"Real Time w/ Bill Maher" thread

[Cush]

about to start on HBO

guests: Bill Maher welcomes guests Sir Ian McKellen, Rep. Barney Frank, and correspondent Michel Martin.

Plus, via satellite, Hollywood's George Clooney, and historian Victor Davis Hanson.

[NMDemDist2]

1. who's on tonight? n/t

[Cush]

2. see above, I added the info

[devilgrrl]

3. The House of Flammable Flags

with an electric burning cross.

[bliss_eternal]

6. Funny...

:)

[bliss_eternal]

4. I hope this one doesn't suck as bad

as the one with Seth Green. :eyes:

[derby378]

5. Is "Flamey" related to SOUTH PARK's Towelie??

:silly:

[bliss_eternal]

7. Don't forget to bring a cross...

:P or some wood...

[Ammonium]

8. ha

Wow he's ripping on the spanish national anthem

[Ammonium]

14. Fat Bastard!!

ROFL

[Cush]

9. George Clooney on the sat feed

[Sydnie]

11. ****SWOON****

[question everything]

88. Why are there more liberals among the celebrities?

"natural selection."

Way to go George!

[Blue_Roses]

94. George Clooney --- be still my heart

:loveya:

[DanCa]

10. Batman's on

To bad he couldn't save California from the villiany of Mr Freeze in real life.
I cant wait for Sir Ian.

[IChing]

12. Sir Ian is an intellectual with a sharp wit.

George is the george we should have had.

[DanCa]

17. Sir Ian is just so damn cool

You'll notice that the holywood left is far more talented and smarter than the right. I want Springsteen to be on the program soon.

[IChing]

21. Two wonderful intelligent creative gays on tonight

Love Barney

[bliss_eternal]

24. What's the name of the guy that he's had on

that is gay and seems rather conservative? They frequently bring up his blog on the show?

[IChing]

27. Andrew Sullivan he is now says he is a "libertarian" vs a

Log Cabin type guy.

[bliss_eternal]

28. He pisses me off on the show...

I don't get him. Thank you for refreshing my memory on his name.

[AX10]

87. Sully is a hard core right winger who subscribed to...

the infamous and racist "bell curve" back in the 1980's. Sully is only a liberal on gay issues.

[tulsakatz]

56. Andrew Sullivan

[DanCa]

33. Maher for press secretary

Hell the scotty show is gone and I need something to laugh at on tv.

[bliss_eternal]

13. Starting the conversation about gas...

Londoners walk.

[Ammonium]

15. Fat Bastard!!

Rofl

that's awesome

[bliss_eternal]

16. Dude looks like Jabba the Hut to me...

(not Fat Bastard). :scared:

[Sydnie]

18. I'm loving this panel

A great group!

[IChing]

19. Michel Martin is OK for ABC but I think he needed a real conservative to

stir things up. No slam on her.

[AllieB]

20. No one can stand up against Barney Frank

he's brilliant, and he rocks!

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

22. Bill Maher just said something completely stupid...

"We never had the leadership", regarding conservation. Umm Bill what did Jimmy Carter try to tell us Americans in 1978?

Sometimes I could strangle Maher...

[bliss_eternal]

23. Yeah--that was dumb

I thought I heard someone on the panel mention Carter, though.

[LiberalPartisan]

52. He should have said we didn't have the will

And we still don't. People are grousing about high gas prices and when will the price of gas come back down to $1.50 a gallon. Those days are gone and it's wasted energy to try and return there. We should be focusing our energy on that which can make an immediate impact and that which all of us can do - conservation. Drive less. Park and walk. Use mass transit in the city.

[bullwinkle428]

25. Bill - you forgot Wal-Mart and the meatpacking industry...

[Ammonium]

26. Michel doesn't come off as very stong on her positions

[AllieB]

30. Her knowledge of the issues is very shallow

[IChing]

29. Tony Snow this might be good

Bill's audition for this job. This tape is great

[Cush]

31. "he's evil, not stupid"

[bliss_eternal]

32. OH my GAWD--that was so funny!

:rofl:

[IChing]

34. That will be a must see on the internet. LOL

[NMDemDist2]

35. So what's Victor Davis hansen's FR handle do ya think?

WarDude? or what???

[devilgrrl]

38. What is he basing his facts on?

Who wants to bet that he never served a second in the military?

[bliss_eternal]

41. ...crack maybe?

:P

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

40. LOL, great minds think alike...

I've never heard of him before tonight, but he certainly does fit the bill...

[bliss_eternal]

44. ....

:boring: I bet he's on WH payroll for propaganda... :eyes:

[devilgrrl]

36. Victor Davis Hanson...

wtf is he talking about?

[bliss_eternal]

39. Seems constipated...

;)

[bliss_eternal]

37. He doesn't seem fond of this guy or his book's theories..

:shrug:

[devilgrrl]

42. theories...

not realities.

[IChing]

43. HOOver Institute need we say more?

What a nazi.

[bliss_eternal]

46. Bill sure can pick 'em...

:eyes:

[IChing]

47. He just changed the reason we went to war

What the president said in ....now barney is saying the same thing.

[bliss_eternal]

49. See!

Definitely on WH payroll!

[bullwinkle428]

45. Yeah, bring up the Balkans! How many U.S troops died there?

[robbedvoter]

48. Bill Clinton bombed a Christian nation....chilling!

[devilgrrl]

50. When he says that it's not about Halliburton and blood for oil...

it's about Halliburton and blood for oil.

Barney brought up that he neglected to mention WMD's and 9/11 as reasons to go into Iraq. Hanson is just another PNAC windbag.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

51. Ian McKellan is totally brilliant...

:rofl: :rofl:

[Ammonium]

53. He is amazing

He's awesome! I never knew magneto was so smart

[bliss_eternal]

54. I LOVE him--

I pay to see his work, even when he's in a stinker. Ask me sometime about Apt Pupil. :puke: My dh is still pissed I made him pay for that one. lol.

[tulsakatz]

I saw that one too!!

And I even paid to see it too!

But I went to see it mainly because it's a Stephen King film.

Still, it was a good movie........

[bliss_eternal]

89. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Wasn't quite my cup of tea--but Ian was great, so I didn't care much! LOL! :hi:

[tulsakatz]

92. he was very good!

[tulsakatz]

70. He always is!!

One time when McKellan was on, Bill was interviewing some right wing nut job who was raging about how we shouldn't allow gays to marry.

After the interview, Ian said she was such a lovely lady to be so nuts in the head!!

It was great!! I loved his comment because that woman truly was insane!!

[bliss_eternal]

55. Baby Doll

wasn't that a Tennessee Williams play turned into a film?

[tulsakatz]

83. yes it was.......

I saw it years ago..........

Carroll Baker, Karl Malden and Eli Wallach

[bliss_eternal]

90. It's aired from time to time on AMC

and TCM--I'm surprised Maher wasn't aware of it.

[bliss_eternal]

57. How did I miss that Rep. Barney Frank is gay?!

Very cool...

[IChing]

60. And Ian

[bliss_eternal]

62. I've known about Ian...

didn't know about Rep. Frank.

[Sydnie]

64. Frank has been out for years

He's from Massachusetts ... we don't care about that part of his life ... we elect him because he's smart and listens to us too.

He has a brief little "incident" with a page many years ago. The info came out then.

[bliss_eternal]

71. That's fantastic--I love him!

Maybe I should move...:think: Thankfully Ahnold just hired an out lesbian--but with him, it's difficult to tell if it helps.:eyes:

[AlCzervik]

82. it was a big deal back in the day when it became public, lots of

smear and Barney survived and thrived.

[IChing]

58. She is way over her head on this panel

[bliss_eternal]

61. I know--what's she talking about with the bible stuff?

:shrug:

[Ammonium]

63. Only she knows

She's been talking about gibberish this whole episode. She's all over the place on every topic they've talked about it boggles the mind. How people can stand to listen to her talk on NPR is beyond me.

[bliss_eternal]

67. Yikes--I would avoid that show--

:scared:

[DanCa]

59. The concept of metaphor

I had to explain this to my sister. I believe that jonah and the whale was a metaphor for someone over coming depression. This was last easter and she's still mad at me for it.

[IChing]

65. Oh, yeah....that sister...now it hits me...sorry for her "brain" damage.

Pretty good show tonight, the high point was the Bill job interview for press secretary

[DanCa]

68. LOL he's on fire right now

You know i have parkinsons and that restless leg bit made my laugh out loud. People take themselves too damn seriously you know.

[bliss_eternal]

66. Oh no--

I'm sorry to hear that. :hug: I presented the concept of the bible as a work of literature that can be critically interpreted in many ways to a friend that told me that was blasphemy. :shrug:

[DanCa]

74. Yeah its that literal crowd that bugs me

She wrote a letter to Bruce Springsteen that he's song Jesus was an only son was factually wrong.
She never bothered to read the lyrics or listen to the song . People are just so dense these days.

[bliss_eternal]

91. OMG! Are you serious?!

:scared: I'm SO sorry! :grouphug: Seriously, I thought I was the only one with uber-religious folk in my lineage. I can't tell you how many I've disowned. :eyes:

[Ammonium]

69. Back in 1999, when we still believed in science

lol

[Ammonium]

72. Michel dipped out!

Anyone see that?! He panned back to thank his pannel and Michel's seat was empty? wtf...?

[AlCzervik]

76. she had to leave to catch a plane back to DC.

[IChing]

78. Had to catch a plane, he mentioned that in closing..n/t

[devilgrrl]

79. She had to bolt...

had a flight to catch. It was mentioned before new rules.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

81. Maher said she had a plane to catch before he started

New Rules...

[tulsakatz]

73. great show next week too!

Kim Campbell and Bradley Whitford!!

That should be a great show!!

[Me.]

75. What Is 4-20?

thanks

[Idioteque]

80. National Smoke-Out Day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_%28cannabis_culture%29

[Me.]

86. Double Thanks

*shadow government*

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

77. My Hubby, a republican,has it on

in the other room. He voted Kerry in 2004. :wow: He's watching Maher! Without my prompting!

[MrSlayer]

84. Wes Clark on next week's show!

Woooo!

[DanCa]

85. Go Wes . Heres the guy that can beat both Rudy and Mccain(nt)

[bliss_eternal]

93. I think the rw knows it, too...

:hi: He was absolutely on fire the last time I saw him on Real Time.