Hoover the Talking Seal

[PusheeSC]

This sucks... real bad.

[rockerape]

Hoover the farting seal

[misspinkpunkykat]

I have a cat that says no. Particually when he gets a bath and when he has to go to the vet's.

[Jjames763]

I have to admit among the popular talking animals(parrots, apes, elephants, etc) I did not count seals among them.

I knew they were hiding something... Just you wait... They're planning revenge for the bloody pastime of baby-seal-clubbing!

[stealthunter14]

the QI clip can be watched here /watch?v=pZS0coZ0NSw

[imawakeish]

come on get over here come on come on

[killiankillbot1]

That is Quite Interesting!

[stagedive516]

The resemblance to Wilford Brimley is astounding.

[carrotgai]

12 people are named something other than Hoover.

[88lines44women]

He was MUCH better in person. He would say pretty clearly " Hello dare!" "Hello!" "Whaddya doin" This recording wasn't very good.. I pretty much freaked the first time I heard him, I thought I was hallucinating.

[Thurbane316]

@88lines44women I'm surprised there aren't more (video) recordings of him "speaking".

[88lines44women]

He was MUCH better in person. He would say pretty clearly " Hello dare!" "Hello!" "Whaddya doin" This recording wasn't very good..I

[mmemmm344455]

what does the fucking thing suppose to be saying????

[Tuckerscreator]

@mmemmm344455 Hoover... Come on, get out of here! Come on, come on, get out arararaaaaa!! Come on, get out!

[mmemmm344455]

what does the fucking thing suppose to be saying????

[ricarleite]

@mmemmm344455 "Get over here"

[MrShindig2]

I heard he had a Bostonian accent.

[stealthunter14]

QI rules

[Smegsterino]

WHY ARNT PEOPLE MORE SHOCKED!!!

[baronofcheese]

@Smegsterino "cuz itz faek and ghey lolz"

Though it's actually surprising that you don't see this sort of thing more often.

[Smegsterino]

@baronofcheese nah dude its not cuz stephan fry said it on QI

[SeladorCellardoor]

I did! :)

[alisonswithstupid]

@ChuckBleedinNorris Haha just watched that :)

[darraghfish]

He sounds like will smith

[lk0micho]

@darraghfish LOL

[al3699]

pisses all over that lion that says 'allah'

[Nastehh]

lol epic

[duncaje]

QI! Millionth time I've seent in it on Dave, first time I've looked for it on Youtube!

[THODNA]

@MrMI13D

Yep, QI for me too. Reruns on Dave....

[MadFella90]

Haha all QI

[snipergirl21]

LOL, guess we have QI to thank for this. :)

[damianlz]

@snipergirl21 yeah thats how I came across this as well :p

[KittenButter]

QI made me aware of this, lol.

[JONNOG88]

As cool as this is. I am sorry but this really freaked me out.

I mean come who has'nt had a nightmare that there pets all of a sudden start talking to them.

I also saw this on QI.

Would'nt have been great had it actually sounded like Stephan Fry : )

[hannigan06]

Thats what you get from a Maine seal.

[jjjjjjustin12]

You dolts that get on youtube and contribute to the never-ending "America vs UK" debate are all equally pathetic. End of discussion, forever.

[TheSchnok]

Making generalizations based on country, race, age, etc is all the same. It's for the weak, aimless people who fail to understand what's what and why. Leave country comparisons and that naive good vs evil mentality on the sporting field.

[Zeekaice]

I wish I could have seen this awesome seal. If only I had a time machine...

[withnail555]

Good old Hoover. That always cracks me up.

[stitcha123]

this is amazing! what a sweet animal! wish i cud have seen him. hoover is the best!

[kaitachi]

think he misses his bucket lol

[jfkjrlover]

@ptrlaurent What is with Europeans always putting Americans down? You're making fun of your own people! If you want to insult Americans, at least reserve your comments for Anglo-Saxon Americans so as not to offend other groups of Americans. I'm an Armenian-American and when someone says all Americans are stupid, I take offense to that as I identify myself as an American, but I am not the redneck, ignorant, white trashy kind of American. Don't lump us all together!

[cooliodude96529]

@jfkjrlover

YEA! tell him. Im not that either, im a black guy american!

[mooncowtube]

I just love the notion of Americans, who barely seem able to get it right about whether they're talking about England, Britain, UK, or half the rest of Europe, lecturing us on how to direct our gratuitous insults at better-specified subsets of the American people! Hey, y'all sound the same to us -- we tell it as we see it! :-)

[TheBeatfox]

I think there's a tendency to generalize on both sides: some Europeans think that all Americans are boneheaded ignoramuses, and in turn some Americans think that all Europeans enjoy putting Americans down. And then the cycle just repeats and feeds on itself. Human nature in action, really.

[Lassoon]

They had this on QI the other day. I don't know about anyone else, but it freaks me out.

[siggiarent]

I always thought 'Kissed by a rose' was his best song.

[SuperBeachgoer]

wow lol

[IainRockss]

He used to talk to me.

"hey ya, gett ova here come on com on"

"why" I'd say,

"I want a cuddle"

[knobcheesey]

i think his imatating someone calling him like.Hover get ovah here come on come on

[tomxxy2000]

I thought he was at his best when he sang kiss from a rose.

[Sabored]

@tomxxy2000 hahaha i didn't get that at first so i looked up hoover singing kiss from a rose, than i remembered that it's sung by seal

[thespiritofrocklives]

Oh my gosh! That's a freakin' seal!

[hughlover15]

does anyone know the movie with the seal , and there were kids that dressed him up and he wore sunglasses, i really want to know so i can watch it again

[Wishnick]

I believe that was Andre.

[beckykeen]

ANDRE!

[PiecesofEternity]

He sounds like an old man.

[stickpictures]

Actually. He was originally adopted by a Maine family, and the voice he learned to imitate was that of the family father, who used to call "Get ovah heah" when he wanted to feed or play with him. Dunno if the dad was old-old, exactly. But it is a pretty decent Mainer accent (not a Boston one) that you hear.

[Hyak44]

"hoover,hellogetouttahere,come­ on getoutta here!arouf!"thats one fast talkin seal

[Butteryjam]

lol qi

[TomGraves07]

haha QI ftw

[babaganoush12]

lol yep. just watching QI on Dave.

[MrM13D]

so how many people watched this after watching QI?

[ellopoppet19]

haha me XP

[xW18x]

Haha I would be one of them

[majorspitfire22]

i did XD

[ConradZaar]

I did.

[2sSHenky]

@MrM13D i believe quite many.. ;D

[nitramgnal]

@MrM13D I am doing so as I write.

[xxAlchemistressxx]

@MrM13D guilty :)

[BadassComms]

@MrM13D i did!

[CherryTripping]

@MrM13D guilty as charged *g*

[BggProductions]

@MrM13D Count me in

[CrimsonKage]

@MrM13D After QI? yep.

[bombfuckinhadston]

@MrM13D no

[ChuckBleedinNorris]

@MrM13D Just been on Dave in a 2010 repeat!

[jackdaw51]

@MrM13D me,2 years later on a repeat!

[JollyMunkie]

@MrM13D I didn't realise QI was screened so far behind in Australia.

[markit39]

@JollyMunkie I just watched it in Australia tonight :)

[Thurbane316]

@JollyMunkie Yep...we started getting it a year or more back, with the then current season. Since then, they've gone back to the first series, and been showing them all in order.

[huntfastuff]

@JollyMunkie I hear Australia has a mish mash of eps out of sequence - so some are new and some old. Alan Davies said Aus can watch how his hair seem to grow overnight and Stephen's weight goes up and down.

[JollyMunkie]

@huntfastuff It is true.

[markit39]

@MrM13D haha, I did

[JayKeaton]

@MrM13D haha, it just re-aired in Australia last week.

[cooliodude96529]

@Brennna i dont think they can

[RecoveredLoss]

Hello there!!

[FierceDeity33]

unbelievable to hear this. sounds like an old man. wonder if he knew what he was ssaying

[calciumdioxide]

Bloody freaky...

[Lerkot]

There gotta be more material from this nice fella, somewhere...

[refusedchad]

on qi they said he apeared on the today show...

[reeblite]

yeah, he did sound like pacino. lol. At lunch time in the business district, we used to go down to the Aquarium and sit outside watching everyone react to Hoover. This clip is not a great representation of his voice. He actually could say his name really well. And entertained everyone with his mimicking. A very intelligent seal. There are many people from around that area who loved Hoover and still miss him to this day. The Aquarium should have a bronze statue commemorating him outside.

[gunsnrosesforever1]

WHY NOT GOLD

[reeblite]

eerrr, i agree, but someone would steal it.

[waterwiggler]

I met Hoover when I was a kid! I remember accusing my brother of talking under his breath and pretending it was the seal. It turns out that it really was the seal. I'm not crazy! Thanks for the memories, Hoover. I miss you! :-)

[waterwiggler]

I met Hoover when I was a kid! I remember accusing my big brother of talking under his breath and pretending to be the seal. It turns out that it really was the seal. I'm not crazy! Thanks for the memories, Hoover! I miss you! :-)

[studge91]

horarr horarr get outa here, lmfao

[R3v3r4nD]

He sounds a little bit like Al Pacino