Awesome Hamster Ball Pool Maze, The: John Oliver Jokes He Doesn’t Need Movies Anymore due to 17-Minute Viral Hamster Maze Video

“It’s a complete masterpiece and it goes on for 16 more minutes. I mean, Barbenheimer was fine,” Oliver said, referring to movies Barbie and Oppenheimer, which opened on the same weekend. “I liked it fine, but be honest, it’s just not as good as that.”

When his show returned with new episodes in October following the end of the writers strike, he accused the studios of prolonging the strike.

“The Writers Guild went on strike and thankfully won, but it took a lot of sacrifices from a lot of people to achieve that,” he said. “And while I’m happy that they eventually got a fair deal and immensely proud of what our union accomplished, I’m also furious that it took the studios 148 days to achieve a deal that they could have offered on day fucking one. But hopefully, this might encourage others, from auto workers to Starbucks baristas to health care providers, whether they are in unions or would like to be, to find power in each other. And within our particular industry.”