With ‘Last Week Tonight’ on a one-week hiatus, John Oliver takes to the internet to cover the most important story of the past week. Fireworks! Of course, there were Supreme Court Rulings and other important news this week…But who cares? Americans love the 4th of July – because, fireworks! Perhaps we love them so much because as John describes them, they’re “like sparkly guns you can shoot into the sky.” Americans are known to love things that go BOOM. While the British view the Fourth tolerantly as “The Day of Colonial Aggression,” they may be the only ones giving much thought to the original meaning of the holiday…Because of fireworks!
You will not want to miss John’s pitch perfect description of a Fourth of July celebration in your town. It’s as if John has been to every city in the USA on the Fourth of July. He is like the Google Car of July 4th celebrations. Just see if he doesn’t precisely describe the festivities where you live! From the family fights about miserable parking miles from the community fireworks display, to an exact description of the fireworks you saw – in order, and launched in sync with the appropriate classical music, John was there! He even describes a classic display that resembles John McCain.
When it’s over and you’re wearily trekking back to your car, only to wait in lines of cranky, honking
former celebrants – was it all worth it? I won’t be a spoiler this time, but John completes his report by cleverly tying our universal ability to forget misery to what makes America great…And terrifies pets and children. You won’t want to miss it. USA! USA! USA!