FYI: Guests on 'Real Time' w/Bill Maher tonight:

[babylonsister]

http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/?ntrack_para1=leftnav_category0_show7

This Friday, Bill welcomes Dana Carvey, Fmr. Sen. Bill Bradley (D-NJ), Scott McClellan and via satellite Sheryl Crow, Laurie David and Rev. Al Sharpton. Tune-in Friday night at 11pm ET/PT and stay around after the show for Overtime our exclusive live web program.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. THE Scott McClellan?? n/t

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

2. Scotty dealt with a somnolent press corps. Can he transfer his journalistic skills to the

Bill Maher panel?

:shrug: MKJ

[minkyboodle]

3. I smell a stinker

Maher will be on a tear about Imus and that panel looks
like a stinker to me. Hopefully I'm wrong but man it
doesn't look good.

[IChing]

4. I haven't seen Dana Carvey for a while

I hope he has some new impressions up to date
we could all use a new
Church Lady laugh and with
Scott McClellan and Bill Bradley on the same panel
that should be interesting.

The dialogue between Maher and Sharpton will compare
and contrast two opposing viewpoints on "the Don affair" which
they have stated lately in the news. You know that will be the discussion.

Sometimes both of them tend to go to far and get off the mark.
I like Sharpton, who I see as a needed barb on society, just as much as Maher is.
They both can't stand this administration.

I plan on watching, I hope they keep up on the war czar, e-mails and other impeachable topics.

[IChing]

5. "Getover itol" funny some where comedians and satirist and some were nazis

He is coming out stoned.

[Sydnie]

6. Should be interesting

Hi Sis! :hi:

[IChing]

8. Sharpton is uP........

who is next on your list AL?

This should be go.

[Cush]

7. Al Sharpton on the feed

[IChing]

9. they are fighting it out.

Bill's point is on humor, Al's is on civil rights and finding the balance for free speech.

[IChing]

10. The panel is up and Scott got booed

Dana is doing all the bushes.

[Cush]

11. please tell me Dana won't be doing impressions all show long

it gets old (Robin Williams is guilty of this when he is on)

[minkyboodle]

zzzzzz

sorry I just woke up... I agree 100%

[IChing]

14. I'm glad to see him back and he did all right.

and McClellan need Bradley to speak

[Subdivisions]

20. Ok, I won't tell you that he's going to do that for the entire show...

[Maven]

12. Sharpton just called Al out for his homophobic jokes.

Bill's face was priceless.

[minkyboodle]

13. ugh

this is shaping up to be a "evil of PC" night. Maher
considers Imus a free speech issue. He is wrong as hell
of course. Quick I think I here the PC police coming...

[IChing]

16. Imus wasn't a comedian and it was too much on the PC thing.

and comedians need a voice.
Lenny Bruce comes to mind

thankfully now on to Iraq and deployment.

[minkyboodle]

18. exactly

I'm glad to see them moving on, Maher couldn't be more
wrong on the Imus issue.

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. Why is Scott McClellan the only one making sense

Bill Maher is turning his personal fetish into a universal ethic...

[IChing]

17. You should change channels then.

[IChing]

19. Bradley and Scott are going at it.....

[minkyboodle]

22. yep

and Dana is contributing nothing.. what a surprise.
I grew up loving Dana Carvey on SNL and I respect
what he has done but somewhere between being great
on SNL and being granted access to Bush I as the loving
impersonator, he has basically lost all interest for
me. Is it me or does he basically have nothing to
say except for the most superficial dumb comments?
That's my opinion at least.

[IChing]

32. OK, point made

[minkyboodle]

34. sorry

I was repeating myself :) I'll stop ragging on Dana.

[Subdivisions]

21. Ok, Carvey can STFU now. n/t

[Sydnie]

23. I second that n/t

[minkyboodle]

24. thank you

at least I'm not alone in those thoughts :)

[IChing]

25. Agreed cause it getting heated on facts

Bradley is great taking down McClellan.

[Sydnie]

26. Puffy McMoonface is still an admin stooge

I had hoped for a little better from him tonight ... not much so I'm not terribly disappointed anyway.

[Cleita]

27. Tearing my hair out. Scotty is still spewing the WH propapanda

about Iraq. Bill Bradley told him off saying that they were wrong three years ago and they are still wrong.

:woohoo:

Dana Carvey is sitting between them trying to be funny.

[IChing]

29. I remember his press conferences and he went

right into that mode. I thought it was an old c-span take.

[minkyboodle]

30. the defensive mode

its the same mode, just a different setting. Good observation!

[Subdivisions]

31. I must confess...I briefly fantasized that Scotty would

clear his conscience. But then I remembered that he doesn't have one.

[minkyboodle]

33. first requirement for the white house press sec

He wouldn't have gotten through the door with one.

[IChing]

35. He went into a robot mode

Laurie David is funny

[minkyboodle]

37. And Sheryl Crow

I heard her on Ring of Fire the other day and she
really impressed me. Great to see two amazing ladies
teaming up on this issue.

[DesertRat]

36. I loved seeing Bradley lay the smackdown on Scotty.

:)

[minkyboodle]

28. get Dana off the stage

I'm seriously waiting for the Sand Man ala Showtime at the Apollo
to sweep Carvey off the stage. Even his jokes are bombing, its getting
hard to watch

[Maven]

38. SHUT UP DANA

Stick a fork in that guy.

[IChing]

39. Bradley doesn't like Scotty the looks could kill

[IChing]

40. OK, shut up DANa.......you guys are right....LOL

I haven't seen him in a while and now I know why.

[minkyboodle]

41. haha

now you are seeing what I've been on about lol :) ;)

[IChing]

44. I hadn't seen him for years......he had some jokes

I loved impressionist most of my life ,and Dana had some good ones at one time.


But his new jokes and impressions were not that good and
started to the right of center..

He missed Gore impression and then missed the joke.

Gore is funnier than him.

[minkyboodle]

47. I actually agree

He was a top notch impressionist back in the day, in fact
one of my favorite. Something has happened in the last 10
years and he just misses all the time and hob knobs with
the worst of his subjects. Its kind of sad I grew up a
big fan.

[IChing]

48. Now I know why. He is a good father and is out of touch with the times.

In 1997, he underwent open-heart surgery for a blocked artery.
Unfortunately, the doctors operated on the wrong artery.
Carvey later sued for medical malpractice and was awarded $7.5 million.
He has had to undergo a total of five operations to correct his heart problems.
Carvey stated in an interview with Larry King that he donated all
the money awarded to him from the lawsuit to charity.


He is number 90 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.

A very private person, Carvey withdrew from the limelight
to focus on his family.
He later said in an interview that he doesn't want to be in a career
in which his kids would already be grown
with his having neglected time with them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Carvey

I didn't know this.

[aquaman]

45. Oh yeah......

He was fucking horrible. Not just horrible, but fucking horrible.

[Cush]

42. "The Fighting Christies"

[minkyboodle]

43. Monica Goodling

Maher is on fire with this one. Its a looper but he is hitting
it out of the park. Great way to end the show.

[napi21]

46. You gotta give it to Bill for the"Where does this admin. find all these

screwups?" That was GREAT, allbeit sadly true!

[Jack Sprat]

49. New Rule: If you sympathize with Imus,

then you probably are feeling guilty over crossing the line too many times yourself and explaining it all away with something as lame as "I doubt the Rutgers women's team was watching Imus anyway" somehow doesn't work so well.

With the star-studded guests of tonight's show, it should have been a great show.
New Rule: Sometimes, Real Time w/Bill Maher produces a dud.

Dana Carvey sillied his way into any serious discussions and wanted everyone to notice only him.
New Rule: Have Dana Carvey on by himself so he can have the entire spotlight on himself.

Bill blew the interview with Sheryl Crow and Laurie David with his cynical outlook towards everyone.
New Rule: You aren't the only single citizen in the country who is so beyond reproach that you can
pass judgment on everyone else, Bill. Climb down from that cloud a little bit.

[IChing]

50. Nice review on the negative aspects

I liked Bradley and Scotty get into it.


Bill is off or out of touch with the times,
he has caught up over the break, but I find him a little
behind the curve.
he is still one of the good guys.



He at least put the news about Sheryl Crow and Laurie David on the air to give them exposure
on what they are trying to do and to make americans aware of.

Do you have anything positive to say?
Your review was very astute

I still like the show
B-

[Jack Sprat]

51. He closed strong.

As a rule, I like the show. Tonight was not so good. It did bomb for the most part.