Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 4/10/20

[Rhiannon12866]

Last edited Sat Apr 11, 2020, 10:04 AM - Edit history (1)

Monologue: Rain or Shine

Bill recaps the top stories of the week, including the latest viral news and Sen. Bernie Sanders' exit from the Democratic race.




Al Gore: The Climate Connection

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore joins Bill from Nashville, TN, to discuss the connections between the coronavirus and the climate crisis.




"Flu Up" with Nikki Glaser

Comedian and SiriusXM "You Up" host Nikki Glaser joins Bill from her dad's man cave in St. Louis, Missouri.




New Rule: Virus Shaming

In his editorial New Rule, Bill argues that China should be held responsible for allowing the conditions that scientists have long warned could lead to a pandemic.




This "unofficial" video (starts at 10:00) contains the interviews with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio and president of the Eurasia Group and GZERO Media and television host Ian Bremmer, plus Bill's weekly "funny bit," but it won't be available for long, unlike the official videos posted above:

[BigmanPigman]

1. Thanks for posting the "unofficial" bersion too!

I love the audience clips he is using. I think they are from old 60s and 70s game shows and variety shows like Carol Burnett.

[Danascot]

4. Me too.

It's disconcerting to watch Stephen, Seth and the Jimmies with no audience laughter. It feels a lot flatter.

[trusty elf]

2. Excellent show

Thanks!

[smirkymonkey]

3. Great show!

Thanks for posting Rhiannon!

[localroger]

5. Interesting New Rule

I wish I could have seen a real audience react to that. On one hand Bill is right about diseases often being named for their point of origin, and China's culpability for letting the wet markets flourish. But on the other it's obvious Trump wants to use "Chinese virus" as a racist dog whistle. I suspect the actual scientists didn't go for point of origin because by the time they realized they needed a more specific name than "new coronavirus" it had spread far beyond its origin, and had they named it for its point of origin they would have almost certainly named it for Wuhan rather than the entire country.

[usaf-vet]

6. Thanks for the laugh track. It makes it sound more like the REAL thing.

[ancianita]

7. A great New Rule!

Keep two ideas in your head at the same time!

We can't afford the luxury anymore of non-judgey-ness towards a country with habits that kill millions of people everywhere.

Thanks for posting the whole show in parts.

[question everything]

8. Quite clever, to offer a sound track of people applauding and laughing