An Orwellioan Black Mirror type sitcom.
It could work!
Proposed Show Title: Investigator Mueller
Premise: A lanky and incompetent prosecutor and his gang of misfits bumble their way thru cases which end in disaster
Sample Dialog:
Mueller: You have that case against the Russians ready?
Minion 1: You bet boss! I've got over 1 terabyte of Russian collusion on tape.
Minion 2: Tape? The 80's called and they want your Betamax back.
(laugh track)
Minion 1: Don't get technical with me! It's all about the numbers. 20 Russians indicted on collusion. 20! A terabyte of audio. The press will eat it up.
Minion 2: Sure. 'Cause you're gonna spoon-feed it to them.
(laugh track)
Minion 3: Get the Times on the line!
- cut to outside of courtroom -
Mueller: What do you mean they showed up?!
Minion 1: The Russians. They showed up for the trial.
Mueller: All of them?
Minion 1: 21 of them.
Mueller: I thought we indicted 20?
Minion 1: We did. I threw in an extra one for good measure. No charge!
(laugh track)
Mueller: I like your spirit!
(laugh track)
Minion 1: There is one other little problem?
Mueller: What?
Minion 1: The tape.
Mueller: It's really recorded on Betamax and we don't have a machine to play it back?
(laugh track)
Minion1: No. It's worse. It was in Russian. And we didn't translate it until now, 'cause we didn't think those crazy Ivans would actually show up. You know?
Mueller: So what's wrong?
Minion 1: Well, we ran it thru Google Translate and it turns out it's not so much Russian collusion. It's actually more of a lunch order.
(laugh track)
Minion 2: A lunch order? It's a terabyte of tape!
Minion 1: Recording
Minion 2: Whatever!
(laugh track)
Minion 1: What can I say. Those Russians like a big lunch.
(laugh track)
Mueller: A lunch order! We can indite a ham sandwich. I can't prosecute someone for ordering a ham sandwich!
(laugh track)
Minion 2: Actually, the order includes 4 Ruben sandwiches and they did ask for Russian rye, so we have something.
(laugh track)
Mueller: What a pickle!
(laugh track)