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the first panel of that Thora/Fred triptych is godly

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:58 (twenty-one years ago)

If only because I imagine her grabbing that face fuzz and pulling down, hard.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 31 July 2004 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I just like how it looks like a silhouette profile

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Zing!

― robots in love (robotsinlove), Saturday, 31 July 2004 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)

hahaha, this pic bears posting:
http://theonion.com/images/392/article2871.jpg

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Saturday, 31 July 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

huh? i thought the hipoisie CW on maher was that he was a crypto-fascist hack, ie his whole schtick is making a very average american political position sound angry and 'edgy' and somehow under attack.

― g--ff (gcannon), Saturday, 31 July 2004 19:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that photo above the same one from the fake onion story a couple weeks back? It probably should be acknowledged that the photo isn't real. Although it's probably not impossible to find a real Maher photo in which he's seen with some kind of trophy babe. To his credit, he's unapologetic about his aversion to marriage/family and his desire to date sexy young girls.

― herbert hebert (herbert hebert), Saturday, 31 July 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

"to his credit"

Well, that's one way of looking at it.

― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 31 July 2004 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I dgi Maher as well though Politcally Correct had the annoying element of seeing celebrities opine in vain attempts to appear smart. His HBO show is totally classic. He criticizes the pundits and media like Jon Stewart but Maher also articulates a desire for politically change in a way Stewart safely avoides.

― herbert hebert (herbert hebert), Saturday, 31 July 2004 22:23 (twenty-one years ago)

x post
It might not be how a lot of us would prefer to live but he's hurting no one.

― herbert hebert (herbert hebert), Saturday, 31 July 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

He's hurting my eyes.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Sunday, 1 August 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

For me it's more a queasy feeling.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 1 August 2004 14:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Nice to see that it's okay to belittle a man because of his looks.

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 1 August 2004 15:43 (twenty-one years ago)

It's not the looks, m'friend, more the concept.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 1 August 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

we don't get 'politically incorrect' here but whenever i've seen him being interviewed etc i've not liked him at all.

― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 1 August 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry, was referring to the post above yours. xpost

― oops (Oops), Sunday, 1 August 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

bill maher is unbearable

― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

I have never heard of him.

Of course, I like John Maher; and also Fred Maher's drumming on Lloyd Cole's early solo work - magnificent.

― the bellefox, Monday, 2 August 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Poor self-parody. C-

― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:30 (twenty-one years ago)

xpost

I used to think that he was unbearable -- but get past his smirk and he has some intelligent things to say.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

how does one "get past" a smirk so broad?

― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:32 (twenty-one years ago)

again

http://www.thezreview.co.uk/posters/posterimages/d/dccab.jpg

― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)

He and Politically Incorrect were interesting and fun to watch right up until Monica. Then the show went to hell and his schtick got more predictable.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:16 (twenty-one years ago)

the Republican hooker photo should be Maher with Ann Coulter

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I was just having an argument about this on IM with a fellow ILMer, and was considering starting a thread.

Since no one has really responded to Maria D's question, I'll go ahead and agree- it was exciting to see Michael Moore butt heads with protofascist David Dreier, and to Maher there representing Common Sense, backing up more, and shutting up Dreier.

Also exciting was proving how ridiculous Nader's stance is, though the former PM of Canada made the point stronger than the comedians (they are comedians, both Moore and Maher, remember).

hurray for those who don't fall neatly into one camp -- it shows they think for themselves.

-- Maria D. (maria...), July 31st, 2004 4:15 PM. (later)

Thinking for yourself = classic; Pro death penalty = unthinking acceptance of american cultural values (but that's my opinion)

If only the average american political position was an eagerness to legalize marijuana, and acknowledgement that the terrorists are 'courageous' if nothing else. Crypto-fascist? That's Brit Hume, not Bill Maher.

xpost Ann Coulter - I had a theory that he was sleeping with her- why else would he even listen to her babble?

― Richard K (Richard K), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:20 (twenty-one years ago)

can someone tell me what a crypto-fascist is?

― common_person (common_person), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)

"crypto," meaning "hidden," as used in the term "crypto fascist" (Gore Vidal called William F. Buckley this)

thanks google

― common_person (common_person), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:39 (twenty-one years ago)

No, people are always lying when they say this. Don't believe them. Always assume that someone is operating under the most hateful, evil thought processes possible. Do not let them try to "get away with one". Stick up for yourself and don't let them diffuse the situation. People are never joking. Everything is serious, and you should live your life constantly questioning the face-value of what people, esp your friends, tell you.

-- oops (don'temailmenicelad...), July 28th, 2004.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 11:04 (twenty-one years ago)

It pleases me with my own eyes to see that the Maher keeps playing harp on the Bush's minutes spent in the class room choking and how this should break the deal right there. On the elsewhere hand, a woman with who I am having romantic involvements would without questioning make me to soften if she were to play for us the Korn band.

― Andy K (Andy K), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 12:05 (twenty-one years ago)

For all of Maher's "incorrectness," like most people who pride themselves on being un-PC, he likes to back winners. I've never seen him take an actually tough stand on anything. (Deriding/hating/criticizing GWB does not actually count as a tough stand, sorry.)

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 12:22 (twenty-one years ago)

even his 'boldest' statement (terrorists = not cowardly) he was just repeating dinesh d'souza, the fount of all bold transgressive anti-pc cryptolapdog jive (cf. vice magazine, talk radio).

― cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i kno its early in the morning for me, but wtf is with andy k?

― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 13:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I've never seen him take an actually tough stand on anything. (Deriding/hating/criticizing GWB does not actually count as a tough stand, sorry.)

I think that's probably why he seems so smug and off-putting to me. That and the skeeviness.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

anyway, i try not to over- or misuse "fascist," and i do mean it, not as a synonym for "right wing jerk" (which is NOT really a synonym). apart from the aggressive normality & blount & tracer's otm details, he = "me, i'm outside politics, it's all a big joke, am i right? democrats are crazy, republicans are crazy. why oh why isn't there a politics for NORMAL ASSHOLES like u & me?" BEWARE PPL WHO SAY THIS KIND OF THING.

― g--ff (gcannon), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 13:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i kno its early in the morning for me, but wtf is with andy k?

Impending fatherhood is starting to play havoc with his MIND!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

It looks like he put that into a text translator, translated it into some random language, and then back into English.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 13:56 (twenty-one years ago)

I've never heard him claim to be a NORMAL ASSHOLE.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 15:08 (twenty-one years ago)

What would qualify as a tough stand in your book, Tracer Hand?

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Anything that interferes with Bill Maher's ability to live exactly as he pleases.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

even the "terrorists are courageous" line is something that cannot be said except in a posture of patting yourself on the back for saying it--everything he says is basically in this posture i think.

― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 15:26 (twenty-one years ago)

He was good in "Amazon Women in the Avocado Jungle of Doom" ... quite good.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 15:31 (twenty-one years ago)

He's on Frresssh Aair right now.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:25 (twenty-one years ago)

thanks for the tip, will avoid.

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Bill Maher should totally marry Terri Gross, they can run off to an island somewhere and have obnoxious babies.

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:28 (twenty-one years ago)

So a tough stand is something self-defeating? How should he live his life differently, rather than exactly as he pleases? I don't get what you mean.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Nice line Maria D. I think you win. Anyway, everyone's complaint seems to center on his smugness (attitude), which no one can really make an argument for or against, because it's subjective whether or not your warm to it.

democrats are crazy, republicans are crazy. why oh why isn't there a politics for NORMAL ASSHOLES like u & me?" BEWARE PPL WHO SAY THIS KIND OF THING.

like Nader? heh.

― Richard K (Richard K), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 17:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I think his show is much better now than it used to be. he seems much more comfortable with himself, which, while it makes him more of an asshole, makes him more likeable too. I often don't agree with him but at least he's not predictably knee-jerk in a liberal or conservative direction.

Kim Campbell, whom I believe was a Conservative PM, made a very parliamentocentric argument to Nader who quite obviously understood none of it. It was funny to see Maher and Moore on a stage together and the most narcissistic person there was still Nader.

I think it's unfair to refer to David Dreier as a crypto-fascist. He's just an old fashioned conservative asshat. Watching Moore and Dreier argue made me realise how screwed we are in this country. Both had valid points surrounded by irrational and illogical nuttiness. Moore is just an amalgam of (mostly)incoherent resentments against the Bush regime and Dreier just a relatively incoherent Bush loyalist. Twenty years from now, when the emotion has been switched to other subjects, historians will look back at all this and wince at both sides'self importance and inability to appeal to anything except their uncritical bases.

― Michael White (Hereward), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

But he IS knee-jerk, in a direction that I suppose you could call libertarian - he's literally self-serving, down to his philosophical core: a tough stand FOR HIM would be to say, make an argument for universal health-care. Or for a congestion charge for driving a car inside city limits. Of course the response is "what, you want him to go against his beliefs?" Well yeah because I think at least half of what forms the libertarian credo are CRUDDY beliefs, at least as they shake out for most people.. the great trick of libertarianism is to never have to give anything up, to never have to sacrifice.. a tough stand against the status quo might be.. um, the above. Sorry, but libertarianism is the 13-year-old version of mainstream American political philosophy. I'm still pissed that they co-opted red meat and beer for their fucking frat boy agenda.. but put Maher in the Lord of the Flies and see how quick he starts calling for a bicameral legislature.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Maher is an animal-rights supporter, and appears in PETA literature. I suppose that's a pretty surprising stance. He also defended affirmative action, which isn't very libertarian. He seems pretty passionate. Abrasive and annoying, but I appreciate his earnestness, and I think his show is a lot better now that it's on HBO.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

cf.

Of course, 'libertarian' had a meaning long before the 'Libertarian Party' came along, so who knows what he means.

― Kerry (dymaxia), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)

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will absolutely watch (listen to from the kitchen) whole episode if Maher gets Woody baked tho

― Nancy Makes Posts (sic), Monday, 1 September 2025 08:31 (nine months ago)

woody sneezes and disperses all of bill's overpriced ragweed across the room

― conspiracitorial theories (stevie), Monday, 1 September 2025 09:20 (nine months ago)

What I heard (via a friend, obv, not watching that shit) : Woody starts going on about Bicycle Thieves, Maher loses interest.

― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 2 September 2025 10:05 (nine months ago)

miss the days when pseudo intellectual right-wingers at least pretended to be interested in art

― Proust Ian Rush (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 2 September 2025 10:54 (nine months ago)

two weeks pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idjSjD_KGGo

― cryptosicko, Friday, 19 September 2025 12:00 (nine months ago)

I liked this.

I watched the interview despite finding Bill Maher sufferable. In retrospect, I can’t help but believe Woody Allen’s love of film is performative.

― Allen (etaeoe), Friday, 19 September 2025 13:34 (nine months ago)

Gen Z?

― cryptosicko, Friday, 19 September 2025 14:51 (nine months ago)

six months pass...

"Maher has been chosen to receive this year’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, two people familiar with the selection told us. One of them, who works at the center, said an announcement is expected soon. A third person said that Maher had been offered the award—and that Trump had been supportive of the idea—but was not sure whether Maher had accepted it. All spoke on the condition of anonymity because Maher has not yet been officially announced as the award recipient. As with all decisions involving this president, the move could still be reversed until publicly announced. The White House declined a request for comment."

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/trump-bill-maher-kennedy-center/686474/

― jaymc, Friday, 20 March 2026 16:37 (three months ago)

Rob Schneider lobbying the President for a last-minute switcheroo

― Come On, (Eazy), Friday, 20 March 2026 17:17 (three months ago)

but Maher isn't funny

― congragulations (stevie), Friday, 20 March 2026 17:18 (three months ago)

Is anyone who wins this award funny?

― 138,683 Serious, Earnest Americans Emphasize Demand for Prepar (President Keyes), Friday, 20 March 2026 17:28 (three months ago)

Bill Cos-- uh...

Conan O'Brien won it!

― beard papa, Friday, 20 March 2026 17:31 (three months ago)

I suppose some were but Kevin Hart won this award two years ago.

― 138,683 Serious, Earnest Americans Emphasize Demand for Prepar (President Keyes), Friday, 20 March 2026 17:31 (three months ago)

At least it's Maher and not, say, Joe Rogan.

― birdistheword, Friday, 20 March 2026 17:32 (three months ago)

Richard Pryor was the first winner. Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, Steve Martin, George Carlin, Bill Murray, etc....some duds too, but I guess comedy's all subjective. But Mel Brooks refused the award three times and Robin Williams also refused the award.

― birdistheword, Friday, 20 March 2026 17:34 (three months ago)

I'm on the edge of my seat over whether Maher will accept it. He's so well known for his modesty, a humble craftsman.

― waste of compute (One Eye Open), Friday, 20 March 2026 18:12 (three months ago)

No prize for you, Bill Maher.

― birdistheword, Friday, 20 March 2026 22:04 (three months ago)

If the award is presented by the Trump Center for Performing Arts and Sycophancy, then this means Maher has missed his perfect chance to stand on his dignity and refuse it. I'm sure he's disappointed, but wait until you hear who does get the award.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 20 March 2026 22:46 (three months ago)

Russell Brand

― Mollusk, Virginia (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 20 March 2026 23:06 (three months ago)

So the next few years are going to be some combo of Gutfeld, Joe Piscopo, Joe Rogan, Rob Schneider, Whitney Cummings...

― Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 March 2026 23:58 (three months ago)

Kelsey Grammer

― Lithium Just Madison (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 20 March 2026 23:59 (three months ago)

If it's Dennis Miller, at least I can pretend it's for his mid-'80s run on Weekend Update. (Easy for me when it's like 95% of what I've seen from Dennis Miller.) Same with Joe Piscopo's work with Eddie Murphy on SNL - he was the best and only constant foil for Murphy during their time there. (Also, he had a good novelty record that he recorded around the same time.)

― birdistheword, Saturday, 21 March 2026 04:50 (three months ago)

Piscopo apparently so hard to work with SNL staffers had a running joke - "Eddie Murphy's success has gone to Joe Piscopo's head".

― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Saturday, 21 March 2026 09:27 (three months ago)

Bill Maher will win the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the Kennedy Center said Thursday, less than a week after the White House forcefully denied that the comedian, who has had a hot-and-cold relationship with President Donald Trump, would win it.

― 138,683 Serious, Earnest Americans Emphasize Demand for Prepar (President Keyes), Thursday, 26 March 2026 14:53 (two months ago)

Oy veh

― curmudgeon, Saturday, 28 March 2026 04:51 (two months ago)

If Maher actually has to give it to Trump, that is a really fucking sad level of fealty and venality.

― birdistheword, Saturday, 28 March 2026 16:24 (two months ago)

Trump is much funnier than Bill Maher, so it would also be correct.

― Mallard Reaction (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 28 March 2026 17:04 (two months ago)

otoh idiocy that's unintentionally funny doesn't deserve to be recognized with that kind of prize, not unless they rename it as the Mark Twain Prize for American Stupidity.

― birdistheword, Saturday, 28 March 2026 18:06 (two months ago)

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