Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?

You may have heard over the past 4 years how bill has slowly crossed over to the other side. Well not quite that far but he certainly has let distance and daylight between his formerly loved party and its more modern incarnation or evolution today.

I hadn't really watched bill in ages myself. Mostly just because of access and interest more than anything. I always felt fairly lukewarm about him generally.

Not to say he isn't funny or that his style at the time simply didn't suit me or perhaps more his biased views that might have tinted his routines and comedy or other shows.

Still seeing this for the first exposure to bill in so long i have to say i like it.

I thought it was a fair classic comedians of yesterday trying to not be victims of the mob or cancel culture or some extreme political loyalty over just loving comedy their personal opinions and finding an audience.

There are digs on both sides. Personally im often a bit right biased myself and i had no issue with excessive or even a majority of biased topics jokes or presentations.

It all seemed like fair or balanced or enough neutral content i didn't mind. I could swear it was a vast majority of criticisms of more modern extreme left views and platforms or issues.

I don't take the time to watch many stand up comedy style performances these days but i am pleased to have watched this one.

I've watched real time very consistently for years and have a lot of respect for Mr Maher, but not as much for his brand of humor and stand up.

Well, this was very enjoyable and had way more laugh out loud moments than I would have predicted. Bill seems very comfortable. His timing is mostly on point. The material is his usual metre but with some nice twists and very good presentation.

So, thank you Bill. See you next Friday night. Will be coming for a dose of common sense and with renewed interest in your funny bone.

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Full disclosure- I am not a a huge fan of Bill Maher; however, I liked this special a lot. This is a very honest and bold stand up that daringly attacks insanity on the left and right. While he takes on Trump's madness he also takes on the madness that is Woke thinking in the 21st Century. He very intelligently distinguishes Liberalism, a Progressive way of thinking, and Wokeness, a disease of the mind and society. I don't love his delivery, but I do agree with a lot of his messaging. Even on the stuff I don't agree with- who cares- the whole point is that we should have the ability to disagree. His attack on collegiate thought and young people is so on the mark. This is smart thinking and thoughtful provoking.

Bill Maher came out with awesome opinions and hard punching funny thoughts about Gen-Z. He's got timing with jokes, and when you hear him out you're laughing along the way. It's saddening that he is retiring from stand-up as I would love to go. Bill Maher is incredible and while some of these jokes are a little rehash from Real Time you they offer different ways of seeing liberals & republicans. There are jokes for everybody and everybody is welcome to his shows and Real Time as he makes fun of everybody- himself too lol and offers insight about general life. Bill Maher sometimes is nihilistic and crude but it is Hilarious. I love Bill he's just very real.

I'm giving this one star for every joke I hadn't heard yet (a few of them were genuine laugh-out-loud gut-busters) . It's probably my own fault for overexposing myself as a regular watcher of Real Time, and semi-frequent listener/viewer of Club Random, and a listener of the What This Comedian Said Will Shock You audiobook. So the premises are just what Bill Maher talks about these days. Many of the punchlines seem familiar, too. Watching this gave me the same feeling I used to get watching his stand-up before I got on board with him -- at times it feels more like a humorous lecture than a stand-up special.