Last Week Tonight was off the air this week, but John Oliver posted a video Sunday from last week's show. It was a sort of love story. "Japan — there is something amazing happening over there right now," he began. This "something" involves Chiitan, an unsanctioned Japanese municipal mascot — an otter with a turtle as a hat — that describes himself as a "0-year-old fairy baby" who "plays around super actively every day!" Oliver was a fan. "Every Chiitan video is a work of art," he said, and he waxed poetic about the mascot's tweets.
"When's the last time Twitter made you happy?" Oliver asked, fairly. "When's the last time anything made you happy?" Because this is John Oliver, and because he has HBO money, the Chiitan saga took several bizarre turns. If you want a fleeting moment of happiness and don't mind NSFW language, you can watch it all unfold below. Peter Weber
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