Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, November 15, 2024

[Rhiannon12866]

Real Time with Bill Maher continues its 22nd season Friday, November 15 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT), with a replay at 11:23 p.m., exclusively on HBO.

This week features a one-on-one interview with Dr. Casey Means, co-founder of Levels metabolic health company and co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling book Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health.

This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Chris Cuomo, award-winning broadcast journalist and host of the podcasts CUOMO and The Chris Cuomo Project; and Mary Katharine Ham, Fox News contributor and host of the podcast Getting Hammered.

[UTUSN]

1. K&R

[Prairie Gates]

2. That sounds horrible

[Sympthsical]

3. This sounds like an annoying show, lol

The main interview's about to be a medical woo grift. I know Maher has his things about how medicine and heath care operate in America, but his decent ideas are always overtaken by vast over-generalizations and throwing out babies, bath water, and the toilet for good measure sometimes.

At the end of the day, it's the same advice again and again. Eat well, exercise often, get check ups and screenings regularly, listen to your body. That's it. That's the secret that these medical authors keep packaging and repackaging to make a buck ("buy my program!" ). Read the reviews of this woman's book on Good Reads. They're scathing.

Chris Cuomo and Mary Katharine Ham with their powers combined might make this one an easy skip.

[SocialDemocrat61]

4. Four right wingers

Dr. Casey Means is an ally of RFK, jr.

Cuomo and Ham are Trumpers.

And of course Maher who will blame everything on woke culture. Maher's journey to being the new Dennis Miller is almost complete.

BTW What guests does Hannity have have on tonight? Since promoting the shows of right wingers is allowed here.

[Blue_Tires]

5. People still watch his show?

[Abolishinist]

7. Of course!

As you know, we consider ourselves to be the party of science/reality/data/facts, as opposed to dumb, ignorant, stupid reich-wing morons.

You're probably too busy to check it out, so here you go! "Real Time with Bill Maher" is currently the #1 most popular show on HBO and 129th overall on TV, watched by a total number of 675,000 people.

[Blue_Tires]

11. Um.. okay

We haven't had HBO in our home for a good 5-6 years...

[milestogo]

23. I stopped watching this misogynist prick years ago.

[question everything]

6. On the one hand, I would like to watch it if this is still a sane program, new rule sometimes

but Maher, and his guest, and RFK Jr. are birds of a feather

From today's WSJ

WASHINGTON—They are pushing for healthier school meals, sustainable agricultural practices and banning some food colorings—and they are about to shape President-elect Donald Trump’s health agenda.

Meet Calley Means and Dr. Casey Means, the brother-sister duo who have built a wellness empire by questioning some traditional medical expertise and vaccine mandates, but who have also tapped ideas more recognizable to the political left to fuel the Trump-aligned Make America Healthy Again movement.

The ascent of the siblings, who are top advisers to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has underscored the unusual bedfellows that have comprised Trump’s winning coalition.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-rfk-calley-casey-means-bc996dc1?st=ELSFKk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

(free)

[Yavin4]

8. Let me guess. Maher uses his show to scold Democrats and liberals for being too woke.

Because THAT IS EVERY SHOW THAT HE DOES.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Nope, just the opposite.

He was the voice of reason, pointing out that TFG should have gone to trial for his crimes.

[misanthrope]

10. And then he showed his ignorance and bias

My wife was watching the show while I was taking out the trash and putting up clothes. I passed through the room at one point and heard Maher jump to Elon Musk's defense. "Musk is the greatest engineer in the world," he shouted at one panelist.

"No, he's not," I said aloud. "Musk isn't even an engineer. He's an industrialist who hires far more talented people to work for him."

In the same way that Edison took credit for others' talent and creativity, Musk showers himself in praise.

[Yavin4]

12. That's like saying NE Patriots owner Robert Craft is the greatest coach/QB in NFL history.

Look at all the Superbowls that he won.

[Sympthsical]

13. I'm normally chill with Maher, but that show was rough

As you said, he was a bit too willing to defend people like Musk, with the problem being exactly as you said.

But if you didn't catch it, the Overtime segment posted to YouTube was just yikes. As expected, it went way off into the weeds of health woo. Particularly once they all started talking about raw milk. "What if we dismantled FDA regulations and just played roulette with the safety of products?"

All I saw were rich people being indulgent with dumb fads, some of which are not safe. At one point, the health "expert" goes off on some tangent, "I want to be able to go to the farm and pet the cows" which was hilarious until you realize she was being 100% serious. If anyone's been around rich people in Berkeley and Marin, it's right up that alley of goofy.

They have kernels of good points in there about how agriculture, the FDA, Pharma, and the HHS work in tandem to protect monied interests at the expense of public health, but then they get to exploring the studio space and devolve into wacky.

[misanthrope]

14. When my wife nodded off two-thirds of the way in

I cut off the show. I wasn't in the mood to extend any effort looking up Overtime.

Maher thinks he's edgy. Mostly, he comes across dumber than he realizes. He has put in plenty of effort normalizing both RFK Jr. and Musk. That makes him part of the problem.

As far as "the FDA, Pharma, and the HHS work in tandem to protect monied interests at the expense of public health," it is still far, far better than the situation 120 years ago, which is where we are headed if we aren't careful.

[CTyankee]

18. Glad to hear I wasn't the only one who stormed off pissed at Maher today!

Any normal Dem would.

[Blue_Tires]

15. Newsweek had a very different take:

https://www.newsweek.com/bill-maher-mocks-liberals-losing-crazy-contest-actual-crazy-person-1986835

[SocialDemocrat61]

16. Shhh

Don’t confront the Maher sycophants with facts about their cult leader.

[Abolishinist]

20. Aw, how precious, calling those of us who watch his show 'sycophants'.

And then you go on to say we shouldn't be confronted with 'facts' about our 'cult leader'.

Don’t confront the Maher sycophants with facts about their cult leader.

OK, let's talk some facts. Earlier, in post #4, you call him a right winger. I realize there are multiple definitions of the term, but I believe most on this site most would say they are far more in favor of the policies of R's vs. D's.

So here are some facts, show me how this makes him anywhere close to being a 'right winger'.

• In the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Maher initially endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders on February 5, 2016. Maher later announced his support for Hillary Clinton after Clinton won the nomination from the Democratic Party primary elections in June 2016.

• Maher describes himself as an environmentalist, and he has spoken in favor of the Kyoto treaty on global warming.

• In August 2019, Maher said an economic recession would be "worth it" if Donald Trump does not get re-elected in 2020. He said: "We have survived many recessions. We can't survive another Donald Trump term."

• Over the course of 20 different editions of Real Time with Bill Maher broadcast between April 13, 2018, and August 7, 2020 and in several press interviews, Maher predicted that Trump would refuse to concede any loss in the 2020 United States presidential election.

• Maher opposed Trump's Executive Order 13769, an order which banned entry into the US of citizens from five majority-Muslim countries and has hosted multiple guests, including Sam Harris and Jim Jefferies, on his show who have also opposed the order.

• He has criticized Donald Trump's opposition to immigration, including his proposed border wall, and accused him of hypocrisy, having himself married two immigrants.

• Maher has also accused Republicans of hypocrisy for opposing immigration and praising their immigrant parents, saying "You can't spend the first half of a debate bitching about how immigrants are ruining the country and the second half on the uplifting stories of your immigrant parents."

• Maher endorsed a 2014 Maine referendum to ban the use of bait, traps and dogs to hunt bears in Maine.

• Maher supports the establishment of a Medicare-for-All universal single-payer health care system, and has consistently agreed with the proposal since 2011.

• Maher supports same-sex marriage. He has referred to arguments against same-sex marriage as "bankrupt".

[SocialDemocrat61]

25. Thanks

For proving my point.

[CTyankee]

17. Hubby likes to watch him (we get it in the a.m. here and can watch in bed).

I can go only so far with Maher. Finally, I just announced I was getting up and taking a shower, getting dressed and ready to get my coffee and Cheerios and go out food shopping. I am totally pissed at everything that annoys me and Maher did that so "bye."

[misanthrope]

19. There are more productive things to do

With that time than get agitated.

[flamingdem]

21. Still enjoy the monologue but his anti-woke and anti-dem party

rants are not interesting or accurate.

He's got nothing to say at this juncture. He added to the Biden hate and picks
relentlessly on trans kids - in the guise of his hip anti-wokery.

This round it was all republican grifters.

Too bad I'm dependent on him for a laugh.

[flamingdem]

22. Will add that he sounds woke when he gets into his health nuttery

Libertarian combined with California health nut.

His hatred for mask wearers is the tell.

This rhymes with his hatred of trans kids.

All for me and none for thee.

I'm right, you're wrong and YOU ARE WEAK.

[PeaceWave]

24. If we didn't watch any TV show someone here takes issue with, all we'd have left is South Park...

And even then, someone would protest that it's not sufficiently pro or anti-Canada.

[IcyPeas]

26. Meh... I watch it. He's a stand-up comedian.... so I dont really care what he says

This particular show he was all over the place... left, right, up, down.

It's a "show." He needs an audience.

They all (tv media) make money from people's ire.

See angertainment

[Littlered]

27. It was a very good show.

Although, I do tend to fast forward through the right wingers when I can. He sees things clearly in my humble opinion.