Bill Maher - He's hilarious, isn't he?
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on 1/12/13 at 12:09pm
What do you think of the political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO? I don't really have a lot of time to watch TV, but I almost always watch this show, my favorite one. I do not agree with him on every point, but he is really a funny guy, isn't he? anyone agrees or disagrees?





UK2013plus: What do you think
What do you think of the political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO? I don't really have a lot of time to watch TV, but I almost always watch this show, my favorite one. I do not agree with him on every point, but he is really a funny guy, isn't he? anyone agrees or disagrees?
I find him really funny, but sometimes he is way out of his league on certain topics. He is a master of hyperbole, but he does good interviews and gets some interesting guests.
Prepare to get flamed though - I highly doubt he is well liked on these boards.
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he is a liberal ball licker
he is a liberal ball licker scumbag but I still like his show.
He's funny until he shows his
He's funny until he shows his typical ignorance regarding Christianity and other religions. Just because you were "raised Catholic" doesn't mean you know anything about the Bible, etc.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." --Abraham Lincoln
It's funny to see this
It's funny to see this posted... I happened to see Religulous last night, and thought it was great. I had never really seen too much of Bill Maher, but I must say that watching him cooly interact with the crazy religious people, on their turf, was pretty entertaining. I am glad I saw it because I live in a bubble and forget that people care about religion, and even make decisions based on it... What a shocker lol.
Might be willing to watch a little more of the guy.
P.S. I was so happy for some reason when I saw George W. Bush! Miss that dude sometimes. The big grin, et al. Watching him squint his eyes really hard and trembling while "praying" was funny, but also disturbing after a moment... He was our President lol.
"That dude is so haole, he don't even have any breath left."
BTbanker: He's anti-religion;
He's anti-religion; We get it. But for fuck's sake, he needs to shut the fuck up.
If I had a TV show, and repeatedly called liberals poor, tree-hugging, faggot, baby killers, I don't think many people would appreciate listening to that.
+1
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." --Abraham Lincoln
I think he is a dullard. He
I think he is a dullard. He lacks critical thinking on everything he comments on. He appears to be intelligent to his target audience, who believe themselves to be intelligent but often that is not the case.
I love him; my wife hates
I love him; my wife hates him. His show causes much strife in our house.
For those who haven't seen it, here is Religulous in its hysterical entirety:
Thank you, YouTube.
FeelingMean: It's funny to
It's funny to see this posted... I happened to see Religulous last night, and thought it was great. I had never really seen too much of Bill Maher, but I must say that watching him cooly interact with the crazy religious people, on their turf, was pretty entertaining. I am glad I saw it because I live in a bubble and forget that people care about religion, and even make decisions based on it... What a shocker lol.
Might be willing to watch a little more of the guy.
P.S. I was so happy for some reason when I saw George W. Bush! Miss that dude sometimes. The big grin, et al. Watching him squint his eyes really hard and trembling while "praying" was funny, but also disturbing after a moment... He was our President lol.
I liked the movie but I find that Maher is not very intelligent and his love of hyperbole kind of kills his message. If you want an intelligent commentary on the state of religion, especially in the US, I suggest Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss. Both are scientist, a biologist and a physicist, and articulate and intelligent without going over the top like Maher. You can find tons of their stuff on youtube. I suggest starting with this.
I watch his show from time to
I watch his show from time to time and I find that he suffers from the same things that all shows on MSNBC suffer from. It is a far left show for far left people with no desire for rationale debate or discussion of meaningful topics; it is simply a podium for him to spew bullshit declarative statements and call them "facts" since there is no one on the show to say otherwise.
Fox may be right of center, stoop to the level that far left shows do and do a far better job debating arguments. I encourage people to watch 2-3 days of Fox News- The Five, O'Reilly, or Hannity---the farthest right show on Fox. I especially recommend O'Reilly.
Things you will notice, there is almost always 2 guests in addition to the host, one of the right and one of the left, or the debate will be the host against a person on the left. You watch Bill Maher and the panel is either 3 liberals all agreeing with him or 2 liberals and 1 person on the right that is an extremely weak debater and they just take turns ignoring him or making fun of him. I don't know how many times I have watched Maher and thought of dozens of counter arguments, facts, and/or additional questions to his so called "facts", but of course the person on the right never brings it up and if Maher ever happens to be losing a debate and he knows it he will quickly change the topic or run out of time--seen it happen at least twice.
The other point is that Fox always tries to debate the actual topic--facts consequences, whatever. Maher will typically attack people on a personal level--calling them idiots racists, rather than debate the actual facts.
As for Maher being funny, he can be funny at times, but I find that his cruelty to people who have a differing point of view to be overpowering and I honestly believe that a lot of his "jokes" aren't really jokes to him.
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Edmundo Braverman: I love
I love him; my wife hates him. His show causes much strife in our house.
For those who haven't seen it, here is Religulous in its hysterical entirety:
Thank you, YouTube.
Movie isn't available in the US on Youtube
http://www.sockshare.com/file/AV7521FU3FKK8C0
Here is a link to streaming version of the movie for anyone who wants it.
"Greed, in all of its forms; greed for life, for money, for love, for knowledge has marked the upward surge of mankind. And greed, you mark my words, will not only save Teldar Paper, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the USA."
I sometimes watch Real Time.
I sometimes watch Real Time. It's a mixed bag. As a firmly secular person, religion-bashing doesn't really bother me. He overgeneralizes (you are either an atheist or Rick Santorum), but he's a comedian.
Like Gekko, my chief complaint is that he always falls back on the "conservatives are dumb" and "conservatives live in a bubble" tropes. He demeans conservative guests. I get it - you're liberal - but at least respect the people on your show.
I actually think Jon Stewart is a better host for this reason. He has conservative guests on his show, but doesn't harass them any more than he does liberals.
Well sure, Jon Stewart is
Well sure, Jon Stewart is WAAY funnier. Maher doesn't have a self deprecating bone in his body.
Kudos to him just because of
Kudos to him just because of his affinity for scrumptious black women.
West Coast rainmaker: Like
Like Gekko, my chief complaint is that he always falls back on the "conservatives are dumb" and "conservatives live in a bubble" tropes. He demeans conservative guests. I get it - you're liberal - but at least respect the people on your show.
I actually think Jon Stewart is a better host for this reason. He has conservative guests on his show, but doesn't harass them any more than he does liberals.
This is essentially the PG version of what I posted above.
"A man generally has two reasons for doing anything. One that sounds good, and the real one." - J.P. Morgan
He sucks. He's obsessed with
He sucks. He's obsessed with himself and arrogant to the max. He constantly demeans anyone who disagrees with him and states his opinions as facts.
He is a piece of garbage.
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I think he is great. I am
I watch every now and then
I hate victims who respect their executioners
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"That dude is so haole, he don't even have any breath left."
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"History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme."
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"That dude is so haole, he don't even have any breath left."
I can't stand the guy after
The finest of ignorance
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he's a decent comedian but
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