How does a show top the explosion of a calendar year and the sudden manifestation of a small army of wax figures of U.S. presidents? For “Last Week Tonight,” the answer was: Combine them.
On Sunday’s episode, the HBO series capped off Season 5 by delivering a video parodying “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, with the help of Armie Hammer and the quintet of wax statesmen that was the 2017 big finish. Using some of the same scale and penchant for destruction that resulted in setting fire to a giant 2016 in the wake of that year’s presidential election, the result is a surprisingly-budgeted effort that reimagines centuries-dead American figures in an international memorabilia heist.
Their target — naturally — is the now-legendary “Cinderella Man” jockstrap the show purchased at a Russell Crowe estate auction, sparking a season-long joke battle that also led to the funding of a koala Std ward at an Australian animal hospital.
On Sunday’s episode, the HBO series capped off Season 5 by delivering a video parodying “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, with the help of Armie Hammer and the quintet of wax statesmen that was the 2017 big finish. Using some of the same scale and penchant for destruction that resulted in setting fire to a giant 2016 in the wake of that year’s presidential election, the result is a surprisingly-budgeted effort that reimagines centuries-dead American figures in an international memorabilia heist.
Their target — naturally — is the now-legendary “Cinderella Man” jockstrap the show purchased at a Russell Crowe estate auction, sparking a season-long joke battle that also led to the funding of a koala Std ward at an Australian animal hospital.
- 11/20/2018
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire Television
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