John Oliver, the only man who will make me wake up, check my phone, and squeal, "Ooh, Compounding Pharmacies!"

Watching this really was a strange experience. I am a German pharmacist, and in Germany, EVERY SINGLE pharmacy MUST be able to compound drugs. It's law that every pharmacy must have a chemical lab for raw material quality control and a designated room for preparing customized drugs on doctor's prescriptions. Every pharmacy student learns how to prepare ointments, suppositories, capsules, etc., and every pharmacist does this later on a daily basis. Our pharmacies are strictly controlled by state agencies, and surprise visits by inspectors are not uncommon. I had not known it is so different in the US....

The actors at the end... solid gold.

that "spread it oliver yourself" pun is definitely brilliant

I never would have imagined seeing zazu calling one of his friends basic

That final bit shows why John Oliver wins at the Emmys every year

I didn't know I needed to hear David Schwimmer say "what the fack" before now but I absolutely did and I'm so glad

Ok but that “lady bird” that Micheal Bolton had was actual a male lmao.

As a pharmacist, I can confirm that “don’t store your pills where you poop” is indeed the first thing I learned in school.

Soon enough, the Netherlands will officially declare John Oliver to be a public menace for his Dutch accent. Understandably so.

DANIEL O'BRIAN :D We need him more on camera, the guy is a genius.

Oh snap, Daniel O'Brien cameo! I miss Cracked After Hours.

John Oliver mayo "Spread Oliver'yourself" GENIUS SIMPLY GENIUS

Ofcourse Zazu knows a basic bird when he sees one

And the lesson is: if you want to live longer than 60 and you aren’t perfectly healthy, get as far from America as you can.

I’m so happy that Dan O’Brien from Cracked was able to find a great place to work. When I saw him show up in that blood pressure photo I had such a big smile on my face. I miss his work

*Johnny Gel* _”Spread it Oliver yourself!”_

"Don't put the pills where you poop." *Suppositories has entered the chat, through the back door*

holy shit the ending. Must've been a fun pitch on the phone.

Loved seeing Daniel O'Brien from Cracked show up for a second. Glad he was able to find a good job as one of the LWT writers

“And mine.. belongs on the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Talk Series that somebody else keeps winning over and over again.” Lol

Imagine how many companies say "Oh Shit." at the beginning of one of these lol

For me, a European, every single episode of John Oliver is like "look what doesn´t work in the USA and works great in Europe" - compounding pharmacies are no exception - in Czech Republic, almost every community pharmacy is equipped with at least a basic lab, every hospital pharmacy is equipped with a lab suitable to make every possible drug form - from the simplest (hard capsules, creams, ointments, suppositories, vaginal suppositories) to the most sophisticated and advanced - sterile eye preparations, intravenous or intrathecal solutions or patient-adjusted-dose chemotherapy drugs. There is no possibility of wasting and misusing money, because these compounded medicines are usualy fully reimbursed by the public health insurance and if they are not, there are strict criterias why is that so and every insurance company is watching over its funds. And every compounding pharmacy must meet State Institute For Drug Control´s (It´s our national FDA) requirements for the quality of the medicines made and the lab equipment. Works just fine!

I had severely chronic hives with my last pregnancy and am lucky enough to live a block away from the only compounding pharmacy in my city. It was the only place I could get a topical cream made that helped relieve the itching I experienced, and the drug I had prescribed was completely safe. It simply wasn't something manufactured that I could order. I've had to go back to this pharmacy for other needs as well, and have never had issues. (The medication was also far cheaper than name brand drugs I've needed for other health issues.)

Am in Pharmacy school. Can confirm. "Don't put the pills where you poop" is lesson 1.

“Who watches John Oliver at 3:00 in the morning??” Me: “Oh boy! Three am!”

as a dutch man, I can say that your 'dutch' drug dealer accent was spot on. congrats :)

I've been catching up on this season's episodes and I just feel the need to say that you are a national treasure and an amazing person. I enjoy the level at which you analyze the topic and inject some humor. You bring me to tears more than I expected because of your empathy and genuine concern. Thank you! EDIT: And yes, I know it's not just John Oliver, so let me clarify that I'm sure it's the whole team that is great!

John Oliver’s just trying help his fellow birds out

You call it fungus. They call it free-range, organic penicillin.

The Emmy for Outstanding Variety Talk Series was established in 2015. John Oliver has won every year.

David Schwimmer: WTF! Me: Can you imagine how Friends would be if they were allowed to swear?!

That celebrity montage really went off the rails in a hilarious way.

Visible duck in the bottle is the first sign of quackery.

The ending was priceless. That really sold the show.

As a member of D O'B's devotees, it made me so happy to see him in that graphic

John Oliver: *mentions something new to me* Me: sounds cool Me, simultaneously: oh no

John: “Don’t put your pills where you poo” Suppository: Am I a joke to you?

I love seeing dan O’Brien on last week tonight! I loved him when he was on after hours and it’s great to see him on one of my other favorite show!

Dan Obrien pops up right in the beginning. Awesome!

0:12 wait a minute. Is that Daniel O'Brien from Cracked? I’m proud of him.

I am a pharmacy student in Germany and I can’t even wrap my head around how this is possible in a developed nation.

That ending with all the celebrities is one of the funniest things I've seen on Last Week Tonight period.

Typical John Oliver formula: "Here's something that sounds awesome and obvious that it should work. How do they f#ck it up?" I love this guy.

"Johnny gel-" Rule34 artists: _say no more_

_LastWeekTonight_ teaches me about things I never even knew were things.

Why is Dan O’Brien from Cracked the guy with his arm in the blood pressure machine? Lolz

I love how old college humor people are writing for John Oliver, my old faves wiring for my current fave. It’s a nice growing up type feeling

"I probably shouldn't talk about that while we're being recorded. Ha ha ha ha!..." That's right, Mr. President...

Shout out to John Oliver for this segment on compounding pharmacies. I didn’t know places like this existed and it’s something to keep my eyes out for.

That was worth it just to hear David Schwimmer drop and F bomb!

I LOVE when Jolliver does his Dutch voice.

Schwimmer needs to realize that Bolton and the bird were NOT ON A BREAK!!!

how come birds get piña colada medicine but we don’t?

I love how John's imitation of Dutch is so far from the truth that even over here it's funny!

0:11 That's Dan O'Brien, from Cracked. You can see him a few of Cracked's UKposts series called "Agents of Cracked" "After Hours" "Rom.com" It's great to see that he writes for Jon Oliver now! Those two are very much alike!

A love triangle between a parrot, Michael Bolton and Methodman. I'd watch it.

I love how HBO does this giant crossover thing where they get all these celebrities to appear in the end of the video and all the UKposts comments are like: OH MY GOD, IT'S DANIEL O'BRIEN!!

Why I love your show so much? Because... 9 years, 80% things not change... amazing and sad....❤

It is sad that this industry has so much scandalous and negligent intrigue. My neighborhood had one of these pharmacies with a very dedicated and empathetic compounder. Sadly running it like this put it under. She would pay costs out of pocket for those who could not afford their meds. She did so much good.

sometimes John Oliver makes me feel like the whole of reality is a conspiracy

"dont put the pills where you poop" suppository: aight imma head out

Just now realized that's Dan O'Brien arm loving the robot!

I think John is the only show host to make me look at "Compounding Pharmacies" and be excited to hear about it.

Zazu saying "You're a basic bird" LOL

Me: what a cute parrot- John oliver: YOU BASIC BIRD

One of your best episodes! Well deserved Outstanding Variety Emmys. Keep them coming

I'm surprised you didn't mention Robert Courtney, who was caught diluting chemotherapy treatments in his compounding pharmacies several years back.

I died when Kiefer Sutherland when off as Jack Bauer

Shoutout to Daniel O'Brien @ 0:11 ! Loved your work on Cracked and hope to see more of you here.

Actually, I remember the NECC story quite well. My father was a part-time courier at the main plant in Massachusetts until it closed down.

Always good to see DOB!

Man, Michael Bolton is really getting into his whole detached weirdo persona.

LMFAO!! And THIS is why John Oliver wins the Emmy every goddamn year!!!!!!!

It always amazes me who John Oliver can get onto his show, and the things he can get them to say 😂👏🏻👏🏻

Holy shit the level of creativity and cynicism is off the chart thank God for John Oliver Army Strong USA

"We don't need regulation, the market will regulate itself" The market:

Someone in the comments called you a British puffin and I’m here for it

I asked my doctor if Johnny Gel was okay to take for my depression and it *actually* worked

9:50 the ladys laugh i hear from my right ear brings me delight

"That song was about a lady parrot!" *holds up a picture of, and then an actual living, male parrot*

The tagline for his JohnnyGel is priceless; *Spread It 'OLIVER' Yourself!* I'm still laughing.

The only reason that I remember that outbreak was because NECC was located in my town and it was huge in local news. I actually didn't live too far from it and passed by it as a kid with the police tape up for weeks. The Public Health Director got fired because of the lack of inspection.

DOB!!! so happy 2 see my bby thrive

If you make healthcare system for-profit, then don't be surprised when people are doing all kinds of shady things to harm patients just to make money, that's why healthcare should never be for-profit in the first place.

"She left me" *holds up picture of a male Eclectus parrot*

i worked for an animal pharmacy and it’s true-there’s pretty much no option for birds other than getting drugs from a compounding pharmacy. another thing i’ve needed for my own cat is antiviral medication but in eye drop form. there’s no other way to get them. the other problem with animal drugs is that pharmacies aren’t technically supposed to give owners compounded medications to take home. as you can imagine, this is really hard when a bird is on a compounded oral antibiotic which they need and can’t wait for the owner to get in the mail whenever the pharmacy (which might be across the country) can make the drug. as a result, most vets have no choice but to send home compounded drugs anyway.

When I got to the PSA at the end, I was disappointed that I had already liked the video because I wanted to like it again so much. That was a thing of beauty. And also important.

I'm so glad John Oliver covers these subjects, because I did not know that compound pharmacies were a thing.

This show is just "hey another thing you should know that we need to entirely reform"

god i hate it when a last week tonight episode is relevant to my life

Hey it's Dan from cracked. Oh, how I enjoy seeing internet personalities from my childhood appear as apparitions in the background of what I'm enjoying now. Haunting me forever, like an entertainment Revenant. Or a stalkery ex-girlfriend.

David Schwimmer and his reactions to the other celebrities is my favorite part of this video. Incredibly well done!

0:11 DANIEL O"BRIAN WOOOOOOOOO get more of him on there!!!

I'm so happy to see Daniel o'Brien. I wish he would start doing OPCD again.

Johns Dutch impression is one of my favorite things.

I love how David Schwimmer was the most normal celebrity there lmao

Everyone: Goes to sleep John Oliver: Releases video at 3 am

You know how well liked Oliver is when celebrities agree to be in his video skits

This video: *exists* Me, who works are a compounding pharmacy: *_SWEATS_*