I would like to personally thank the robot dancer for the penguin waddle they did on their way off-stage.

So does this mean we're finally acknowledging that putting billionaires and corporations above the law is a problem or too early?

The bomber jacket with the black T-Shirt, beer belly, thinning, unbrushed hair and cowboy boots is spot on. I swear he walked right out of a south Missouri trailer park. The drugs are really starting to show.

While wearing a jacket from Ralph Lauren’s ‘Midlife Crisis Collection’ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Oliver: “I’ve never actually revolutionized an industry myself” Um excuse me? Professional marble racing would disagree.

“I’m probably now more impressed by what he’s doing, but more worried by the fact that he’s the one who’s been doing it.” This is the perfect description of Elon Musk.

You know if one person can be the CEO of 5 companies maybe the job isn’t as hard as they claim.

"The rest of us still call it twitter" is highly accurate

“One of the major difficulties Trillian experienced in her relationship with Zaphod was learning to distinguish between him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn't be bothered to think and wanted someone else to do it for him, pretending to be outrageously stupid to hide the fact that he actually didn’t understand what was going on, and really being genuinely stupid. He was renowned for being amazingly clever and quite clearly was so-but not all the time, which obviously worried him, hence, the act. He preferred people to be puzzled rather than contemptuous.” ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

It is, as always, absolutely stunning how John nails it to the point where we choke on our laughter and realise just how serious things are getting...

my NDA is up, lol, I worked at a factory that built air conditioning units....there was no safety concern... and people walking in front of you as you are trying to move crates of packaged materials around. "unless you were the forklift driver" so basically drive at your own risk

I lost all respect, what little I already had, when he falsely accused that man who rescued the Thai boys diving team of being a pedophile simply because he beat Elon musk to rescuing those boys because Elon was too busy stroking his ego talking about his plans for some Futuristic submarine to save them when that wasn’t even necessary as proven by the man who actually saved them. Calling somebody a pedophile just because your ego got bruised is so disgusting.

The fact that billionaires can apparently just deny access to safety inspections for their businesses kinda makes it seem like the billionaire has more power than the safety inspectors. And that should definitely be the other way around. They shouldn't need permission. They should be able to get police to accompany them and force their way in if necessary. But that would require police to be protecting the people in the business instead of the business property so I can see why we don't do that in America.

" wearing a jacket from Ralph Lauren's mid life crisis collection" ... writers on the show are doing a good job😂😂

Elon didn't start Tesla, he bought it

To be fair, Elon Musk changed my life. Thanks to him I left Twitter. I've never been happier.

Anyone else see an IUD every time you see the Tesla logo? Just me?

This is arguably the nicest breakdown of Elon Musk that John Oliver could’ve done. John completely skipped over how Elon proposed the hyper loop, which was suppose to “replace highways”. Originally conveyed as the future of public transport, the project ultimately produce a small underground tunnel that people would take a Tesla Uber through. It was a thinly veiled distraction from a proposed high speed train in California that would have provided both a cheap and environmentally friendly option. I think that example ultimately encompasses what Musk has always been. A guy who is constantly spoke about as an innovator trying to save humanity, but always doing it by the most costly means to society that only benefit a few people and distract from the wider more effective sweeping changes.

"Tell it to Earth"?? Is Earth one of his progeny? 😂😂

Love that John posed that the fight between Zuck and Elon be in a volcano, and Zuck is currently building a supervillain base in one. Perfect.

How is it possible that a company can deny access to state inspectors? That's insane.

“And even then, it could have been a text 🏡 🔥 “ 😂

That robot dancer really nailed it

Knowing Elon watched this and got upset really makes the replayability of this video sky rocket.

Looks like John Oliver’s robot is far more advanced. Putting in my pre order now.

Musky needed to be called out. Who else but John Oliver?😂😂

I like that John Oliver is saying he's never revolutionized despite the fact that the media has a term for the changes he has caused and named it "The John Oliver Effect"

Wow, that dancer was really good. I look forward to our new John Oliver Robot Overlords.

Thank you, John Oliver for your Great Show.! We love your frankness and honesty!

This video is half an hour long yet it feels like it barely scratches the surface of who Elon Musk is and what he has done.

Phoning me at three in the morning, someone better be bleeding. I was a trauma tech.

Dunking on Elon by having a better dancing "robot" was just the cherry on the top! 😄

I'm loving this so much, that robot segment was gold, pure, refined, unadulterated gold.

All I can say is that I'm hearing guillotine sounds in the far distance.

Can we talk about how John's robot dancer was more talented, had more control, and the costume design was better?

Roman generals coming home from a victorious campaign used to have someone to constantly remind them that in the grand scheme, they are no different than the commoners cheering for them. We need that for billionaires.

The Cyber Truck stainless steel is rusting if it gets wet, you can’t make this shit up! 🤣

Electric cars are not the answer because cars are not the answer. The answer is technology from centuries ago: Trains. They are safer, cheaper, and more effective.

Didn't mention that Elon didn't even found Tesla, he just took it over and then put a lot of marketing spin on the story.

The fact that a company can just tell inspectors to "come back later" is mind-boggling. It contradicts the point of inspections...

"Messiah complex" nails it on the head. Musk claimed there would be no one alive who knew more about manufacturing than he himself.

It´s actually amazing how funny the humor in this show is.

Im in the ignore him camp, but then i noticed john Oliver did a spot on him. And i clicked, and i was not disappointed. You're doing god's work John. P.S. That monster turtle meme is pretty fire, just saying. I say this outside the context of elon Musk though

That robot went from any nerdy kid at a dance to Magic Mike, that was quite the software update.

I'm fairly sure I've heard more people call it _"The Platform Formerly Known as Twitter"_ than I've heard them call it _X_ and that makes me very happy

I saw that cyber truck on the 210 this week and wondered wth it was. Question answered 😂

Technically, alcohol is not a solution. It is a solvent. It would only be a solution if there was an otherwise solid chemical dissolved in it.

It's kind of hilarious that Elon is doing this "you killed Twitter, not me" thing like the whole world is going to be so mad if Twitter is gone.

I have to disagree with one thing you said, John. The turning point moment, at least for me, wasn't the pandemic lockdowns. It was in 2018 when he called that rescue diver "pedo" on Twitter. THAT was the moment I knew what musk really was.

And several years ago, Elon was the recipient of nearly a billion dollar grant to spread broadband to rural communities. Was on the FCC website. What happened with that?

Wait what? He’s obviously real world Lex Luthor though, right? He even changed his company to X Corp. He’s not even trying to hide it.

“Narcissists will destroy your life, erode your self-esteem, and do it with such stealth as to make you feel that you are the one that's letting them down.”

Can we appreciate how fly that robot's dancing was

No matter what you achieve in life, there will always be some haters; they never go away.

5:15 This is literally the motivation of Lex Luthor

Reminds me of how Elon Musk blamed former Twitter Employees of "Not having Loyalty" after he already fired them. 👨🏿‍💻

Congratulations to Elon Musk for singlehandedly disproving the myth that Elon Musk is some kind of business genius

This is so on point about Musk! Awesome show Mr. Oliver. Thank you.

I once thought he was an inspiring person, when he started SpaceX. To me, he was what should happen. Science is focus, space exploration is where we as a species should be heading. But then i realized who he really is. Hes a guy getting a headstart by having rich parents, to be able to do what he wants without any risk, while paying people to be smart for him, doing the work for him and benefit from them and their work. Hes an investor, not an inventor. He has the money, not the brain but tries to give the impression he has.

Statistics joke: Just because something is a "net positive," doesn't mean that you can all of a sudden ignore the "gross."

I saw a meme calling him "Space Karen" and now that is all I can see when I look at him

Loved the test for “can protect against a bear attack” 😂😂😂😂

Winning a marathon, then very intentionally running in the wrong direction in the next race, while claiming you're winning.

While going on a cave trek in Asia a few years ago, my guide happened to be one of the British divers that was coordinating efforts in the Thailand soccer team rescue when the cave they were visiting was flooded. I asked him about Elon's solution at the time (that pod submarine thing), and his response was that it risked all the lives of that soccer team, because the experts told him it wouldn't work right away, but he refused to listen and brought a giant media frenzy to an extremely delicate operation anyway and ended up delaying rescue operations by crucial days.

please compliments to the dancer in the robot suit, as his performance is absolutely 10 / 10, especially the walk out :D

Classic Musk. I've known a few men like him (men only, for sure). Overpromise, underdeliver. Always looking to break the norm just to see what happens and also to constantly display he's the smartest guy in the room. Add on the clear mental/emotional disabilities and you've got a megalomaniac who can't control himself. Would love to see Musk and Kanye duke it out with a "who's got bigger balls and weirder things to say" competition.

Chip and Dales Rescue Rangers most underrated show from my childhood that and Talespin

The issue with billionaires is exactly the same as the issue with kings, too much power on a single person that can snap at any point

"He wants to save the world, but only if he's the one saving it." Literally the primary motivation of Lex Luthor. Ol' Musky really is an IRL comic book supervillain.

The bear suit tho 😂😂💀

Hush and hush and hush !!! I’m giggling too much 👩🏽🤣🤣🤣 I love it !

Saving humanity begins with saving the human first. "You can't make an omelette without breaking some eggs." It's always someone else's eggs.

I don’t think a democracy can function when so much power is able to be held by one person.

Elon Musk is becoming the Bill Mumy character in "It's A Good Life".

Space X achievements: "Making space easier and more affordable to access" 🤣🤣🤣

Hello, my name is WestofEarth, and I'm a recovering Musk fanboi. It was the pandemic bullsh*t he was spreading where I hit rock bottom. I've had a sober intellect for 4 years now.

"And then it got weird." I love when someone with a sense of humor is interviewed. Thank you Kara.

Uh, wtf. Is it legal to have these Teslas test drive on city streets?!

Yoooo this 💩 is fkn terrifying 😳! I feel like I'm in a cheesy 70's action/sci-fi movie but without the hero😱. Thank you John and your phenomenal staff for keeping us informed and STILL makin' us laugh out LOUD at the ridiculousness of it all. ✊🏾👊🏾✌🏾💞

He didn't even mention the funniest part of the Zuckerberg callout which was that Elon had his mom make a press release stating that she couldn't let her baby boy be clobbered.

"Elon likes drama" is by far the easiest explanation for why he owns Twitter

Interior: volcano 😂😂😂😂😂

Elon went up in my estimation when he awarded starlink to ukraine ....and it did a nose dive when he withdrew it and became a twitter overlord holding hands with pootin

As my daughter once said to someone else when she was 11, "you think you're edgy and cool, but you're not."

I live for John beefing with the richest megalomaniac in existence. The results would be hilarious.

Props to Tesla for making the broken Glas an Easter egg in the Cybertruck infotainment 😂

"Send Me Location" boss move.

I just loved the bit where John pulled the maps of Afghanistan and Iraq...the ooorgh from the audience was priceless. Great hit, John! So look guys ice them and the swelling will go down in a day or two!.🤣🤣🤣🤣

seeing more and more tesla bumper stickers saying 'I bought this before I knew how horrible he was'

I was on the fence about whether or not to give this "thumbs up" until seeing the Grizzly Bear Armor test. 👍

"The hexagon: the pentagon that fucks" literally got me on the floor dying laughing lmao give that person a raise! And then...another raise!

That acrobat was great.

someone who lives in my area has a cybertruck, literally did not understand what it was till now

He wanted to be real life Iron Man, now he's real life Dr. Eggman

That is really scary, how much of government stuff got outsourced to Musk. I honestly had no idea how bad it was.

11:17 it’s also the car from the movie Upgrade, The one that killed the driver. The Cybertruck was announced in November 2019 while Upgrade was 2018, So Elon just saw the murder car In a movie and went “Yes I want that, Make me that.”

Never thought I'd say this, but that robot had some cakes!

“red-pilled Chip from Rescue Rangers” 😂😂😂

Here’s another fun Musk-related story from this year. Here in Sweden, Tesla’s management got into a feud with their workers who want the company to enter a collective bargaining agreement, as is fairly standard here; they’ve been requesting it since 2018. Tesla refused, claiming they offer better terms than such an agreement. The workers disagree, and have gone on strike, with support from the union they belong to. Since then, more unions and workers in other Nordic countries have joined the strike too. It’s still ongoing as of this writing, and Musk has not been happy about it

He did say self-driving needs only be better than a human. Which is what I would say if my software was shit.