"Real Time w/ Bill Maher" thread (on now)

[Cush]

HBO

Bill Maher talks with director Spike Lee, music legend Elvis Costello and blogger Markos Moulitsas.

Plus, panal guests fmr. Sen. Max Cleland, author/scholar Vali Nasr, and columnist Christopher Hitchens.

[OwnedByFerrets]

1. You would think

that with several months to prepare, he would have some funny material for his monologue. Also, he got one of his jokes completely wrong. It was Dell, not Apple.

[countmyvote4real]

6. Dell was first, but Apple is most recent to recall. n/t

[October]

8. Apple is recalling, too..

I missed the first few minutes. Was it a joke about laptop batteries?

[xxqqqzme]

2. That was a great line-up until it got

2 hitchens! gag!

[smokey nj]

3. I'm looking forward to watching Hitchens drool all over himself

in a drunken stupor.

[colorado thinker]

5. I am sick to death of Christopher Hitchens

He is the british, male version of Mann Coulter. He spews obnoxious, controversial crap just to make himself look like an insider. Total waste of breath.

[smokey nj]

9. He spews nothing but lies.

[Moochy]

Fucking "Drink-Soaked Former Trotskyist Popinjay"!! n/t

[smokey nj]

11. Truer words were never spoken.

[colorado thinker]

18. Gag!

Listen to him! He just said that Move On.org is promoting conspiracy theories and waving pictures of Bush as Hitler around. And a slash at Michael Moore. Who has been pretty damn quiet lately about all this bs that is flying around the country.

He just flipped off the audience!:wow:

[Cush]

4. Panel Up

[blue cat]

7. I'm so jealous

I don't have hbo anymore.

[October]

10. At least you don't have to listen to Hitchens.....

What an obnoxious, arrogant bore.

[dramachick]

13. Drunk-ass Hitchens

I am offended that that drunk is sitting on the same panel as the Honorable Max Cleland.

[October]

22. Welcome dramachick...

I didn't know Hitchens was a lush...he looks it, but God, he's awful! He never shuts up!

[Cleita]

12. McClelland mentioned the word "swiftboated" and says he

will be up front defending Jack Murtha if they try to swiftboat him. Great show. McClelland is the star. Screw Hitchens.

[October]

29. Yeah, but Hitchens won't shut up! Way too much air time. /nt

[IChing]

14. Hitchenson? Is an asshole and

yes a missile did hit the pentagon
show me the missing videos and I will shut up

[Cleita]

16. OMG! Hitchens gave the finger to the audience. Said they would

cheer for anything.

[OwnedByFerrets]

17. The ass just flipped off the audience

What a fucking asswipe.

[countmyvote4real]

20. And he just flipped off the audience.

I'm talking middle finger FU bird.

[Moochy]

21. Lets hope the audience runs him out on a rail

The fucking cocksucker, just flipped off the whole audience after calling them frivolous, and said "fuck you"

Where are the tar and feathers?

[smokey nj]

15. Bill should kick that effing drunk off his panel!!!!

Lying bastard.

[Strelnikov_]

19. Hitchens Just Flipped Off The Audience

He is sloshed.

[October]

25. He's done so twice, now...the pompous ass..../nt

[countmyvote4real]

26. for the second time.

This is getting ugly.

[timber84]

23. he's really not going over well

wtf was that all about

[timber84]

28. What is this guys deal?

He seems relatively intelligent. I think he has a huge hard on for muslims.

[colorado thinker]

32. No, he's not really intelligent

He relies on a wide vocabulary and a ton of $5 dollar words, as well as his accent (every british accent sounds smarter?) but he's really just a hack who flips his opinion to which ever way the wind is blowing . . . he's an ass.

[minkyboodle]

24. there is going to be a freakin riot

one drunk asshole vs one pissed off crowd

[IChing]

27. BOO!!!!! he flipped them off again...Boo this bastard off

Vali Nasar teaches at the west coast Naval Postgraduate School and
Vali Nasr is a senior fellow with the Dubai Initiative

[minkyboodle]

30. Wish he was replaced by Juan Cole

The Prof and Hitch have dueled online in the
past and the result was pretty much an ol fashioned
ass whuppin by Cole. I'll never understand why
with all the past foreign analysts on Real Time
Juan has never been on.

[IChing]

33. Vali would never say anything bad he works for the military

The panel is right of center with Max being the center

[minkyboodle]

35. thanks for the info

I hadn't really heard of him but he was definitely
projecting that vibe. Good to know

[timber84]

31. soap on a fuse!

:rofl:

[countmyvote4real]

34. I'm guessing Hitchens has a prescription for Jack. n/t

[smokey nj]

39. He wears a pump under his wrinkled linen sport jacket so he

can have it administered continuously.

[Moochy]

42. Was that a seer sucker suit ?

[smokey nj]

46. Whatever it is, it looks like he's been wearing it for a week.....

and would somebody please give him a comb. He doesn't have to LOOK like a drunk.

[Cush]

36. Kos on now

[IChing]

37. Let's get Skinner or Elad on Bill's show

or William Pitt.

[countmyvote4real]

38. Bravo Markos.

"They hate us because we're engaging people in politics."

[timber84]

40. Love Bill but this was a weak show

[IChing]

41. Armor of God was on DU last week

I agree weak show.

[timber84]

43. elvis was a bright spot i thought

[OwnedByFerrets]

47. Your're right, the only bright spots

were Elvis and Max. Max is great. Bill picked up right where he left off last season....which is to say nowhere. There was only ONE good show last season and so far, he is 0-1 this season.

[IChing]

53. It is like he hasn't paid attention, it was intellecually lazy

Forget it I'm watching V for the second time just bought the limited addition with the comix book.

[OwnedByFerrets]

61. Now that sounds like a GREAT

plan. That is in my top 5 of all time favorite movies.

[colorado thinker]

45. And I was SO looking forward to it

after a summer of no Bill. Bad choice of panelist with Hitchens . . . everyone else must have been on vacation.

[Moochy]

I wonder why the audience didnt like him

You think it was the fact that he insulted them about 5 times, flipped them off and told them "fuck you" twice?

That arrogant prick should be BANNED from the show.

[buff2]

62. Everyone should send an E-Mail to HBO

and complain about Hitchens and his rude, crude behavior. Flipping off the audience and saying phuck you is way over the line. It should NOT be tolerated. He should be banned from Real Time.......for good. God,he is an arrogant,obnoxious asswipe.No manners whatsoever.

[minkyboodle]

54. par for the course

Real Time is probably the most inconsistent show on TV. It can
be great but the slightest bad panel or even bad panelists can throw it
into chaos. This was one of many of those types sadly.

[countmyvote4real]

44. So far there have been no cutaways of Hitch.

I guess he's not laughing enough. Or maybe he's just sitting there flipping off the audience and camera.

On edit:
Looks like Hitch must have vamoosed with Vali. There were only shots of Bill and Max at the end.

[minkyboodle]

48. sounds like only max

Hitch is seething.

[minkyboodle]

49. he must have walked off

no shots of him during the outro

[colorado thinker]

52. To avoid getting run out on a rail?

[Moochy]

57. more like stumbled off to a bar or a corner

He really ruined that show.

[OwnedByFerrets]

51. Kinda looks like the asswipe

left before the show was over. I know the middle guy had to catch a plane, but Hitchins is just rude to leave like that.

[timber84]

50. next weeks line up not much better

[minkyboodle]

55. damn missed it

do you remember who is going to be on? thanks

[timber84]

56. Penn from Penn & Teller some person named famoud or something

close to that and a repuke rep Issa or something like that, best i could do

[Moochy]

58. Penn & Teller

Fucking asshole and silent asshole.

[timber84]

60. never really watched them, i never found them interesting

[minkyboodle]

59. ughh doesn't sound good

thanks