Whenever the human race eradicates Earth, whether its fromnuclear Armageddon or environmental destruction, at least we can reflect on our triumphs like space exploration, MC Hammer and peanut butter with the lighthearted words of Martin Sheen. John Oliverrecruited the actor on SundaysLast Week Tonightfor a hilarious, victorious Doomsday video.
Earlier this year, CNN unveiled their own such clip, the Turner Doomsday Video, which features grainy footage of a marching band performing Nearer My God to Thee as the world, presumably, came to an end.Thats it? A band playing a slow dirge? Oliver asks in the above clip. Well, to be fair, when the world ends, it would be comforting to look at any marching band and think, Well, at least theyll all die too.'
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The host emphasizes that adoomsday video shouldnt just be sad it should be celebratory.To give our species a more uplifting best of review, Sheen helps uscelebrate the greatest things about humanitys time on Earth.
We had a good run, didnt we? the actor asks. We harnessed fire, invented languages and engineered transparent underwater tunnels simply because we felt like looking at shark tummies. And since no compilation video is complete without a blooper reel, Sheen compiles humanitys biggest screw-ups the Third Reich, guys hitting each other in the testicles into a brief review.
Before we all embrace whatever awaits us, I have something important to show you, the actor intones, cutting to an adorable Old West saloon model filled with cat bartenders and cat cowboys. And before saying his final goodbyes, Sheen encourages us to reflect on our amazing achievements: Give thanks to peanut butter, to water slides, to the night sky, to the Beatles and the pyramids, to that YouTube video of Kelsey Grammer falling off a stage.
Its a beautiful world, indeed.