There is so much going on in the Republican quest for power, about which the term horrific is an understatement, that we need to step back once in a while and enjoy a smile, so I have one to share today. It was a big cicada year in 1999, but either Portland is not a big Cicada town, or there just weren’t many in my neighborhood. Seventeen years have passed and John Oliver welcomes them back.
Apparently, it’s going to be a big summer for cicadas, whose unusually long reproductive cycle means the ones emerging this summer were conceived in 1999. Cicadas won’t be here for long—two to six weeks on average. But if they’re anything like humans, they’re going to need some catching up on what they missed while they were gestating. And Last Week Tonight’s host John Oliver is here to help bring them up to speed.
In a funny video made directly for YouTube, Oliver divulges that, “We voted in second President Bush by a narrow margin, and rejected a third President Bush by an enormous margin."
In 1999, the internet was still pretty much in its infancy, and "scream[ed] in agony as you dial[ed] into it," recalled Oliver, who also described YouTube, which came into existence in 2005 as “a video distribution platform where teenagers become famous for playing video games and opening boxes."…
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I do remember the swarm of 1972, When this years class of cicadas returns in 2033,. I hope that conditions on earth will permit them to survive. To a large extent, that may well depend on how much voters reject Republicans this November,
Save the planet! Dump your Republican!
8 Responses to “Cicadas with John Oliver”
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I remember the Internet screaming in agony. I also remember the CRASH panic of 1999, which he left out. I don't spend a lot of time on YouTube, but I thoought it was more cats than teenagers getting famous for opening boxes. Very, very funny. Well, enjoy them while you can. LOL.
Cicadas don't bother me. John's hilarious!! And good!
Thanks, Tom for this one.
I swear I hear those rattling things EVERY year! They ALL can't be on the same reproductive cycle!!!
I saw this on the internet the other day. I laughed till my sides hurt!!! They have a lot of catching up to do if the are ALL on the same cycle! I love John Oliver!
Take care, TC! See ya in the funny papers!!!
Thanks for the very welcome giggles TC!
John is always funny! I remember the cicadas of 1999, we apparently had lots of them that year. According to our local gardening expert, we won't have so many this time. You are right, the earth may not be able to sustain them next time. Trump won in Indiana, that is a bad sign for all of us, even the cicadas.
17 years in 3:32
9 months of Republican primaries? Not enough time to explain to the cicadas.
The cicadas got off easy! A couple of weeks and they will be gone. We have to suffer through more Republican BS for another 6 months!
Thanks for the laughs!
We don't have cicadas here in wet and cold Netherlands, although they may be coming soon by grace of global warming. The first time I met with the powerful sound of them was when we spend our first summer (and Christmas) Down Under on our lot in 2010. It had rained a fair amount the first time after a 7-8 years drought and you could lean into the wall of sound they produced. We were afraid we wouldn't be able to sleep through it, as less loud mechanical noises can keep us awake when the wind blows from the east in the Netherlands, but we slept like babies every night. Isn't nature wonderful? Since then there have been cicadas about every summer, but never as many and never as loud.
Thanks all!! Hugs!!