On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver takes aim at Britain’s longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth ll, whom he describes as “pointless” before making fun of her Resting Bitch Face, and dowdy wardrobe. John further cements his status as a former British subject, by cutting all ties with the Queen in this gleefully snarky send-up.
John’s colorful description of Liz’s trademark hats is not to be missed. For her special day, the Queen was charged with opening a train line in Scotland. The event prompted a reporter to remark that like the train, she “just keeps chugging along.” John countered in part, pointing out that trains are useful.
In the Queen’s defense, after 63 years of cheering the commoners, she got to ‘celebrate’ by getting gussied up to a open a Scottish train line. It’s not all skydiving and roller skating for royalty, you know.
John summed up his thorough thrashing of the hat lady, saying:
“Essentially what I’m saying is, congratulations, Your Majesty,” Oliver said. “You have spent 63 years doing a job that could’ve effectively been done just as well by a Styrofoam mold of the human head.”