--- ---  # Watch John Oliver Get Martin Sheen to Do a Doomsday Video by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 20, 2015 8:14 AM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Apr 20, 2015 8:14 AM UTC A few months ago it was revealed that CNN had made a tape to be played in case of the end of the world. The news network’s doomsday video featured a marching band playing the religious dirge of a song “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” a tune that was reportedly played on the _Titanic_ when (spoiler alert) it sank. _Last Week Tonight_ host John Oliver was convinced that “French-Canadian space mermaid” Celine Dion’s heartfelt ode “My Heart Will Go On” was the last song heard on the _Titanic_ and when he learned that was not the case, he decided to take matters into his own hands and improve CNN’s video for them. Who ya gonna call when you need an end-of the-world video? Former _West Wing_ Commander in Chief, President Josiah Bartlet, a.k.a. Martin Sheen, naturally. “Hello, I’m Martin Sheen,” the video begins, “and I’m afraid if you are watching this the End Times are upon us. Whether because of war, disease or a genetically modified dinosaur, our world is now only moments away from total annihilation.” The video, posted above, goes on to celebrate the greatest things about humanity’s time on earth. Like, oh, shark tunnels and Segways. Watch John Oliver Have Martin Sheen Do a Doomsday Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3827878/john-oliver-martin-sheen-sing-doomsday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3827878/john-oliver-martin-sheen-sing-doomsday/"},"headline":"Watch John Oliver Get Martin Sheen to Do a Doomsday Video","datePublished":"2015-04-20T08:14:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:22:32.661Z","description":"Talk about perfect casting","url":"https://time.com/3827878/john-oliver-martin-sheen-sing-doomsday/","keywords":["Television","John Oliver","Last Week Tonight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaece0e24bf92465/6987ebce5f570f896cb1933d/140845591.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteaece0e24bf92465/6987ebce5f570f896cb1933d/140845591.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The West Wing","caption":"The West Wing","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3827878/john-oliver-martin-sheen-sing-doomsday/","name":"Watch John Oliver Get Martin Sheen to Do a Doomsday Video"}}]}] ```