♪ >> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY,

WE'RE BACK WITH JOHN OLIVER.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LOCKDOWN OVER IN ENGLAND.

EUROPE HAD A ROUGH GO OFT IT IN THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER.

THERE WERE LOCKDOWNS ALL OVER THERE.

Y'ALL CAME OUT OF IT -- OR NOT Y'ALL BECAUSE Y'ALL IS US NOW --

BUT THE PEOPLE YOU USED TO BELONG TO OVER THERE, THEY CAME

OUT OF IT, HAD A PRETTY GOOD SUMMER, AND NOW A SERIOUS SURGE

OF CASES OVER THERE, AND ANOTHER LOCKDOWN.

BACK WHEN WE WERE IN LOCKDOWN AND Y'ALL WERE IN LOCKDOWN ORO

ENGLAND WAS IN LOCKDOWN, WE WERE KIND OF IN SIMILAR BOATS.

SINCE THEN, THIS MASSIVE ANTISCIENCE PUSH HAS HAPPENED IN

THE UNITED STATES.

DO THE PEOPLE BACK IN THE U.K.

PAY ATTENTION TO THE SCIENTISTS?

IS THERE RESISTANCE, I GUESS IS WHAT I'M SAYING?

>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S RESISTANCE TO SCIENCE.

I THINK THERE'S RESISTANCE TO HOW IT'S BEING HANDLED IN THE

U.K.

I THINK THERE IS FRUSTRATION THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING ASKED TO

DO SOMETHING VERY DIFFICULT BY PEOPLE THEY DO NOT TRUST, BUT I

DON'T THINK THAT EXTENDS INTO DOUBTING THE SCIENCE HERE.

AND AGAIN -- >> Stephen: THERE'S NOBODY --

LIKE BORIS JOHNSON NEVER SAYS SCIENTISTS DON'T KNOW?

>> I MEAN, IT'S -- LOOK, BORIS JOHNSON IS A FLAWED HUMAN BEING

WHENEVER HE OPENS HIS MOUTH, SO I DON'T THINK BORIS JOHNSON HAS

EARNED THE RIGHT TO AUTHORITY ON ANYTHING HE TALKS ABOUT, BUT

NOTHING IS AS BAD AS HERE.

I MEAN, THAT'S THE THING THAT'S HARD TO -- IT'S LIKE WITH THE

LINES FOR VOTING, THERE IS INTENSE FRUSTRATION AT HOW

THINGS -- THE GOVERNMENT IN THE U.K. HAS HANDLED THE

CORONAVIRUS, BUT THEY KNOW IT'S NOTHING LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING

HERE.

THERE'S STILL, IN THE U.K., A SENSE OF, WELL, THERE MIGHT NEED

TO BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT TO NOT OVERBURDEN THE N.H.S., WHICH

PEOPLE ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF.

I WISH THAT WAS THE CASE HERE.

I WISH THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE MIGHT

BE ABOUT TO PUT HOSPITAL WORKERS THROUGH AGAIN.

>> Stephen: I'M NOT GOING TO WRAP BECAUSE I NEED TO TALK

ABOUT AN HONOR YOU RECENTLY RECEIVED THAT I'M VERY JEALOUS

OF AND I WILL TELL YOU WHY IN JUST A MOMENT.

>> YEAH.

>> Stephen: 2020 HAS BEEN A CRAPPY YEAR FOR YOU BECAUSE THE

DOWN OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT, NAMED A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT

AFTER YOU.

DO YOU HAVE ANY DUTIES, IF YOU PARDON THE EXPRESSION --

>> I DON'T PARDON IT.

COMEDICALLY, I DO NOT PARDON IT.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

THAT FELT AVOIDABLE.

>> Stephen: IT WAS NOT AVOIDABLE AT ALL.

IT CAUGHT ME BY SURPRISE AND THEN I HAD TO DEAL WITH IT.

YOU UNDERSTAND?

I'M AS MUCH AS A VICTIM AS YOU ARE AND I DO NOT APPRECIATE THE

HOSTILITY, FRANKLY, AND I'M HERE JUST TRYING TO CELEBRATE THE

FACT THAT YOU GOT A ( BLEEP ) FACTORY NAMED OUT OF YOU AND

YOU'RE -- AFTER YOU AND YOU'RE LIKE, NO DOODY JOKES ABOUT MY

( BLEEP ) FACTORY.

>> IT'S SUCH A JOY BEING WITH SOMEONE AT THE SAME LEVEL OF

PUNCHINESS AS I AM RIGHT NOW.

I'M VERY GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO DO AN HOUR-PLUS LIVE SHOW TOMORROW.

>> Stephen: ( BLEEP ) YOU.

( BLEEP ), ( BLEEP ), ( BLE YOU.

( LAUGHTER ) >> FOUR YEARS AGO, IT WOULD BE,

GET ME ANOTHER MOTORBIKE, I'M GOING AGAIN.

>> Stephen: TOMORROW NIGHT IS MERELY EPISODE TWO OF A TWO-PART

SERIES!

TOMORROW WAS -- WE'RE JUST GOING TO START THE WHOLE THING WITH,

PREVIOUSLY ON AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, AND THEN JUST HAVE A,

NOW THE EXCITING CONCLUSION OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY, TOMORROW

NIGHT.

ALL THE SAME GUESTS ARE COMING BACK.

LITERALLY, WE INVITED ALL THE SAME PEOPLE BACK FOR TOMORROW

NIGHT!

>> THE STRING QUARTET ON THE TITANIC ARE COMING BACK FOR AN

ENCORE!

>> Stephen: BUT HOLD ON, YOU'VE GOT A SEWAGE TREATMENT

PLANT NAMED AFTER YOU.

THAT'S NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT.

>> IT'S AMAZING.

YOU KNOW WHAT WAS GENUINELY INSPIRATIONAL ABOUT IT, ONE OF

OUR WRITERS, WHEN WE WERE DOING A DIFFICULT PIECE ABOUT JURY

SELECTION, HE WRITES A JOKE ABOUT DANBURY WITHOUT EVEN

THINKING ABOUT IT, JUST PICKED THE NAME OUT OF THE AIR, AND

TURNS OUT, RIGHT, YOU COME FROM DANBURY YOU BET NORTH MISS.

BECAUSE THEY STARTED COMING BACK AT US SAYING WE'RE GOING TO NAME

THIS SEWAGE PLAN.

THERE'S A WHOLE BACK AND FORTH.

THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT PARTICIPATING IN A JOKE

YOU CAN'T CONTROL, LIKE WITH OFFICIALS, AND -- I HAVE THE

OFFICIAL PAPERWORK HERE.

>> Stephen: THAT'S FANTASTIC.

BUT LOOK AT THIS.

THEY SENT ME A TOILET.

>> Stephen: MY FAVORITE PART, IF YOU LOOK UP HERE, IT'S

MEMORIAL.

>> THAT'S LEGITIMATELY A GREAT IDEA.

IT'S THEIR IDEA.

I'M NOT DEAD YET.

>> Stephen: WHEN YOU DIE, THEY CAN ACTUALLY JUST DROP YOUR BODY

IN THERE WITH THE SEWAGE AND CYCLE YOU THROUGH AND GET THE

WATER OUT OF YOU LIKE YOU'RE ON DUNE.

"LAST WEEK TONIGHT" AIRS SUNDAYS ON H.B.O.

LOOK IT UP.

JOHN OLIVER.

WE'LL BE BACK WITH CHER, NOW THAT'S A GUEST!

>> THAT'S IT!

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