Last night, he was brilliant.
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 15:09 (nineteen years ago) link
He's willing to change his mind and take criticism. He tries to play fair; shushes the audience when they are not being fair to a guest. He gets great guests, like the former PM of Canada.
I love Bill Maher! I used to think he was annoying, but I've come 'round.
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 15:10 (nineteen years ago) link
hurray for those who don't fall neatly into one camp -- it shows they think for themselves.
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― artdamages (artdamages), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:32 (nineteen years ago) link
the HELL?
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― sexyDancer, Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:35 (nineteen years ago) link
OTM. I don't agree with Maher on a lot of things and he is often obnoxious as hell (I think it comes with the job description), but non-prepackaged sets of opinions are k-classic.
― mouse (mouse), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:47 (nineteen years ago) link
nobody loves no one
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:54 (nineteen years ago) link
Get thee behind me, Satan.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 16:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 31 July 2004 17:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 31 July 2004 17:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― robots in love (robotsinlove), Saturday, 31 July 2004 18:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― AaronHz (AaronHz), Saturday, 31 July 2004 19:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― g--ff (gcannon), Saturday, 31 July 2004 19:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― herbert hebert (herbert hebert), Saturday, 31 July 2004 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, that's one way of looking at it.
― Kim (Kim), Saturday, 31 July 2004 22:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― herbert hebert (herbert hebert), Saturday, 31 July 2004 22:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― herbert hebert (herbert hebert), Saturday, 31 July 2004 22:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Sunday, 1 August 2004 12:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 1 August 2004 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Sunday, 1 August 2004 15:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 1 August 2004 15:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― m. (mitchlnw), Sunday, 1 August 2004 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― oops (Oops), Sunday, 1 August 2004 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:28 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:30 (nineteen years ago) link
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!st (amateurist), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:32 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.thezreview.co.uk/posters/posterimages/d/dccab.jpg
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 2 August 2004 15:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:17 (nineteen years ago) link
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).
-- 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)
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 (gffcnn...), July 31st, 2004 8:41 PM
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 (nineteen years ago) link
― common_person (common_person), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:37 (nineteen years ago) link
thanks google
― common_person (common_person), Monday, 2 August 2004 17:39 (nineteen years ago) link
-- oops (don'temailmenicelad...), July 28th, 2004.
― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Tuesday, 3 August 2004 11:04 (nineteen years ago) link
Ice Cube telling him "Sometimes you sound like a redneck trucker" otm. it's pretty clear he doesn't think he did anything wrong tho.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 10 June 2017 14:58 (seven years ago) link
"Smug liberal who's casually racist" doesn't really ring as "redneck trucker" tbh, but I'll have to watch this. Or maybe I don't. Eh.
― circa1916, Saturday, 10 June 2017 15:15 (seven years ago) link
thanks for giving us your uninformed opinion at any rate
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 10 June 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
Responding to a quote you posted, so moderately informed. But no problem!
― circa1916, Saturday, 10 June 2017 15:30 (seven years ago) link
did you ever watch his show during the Obama years? he is very fond of making a racist joke with the frame of "this is what republicans say"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 10 June 2017 15:38 (seven years ago) link
also the weekly stating that Islam is a danger to the world with dangerous ideas, pretty redneck trucker that stance
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 10 June 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
it was interesting to learn that when he grew up in the 50s/60s "racism wasn't really a thing"
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 10 June 2017 15:44 (seven years ago) link
he must have enough money to retire on, right?
― scott seward, Saturday, 10 June 2017 16:24 (seven years ago) link
He said Race wasn't a thing, as in we were all white and no one talked about race. He's a piece of shit but you dont have to make shit up to attack him with.
― President Keyes, Sunday, 11 June 2017 00:38 (seven years ago) link
Maher isn't even a liberal, he's a libertarian who voted for Dole in '96.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 11 June 2017 00:51 (seven years ago) link
Does Trump have to actually blow Putin? Is that what it wld take?Flagrant D, balls gargling the leader of the Russian Federation? Jus asking— Bill Maher (@billmaher) July 19, 2017
comedy genius
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 July 2017 21:58 (seven years ago) link
ok he's definitely trying to get Trump to respond to him, good luck
― frogbs, Wednesday, 19 July 2017 22:10 (seven years ago) link
This week, Bill called out Molly Ringwald's NYT piece and praised The Simpsons' "fuck you snowflakes" move.
Next week's guests include Jordan Peterson.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:25 (six years ago) link
A bit of McLusky stage banter comes to mind there - "One grenade....all the miserable, useless atoms..."
― Simon H., Saturday, 14 April 2018 03:38 (six years ago) link
i quit watching this show a while back, my weekends have been so much nicer ever since
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 14 April 2018 14:51 (six years ago) link
I quit too but it's hard sometimes when I'm st a party or if ii drink to much the urge is strong
― Evan, Saturday, 14 April 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
Cancelling HBO tomorrow.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Saturday, 21 April 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
Maher is typically insufferable but I saw that bit in response to the Ringwald/Hughes thing and it didn’t seem ridiculous. I also didn’t read the article so if he’s totally switching the argument around never mind.
― two cool rock chicks pounding la croix (circa1916), Saturday, 21 April 2018 03:10 (six years ago) link
Tonight saw hm and Jordan Peterson, two white heterosexual men, griping about “safe spaces” and Maher not once bothering to bring up Peterson’s controversial transphobia, never mind challenge him on it.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Saturday, 21 April 2018 03:51 (six years ago) link
Fuck Maher
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Saturday, 21 April 2018 04:06 (six years ago) link
“stop being surprised every time you watch an old movie or TV show and find some of the ideas in it are old.”
In isolation, i don't find anything to disagree with there.
But to say people didn't find Long Duk Dong offensive in 1984 is ludicrous.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 April 2018 13:26 (six years ago) link
I generally like Maher's willingness to challenge leftist doxa on certain issues but I'm sadly not surprised by his coddling of Jordan Peterson aka Canada's worst cultural export at the moment.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 21 April 2018 13:39 (six years ago) link
― two cool rock chicks pounding la croix (circa1916), Saturday, 21 April 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
I kinda meant that re Ringwald too... it didn't bother you at the time, Molly, cuz you were a 15-year-old white actress.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 April 2018 14:22 (six years ago) link
Just to clarify: it isn't the Ringwald thing that was the final nail for me (it was annoying but expected), but the convo with Jordan Peterson.
― Dangleballs and the Ballerina (cryptosicko), Saturday, 21 April 2018 15:20 (six years ago) link
You suck. https://t.co/USK38fFe1N— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) May 24, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 24 May 2019 11:01 (five years ago) link
Not getting any classic-er: https://decider.com/2022/04/13/bill-maher-vs-bella-thorne/amp/
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Thursday, 14 April 2022 00:43 (two years ago) link
BTW: has anyone else noticed that Carlson has mellowed considerably now that he's not doing Crossfire? I still don't like a lot of his politics, but I'm finding myself thinking of him as an enormous prick less and less. If he loses the bowtie, I think he might have a future as a watchable talk show host.― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:44 AM (seventeen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― symsymsym, Thursday, 14 April 2022 14:34 (two years ago) link
Bill Maher is Still A Prick
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 14 April 2022 14:49 (two years ago) link
Whoops, that story was already posted.
Oughta post this here too, just to make sure!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ha6D1LQGD4
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Friday, 11 August 2023 16:26 (eleven months ago) link
yea not sure where we should talk about this but it's so funny and spot-on. iirc Tim's been doing a Bill Maher impression for a while
― frogbs, Friday, 11 August 2023 16:30 (eleven months ago) link
never fails to delight me that the first thing you see when you open this thread is my wife saying: i love bill maher! hahaha! different times.
― scott seward, Friday, 11 August 2023 16:45 (eleven months ago) link
geez because of this FB is showing me ACTUAL Bill Maher clips and Tim actually nails it better than I thought
― frogbs, Thursday, 7 September 2023 02:40 (ten months ago) link
love this
“I’m on the side of the kids.”Bill Burr supports pro-Palestine protests on college campuses. He compares Bill Maher's geopolitical analysis to a "guy that has a fantasy football team.""This is not your thing. Why am I listening to you? What have you done? Nothing!" pic.twitter.com/S1gIjGwiP8— 🍄Psychedelic Socialist (@Acid_Communist) May 13, 2024
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 00:47 (two months ago) link
Lol
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 01:10 (two months ago) link
Shd really change the title of this thred
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 03:26 (two months ago) link
Maher gets closer and closer to being Leisure Suit Larry every time I see an image of him.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 03:27 (two months ago) link
Omg lol
― H.P, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 03:40 (two months ago) link
looool milo
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 03:51 (two months ago) link
but yeah he's looking not old but elderly lately
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 03:52 (two months ago) link
Bill Maher deserves his own thread (besides that old thread after he got in trouble for calling the 9/11 terrorists courageous).Last night, he was brilliant.
― Maria D. (Maria D.), Saturday, July 31, 2004 10:09 AM (nineteen years ago)
Line graph mapping out his stock in this thread is essentially a ski slope.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 04:15 (two months ago) link
Real Time is still a great show, but I'm liking less and less of what Bill says. It feels more rote now than before, for some reason. Tucker Carlson came off better than Maher did the other night, and that's a baaaad sign.― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:32 AM (nineteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
BTW: has anyone else noticed that Carlson has mellowed considerably now that he's not doing Crossfire? I still don't like a lot of his politics, but I'm finding myself thinking of him as an enormous prick less and less. If he loses the bowtie, I think he might have a future as a watchable talk show host.― sunburned and snowblind (kenan), Thursday, March 10, 2005 10:44 AM (nineteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― symsymsym, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 05:10 (two months ago) link
on that note
i would've lumped burr into maher's camp but that was a delightfully surgical take he did to bill.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 05:42 (two months ago) link
Burr inhabits a weird space of getting lumped into “COMEDIAN DESTROYS FEMINISM” YouTube playlists but doesn’t seem to be a reactionary shithead himself.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 07:32 (two months ago) link
Maher is such a bad advert for smoking weed
― Big Bong Theory (stevie), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 08:08 (two months ago) link
Lmao
I could honestly watch this 500 times pic.twitter.com/Yxzn8d2Al8— america's lounge singer (@KrangTNelson) May 14, 2024
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 May 2024 15:20 (two months ago) link
I like that Burr didn’t come on with a political agenda or even a specific criticism. He’s just like “You’re dumb and full of shit.”
― A So-Called Pulitzer price winner (President Keyes), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 15:42 (two months ago) link
Watched this whole thing and decided I don't really like Burr either, but Bill Maher is really the smuggest most insufferable prick.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 14 May 2024 19:00 (two months ago) link