Over Time with Bill Maher, April 19, 2013

Ep. 279 April 19, 2013 - Overtime

Over Time with Bill Maher, September 21, 2012

Ep. 260: September 21, 2012 - Overtime

Bill Maher's New Rules, March 27, 2009

Like I do every week, I watched HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, and I enjoyed it. But not as much as usual. Bill has been playing with tweaking the format lately, trying a two-guest panel, and then bringing in a third guest part way into the discussion. Nothing wrong with that, I suppose, but the panels have been odd mixes. This week, it was Mos Def and Salman Rushdie, two guys who have very little in common besides being Muslim at one time or another. Christopher Hitchens sloshed out, drink in hand to join the panel eventually. Love him, but the discussion devolved into something like a bunch of drunken friends arguing at a party. Here's hoping the guest choices improve soon.

Still, the New Rules portion of the show didn't disappoint.

Real Time with Bill Maher on Sarah Palin

I try to never miss Real Time with Bill Maher, and fortunately remembered to record it while I was away this weekend. Since everyone doesn't have HBO, and may have missed it, I thought I'd run a clip of part of the panel portion of the show, with Janeane Garofalo, Salman Rushdie, and John Fund. It's kind of long, but worth a view, especially for Garofalo--who is spot on in this piece. Rushdie doesn't say much, but what he says is very smart. Fund? Just a tool, seriously.

Enjoy.