--- title: Watch John Oliver of 'Last Week Tonight' Hate on New Year's Eve description: The 'Last Week Tonight' host is out with his latest YouTube video. canonical: https://time.com/3648434/watch-john-oliver-explain-why-new-years-eve-is-the-worst/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-29T15:08:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:09:33.581Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch John Oliver Explain 'Why New Year's Eve Is the Worst' og:description: The 'Last Week Tonight' host is out with his latest YouTube video og:url: https://time.com/3648434/watch-john-oliver-explain-why-new-years-eve-is-the-worst/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch John Oliver Explain 'Why New Year's Eve Is the Worst' twitter:description: The 'Last Week Tonight' host is out with his latest YouTube video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch John Oliver Explain 'Why New Year's Eve Is the Worst'  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Dec 29, 2014 3:08 PM CUT  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Dec 29, 2014 3:08 PM CUT _Last Week Tonight_ isn’t returning until February, but that hasn’t stopped John Oliver from taking to YouTube to trash talk some of America’s favorite holidays. This time it’s New Year’s Eve, and Oliver has advice on the best excuses for all your social commitments. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3648434/watch-john-oliver-explain-why-new-years-eve-is-the-worst/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3648434/watch-john-oliver-explain-why-new-years-eve-is-the-worst/"},"headline":"Watch John Oliver Explain 'Why New Year's Eve Is the Worst'","datePublished":"2014-12-29T15:08:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:09:33.581Z","description":"The 'Last Week Tonight' host is out with his latest YouTube video","url":"https://time.com/3648434/watch-john-oliver-explain-why-new-years-eve-is-the-worst/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/3648434/watch-john-oliver-explain-why-new-years-eve-is-the-worst/","name":"Watch John Oliver Explain 'Why New Year's Eve Is the Worst'"}}]}] ```