John Oliver‘s HBO show “Last Week Tonight” may be on hiatus until July 24, but the British comic delivered a brief message to fans to recognize Independence Day.
“Or as they call where I’m from, July the 4th — and that’s it,” Oliver began.
“Since 1776, you’ve done very well as a nation, but it might be worth thinking about just a handful of things that you gave up when kicking Britain unceremoniously out of this country,” he said.
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He first noted the weirdness of American accents. “You speak like you just burned your tongue on a hot apple pie,” he said.
“You are also missing out on bowler hats,” he said, “which are perfect for dressing your head like a circumcised velvet penis.”
Oliver went on to note America’s sacrifices in terms of cuisine (“meat pies”), pessimism and weather (“Just look at the British sky itself — even the sun is incapable of asserting there”).
He then concluded with a jab at Queen Elizabeth, whom he dubbed “an elderly woman who frowns for a living.
Watch the full video above.
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