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Rhiannon12866

(225,545 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 11:54 PM Nov 22

Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 11/22/24 (Season Finale)

I apologize that there are so few "official" videos available, this practice by HBO appears to have started several weeks ago. If any are uploaded in the meantime, I'll definitely add them. But I wanted to share what's available before the "bootleg" videos are gone.


Future Headlines: Winter 2024 Edition



Bill brings news from the future! Real Time returns with a new season beginning January 17, 2025.





New Rule: Don't Ruin Christmas



If we’re going to remain a viable society, there must be some things that transcend politics.





Overtime: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donna Brazile, Andrew Sullivan



Bill and his guests continue their conversation after the show.





Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the entire interview with Neil Degrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, host of the StarTalk podcast, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Merlin’s Tour of the Universe: A Traveler’s Guide to Blue Moons, Black Holes, Mars, Stars, and Everything Far; entire panel discussion with Donna Brazile, Democratic political strategist and ABC News contributor; and Andrew Sullivan, writer of The Weekly Dish newsletter on Substack and author of the essay collection Out On a Limb: Selected Writing; Bill's "Funny Bit" (Future Headlines); and the opening part of New Rules. It won't last long, as usual:


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czarjak

(12,558 posts)
8. Remember 2012 when Clint Eastwood told the empty chair:
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 12:25 AM
Nov 24

"You can't do that." when referencing f-ing yourself? They're just so clever sometimes.

True Dough

(21,219 posts)
3. Thanks for bringing us clips and full vids for another season, Rhiannon!
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 12:26 AM
Nov 23

This show (this host, really) is polarizing, but I'm glad you stick it out. Bill is not for everyone, but there are still plenty of us who tolerate (and sometimes laugh at) him.

Rhiannon12866

(225,545 posts)
6. Thanks! And this week they brought us really good guests!
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 12:56 AM
Nov 23

Who could possibly dislike Neil deGrasse Tyson??

walkingman

(8,636 posts)
5. Glad to see Tyson not put up with Maher's BS. Maher seems to be trying
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 12:54 AM
Nov 23

hard to normalize Trump and distracting the conversation by constantly blaming Dems for everything.

Thank God I..

I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night
I smoke two joints in the afternoon
It makes me feel all right
I smoke two joints in time of peace
And two in time of war
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
And then I smoke two more

Happy Holidays ☮

Martin Eden

(13,640 posts)
7. I can't stomach that smug jerk anymore. He's not nearly as smart as he thinks he is.
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 07:43 AM
Nov 23

He recently had one of those blonde Faux News personalities as his first guest, and she ate his lunch. Maher was totally unprepared to refute her bullshit, so he just says OK and asks his next question. He thinks it's a "gotcha" but he's the one who gets got.

I finally had enough when he had Steve Bannon as his first guest a couple years ago, and that monster overwhelmed Billy boy with a gish gallop of lies for which the "Real Time" host was totally unprepared.

Unfortunately, I see almost every episode because my wife likes the discussions. We're a little behind, so last night we watched the previous Friday with Cuomo and a brunette Trump supporter as panelists.

At the end Maher spewed one of his favorite bullshit narratives, citing the worst fringe examples of "woke," painting the entire "Left" with that brush -- and by extension the Biden/Harris administration as a reason for the Nov 5 election loss.

My blood is boiling enough as it is without subjecting myself to the blatherings of that pompous asshole.

Yeah, I know. I could have just skipped this thread without leaving a comment, but I felt like venting when my anger from last night was triggered this morning.

No doubt I'll watch the latest episode with my wife. Tyson is always good, and Brazile doesn't take shit from Maher or rightwing panelists (which Tyson, of course, is not).

Bill actually said something that, if true, establishes some common ground with me -- that democracy and the environment are the most important issues to him. I would of course add human rights (which include gender & race) but all that goes out the window if we lose our democracy and Constitutional rule of law.

Which looks all too possible right now.

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