Monday, March 12, 2018

John Oliver Describes Mt. Dew

In his Feb. 2018, 2018 show, Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver creatively describes America as being "a beautiful mess of contradictions." He explains further, offering:

"As an immigrant who has fallen in love with this country, for what it's worth, please allow me to speak to the rest of the world in America's defense, Donald Trump does not represent America — well, to be completely honest, he does reflect it a bit. But the point is America is not one thing; it's a beautiful mess of contradictions where good and bad are mixed together. For instance, it makes Mountain Dew, which tastes like a honeydew melon was fucked by a radioactive cloud.  On the other hand, it makes awesome beds shaped like the Batmobile." 

He continued, "America is the country that gave you Star Wars — you're welcome — and Scientology — we're sorry about that. And sometimes, what's great and terrible about us is just impossible to separate."


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