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Originally Posted by Locke
Its the follow-through that really makes it for me.
He doesnt just present a point and leave it at that, he goes the extra mile to prove it, for instance the correspondence with the Televangelist, setting up his own religion, the ad time on Trinidadian TV, the Mascot Suits, etc.
Its that extra that HBO allows him to go that really makes this show excellent.
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Colbert really pioneered that style of satire journalism with his brilliant Super Pac stuff. I could definitely see that influence with Oliver's religion setup, especially stressing how everything they were doing was completely legal