Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 4/1/22

[Rhiannon12866]

Monologue: Toxic Femininity

Bill recaps the top stories of the week, including Will Smith's assault on Chris Rock during the 2022 Oscars.




Persecuting Prosecutors

Andrew Yang and Laura Coates join Bill to discuss how lawyers in this country are coming under attack for doing their job.




Lesser-Known Grammys

Bill delights in some obscure Grammy Award categories you may not have heard of.




New Rule: Bath Salt Conservatism

If you think the Left has gone looney in recent years, wait'll you see the current crop of kooky Republican candidates.




Overtime: Andrew Yang, Laura Coates, Nicole Perlroth

Bill Maher and his guests answer viewer questions after the show.




Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the entire interview with former NYT cyber security reporter Nicole Perlroth (4:30), entire panel discussion with Laura Coates and Andrew Yang (13:40), and includes the opening part of New Rules (43:33). It won't last long, as usual:

[ItsjustMe]

1. 7:27 PM

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017726018

[Hoyt]

2. Another great show. Liked all the guests, and New Rules ruled.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Thanks! I really liked all the guests, too - and he's back to offering terrific New Rules!

I was unfamiliar with his two female guests, but I was particularly interested in what the cyber security expert had to say - and the panel was informed and good humored. I didn't even cringe at this week's "funny bit," which I sometimes do...

[Hoyt]

4. I've seen Laura Coates on CNN. She has some excellent commentary.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. I liked her a lot, she was probably my favorite this week, really smart and on point

And she laughed a lot...

[applegrove]

6. Thanks Rhiannon.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. You're more than welcome, a particularly good show this week

All the guests were smart and good humored, Bill's "funny bit" was really funny and it was another especially on point New Rules!

[applegrove]

8. Yes it was all great.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. My only criticism was Bill's take on alopecia, saying it comes with age

I was aware of it when I was a kid since a boy in my elementary school class had it, think it was fifth grade.

[applegrove]

10. He is a comedian and pushes boundaries at times. I try to keep

that in mind when I hear him wax on something in a manner I would not.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Oh, I know - that's the thing

He's a comedian and goes for laughs, something I don't think those who criticize him remember. And while he's political, his previous show was "Politically Incorrect" where he had all sorts of zany characters. Before the pandemic, he often had guests he enjoyed arguing with. But I think he was talking through his hat on alopecia. My friend's brother-in-law has also had it from a fairly young age, not as young as the boy I remember from elementary school, but before he was 30.

[applegrove]

16. Yes there was a woman my age who worked in the corner store where I used

to buy cigarettes. Half her hair was gone. This is when I was in my late twenties.

[Rhiannon12866]

17. And poor Anthony in my fifth grade was a big kid, but he couldn't have been much older than 10

But I have to say, while we certainly noticed, but I don't remember the other kids saying anything. He had friends.

[applegrove]

24. That's great he was accepted.

[True Dough]

12. Laura Coates and Andrew Yang???

I'm looking forward to watching this later. Thanks for posting, as always, Rhiannon!

[Rhiannon12866]

13. Thanks! And this was a really good show

Interesting and smart guests and plenty of humor. And an exceptional New Rules...

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Hello, my friend - And yes, he still has New Rules, it's still the highlight of the show

I know there was some criticism of last week's, but this weeks was exceptional as it usually is - and all his guests this week were really good, too. And there were plenty of laughs... New Rules is the 4th video and the 3rd one is Bill's weekly "funny bit" that he brings out during the panel discussion.

[BigmanPigman]

18. Rhiannon, I think it is very special that you

often respond to so many of your posts. That takes a lot of time and thought. Thank you.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. Awww! Thanks so much!

I guess I got used to it when I was a DU.2 mod, since we were also there to answer questions. And I'm always pleased when someone takes the time to reply to one of my threads. Now you know how I managed to accumulate so many posts - though at least half of them were as a mod, a host or on MIRT.

[jfz9580m]

20. I agree

Thank you Rhiannon!
I always appreciate it .

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Thanks so much...

And after all these years, I like to think I have friends here.

[Auggie]

22. The New Maytag Guy

Okay, initial thought seeing him on Overtime is that the dude is super creepy looking. But then I looked for the campaign on YouTube -- the commercials are brilliant. Only possible improvement would have been to actually cast Schwarzenegger as Bill suggests (though "super creepy looking dude" is actually hilarious).

Thanks for the usual Real Time update, Rhiannon12866. This post is the first I look for on Saturday morning.

[Rhiannon12866]

29. Now that (new) guy has been around for awhile!

I know because I ran across him on some made-for-TV movie and couldn't take him seriously since I kept thinking that he was really a refrigerator!

Thanks for the great clips - that's the guy I meant! Glad you enjoyed the show, I really liked all the guests this week and there was plenty of much needed humor!

[question everything]

23. This show was a pleasant surprise. Only Yang was familiar to me and he did

not get to talk about his new party. At least if he did I missed it.

Coats was great when she explained how our legal system is working. Perlroth was frightening so perhaps we did need some comic relief.

I was not aware that so many women sided with Smith.

And Rock chose not to retaliate because his whole race was on his shoulders.

My initial comment on your listing was for others to miss the last two minutes of his New Rules which, in the last two weeks were dedicated to his unique agenda. I hope that no one did. They were not to be missed.

[applegrove]

25. He did explain the reason why he was creating a new party. With multiple parties in Europe,

When some people go rogue and extreme like Republicans have they don't get power as coalition can form to avoid them and they don't form government. I am not an Yang fan but he is a smart guy.

[question everything]

28. Thanks. I missed it. Will have to watch this clip again

[Rhiannon12866]

26. Oh, I thought it was an exceptional show as well - and really liked all the guests

The panel was good and Andrew Yang barely mentioned his new third party - only when the subject of other countries having numerous parties came up. And I also enjoyed the Overtime discussion, but did no one have a question for Nicole Perlroth? I figured that was next, but the segment ended with no input from her...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

27. Absolutely fuck that fucking guy.