If the end of the world is coming, you don’t want to see a military band playing “Nearer, My God, to Thee” as CNN reportedly has planned.
No, if Doomsday is finally here (and you’re going to be parked in front of a TV during humanity’s final moments), you want a celebration rather than a funeral dirge — and on “Last Week Tonight,” host John Oliver recruited “West Wing” President Josiah Bartlet, Martin Sheen, to help the world go out in style.
Check out the clip above for everything that made our time on this planet so remarkable, plus a few things we’re all less than proud of.
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