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From Fox News: “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver and actor Will Ferrell partnered for a parody video on what they believed is a better representation of America than Lee Greenwood’s song “God Bless The U.S.A.”
While closing his show Sunday night, Oliver mocked the use of Greenwood’s song at naturalization ceremonies, calling him “a tacky Bible salesman with views completely at odds with everything a naturalization ceremony represents.”
“I’m not sure why it’s being played at ceremonies at all, not just contractually or even musically but because Greenwood’s past comments about immigrants have been, to say the least, off-message,” Oliver said.
He continued, “All of this is to say, for multiple reasons, I’d argue Lee Greenwood’s song should never again be played at citizenship ceremonies, because they deserve one genuinely unique to this country. A song that celebrates the nation new Americans are about to join, and the process that they’ve been through, while also not soft-pedaling some hard truths about it.”
In the video they played, Ferrell starts by singing from a restaurant about immigrants who filled out citizenship applications, then touts American traditions such as apple pie, fireworks, Nascar races and rodeos.
The song then dives into what they consider America’s problems, including televangelists, fossil fuels, metal detectors in schools, prisons, and ‘Ted f**king Cruz.’ And it gets worse from there.
Below is the ‘song.’
John Oliver is sick of Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the U.S.A.” being played at U.S. naturalization ceremonies, so he created an alternative—with help from Will Ferrell. pic.twitter.com/UnW7hFBVoS
— LateNighter (@latenightercom) October 28, 2024
“This week we did something a bit different. We covered two main stories, both related to immigration. One is about mass deportations, and the other is about the man behind one of America’s most popular anthems, “God Bless the USA,” but they’re both — at their core — about Mountain Dew Baja Blast. Because any story about America is sort of a story about Mountain Dew Baja Blast,” Oliver’s show wrote in a social media post.
This week we did something a bit different. We covered two main stories, both related to immigration. One is about mass deportations, and the other is about the man behind one of America’s most popular anthems, “God Bless the USA,” but they’re both — at their core — about… pic.twitter.com/iymP4vrOGU
— Last Week Tonight (@LastWeekTonight) October 28, 2024
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