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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Multi-level Marketing

TV Flash files “Multi-level Marketing” as hour 88 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 3, episode 29, aired 2016-11-06, 30 min.

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This leaf is S03E29: listed hour 88 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 29 of 30 in season 3. It aired 2016-11-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “School Segregation” (S03E28). Next is “President-Elect Trump” (S03E30).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Multi-level Marketing (S03E29)

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This week's topics included the most recent campaign updates and multi-level marketing companies' claims to be legitimate businesses though some seem awfully.. pyramid shaped. John Oliver and Jaime Camil demonstrate how they work in English and Spanish.

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Where does Multi-level Marketing sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?

S03E29 is listed hour 88 of 371 — hour 29 of 30 in season 3, season 3 episode 29.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S03E29 air?

Multi-level Marketing aired 2016-11-06 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Do I need to watch every week in order?

Each episode is a topical deep dive, not a serial plot. Jump at a subject you care about; net-neutrality-era segments are the origin myth of the civic-homework clip.

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John Oliver turned late-night into a research department with punchlines: twenty-minute deep dives on net neutrality, prisons, and whatever lobbyists hoped you would never google. Civic homework disguised as comedy — explainer satire that actually moved petitions, and a host who treats footnotes like setups.

Sunday night, and the group chat is doing homework. After *The Daily Show*, John Oliver's HBO late-night series debuted April 2014 with Tim Carvell and James Taylor in the engine room: twenty-minute deep dives on net neutrality, prisons, and whatever lobbyists hoped you would never google. Segments sparked real petitions and news cycles. Multiple Emmys for variety talk. Footnotes as setups. (Spoiler-free: the joke comes with a syllabus.) Lana can have the tuxedo. **The ship is the explainer, and the replies are…

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