touch.
@Jonathan Taylor Fuck off. A lot of us aren't American and are happy that you're legalizing drugs : eventually you'll be too lazy and fucked-up to fight in wars and the world will be better for it.
What a wholesome cultural exchange. I know it's a small thing, but there aren't really any other circumstances where John Oliver would have a cultural connection to a little fishing town in Japan and that's honestly pretty sweet.
Meanwhile in 200 years: Historian: We don't understand why this city had a nearsighted English otter for a mascot. It's the single most confusing thing we've ever found.
Yeah among "Here's why even the amazing things we have now like organ transplants and intermodal shipping are actually dangerous bullshit that's totally out of control" we have an episode that's "Here's some strangeness out of Japan, they like their cute mascots and someone went in a chaotic direction with one. This looks like fun so we're going to play too."
Did you know "self-care" is just a way to say "having fun" that makes it sound like you're still living up to the grinding responsibility of surviving under capitalism?
The end of this video made me realize how much I needed this. There are so many things to be anxious, angry or sad about these days, and yet witnessing this pair of mascots becoming buds felt pretty nice.
My husband came into the room in the middle of this, watched the last half, tried to imagine an explanation and failed miserably, his mouth just agape with bafflement. It was glorious.
I teach University classes in Japan. Today, our first day back from summer break, I asked one of my students what he did during vacation. He told me he met the Chiitan actor. It's a weird world, with a little bit of delight.
This was the most surreal thing I've ever seen on this show. But this is my favourite part: "That's too much soy sauce" "No, it's not enough fish" Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside
I came here for a discussion about the way the world is falling apart, and instead I get Hugh 'Earl of Grantham' Bonneville doing a David Attenborough-style documentary on a fake mascot to replace a fake mascot?! I love this show.
When I grow older, I want to have John Oliver's Level of Extra. It's like he never grew up at all. May we all aspire to be like John. Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional 😉😉😉
haha, I didn't get the reference but I know that meme very very well. It's all over the place. I think people just don't know what the original original one said so they didn't link the two. Regardless, doesn't matter if the staff recognized it since it's all a joke anyway.
Finally some investigational journalism that matters, people say hard news is dead, we're here saying, 'here is the big story, here is the news' unfettered and bold, must see youtube.
@James Mara I was gonna argue with you rn cuz u don't get to talk sh*t about my dude here But seeing ur level of grammar , I think ur IQ has dropped low enough to be incapable of appreciating the good parts of Johnny boy He isn't the funniest out there but by God, he's the most good hearted and useful person to exist in Hollywood Edit: Btw u need IQ for it to drop
@@Room142 Search "pigeon butterfly" in google images. Birb is a bit more convoluted as a replacement for bird, but it's been used widely for a few years, kinda like "danger noodle" or "snek" for snake.
The best part of this is that Chiitan wants to "explode British birb man through a table" as revenge for stealing his friend. So John is now Chiitan's enemy and I love it.
Well, he did talk about Japan where officials adopt a new mascot to continue the lore of its own for the sake of tourism and happiness. Had he filmed this in the States, Chiijohn might have been shot by rogue police because he does look a bit like the devil.
The news need sensational topics to earn a profit. If you constantly watch the news, you're purposefully watching the angriest and saddest there is, because that's what turns a profit. Would you like "all is well here, everything is fine" as a news story? Most of the world is far from horrible.
A random day Chiitan started to following me on Twitter. I was like "who the hell is Chiitan?". But from that moment, my days are not complete without seeing Chiitan destroying something.
Im confused where all these double negatives are coming from. Nobody is saying nothing..... where are these gas leaks coming from and how do we stop them?
'Starts charming and has a bit of a turn'. I guess he hasn't seen Madoka Magica. Or Babymetal. That is the awesome thing about their culture. It was charming how Japan progressed in the early 1900's and made themselves a first world nation. It took a bit of a turn when they invaded China and killed millions of people.
Chiitan stole my heart after he flipped the car, but then gave that cocettish/playfully embarrassed, look that says, "Did I do that?" at 2:45! #SoCute!
i think this cut is uploaded now because they are going to upload a follow up after the Chiitan called out John Oliver for a wrestling match on twitter
