What can you do with a salmon cannon? You could use it to shoot the fish harmlessly over dams, speeding them on their way upriver, as approved by Washington wildlife types..Big yawn. But if you’re John Oliver, you’ll improve upon the salmon cannon, and use it to reach out and touch a few friends.
I think you’ll agree, John’s cannon design is a lot more fun than the original version.
Just ask Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart who each caught regards from John with a fish to the face. Jimmy Fallon was swatting incoming fish like flies, while Meredith Viera wasn’t so fast or fortunate. I think you get the picture. John sent too many ‘regards’ to list, but Rachel Ray, Anderson Cooper, Homer Simpson, Wanda Sykes, Tom Hanks, David Letterman and many more can testify to the efficacy of the design.
In some silly region of the brain, a flying salmon connecting with an unwary celebrity with a loud, satisfying THWACK! is delightfully funny. More’s the pity, John doesn’t know anyone at Fox News to whom he can send a friendly Salmon-Gram.