Friends don't let friends multi-level market.

John Oliver's video on MLMs is 30 minutes and Sam Bee's is 8, but both are absolutely legendary.

Worthy of note: Betsy DeVos' family money came from Amway, the granddaddy of MLMs.

Full Frontal has been on for 3.5 years now, and this is the first time I saw Sam break. Your leggings are *that bad* Lularoe.

It's not often that Sam can't keep her composure during a segment, so when she laughed at the jeggings I laughed even more knowing that even she couldn't make it through this segment with a straight face.

Outlaw MLMs, and also fix labor laws, standards, and equality in this country so people don't feel like they need "side hustles" or "gig jobs". Uber, Lyft, MLMs...these are all symptoms of a broken economy, that also make it more broken.

I have tears in my eyes. Half from watching Sam lose it at them fugly leggings and half from watching hard working women being scammed.

Thank you for calling these scams out Sam!!!

Then when failed they can just say you weren't motivated enough.

"Designed by Lisa Frank's blind sister" there has never been a more accurate description😂

I was raised in a "MLM home". Every day was an infomercial. It was like being raised in a cult.

I’m just here to see how many MLM Huns will be in the comments “I promise mine isn’t like that!”

Oh, the smell of room-temperature, vacuum-sealed seafood

Mary Kay has caused a few friends of mine to lose a grand or so. 💰

I had no idea there were fewer moms in the workforce right now. That's crazy

I knew a woman earning almost six figures at a federal job, but then sold MLM jewelry and acted like a good chunk of her income came from that. No joke. And that's how she suckered person after person into signing up to sell with her.

I know several people who've been conned by MLMs. While they can tell you what their "profit" on an individual sale is, they have no idea whatsoever what their earnings per hour of work are. Also never seems to occur to them that their "employer" is not providing ANYTHING in the way of benefits. I've even heard some of them talking about being excited because they'll be attending an upcoming "convention" or "show" or "conference"....the costs of which, (travel, lodging, food, etc.), are ALL out of pocket. None of the numbers add up, so to be honest....the "work from home and set your own hours" are what ropes people in.

I am very glad that Sam B. & John Oliver call these evil business ideas out.

I saw that Vice show and my heart just sank for these women.

Penn Jillet: "Having a product involved is something we magicians call 'Misdirection'"

John Oliver already covered this but that being said warning people about MLM is something worth doing over and over again.

The BBC did a piece on this that showed MLMs originate mostly from Mormons in Utah, something I’ve been noticing for some time. It causes rifts in families.

Lol a rare moment when our queen bee goes off script! Love you Bee!

Whoever made those leggings should be ashamed! That is the ugliest pair of clothing I’ve ever seen

Several people have tried to get me to join MLM/pyramid schemes. One was a good friend, who tried to overcome my objections by asking “what’s wrong with a pyramid scheme?” I tried to explain how math works, but it was all to no avail.

John Oliver's video on MLMs is 30 minutes and Sam Bee's is 8, but both are absolutely legendary. I like how the Daily Show people are still working together despite the distance.

John Oliver covered this also. His segment was also really good.

OMG....I spat out my tea with laughter when you showed those "leggings"

Pro tip: if they focus more on recruitment than they do in selling a product, it's a scam. If you have to attend those long seminars in a huge room where they use phrases like "Step up and be a leader" it's a scam.

All MLMs are the same. Even if the products are good, the only ones who make money are those who are recruiting engines. Structurally, the few at the top who make money are dependent on the losses of those who come into the MLM and then leave their money behind when they go. MLM products are always massively over priced and sold as being unique and superb. To stay in the game, recruits are required to buy a certain amount of product every month to qualify for distributions from those they recruit. These required monthly purchases are the dirty little secret that make MLMs profitable for the very few at the top. Success rates in MLMs are low and must be low to keep the profits flowing up to the fortunate few at the top. Almost any other form of enterprise has higher success rates than MLMs.

now I know why my sister offered me multiple leggings out of the blue... she mentioned Lularoe and I had no clue what it was... I hope she didn't fall into this scammish thing.

MLMs should just be straight up illegal because to me it’s just another word for pyramid scheme

How do Americans afford to have children, not only is there a cost to give birth but NO leave.? Canadians medical costs are covered entirely, and both parents are able to split parental leave for up to a potential 18 months. It astounds me the largest wealthiest nation in the developed world doesn't offer what every other smaller not as wealthy country does.

These would go so well with my Twilight T-shirt I wear to the gym so guys will leave me alone.

Sam you are such a SCREAM!!! I have tears running down my face. You deserve a crown . . Thanks for always making me laugh.😂😂

I'm not gonna lie, I had never found oysters interesting before until I saw this segment.

MLM's are bad. Period. The fact that we let any go is truly sad.

I was in Amway. Then my brain kicked in and saw it for what it was. Great job Sam. You spelled it out perfectly.

Thank you Sam for spreading the Anti MLM message!

Half the women I work with are in MLM schemes. They're either in leggings, doing insurance scams, or selling vitamin patches.

Multi-level? Like a pyramid?

Lisa Frank’s blind sister 😂

A family of nice people I somewhat recently became friends with invited me over because they wanted to talk about some type of joint business venture. I had talked generally about business and stuff before, so this wasn't a totally random topic. But when I got there, I saw these glossy brochures and printed literature, a mountain of branded products, and they started talking to me about how great it would be if we all could stop working jobs we hate, and be our own bosses, and make as much money as we want to work for. Then they actually made me sit and watch a promotional video that was at least 10-15 minutes. It was so uncomfortable it became excruciating. I began resenting their imposition and how I had basically become held socially captive while I endured this. Then they got to the part where I'd have to spend $700 to become a member. I politely but firmly told them no, I was not interested, and that I didn't want to waste their time. (Even though they were actually wasting mine.) Friends, don't do this to your friends!! We hate it!

Lularoe, Paparazzi, MaryKay, Pampered Chef, Herbal Life, Pink Zebra, etc etc etc

Churches are MLMs as well. Recruiting since two millennia ago.

I did Mary Kay for like...a week? I got a few sales from some of my mom's church ladies who wanted some of the products, and mostly I just ended up with free products for myself instead of money. So....I just stopped. The products lasted long enough but I needed something that can be used as a currency in most respectable establishments, and lotion and eye shadow are not accepted currencies.

Never saw Samantha lose it before! Great stuff!!

Is this the first time Sam has broken on her show?! So. Good. And thank you for calling out MLMs.

'Murica, where televangelists thrive and where there is a new sucker born every minute.

I LOVE Samantha Bee. She's the only woman that can keep up with the Late Night guys. She can talk to us about things from a woman's point of view.

I remember a woman involved in an MLM because the cost for her daughter's cancer treatments were unaffordable, and she was selling like three different company products.

"I found the man in the boat." 🤣😅😆😉

This is so important to share. I see more and more honest people getting suckered into MLMs everyday.

My mother in law keeps getting duped into these things. She got suckered into 2 within a year, and has now resorted to selling the stock she was left from one company that went “bankrupt” on FB’s marketplace. I would guesstimate she has close to $10,000 worth of product that she can’t return or get her money back on.

These plagues prey on desperation, of course they spike in hard times, and amongst marginalized groups.

Samantha Bee does a good job and I did enjoy this segment, but can we try to hold ourselves to a higher standard of honesty than the people we're calling out? 3:21 is a terrible chart, where 15.6 has been made to appear about a quarter the size of 20.5. The point is valid, you don't need to falsify graphs to make it seem worse than it really is.

Not to mention that sales are made by exploiting friendships. You buy out of guilt because you pity your friend who is selling the garbage, out of pity for the friend who is hosting the party, out of guilt because your friend is stuck at home with young kids and probably needs the money or the social interaction.

When I saw my mother had a big box in her floor and asked what was in it (lotions and make-up), I had to sit her down and explain how she had been conned and to do whatever she could to minimize it, but without making her feel guilty or embarrassed. Momma you're too nice for this and that's why they play on emotions; if the product sold itself would they be trying this hard to convince you to not only buy it but sell it as well?? They *need* to be on blast all the time.

He says they sell their product to consumers, but they DON'T. They sell their products to employees who are supposed to sell them. A consumer would have a choice in what they buy.

Hey Sam, you’re the best!

The Bee and the Pink Pearl, a tale worth telling!

When businesses use 'empowering women' and the LGBTQA+ community to profit. It's *always* about the money.

As a dude that has never had to deal with any of this.. but has had to silently watch family and friends fall into this trap. God why can't we let women do the amazing things they're capable of. Not ONE lawmaker has had the tenacity and passion as Kamala, Warren, or that woman that made Ben Carson out to be the law-clueless fool we all know he is. Bernie is close. But when he's given time to grill someone. Nobody is touching the females of Congress.

John Oliver covered the topic before, but Sam of course takes the female approach and it takes less than half the time LWT needed 🤣😘 Gorgeous as ever!

The reason MLM works on recruiting rather than actual sales is that the MLM sells the product to the bottom tier. So they don't care if it sells to consumers. It's already sold. Recruiting is how they sell the product.

I never thought I would find this woman entertaining, but poking fun and spitting truths against MLMs is my favorite kind of humor.

So many, “John Oliver already covered this, BUT...”, comments. I love John Oliver but his coverage of this topic is not a mic-drop moment. Some of you need to do some self reflecting. Why do YOU feel the need to mention that this was covered already....?

When I was trying to earn some extra money as an Avon lady someone came up to me with a similar offer. I even went to their big house as they tried to persuade me to join their venture. I’m just glad I am an introvert and the idea of approaching strangers and getting them to sign up to such a thing horrified me.

so glad Sam mentioned how there are limited resources for women with children. most of the MLM people are mothers. thank you for being one of the only people to cover this topic and mention it!

ViSalus client here....I smelled mlm from a mile away when I was introduced to it... But it actually helped to control my weight. I'm not reselling that stuff, just buying it for myself and using it for weight control, nothing else. Oh, and I'm from Italy so ViSalus is one of the rare ones we have.

Sister in-law drained my brother inlaws bank account on MLM he had no idea she thought she would get rich selling costume jewelry. Now she having a tough time stuck with all this cheap costume jewelry which is worthless. The woman who got her into this made money off her now she won't even return her calls.

“Find my big, pink pearl!” I think we found a new motto for Red Lobster!

Samantha Bee is killing it, again!

The vice doc on this was so eye opening to see

In my head, I immediately named that crotchbumbler 'Scamantha Bee'.

As a former Amway distributor, I completely agree with this.

This is funny, haha but seriously please go watch the VICE piece. It's really sad.

MLMs are yet another example of antagonistic resale, where the company business model is hostile to the end customer, rather than synergistic. We've seen it similarly (speaking of gambling) in contemporary game design that serves less as entertainment and more as a platform for microtransactions and lootboxes. (Speaking of which, toy mystery boxes which feature a toy randomly selected from a set, like baseball cards is yet another). This form of mark-hunting (called whale-hunting) is the end result of our unfettered capitalist economy, and the end result of the post Gold Rush American Dream, where rather than working hard to move forward, we find ways to hack the system (or hack the brains of our customers) in order to get filthy rich. Except now it, leaves a wake of broken dreams, ruined lives and beached whales, sometimes entire towns in ruin.

Oh how I wish Sam had included the ItWorks! “company” in this segment!

1:02 Ugh... I'm going to have that image burned into my brain now... Oh man *Dry heaves*

If Evil equals banality… We live in truly evil times .

Sam, may the ghost of Mary Kay haunt you.

MLMs should be banned.

I see Paris, I see France. I see leggin's tryin' to BEE pants.

The graphic at 3:21 isn't to scale. Her point stands, but the geaphic is misleading. 20.5 is about 3 times as tall as 15.5 and not just a third taller. Well 1/3 or 3/1. Happens to the best of us :)

Sam, please have your people who do the infographics use the values to determine the height of the bars in the graph. 16.8 to 18.2 is not a larger increase than 18.2 to 20.2. (infographic of people involved in direct selling)

MLMs are not your friends.

That Vice LLR documentary is definitely worth a watch

My ex-wife is part of FOUR MLMs, including those hideous leggings. 😂😂😂

Also Avon! Ladies avoid Avon it's the oldest scam.

No one really seems to be thinking about market saturation, or the ethics of production process of the product

I love the show, I totally agree with calling out these garbage pyramid schemes, but PLEASE do not use misleading graphs like the one at 3:20 ! The amount of people involved in MLMs grew to 20 million from 15 million in 5 years according to the graph - a 30% increase. The longest bar is almost 4 *times* longer than the shortest. Misleading images like these allow your very valid arguments to be undermined by nay-sayers.

Wow, these leggings even break Sam Bee 🐝 🤣

I usually don’t like her videos but anyone pushing against MLMs and faux-feminism marketing exploitation deserves a like from me.

The beanie babies husband will bring me joy all day today - thank you, Samantha Bee!

I have a job where I set up MLM conventions. I honestly feel bad for the women who attend them.

That's almost 1 in 10 American females, counting everyone from newborns to octogenarian grannies. That's insane!

The first time I’ve ever seen Sam Bee break on air

I had to delete and block an old ex-boyfriend of mine who kept trying to sell me Nerium (some kind of cosmetics MLM), then Thrive (weight management MLM), a timeshare MLM, and then finally just begging me for money. Ugh! So awkward!

Real Pearl's are very light pink not dayglo!