John Oliver Teams Up with Weird Al Yankovic to Serenade North Korea

Aug 14, 2017, 12:08 PM

North Koreans really like accordions, according to John Oliver. The team at Last Week Tonight found plenty of video evidence of such, including photos of leader Kim Jong Un admiring an accordion and a North Korean musical troupe playing an accordion cover of A-Ha’s hit song “Take on Me.” So when Oliver wanted to make a heartfelt plea to Pyongyang, he turned to the U.S.