Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 4/17/20

[Rhiannon12866]

Monologue: Bill's Home Box Office

Bill reacts to the top stories of the week while going stir-crazy at home.




Bill Maher's #TreeChallenge

Bill challenges Jimmy Fallon to a tree-climbing contest.




Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Fortitude

Texas congressman and former Navy SEAL Dan Crenshaw joins Bill to discuss the crux of his new book, "Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage."




New Rule: Panic Porn

In his editorial New Rule, Bill calls on the news media to calm down and give a proper perspective to their coverage of COVID-19.




This "unofficial" video contains the interviews with journalist Fareed Zakaria and author Andrew Sullivan, but it won't be available for long, unlike the official videos posted above:

[Hoyt]

1. Enjoyed show, but there's a lot that people will criticize.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Oh, I know.

Since they're conducting interviews remotely now, I don't know why they choose the ones they do to upload on YouTube. I was keeping my fingers crossed that they'd at least have Fareed Zakaria's available this week, since I thought he was excellent, but no such luck - so that's why I found the "unofficial" version, for as long as it lasts. And I realize that both of the other guests wouldn't be popular here, especially Dan Crenshaw, so of course that's the one that they chose.

[Hoyt]

3. Not sure people will like Zakaria's part, although I wasn't concentrating on everything he said.

New Rules will get criticism too.

Everyone except the GOPer rep, condemned trump for his pitiful performance in this, but they all seemed to think we just can’t go many more months more without some relaxing of isolation.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Well, Bill always gets criticism from certain quarters

Though I continue to post what I can since I know a lot of DUers who may not have HBO - or TV - are interested. Of the three interviews, I liked Fareed Zakaria's the best. I think Andrew Sullivan was on this week since he's a friend of Bill's, so I'm surprised they didn't choose his since Bill's friend was one of the two that they chose last week. And the "tree" segment was just the brief "funny bit" that he often includes each week. And, of course, none of us agree with everything that Bill has to say - but he always provides some badly needed humor, so that's why I persist in posting what I can.

[Hoyt]

5. I appreciate your links, and look forward to his show every week. Thanks again.

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Thank you!

[smirkymonkey]

10. Ahh! Missed the last segment w/ Fareed and Andrew and New Rules!

The video was no longer available! Anyway, thanks for the rest! I appreciate it!

Dan Crenshaw really rubbed me the wrong way. I wanted to poke out his other eye. Sorry, I know that's mean, but I can't stand the guy. He's an arrogant SOB. Sometimes I wish Bill would not really waste his time on people like this, but instead have more inspiring liberal guests on the show. There is enough controversy out there. Can we please get a break from it for once?

Anyway, thanks for posting, as always!

[brush]

6. Maher should've nailed him on why there's still no federa; testing and contact tracing program.

and of course his dismantling of the pandemic control unit Obama set up, not to mention his golfing and rallies in January and Februar. Crenshaw kinda owned Maher in that exchange.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I got frustrated too.

Bill was much too easy on him and there is so much that he could have brought up - and in the beginning Bill had an advantage since Crenshaw was tripping over his words. What we really needed - and I hope happens in the future - were a few more right thinking additional guests who would have been happy to confront him on all of those points.

[dhill926]

11. yep...I would love to see someone like...

Dan Savage on a panel, eviscerate that smug son of a bitch....

[Auggie]

12. "First Atomic Bomb Dropped: Ouch!"

Thanks for posting Rhiannon12866