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John Oliver recorded some ‘shallow dives’ to tide you over while he’s on break

The HBO host celebrated the weekend by covering some uncharacteristically shallow topics.

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We’re used to John Oliver picking up the slack from cable news and doing 20-minute deep-dives into controversial topics. But hey, we just had a holiday weekend, and even comedy news anchors are entitled to some vacation time.

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Instead of a regular episode of Last Week Tonight, Oliver posted a rapid-fire round of frivolous news stories this Sunday.

Dogs? Good. Bagels? Donuts that gave up on their dreams. Flip-flops? Lingerie for foot fetishists. (That’s certainly one to ponder during the summer months.) Oliver crammed an impressive number of topics into this mini-episode, and unlike most of his serious fare, none of them are remotely meaningful.

It’s exactly the kind of coverage we need to get us into the spirit of the summer.

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Even when he’s covering totally pointless non-news “news” stories, Oliver is still somehow better than most TV anchors. One week without a real Last Week Tonight episode is one week too many.

Screengrab via Last Week Tonight/YouTube

 
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