Anyone a fan of Real Time w/ Bill Maher on HBO?

aaharvel
aaharvel Posts: 4,489
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
i enjoy his 'New Rules' segments.

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/video/
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited January 2006
    can't wait when he is on again.
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited January 2006
    Nooo.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited January 2006
    I tried just the word no, but 4 letters in the minimum. :D

    Seriously, I think his views are many times right on the mark, but the totally cynical delivery is elitest and smug.
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  • StopherJJ1980
    StopherJJ1980 Posts: 267
    edited January 2006
    I second the new rules part, its usually great.

    As far as his views, sometimes i agree, sometimes i dont... about 70/30

    I like his bluntness and sense of humor but he can be kinda smug sometimes. I like Dennis Miller a lot better.

    I think Adam Carolla is also underrated, not a lot of political commentary... But great common sense rants that I usually agree with 95%+ percent of the time. Im a huge fan of his.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Other than his monologues, I've enjoyed Maher since the original "Politically Incorrect" on Comedy Central. The guy has no delivery. His stand up routine is just painful.

    While this HBO rendition is good, I still like the original best, especially during the political conventions. The "Strange Bedfellows" segment with Al Frankin and Ariana Huffington in bed together in the middle of the audience, just killed me... especially the one where Barney Frank showed up between them.
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  • StopherJJ1980
    StopherJJ1980 Posts: 267
    edited January 2006
    I agree Politically Incorrect was a great show too. I wish they never tok it off the air.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited January 2006
    I can't stand him. I'd watch a monkey scratchin' his **** on Animal Planet before I'd watch 2 seconds of him.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited January 2006
    Yeah, no suprise Im sure, but I have no use for the man either.

    I dont hate him and dont think he's an anti-American scumbag like michael moore or the aclu, I just think he's wrong and not very funny.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2006
    Bill Maher wrote:
    The firestorm of complaints erupted just five days after the Sept. 11 attacks on America, when Maher suggested some previous U.S. military actions had been "cowardly." The TV veteran was contrasting American efforts to those taken by suicide hijackers who piloted passenger jets into the World Trade Center and Pentagon.

    "We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away,'' Maher said. "That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building – say what you want about it, it's not cowardly.''

    Umm, yeah. I have no use for this guy.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited January 2006
    Absolutely no use whatsoever for the guy.
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  • jet2001
    jet2001 Posts: 180
    edited January 2006
    He's hilarious...really like his stand up too. I think his latest stand up routine is called "I'm Swiss", which is really funny...saw it on HBO a few weeks ago.
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  • BobMcG
    BobMcG Posts: 1,585
    edited January 2006
    The only thing I find funny about him is his politics. :rolleyes:
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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited January 2006
    What passes for politics in our fair land is so patently laughable, who needs a middleman? :p
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