Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 5/7/21

[Rhiannon12866]

Monologue: The Big Lie

Bill kicks off Mother's Day weekend with jokes about the GOP's identity crisis and an errant Chinese rocket.




John McWhorter on "Black Fragility"

Linguistics professor and "Nine Nasty Words" author John McWhorter joins Bill Maher for a common-sense conversation about race.




New Rule: Sex, Drugs & GOP

In his editorial New Rule, Bill reminds Democrats that they're supposed to be the party of free love and good times – and to leave the uptight fun-sucking to Republicans.




Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the the entire interview with John McWhorter (7:20) and panel discussion with Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Rick Wilson (The Lincoln Project) (22:14), Bill's "funny bit" (38:06) and complete New Rules (47:00). It won't last long, as usual:

[Behind the Aegis]

1. I liked it. Not as good as last week, but not a bad show.

I liked McWhorter, but I wish he would have spoken more about his field and his new book. I can also attest to the fact he is funny, and not just "dad joke" funny. It is always interesting to hear a linguist talk about speech in everyday situations.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. I liked this week's show, too, but I know what you mean about John McWhorter

I wasn't expecting the conversation that he had with Bill, after what you said I thought it would be more about language - and, like he said, he can be a funny guy. As soon as I saw him, I knew I'd seen him before. Nevertheless, I thought it was an engaging interview and I liked the panel, too.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I knew that I'd seen John McWhorter before!

From February 2018:

Stephen Colbert: Lexicographer John McWhorter Uses Words To Explain Words

'Lexicon Valley' host John McWhorter shares his expertise on something we use every day: words.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Thanks Rhiannon!

Good show! I really enjoyed the panel discussion tonight! Some other bright spots as well!

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Thanks! I agree that this was a really good show!

Great guests and the humor is back - I think Bill was bummed out when he was quarantined at home, but things are more "normal" now that they're at least back in the studio. And the past couple of weeks he's had especially good guests. Originally, Rob Reiner was scheduled for tonight and he's always terrific - they said he's rescheduled, so I hope he's on soon.

[betsuni]

5. Thanks for posting.

I completely forgot to watch the show live online because I was binge watching a stupid Netflix series. I didn't know anything about John McWhorter and now will look for interviews. Good show. Thanks!

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Thanks!

And it looks like the "bootleg" version is still up and running for anyone else who missed it. I agree that this was an exceptionally good show, liked all the guests.