--- title: April Fools' Day: John Oliver Takes a Stand description: "Anyone who is excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath" canonical: https://time.com/3763091/april-fools-day-john-oliver/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-30T11:45:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:10.251Z og:title: Watch John Oliver Take a Stand Against April Fools' Day og:description: "Anyone who is excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath" og:url: https://time.com/3763091/april-fools-day-john-oliver/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt215ec149d9d00bbf/698785b7524fc041dbded267/screen-shot-2015-03-30-at-7-10-20-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-03-30 at 7.10.20 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch John Oliver Take a Stand Against April Fools' Day twitter:description: "Anyone who is excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt215ec149d9d00bbf/698785b7524fc041dbded267/screen-shot-2015-03-30-at-7-10-20-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch John Oliver Take a Stand Against April Fools' Day by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 30, 2015 11:45 AM UTC  by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Mar 30, 2015 11:45 AM UTC John Oliver says it’s time America takes a stand against April Fools’ Day. “Anyone who is excited for April Fools’ Day is probably a sociopath, because what they’re really saying is, ‘I cannot wait to hurt the people close to me,'” Oliver said in a Web video Sunday, with his show _Last Week Tonight_ off for the week. So raise your hand and promise to refrain from posting any fake Facebook engagement announcements or perpetuating any celebrity death hoaxes. Watch the full segment below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3763091/april-fools-day-john-oliver/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3763091/april-fools-day-john-oliver/"},"headline":"Watch John Oliver Take a Stand Against April Fools' Day","datePublished":"2015-03-30T11:45:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:10.251Z","description":"\"Anyone who is excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath\"","url":"https://time.com/3763091/april-fools-day-john-oliver/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","entertainment","April Fool's Day","John Oliver","Last Week Tonight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt215ec149d9d00bbf/698785b7524fc041dbded267/screen-shot-2015-03-30-at-7-10-20-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt215ec149d9d00bbf/698785b7524fc041dbded267/screen-shot-2015-03-30-at-7-10-20-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-03-30 at 7.10.20 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3763091/april-fools-day-john-oliver/","name":"Watch John Oliver Take a Stand Against April Fools' Day"}}]}] ```