WATCH John Oliver New Year's Eve 2014 Video - NYE Is 'The Worst'- In HBO 'Last Week Tonight' Web-Only Clip [VIDEO]

John Oliver's HBO show Last Week Tonight was the surprise hit of 2014 (well, except for maybe True Detective, so, maybe 'comedy breakout' is better), and what better way to ruing in 2015 with an acerbic takedown of all things New Years? In a web-exclusive - as Last Week Tonight is still on hiatus until retuning in 2015 - the late show host delivers a stinging and blunt appraisal of New Year's Eve, bagging American Idol and Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve host Ryan Seacrest, comparing it to the death of a family pet and simply saying that it's the "worst".

Happy New Years Eve-Eve-Eve - here's how to navigate what will statistically be a terrible evening https://t.co/cMzTvlM3gO

— John Oliver (@iamjohnoliver) December 29, 2014

 In the video, Brit Oliver explains his disdain for the holiday saying that "New Years Eve is like the death of pet: you know it's going to happen, but somehow you're really prepared for how truly awful it is."

He goes on to decrease New Year's Eve as "the worst."

"It," he explains, "combines three of the least pleasant things known to mankind: Forced interaction with strangers; being drunk, cold and tired; and having to stare at Ryan Seacrest for five solid minutes, waiting for him to tell you what the time is."

Oliver - who YouTube nominated as one of "the people who made 2014" - also goes on to offer up some handy hints for getting out of New Years Eve parties and "watching guacamole turn brown", including making up diseases named after Boondocks Saints characters. As for Girls nights, he's not sure, because Oliver believes he's "such a 'Samantha' and women are intimidated by my energy."

The best one, however, is telling people you're on a cleanse. It's the perfect excuse, says Oliver, as "the beauty is there will be no follow-up questions, because nobody wants to hear about your fucking cleanse. You're out."

Check out the clip below to find out how to be in bed on New Year's Eve by 11.45 "after watching all five Die Hard movies."

Last Week Tonight returns to HBO on February 8.