Opening Remarks
John Oliver of Last Week Tonight ran down the Opening Ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Rio recently, highlighting the spectacular “plant-gasm” finale of the Brazilian rain forest tribute segment, and the Tongan contingent of the Parade of Nations. While the leader of that team was in expected native dress, the makeup job was a little excessive — and shiny. Comments by the NBC broadcast team did not, um, slip by. — Eric Gould