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What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
- Narrated by: Bill Maher
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever—a brilliantly astute and acerbically funny vivisection of American life, politics, and culture.
Some of the smartest commentary about what’s happening in America is coming from a comedian—this comedian being Bill Maher. If you want to understand what’s wrong with this country, it turns out that one of the best informed and most thought-provoking analysts is this very funny pothead.
The book was inspired by the “editorial” Bill delivers at the end of each episode of Real Time. These editorials are direct-to-camera sermons about culture, politics, and what’s happening in the world. To put this book together, Maher reviewed more than a decade of his editorials, rewriting, reimagining, and updating them, and adding new material to speak exactly to the moment we’re in. Free speech, cops, drugs, race, religion, the generations, cancel culture, the parties, the media, show biz, romance, health—Maher covers it all. The result is a hugely entertaining work of commentary about American culture in the tradition of Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and H. L. Mencken.
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- James Richardson
- 03-07-2024
Cynicism at its best
I like Bill, But in my view, he seems to make broad assumptions about a number of topics based on anecdotal evidence, rather than documented, Scientific fact. I think he'd be wise to have a disclaimer to cover himself, with some of his comments, that on no occasion do I recall, claimed was only his opinion.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-09-2024
Just so many moments of "exactly!"
The best book imho. Logic, common sense, and dare I say it, keeping it real. Thanks Bill
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-07-2024
Funny and incisive
providing amusement or enjoyment
Ie. a list of entertaining things to do on a snow day
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- L. Darragh
- 15-09-2024
real-time compilation
lf you like bill Maher real-time new rules segment this will be right up your alley.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-05-2024
Light on humour
As a huge fan of Real Time and Club Random this was unsatisying.
Maher's customary satirical wit is unfortunately lacking, replaced by a bad-tempered lurching from one complaint to the next.
I now understand why Bill was falling over himself to tell/remind various hosts on his promo tour how the book is funny.
Sorry Bill, doth protest too much. You are a very funny man but this book isn't. Whilst I agree with nearly all of your thrusts the few laughs are far overshadowed by the excesses of cynicism.
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