Octopuses: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

John Oliver explains why octopuses are cool, great, and yes, called “octopuses”.
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[@lauramccullagh980]

This didn’t even mention the octopus that was kept in an aquarium that learned how often the night watch walked by so it could sneak out of its tank and into the shrimp tank to eat them all and then sneak back.

[@danielbuckner2167]

True story

[@Theoanno7]

Holy smokes! Really? When you think of it, humans are not remotely interesting. 😂

[@Ud0ntcm3]

I think the most disturbing part of that is the confirmation that comes after. When the animals rise against us we should fear the octopus even more than the monkey.

[@lornaginetteharrison7168]

@@Ud0ntcm3 I don’t know why, but your comment made me ponder what a super-intelligent ape/octopus hybrid incarnation would look like...probably Adam Driver!

[@anbu1325]

I love this fact! Where was this?

[@Babbleplay]

This just confirms my theory all British people secretly long to be nature documentary narrators.

[@bookfound]

It was a secret?

[@carabiner7999]

As one, shhhhh.

[@kneau]

If you are on a hike with a British friend, would or would you not find ways of prompting them to expound on your surroundings?

[@nicholascecil6733]

He shouldn't quit his day job lol

[@emilytalerman3567]

Hahahahaha

[@karapalmer7228]

I'm completely convinced that this is just what happens if you leave him unsupervised in the studio

[@MasterArchfiend]

This and commissioning or purchasing furry content with HBO money. Even gets the idea to combine them at the end.

[@josephbelisle5792]

Oh definitely.

[@holytankadinSabelane]

When John said he definitely didn't have a giant octopus mascot and looked off camera... was I the only one who was surprised when a giant octopus mascot didn't appear?

[@samuelsilbory6672]

No

[@HungerGamesFan88]

based on the cicada thing, and the entire rest of the show, we all were surprised

[@Marquis-Sade]

@@HungerGamesFan88 I guess that was his intention

[@WrenLaFeet]

Definitely not. 😂 Kept bracing the whole time. All 2.3 seconds of it.

[@casualeann]

I was expecting it too haha

[@joyfulgirl40018]

I love that there's absolutely no punchline or payoff here, it's just nine minutes of "octopuses are awesome."

[@SA-mo3hq]

Not in frame: The octapus to his left that learnt to hold a gun

[@janeallgood9833]

lol, he reminds me of a 7 yo who just learned about dinosaurs

[@owensanchez9353]

Dude, Fr

[@nickdiemelify]

It’s a fluff piece

[@bigshow771]

Right? Even though I was enjoying it, I kept waiting for the swerve. At the end, all I could do was laugh.

[@simmydared541]

“ furry turkeys with human legs” We already have that freak of nature on earth. It’s called an ostrich.

[@RamesGamesLC]

Wai- You know, you're not wrong. And their eggs are the size of a bowling ball. And they're very violent.

[@HeilRay]

That 'freak of nature' is more beautiful than 95% of the human population. Minimum

[@marisu9765]

That's an infallible point you have there.

[@Alias_Anybody]

What about the Emus though?

[@MontgomeryWenis]

Well I should point out that in that footage, the octopus was mimicking a frogfish.

[@ThoughtfulPotato]

Did I just watch a grown man gush non stop about octopuses for over 9 minutes? Yes. Yes I did. Am I upset about that? Not at all! Finally happy to see the awesome octopuses get the well deserved praise!

[@cosmosofinfinity]

When John started vouching for the octopuses' moral character, I was hoping by the end of the video it would be revealed that, like the chameleon, John Oliver was just an octopus in disguise the whole time. Missed opportunity! Or perhaps... the camouflage ability of the octopus is just that good, and the mimicry is still being done to this day

[@elanasilverman4468]

Yes!!!! (for the octopus-shaped John costume)

[@josephbelisle5792]

Wonderful idea and a missed opportunity for the show.

[@Lifealope]

John: "I want to do a segment on Octopuses this week." HBO: "You're not even on this week." John: "So, is that a yes?"

[@p1CM]

Funny thing is that, Chicken Permission, was given

[@user-en7cg3ve9u]

I feel like this is some sort of experiment whether we will watch anything John Oliver puts out. I guess we will.

[@danmortenson5274]

@@user-en7cg3ve9u I will, sooner or later...

[@rossjennings4755]

HBO: "Isn't that a bit of a departure for you, John?" John: "Look, if I still can't leave this white void, can you at least let me try some new subject matter? Just this once, I don't want to cover some depressing new trend in local politics. I want to talk about something fun, like how octopuses are cool and great." HBO: "OK, fine, we'll make it a web exclusive."

[@Arigiske]

you will be spared for singing praises to our kind.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

Just wanted to say: Love your work, looking forward to voting for you in the 2024 and 4,838,480 elections.

[@tdawggonzo88]

Cthulhu ftaghan

[@ericcloud1023]

Cthulhu ftaghen! Also I've always hated Calimari or octopus 🐙 anything

[@kgurl]

🤣🤣🤣

[@zaaz1471]

"spared" 🤣

[@Onlera33]

Lol, thought he’d bring up that story about an aquarium worker accidentally feeding an octopus some shrimp that had gone bad. In response, the octopus didn’t eat the shrimp, grabbed one of them, escaped his tank, went to the workers desk, and threw the bad shrimp onto it. That’s some pretty effective non-verbal communication of displeasure :)

[@incognitonegress3453]

What! 😳 Keep those away from me...the entire fuxxx!

[@elanasilverman4468]

no way??? in complete seriousness, is that safe for an octopus? It won't suffocate or anything?

[@incognitonegress3453]

@@elanasilverman4468 they r aliens... they can do whatever the fuxxx they want.

[@elanasilverman4468]

@@incognitonegress3453 wait...really? I feel like we're kind of trash-talking their planet now🤔

[@incognitonegress3453]

@@elanasilverman4468 lol...yes, n I'm sorry!!!

[@Windthin]

I have always loved octopuses. You didn't even get into their amazing escape artist antics or ability to totally fool stupid humans in aquariums by sneaking into other tanks to eat and then hiding the evidence and sneaking back. Point is, octopuses rule.

[@kristobahl]

This exact same thing happened in my sisters research laboratory! The cleaner caught it sneaking back into its tank after eating all the blue cod one by one! It was lifting the glass lid and everything!

[@thearmchairjournalist566]

@@kristobahl would love to see that 🤣

[@soscobra]

I have only one thing to say: The star of the movie Finding Dory was the Octopus. Freaking amazing character

[@Windthin]

@@kristobahl I mean, the humans were nice enough to provide it with snacks nearby, it's surely not its fault if it takes them up on that!

[@howardbiel5290]

Octopi one of the only creatures that knows to hide the evidence

[@lathe-operator]

_"Cats have dominated the internet for far too long and it's past time that octopuses take their turn."_ Well, in some specific parts of the internet...

[@lanapowell]

_Nani?_

[@yedmavus]

underrated comment

[@AKhoja]

You see, when a tentacle and a girl love each other very much...

[@Mrholysymbol]

@FrankFit when more people care, why do you keep replying with this same message everywhere chill out

[@jeronimo486]

@@AKhoja Hahaha!

[@BusinessCasual]

Plot twist: John is actually an octopus.

[@rawovunlapin8201]

How else would get a person who manages to look this much like a bird without trying?

[@JazzyTyfighter]

The human form is just a disguise like in the Penguins of Madagascar movie.

[@Daikoon]

He is the Octodad we all need.

[@propanegrah]

shut up business casual

[@brandonangstman]

0_0.... It all makes sense now!

[@danicaburke9355]

My 3 year old is this obsessed and passionate about octopuses, squid and cuttlefish. Watching this feels like I’m meeting future him. He does a great impression of a “giant ‘cific octopus” that John would be proud of

[@peggedyourdad9560]

Oh, that's really cute! You should show him either the dumbo octopus (yes, named after the classic Disney character) or the bobtail squid (there's a video of one getting roasted by a group of scientists) if he's still interested in octouses.

[@joyjordan5479]

This is the energy I never knew I needed in my life. Shoutout to octopuses for being cool as shit.

[@Bill-up9xw]

You are cute!

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Reminds me of how I was working on a roof today and banged the exact spot on my shin that I beat against a table last night….that’s me having trouble with 4 limbs, while these crazy asses are killing it with 8!

[@juanmivazquez]

John: I hate looking at humans. They are all bad. Adam Driver: :(

[@bmmmchichibmmm]

Meta

[@andrewmakey8950]

😆😆😆

[@GeneralAblon]

George Clooney: Great, that mean you gonna leave me the freak alone?

[@ninjamatic5000]

Adam Driver is an octopus. Why the fuck do you think John made this segment?

[@grillune375]

Adam Driver isn't a human.

[@thixiemattel]

I really didn’t expect 2 of my favorite things about this planet (octopuses and John Oliver, respectively) to collide in this manner and for this, I am grateful.

[@maybeebuzzy2265]

Yes! I agree 100% :)

[@levilukeskytrekker]

+.

[@WhiskeyPlease-xq3ru]

I’ve seen every John Oliver video and this might be the best one.

[@132karissanelson]

I've literally spent the last 20 years of my life trying to convince everyone that Octopuses are the greatest species of animal on earth and for the first time in my life I feel validated!!

[@ska7triumph]

Yea with elephants a close second.

[@TheFren]

Same. I saw a documentary as a kid and am in love since. They showed an octopus who seemed to have a crush on a female researcher, so apparently this works vice versa. Now that I think about it, Oliver didn't show any pictures of women when he was complaining about human looks... maybe we're just meant to run away with the octopuses. 🤔 Anyway, my favourite story is one I read recently when a researcher forgot to feed an octopus, and it climbed out of its tank wandered to the researchers desk, left some kind of mess there and then went back. The researcher was pretty shocked, since he considered the tank escape-proof.

[@CMBell1985]

@@TheFren I dont even need a citation for that, its so octo-believable.

[@fernandoulisessosa2212]

You need to rethink your life goals

[@ThePenguinKowalski]

Yeah same!!

[@ryanarmitage7196]

Disappointed when I realized this wasn’t a 30 min deep dive on octopuses

[@mbergeron1487]

I see what you did there.

[@temetnosce888]

So was I!!! Thankful for the nine minutes we did get, though. It was glorious 😂

[@simonwanjohimutahi5180]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4OkmJ-vrJusic0

[@Tim3.14]

This video still makes me laugh out loud at multiple points, 9 months after I first saw it. That's some octupus-level comedy writing there.

[@Seevawonderloaf]

I've been saying this for ages!! They're SO cool. So cool I lowkey wish I had a pet octopus but I wouldn't ever subjugate this majestic beast to live in a tank for my entertainment. Be free octopi! Be free!

[@ace_of_hearts1504]

"I hate looking at humans, they're all bad" Adam Driver: Do I mean nothing to you?

[@MyPrinceRo]

yes, he does in fact

[@OK-wu4wm]

Lmao...he should have apologized to him in this segment...the writers missed the golden chance

[@anoninunen]

Aha, but is it Jon Oliver? Or another octopus in a suit? n o b o d y s u s p e c t s a t h i n g

[@Lectrikfro]

@@anoninunen New DLC for Octodad?

[@ziziroberts8041]

🤣

[@fyraltari1889]

John Oliver: I hate looking at humans. Adam Driver: feels betrayed.

[@RubelliteFae]

Are we sure he's human?

[@patpierce4854]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cleverusername9369]

@@RubelliteFae he's a pensive bison

[@lavane26]

I thought Adam Driver was a tree.

[@Cryogenian]

Clearly Adam Driver is in fact an octopus in disguised as a human it just does too great of a job at it

[@jcherson]

More nature segments please, that was amazing.

[@LaraVlach]

John just straight up choosing violence in this episode makes me giggle. “I hope that man does, and that one, and all humans, actually, let’s just have me and the octopuses.”

[@Drifter.Dreams]

"Stealth bagpipes" is officially my new favorite way to refer to octopuses.

[@glenngriffon8032]

John is one of the more passionate furries on youtube

[@Jack-Lack]

I, too, am a pretty intense fan of octopuses. He ain't even mention their jets, their ink defense, the fact that some of them will create a strobe light show to mesmerize prey, that they prey on sharks, that they can pass through basically any small crack, or that they mourn their dead. I'm not saying that these aren't generally well-known facts, I'm just saying that they're more reasons why octopuses have a staggering amount of defense mechanisms and intriguing behaviors.

[@rfresa]

Basically the only reasons why they haven't conquered the earth are their mostly solitary natures and short lifespans. Once they start hanging out in groups and living a little longer, it's all over.

[@darrylw8074]

Used to keep Australian Blue-ring Octopuses in a marine fish tank. They are one of the deadliest marine creatures in the ocean. The rings are vivid metallic blue and the body colour could be anything from sand, to bright fluorescent orange when it was attacking its food (crabs).

[@TeaDrinker3000]

He didn't even mention how much they love playing

[@teruhiiko]

They mourn their dead?😢

[@erisgh0sted961]

@@TeaDrinker3000 imagine how awesome of a drummer an octopus could be. 🤔

[@justineb]

John Oliver- please do a nature documentary series. Thank you for bringing so much visibility to our 8 legged friends.

[@caronstout354]

He should see what fascinating things that cuttlefish do...

[@wreckitremy]

As someone who has had octopuses as a special interest for years, THANK YOU

[@justinsmith2102]

It's truly refreshing to see someone as excited about octopuses as I am.

[@justinsmith2102]

@@RedButtonTV1 always but not what I was specifically referring to in this instance.

[@prieurvictor7536]

@@RedButtonTV1 ppp

[@trickwillis]

a blissful fugue state swirlin

[@oniakuma2392]

If you want Octopus Excitement, check out Hentai

[@BeardslapRadio]

Just cephalopods in general, hands down best animals.

[@DigitalDirge]

I feel like an octopus wrote this episode, and I am 100% okay with that.

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Or otacon from mgs4 haha after designing the octocamo suit for snake

[@rochelledickerson5214]

🤣🤣💖🐙

[@mauirandall8176]

John Oliver was an octopus this whole time, they're really good at camouflage.

[@joshuaangeloglumalid8314]

Fun fact : Well octopuses are famous in the internet! Well some places in the INTERNET

[@sbrundage7]

This man brings me indescribable joy.

[@oruppel8214]

Yes! Finally giving cephalopods the credit they deserve! Thank you John!

[@lizcooke6946]

“I hate looking at humans. They’re all bad.” I felt that.

[@varma101]

@Trevor Wong-VanHaren She's secretly an octopus in disguise

[@Bensi7634]

@@varma101 ça xxxa.

[@Jonathan.D]

Somewhere in John Oliver's attic, there's a painting of him looking younger by the second.

[@Sheamu5]

Breaking news, bird man marries octopus woman

[@josebeteta8283]

All due respect to the British comedian that teaches us how the world is fucked, but my former crush and current girlfriend are pretty mesmerizing to watch for me, so I don’t know about that. That’s all I wanted to say

[@te0nani]

Scientists: "Pull this lever." Charles: "Do it yourself, Muppet's!"

[@simonwanjohimutahi5180]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4OkmJ-vrJusic0

[@coalblooded]

I want to learn more about these amazing creatures, but I want to learn it from a John Oliver video. Please make an entire documentary on their awesomeness, John!

[@varunshetty6810]

I LOVE you, John Oliver! I’ve always respected octopuses. Thank you for this!

[@faint525]

"It's time octopuses start dominating the internet" Nobody tell him about hentai.

[@f-ckmyr0fil788]

Can you imagine t 🤣😁😃😂

[@f-ckmyr0fil788]

Video of the way 😎😉😎😊

[@quentinbrown9300]

No, please tell him!

[@labellafleur6262]

🤣

[@HenryMcManus]

Oh he knows

[@hjbarber]

I want animal facts with John as a recurring segment because it is simply the greatest thing I’ve ever seen

[@christopherivan1790]

One does wonder if he is angling to replace David Attenborough in comedy retirement.

[@ChelleyV0807]

YAS!!!!

[@Amelia7o9]

Animal facts w/ John Oliver + His Existential Depression (though tbh I'm super same on that)

[@capncait]

At least an occasional cephalopod segment, cause they're the coolest.

[@donaldjohnson257]

.........Wanna see the greatest? Watch John's full segment on Televangelists pitching for "seed" money!!

[@laughing-cat]

This is absolutely one of the best things I've ever seen!! Every dang time!! Thank you, John Oliver!!

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Reminds me of how I was working on a roof today and banged the exact spot on my shin that I beat against a table last night….that’s me having trouble with 4 limbs, while these crazy asses are killing it with 8!

[@NoActuallyGo-KCUF-Yourself]

I liked the part about the octopuses. Seriously, the title is "Octopuses," the content was about octopuses, and no allegory, bait-and-switch, or hidden message. Very refreshing.

[@bamcr1218]

Yes John, this is exactly why I keep paying you attention

[@biblegirl]

Indeed

[@joshuaphillips755]

Figuratively, it's why I watch/like/subscribe to many. Sam; Amber; Hasan (rip); etc... They are our most precious endangered species.

[@tammy2755]

@@joshuaphillips755 😂🤣

[@8088I]

Yes, lovéd it!

[@avedic]

When LWT returns, I'm fully counting on seeing John on set...flanked by 100 human-sized octopus mascots.... With computer controlled servo-motor armature and flexible LED skin....engaging in a fully choreographed musical dance number, scored by Hans Zimmer, filmed by 10 cameras on 5 unique set pieces. It will be a very stressful day for HBO's accounting department....and they won't be able to do a thing about it. Except desperately attempt to buy any and every script that features CGI dragons and naked people being cut in half....

[@KindredKay]

he forgot about the fact that an octopus memorized a night guards route so he could crawl out of his tank, across the hall into a fish tank, grab a snack and then get back to his tank before anyone noticed him

[@Green__Ghost]

Or the fact that octopuses are capable of opening jars, even ones they are put inside.

[@KindredKay]

@@Green__Ghost the only reasons octopus dont qualify as sentient beings is because they have no drive to learn new survival tactics, they think their way is fine so they just vibe, i agree with john, they are amazing creatures

[@jasonblalock4429]

Wasn't that one so smart that he actually re-locked his cage behind him, so the staff had no idea he'd escaped?

[@alokdhodapkar8303]

Link to video ?

[@richarddevenezia8186]

That's some Joe Rogan shit right there.

[@coena9377]

Plot twist: John didn’t film this, it was actually filmed by an octopus in disguise. 🐙🥸🐙

[@mho...]

that would have been a glorious out, john transforming back to an octopus & swim away xD

[@kirbzcitkatz6741]

Double plot twist, your moms an octopus

[@shawnmeade7251]

Angry octopus holding the cue cards as well

[@WilliamRWarrenJr]

Plot-twist twist: John Oliver was on vacation this week, and was substituted by a guest host 🐙 octopus. His name is Frankly Unintelligible, but he goes by McGill.

[@kirbzcitkatz6741]

Double double plot twist, the octopus ate John

[@user-hs1xb9tv6e]

Get yourself someone who will love you as much as this man love to talk about octopuses.

[@lieke7287]

John: If there are two parties on a beach and one films the other party without permission, who's being the real jerk there? Also john: continuous to show us photos from octopuses who also didn't consent

[@xenathcytrin202]

he didnt even mention how octopuses are expert escape artists, so much so that it is relatively common in aquariums for them to find a way out of their own enclosure, crawl across the floor (In the air because, yes, they can hold their breath and navigate on land.), and enter a different enclosure, either because they want to eat the yummy fish in there or just because they wanted to.

[@hansakkerman2611]

One even timed it, so not to encounter the night-guard

[@Steffi5376]

@@hansakkerman2611 wtf really?

[@cinerina]

Or in one real case, hop out of their tank with a moldy shrimp they had just been given to then flick it disdainfully onto the desk of their keeper just to say, "Fuck this nasty shrimp, you eat it!"

[@stephensours8317]

Octopus go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@RustyDust101]

@@hansakkerman2611 Or even worse: timing it not to be seen, getting out, crawling across a floor, breaking into and eating the next aquarium's occupants next to theirs, then returning over the dry floor, resealing the aquarium they just emptied, so only the security footage got them. THAT'S how smart octopuses are.

[@RedSalamander]

This video in a nutshell: John Oliver: "Step on me, Wunderpus Photogenicus."

[@alsorensen2484]

"Crawl into my mouth, you stealthy bagpipe..."

[@petey1115]

😆🤣

[@lordeverybody872]

This video in a cocoNut Shell. Using tools is a higher level of intelligence

[@rheaprabhakaran6339]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jaerivus]

"Strangle me with seven arms whilst live-streaming my death on Tik-Tok with your eighth, you shapeless leviathan."

[@Mandarin]

Thank you John Oliver, you've done it once again. Just, all of it. 👏👏👏

[@Hello_Pri]

I love octopuses. They’re incredible. And I loved watching My Octopus Teacher. Currently reading The Soul of an Octopus 🐙❤️

[@jbj9802]

Might I recommend "Other Minds" ... it's a look at the development of consciousness & sentience and has a lot to say about octopuses. Just utterly fascinating creatures.

[@ryanwells1031]

I started reading Soul of an Octopus because of this comment and it has been amazing so far.

[@mackenzieehrgood6173]

Imagine if John found an octopus that looked like Adam Driver.

[@unknownexo]

Maybe Adam Driver is an octopus 🐙

[@maryknight4109]

Mackenzie - 😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@Black_Caucus]

stand on me octopus daddy

[@immortalasirpa8117]

imagine if I had a real life man that looked like Adam Driver instead of the irritated octopus that calls itself my husband

[@videt7459]

Given that 'tentacle p@rn' is already a thing in fanfiction across all pairings, you might've just spawned some really weird stories xD

[@brittney3165]

"A big, wet trash bin full of God's weirdest typos" is the best description of ocean fauna I've ever heard.

[@-HolySpiritDove-]

The marvel of the octopus’ adaptability, is a recognition of God’s ingenuity 🐙💈😇✨

[@tokyomilmil]

Yep, ... might be a worthy opponent against Australia: “THE deliberately deserted trash bin to hide up all God’s kinky whims”

[@charlespartrick528]

I've always loved octopuses. Have seen many scuba diving and snorkeling. Amazing creatures.

[@laurenlittlewood3913]

Best thing I have seen on the internet all day. Reminds me how much I love octopuses.

[@rebekah5052]

I didn't see that this was a web exclusive at first and I was like "holy shit, what are we doing to octopuses??"

[@claracurie]

Welp... we're eating them. I just did on Sunday and I feel like the biggest dick on Earth :(

[@hellNo116]

we eat and chase them. they are really good sports. they are really hard to catch

[@JuanPablodelaTorre]

We sometimes boil them alive

[@hellNo116]

@@JuanPablodelaTorre we have a story where i live, about nothing kills them except wine. also you haven't lived if you haven't paralysed a octapus with your bare teeth and then hit into submission on limestone in order to make its flesh more tender... i have to point out at this point that i am against animal cruelty and this is sth that ppl used to do here.

[@Drbeckerproductions]

Simple, we are fucking destroying the ocean for profit and convenience. The ocean is getting increasingly more acidic and marine life is dying.

[@TE-ow8wk]

I don’t think this is John Oliver talking. I think he’s been replaced by an octopus camouflage as him

[@moneer7139]

No he just watched too much TierZoo

[@millermbe]

THIS

[@joquerol]

I would've screamed if at the end they had a 3D graphic of him turning back into an octopus.

[@danielcurren2119]

I for one welcome our octopus overlords

[@josebeteta8283]

@i Play Sometimes I expected you to be linking to a TierZoo video about octopuses, but that’s not bad either

[@RabenFlueh]

🌹🖤😂🖤🌹 Octopuses are the best indeed! Btw... that was an excellent introduction into why and how to grammatically explain the Word "Octopuses" Cheers! ❤️🍻❤️

[@Nitro-Blue]

Genuinely my favorite episode/exclusive from this show

[@chesh1re_cat]

"Now you now how to end a tinder date in 10 seconds" Bold of you to assume I did not already possess that knowledge

[@shannonweaver2169]

Right, my basic personality is usually pretty good at that

[@sravanthimagi3]

No idea

[@senor_fridge]

End a tinder date? He most certainly has more knowledge to relinquish to us. I have yet to even get a tinder date.

[@leizdutra9377]

Exactly, this is what dating is for, the sparks aren't flying

[@jgbreezer]

Or how to start the relationship of a lifetime... (if you meet the right person)

[@jonathanthompson4624]

I've been a huge john oliver fan for years, watched every episode many times. This is the single most important, timely and hard hitting piece of art John has ever made.

[@erikalouwrens3992]

God yes!

[@lexaj6886]

and probably will ever make.

[@goodkaja8330]

Thank u John O, For years I’ve been considered “weird” by my Family and anyone else who’d listen to me rant about the greatness if the Octopus. Thank you!!!!

[@kiki2508]

Guys, the Brits are the absolute BEST at one liners and brilliant comedy! Love you John, and the expletives are f*** hilarious! x

[@tristanscott2645]

So weird not to be depressed, angry, and/or sad after watching a Last Week Tonight video

[@WanderingYankee]

Yes, this was a refreshing episode. I wish he did more nonsense segments like this.

[@Marijuanifornia]

It's just one more week that he's wasted by not telling everyone that there's a government video from World War II that tells Americans to grow weed to stop Hitler. The film is titled *Hemp For Victory.* You're not going to believe me, so John Oliver has to explain it to you all.

[@Marijuanifornia]

@Capt Shiny Child, the legalization of Cannabis Sativa after the attack at Pearl Harbor is the reason that you are alive in a "free" country. No weed = no Navy, no Navy = no D-Day, no D-Day = no victory, and no victory = the Nazis win. Hence the name of the video, *Hemp For Victory.* Instead of just learning from your own history, you continue to pay billions of dollars in taxes to pay police to harass, beat, arrest and kill Americans over "Marijuana" in the war on drugs, the same "Marihuana" plant that defended American freedom and democracy. You're so indoctrinated by government lies that you won't even contemplate the importance of *Hemp For Victory.* There is more to weed than getting high.

[@jeremymiller9582]

“Charles destroyed the experimental equipment and repeatedly squirted the experimenter with water,” is an exceptionally delightful sentence.

[@babypaul001]

Well, the experimenter certainly hopes it is just water ..

[@carlairving]

Bratty octopus

[@MangindDerous]

I can't express how much I loved and thoroughly enjoyed this...

[@i_spy5902]

OMG!!! John Oliver... bloody nailed it!! Bring us the octopus parade 🐙!!

[@yadiraaguilar2035]

The writers were replaced with average octopuses. That’s why this show was so funny and well written.

[@Len124]

Octopuses are so cool it didn't even take exceptional ones to pull it off. The Jimmy Fallons of the octopus world.

[@MrAB2357]

"I'm worried that if people stop paying attention to me, I'll die." - John Oliver Johnnie Boy has finally become a real youtuber

[@ryanjaye9628]

John Oliver is Tinkerbell

[@Marquis-Sade]

Timestamp?

[@Marquis-Sade]

@Lucas Carlson Oh

[@Evanthebat15]

I love how this is just one big massive excuse for John Oliver to nerd about Octopuses😂🤣

[@JorenMyers]

Golly! This is easily one of the best videos under 10 minutes I've ever seen.

[@thesewinggeekmiri9029]

"...you get the sense that some octopuses think we are idiots." I mean--that's fair. they're not wrong...

[@AO00720]

I feel comfortable calling myself and fellow humans idiots.

[@thesewinggeekmiri9029]

@@AO00720 I mean, it's not like *we* can escape a closed jar...

[@insane_troll]

Well of course octopi are going to think you are idiots if you go around calling them "octopuses".

[@iDriveAhondaCivic]

@@insane_troll 🙄

[@POPOPOPOPOPOP82]

It’s official. I’d listen to John Oliver talk about anything.

[@astraeaeventide1572]

John Oliver, you are my favorite guy that says stuff on television. I appreciate you as a human being so much. Thank you for being you. I agree, octopuses are spectacular and I hope that they one day rule the world, the universe even!

[@hurlaky43]

Keep going, John, you’re doing great!

[@johnnyfiveo]

2:18 "stealth bagpipes" I'm dead

[@dr.floridamanphd]

I thought that’s what he said

[@chriskline3763]

Hahahaha somehow I missed that joke.

[@frankboyd.]

I wonder if they can change colour to look like tartan.

[@xzonia1]

That line did make me LOL. :)

[@KaritKtana]

Best description ever

[@remonm990]

As a marine biologist, I'm glad to hear John Oliver finally appreciates octopuses as much as they deserve to.

[@nathanracher2911]

isn't the plural for octopus is octopi?

[@EbuCallinav]

Sometimes it's easy to spot the people who commented before watching the video.

[@mackinacisland3825]

@@nathanracher2911 look at 23 seconds in for the answer.

[@nevergirl86]

Thank you so much for this John Oliver. I love you forever for this video.

[@elizabethsuggs7067]

"Scuba Trevor's funeral is today..." Omg John 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RebakaChan]

I love “stealth bagpipes”

[@Rekishi12]

They are also know as the " floppy floppy spiders of the sea."

[@InvisiblerApple]

The best part was how he just breezed right through that term.

[@simonwanjohimutahi5180]

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[@daniellamcgee4251]

@@simonwanjohimutahi5180 SPAM.

[@toyotabrony]

@Rebaka-Chan Looks like u gotta new sub for ur cute vids

[@shangerdanger]

Wow. Huge fan of the show. Kinda bummed you said that the only thing better would have been if I died.

[@dTekken]

Whats the story behind the clip?

[@leiram8833]

He also said at the end that he was also hoping to get killed by an octopus, so maybe it was a compliment?

[@werlddomination8233]

Take one for the team. It’s not too late. Jk. One love ❤️

[@idalarsen2540]

That's what you get for animal abuse.

[@ernest3286]

Haha! 🤣

[@jamesburk8145]

Thank you so much John for representing octopuses. If anything on this planet is getting off alive it's definitely them and not us, it's the octopuses. They are so much more equiped. Also I am definitely not an octopus, carry on with your self extinction thing. I mean ours, I gotts go find a crab or something.

[@Adlerjunges83]

We need and would so much like more of that, please. I began to love them long ago.

[@jtd277]

Damn, just a web exclusive. I kind of wanted a full 20 minutes on octopuses. 😥

[@ThreadBomb]

Just watch the video twice.

[@jtd277]

@@ThreadBomb great idea, will do.

[@WanderingYankee]

Here's some more octopodial footage: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5PIf5iHe7qAl5I

[@BeepBoop173]

“I’m worried that if people don’t pay attention to me I’ll die” SAME

[@lpalacios1]

I will pay attention to you. Worry not!

[@cameronsitton501]

A teacher once tried to stump me with the classic mind game "Prove to me that you're not just a figment of my imagination." I hit him with "I AM a figment of your imagination, and if you stop thinking about me, I'll die." This reminded me of that so much

[@chriskline3763]

I'm dead on the inside soooo....no loss here.

[@HeilRay]

lol

[@JariahxSynn]

*Thanos Snap*

[@callmeworms]

Sometimes I rewatch this video just because it's so positive

[@andreagardndr]

I didn’t think There Was Any More, that I Love ❤You John Oliver, You R The man

[@Tramnack]

"I hate looking at Humans. They're all bad." My new favorite quote.

[@simonwanjohimutahi5180]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4OkmJ-vrJusic0

[@cavemanvi]

We’re all chubes

[@huepix]

Sophia Loren!

[@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134]

Squirrels say this all day. We also stink.

[@TheJovenshire]

Can you please do another 9 minutes of just describing weird aquatic life creatures? Or as you put it....God's typos.

[@rachelguderjahn2231]

I would totally watch that!

[@TheMrawesomest]

John can be the next Sir David Attenborough.

[@ingrudmessenger1193]

In case John doesn't, i can definitly recommend ze frank, he covered a couple of weird aquatic life creatures like Abby: watch?v=XVWQCd5j_ec

[@lalal3aby]

Cannot believe he missed to mention Paul the Octopus RIP

[@tidbit1877]

As long as some of those minutes are spent on octopuses, then hell yes! PS - Everyone should watch the documentary on Netflix where the guy visits an octopus every day for ages(like a hundred and fifty days or something)

[@MyStylist.Naomi12]

I 100% agree with everything! Octopuses are absolutely amazing, and honestly, if they WERE malevolent, they'd probably be ruling over us as a master species.

[@oliviastephens3310]

People are really out here saying humans were god’s greatest creation when octopuses are right there 🙄

[@leelenlesueur8863]

John: I will now talk about octopuses for just over nine minutes. Me: Son of a B I'm in.

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Yeah I'm genuinely fascinated with octopuses. I read somewhere that if they didn't have such a short lifespan it's possible they would have evolved into the dominant life's on Earth

[@BradMonett82]

@@michaelcorcoran8768 holy craps in a hat....where the hell did you read that? I love and am completely infatuated with 🐙 octopuses 🐙 and am wondering how i never have read that about them. If you think or know where you read that gm from i would absolutely love to hear from you. Thanks for Inspiring me to try to find that fact know.

[@imnota6]

@@BradMonett82 I haven't directly read it but it was heavily implied. Octopuses have basically the same intellectual capability potential as humans in terms of tool use, and they have similar abilities in terms of socializing and empathy, just without the language (but let's be real, their sign language would be leagues above ours). The issue is literally their lifespan. They live up to like 5 years, which isn't long at all. If they lived 60+ years like humans, they'd most likely have human level intellect and also be able to actually pass down knowledge which is a core aspect of human development. Humans wouldn't be where we are today if we couldn't pass down information like we do, which you need a long life span to be able to do.

[@hilly11000]

😃🥰

[@biggavelle11]

Sonofabitch im in

[@aidansilvia2663]

That chameleon-octopus render was definitely 1/3 of the season’s budget

[@peterjohansson1828]

Tbh that opening sounds like an excellent way to start a date.

[@CirclesandSounds]

This made me wheeze laugh multiple times. I wasn’t murdered by an octopus. I was murdered by a John Oliver video about octopuses.

[@MannyDelaCruzBOOM4U]

From now on, I want all my nature documentaries to be narrated by an overly excited Brit, nerding out on the most trivial details. It’s mesmerizing.

[@kurtsudheim825]

Jo is basically the opposite to Attenborough!

[@GSBarlev]

Search for Matt Berry: Lone Wolf

[@ScaryWombat]

Isn't that already how they're all narrated?

[@a.noriega-gonzalez6801]

Yes, very!!! 🤣

[@MsZephyra]

@@ScaryWombat haha, was thinking the same thing...

[@corey9350]

John Oliver is my hero, and if possible my spirit animal

[@kellywright4051]

This was a damn delight! Thank you SO much. (Eat your heart out Ze Frank)

[@ApollosDagger]

The fact that “John is weirdly horny for yet another animal” should be on every LWT bingo card is a bit concerning yet intriguing.

[@JackWalshissupercool]

Not only that but it happens so often it should just be the free space.

[@stephentraskos3130]

better Octopodes than Adam Driver

[@templarw20]

And yet, not as weird as President Eques…