Bill Maher closed out the 500th episode of his HBO series Real Time with Bill Maher with a bruising appraisal of the Democratic Party’s feckless options for 2020 and a point-by-point explanat…
“There’s no underestimating the power of celebrity in modern American politics…it’s not the way it’s supposed to be be, its not the way I’d like it to be but we officially live in a post-literate, post-truth, star-f—er society and this is going to be the dirtiest campaign ever.”
Maher unloaded in both directions all night, of course, with Trump playing the part of the comedian’s favorite.”That’s Trump for you,” Maher said of the honesty-challenged POTUS early in the show, “even the lies have to be white.” suggests that the franchise and its host are living up to the show’s name. Seventeen seasons and 500 episodes qualifies as putting in some real time by anyone’s standards.
This year also marks the 30th anniversary of Maher’s first solo HBO comedy special; he’s had 11 of them total. Yes, Maher is a wily old hand, too. He salvaged an early punchline dud with a Carson-esque reaction that earned a big laugh. “Even after 500 shows you can still have a clunker…” Maher said with a wry chuckle , yielding one of the warmer moments in the history of the series.
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