Awesome Last Week Tonight

John Oliver’s hilarious HBO news show may be on hiatus, but that doesn’t mean he can’t drop the occasional YouTube clip. Here, he teaches us why New Year’s Eve is the lamest of all of the holidays, and how to get out of participating.

HBO’s Last Week Tonight is kind of a big deal. Watch how many celebrities they got to join in on this childish segment about the salmon cannon, a device that sucks and shoots fish to help them make their way around dams.

(NSFW: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at lottery policies in the U.S. Its addictive nature aside, even if everyone gambled only occasionally the lottery would still be a scam because its proceeds are not allocated properly.

(NSFW: Language) Last Week Tonight spotted Lowe’s new robotic assistant and pitched an ad for Home Depot that highlights the importance of a human assistant. Featuring Nick Offerman, H. Jon Benjamin and Sarah Baker.

(NSFW: Language) Last Week Tonight look at the circuses known as US state legislatures. Operating under obscurity, lack of oversight and corporate spoon feeding, many state lawmakers are wreaking havoc on their constituents.

(NSFW: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at the unnecessarily long immigration process of Iraqi and Afghan translators who worked with US military forces, despite them having risked their and their family’s lives for Americans.

We like pumpkin pie, but this artificial “pumpkin spice” crap that’s being put into everything these days has to be stopped. John Oliver couldn’t agree more. We’re also trying to figure out when we’ve ever eaten five pounds of pumpkin in a year.

(NSFW: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at the Miss America Organization, which awards scholarships to women on the condition that they parade around in swimsuits for several minutes and prove their intelligence in 20 seconds.

Last Week Tonight gives us a primer on the potentially historic decision that will be held this week. The Scottish are going to vote whether or not they want to break away from the United Kingdom. Violently British arguments follow.

Last Week Tonight looks at student debts in the US, where some for-profit schools spend more on marketing than on their teachers and avoid government restrictions through loopholes and lobbying. Also, TMI about Pres. Lyndon Johnson.

(NSFW: Language) Last Week Tonight looks at the US’ gender-based wage inequality. As if paying someone less for the same work wasn’t bad enough, some politicians are actually saying that the fault somehow lies in women themselves.

(NSFW: Language) In the wake of Michael Brown’s shooting, Last Week Tonight looks at the racial profiling from some of Ferguson’s law enforcement officers and politicians, as well as the unneccesary militarization of U.S. police.

Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver looks at payday loans. The $9B industry is abusing loopholes, lobbying and conflicts of interest to get away with absurdly high interest rates. The show then proposes an alternative to these loan sharks.