Solid episode. Oliver & Co. do a good job of covering all the Russia/Mueller stuff in a flash, and the bit about local news Halloween costumes is nothing groundbreaking but still funny. The main story, on economic incentives, has a good topic, but feels like one of those issues that's too big for Oliver to really cover in any real depth or detail in fifteen minutes. (Though I got a big kick out of his Entourage movie digs.)
That said, the final segment, poking fun at the Postal Service's attempt to gain notoriety with a cheesy, CSI-style procedural, was absolute gold. Between the clips LWT picked out, and its efforts at "product placement" using genuinely popular shows, the whole thing was a hoot.
Overall, not the show's strongest episode, but some good stuff.
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Solid episode. Oliver & Co. do a good job of covering all the Russia/Mueller stuff in a flash, and the bit about local news Halloween costumes is nothing groundbreaking but still funny. The main story, on economic incentives, has a good topic, but feels like one of those issues that's too big for Oliver to really cover in any real depth or detail in fifteen minutes. (Though I got a big kick out of his Entourage movie digs.)
That said, the final segment, poking fun at the Postal Service's attempt to gain notoriety with a cheesy, CSI-style procedural, was absolute gold. Between the clips LWT picked out, and its efforts at "product placement" using genuinely popular shows, the whole thing was a hoot.
Overall, not the show's strongest episode, but some good stuff.