--- description: John Oliver went on a rampage during this season's final episode of Last Week Tonight with a salmon cannon title: John Oliver Gets Fishy in Finale image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0add6456b8c3d931/6987680006f2c13de13322a4/salmon-cannon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch John Oliver Fire a Salmon Cannon at Jon Stewart, Kelly Ripa and Homer Simpson by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2014 8:40 AM CUT  Fresh fish on bed of ice Fresh fish on bed of iceMonty Rakusen—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 10, 2014 8:40 AM CUT John Oliver went on a rampage during this season’s final episode of _Last Week Tonight,_ but it wasn’t just with strong words for [state legislatures](http://time.com/3553868/watch-john-oliver-state-legislatures/ "undefined") or [dogs dressed as U.S. Supreme Court](http://time.com/3524548/john-oliver-supreme-court-camera-ban-cute-dogs/ "undefined") justices or [Michael Bloomberg](http://michaelbloombergisawiener.nyc/ "undefined")‘s .nyc web address [shopping spree](http://tinytinymikebloomberg.nyc/ "undefined"). This time, though, he was armed … with a salmon cannon. After watching a news clip showing a [salmon cannon in action](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/08/29/344360634/the-salmon-cannon-easier-than-shooting-fish-out-of-a-barrel "undefined") helping fish return to their spawning grounds, Oliver was inspired to buy his own and try it at home. He then took a page out of [Lew Zealand’s](http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/%5F%5Fcb20100721203038/muppet/images/2/22/LewZealand%5FLarge.jpg "undefined") playbook and started throwing fish. He started by chucking one at the face of his former _The Daily Show_ co-worker Jon Stewart, then Jimmy Fallon got one and then he went wild spraying salmon at everyone from Kelly Ripa to Anderson Cooper to Meredith Grey mid-operation on _Grey’s Anatomy,_ hitting an actress mid-dramatic break up on a CBS soap and even burying Homer Simpson in the flying fish. It’s a fish-throwing feat that is possibly the best thing to ever happen to _Grey’s Anatomy_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3575412/watch-john-oliver-fire-a-salmon-cannon-at-jon-stewart-kelly-ripa-and-homer-simpson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3575412/watch-john-oliver-fire-a-salmon-cannon-at-jon-stewart-kelly-ripa-and-homer-simpson/"},"headline":"Watch John Oliver Fire a Salmon Cannon at Jon Stewart, Kelly Ripa and Homer Simpson","datePublished":"2014-11-10T08:40:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:28.832Z","description":"It was like shooting fish out of a barrel","url":"https://time.com/3575412/watch-john-oliver-fire-a-salmon-cannon-at-jon-stewart-kelly-ripa-and-homer-simpson/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","jimmy fallon","Jon Stewart","John Oliver","Last Week Tonight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0add6456b8c3d931/6987680006f2c13de13322a4/salmon-cannon.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/blt0add6456b8c3d931/6987680006f2c13de13322a4/salmon-cannon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Fresh fish on bed of ice","caption":"Fresh fish on bed of ice","creditText":"Monty Rakusen—Getty Images","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/3575412/watch-john-oliver-fire-a-salmon-cannon-at-jon-stewart-kelly-ripa-and-homer-simpson/","name":"Watch John Oliver Fire a Salmon Cannon at Jon Stewart, Kelly Ripa and Homer Simpson"}}]}] ```