Bill Maher at Live Talks Los Angeles -- Audience Questions.
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- This is the audience Q&A part of an evening with Bill Maher in conversation with Larry Wilmore at Live Talks Los Angeles discussing his book, "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You." This event was taped on June 4, 2024.
The host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest and most opinionated book ever-a brilliantly astute and acerbically funny vivisection of American life, politics, and culture.
Bill Maher has hosted Real Time on HBO for the last twenty-one years. Before that Maher created and hosted Politically Incorrect on ABC. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
“Whether you agree or disagree with him-and I do both-Bill Maher had proven himself to be an illuminating force in a world that values heat over light. His is a vital voice, keeping the left honest and calling the right to account for itself before the bar of reason and of decency. I’d say ‘thank God for Bill,’ but he doesn’t believe in God. So I’ll just say thanks.”-Jon Meacham
In What This Comedian Said Will Shock You, Maher has collected and revised a decade of his direct-to-camera sermons about culture, politics and what’s happening in the world.
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.
Larry Wilmore has been a television producer, actor, comedian, and writer for more than 25 years. He can currently be heard as host of Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air on The Ringer Podcast Network. The show features Wilmore’s unique mix of humor and wit as he weighs in on the issues of the week and interviews guests in the worlds of politics, entertainment, culture, sports, and beyond. Filmo and TV credit include: Jerry and Margo Go Large, alongside Bryan Cranston and Annette Benning on Paramount+; Reasonable Doubt for Hulu’s Onyx Collective; Amend: The Fight for America on Netflix; The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Comedy Central; Insecure on HBO; Black-ish on ABC; The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; In Living Color, The Office and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He also served as creator, writer, and executive producer of The Bernie Mac Show, which earned him a 2002 Emmy Award for “Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series” and a 2001 Peabody Award.
Books signed by Bill Maher can be purchased in this link:
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Yeah very true but he can back it up
It's sad how misinform Bill is.
I'm the same age, same era, same demographics. Im not wealthy or rich.
Like Biden, Bill refuses to listen & bend to anyone who shows him facts if they disagrees with him.
This started with COVID.
A fundamental not understanding how science works.
Wrong. Don't use Biden for all your misinforming. Biden got shots and agreed with Fauci on the science.
No you are absolutely wrong
@@phillyburbs2002 His pandering to Israel is even worse!! pretending that Israel was attacked unprovoked.
Rural democrat here. Just a cautionary note about guns. Had a trespasser at 4:00 AM outside my front door, inside my truck going through the glove box. Confronted him but he wouldn't leave. Called 911and got the sheriff and it took them 20 minutes to arrive. I was sitting in my front hallway for that 20 minutes with my 357 just in case. When you need it, you need it now. The cavalry can take time to get there. When they arrived they did an unaggressive sane resolution. We need realistic gun laws to filter out the crazies and mental health and economic solutions for others. Keep in mind that the constabulary will arrive after the fact. It can happen to you. Hopefully not.
Great comment, and good to know you are safe
After that scenario, did you look at the mirror and do your Robert Deniro impression from "Taxi Driver"
It doesn't mean anyone needing an arsenal. Having a gun is fine if it makes you feel safer. But an AK??? Get real!!!
The problem is too many 3rd world country people and insane people have guns and they use them too much. We let in illegal immigrants, then they shoot people, and we wanna take away everyone's guns.
I hate guns, don't own one ,but at the same time i cannot disagree with your comments
As always Bill Maher speaks the truth and gives it to you straight.
It is true that if you live in a bad neighborhood the police do not come. I know this for a fact.
Nobody is saying "Take away all the guns". Making that extreme the premise is a well-known way to argue illogically. It's not nuanced, it's simplistic. What the vast majority of Americans are saying - or would, if asked - is that the guns need to be carefully, comprehensively regulated, and assault weapons and all automatic conversion devices should be banned. That actually WOULD cut down the number of the mass shootings.
Remember the redcoats crying "Obamas going to bring in the national guard to your city and take your guns?"😂😂😂
Whoever did the sound on this should lose their job(s)!
Yes, it's bad, and the lighting really shows the facial imperfections!
Bill looks so different without the favourable lighting and make-up!
Bill Mher is an Old Fogey His human experience is both limited and calcified. Never stretched to trying compassion.
That’s because he has no experience having a wife or kids, never had to be responsible for another human.
@@MaryLopez-em3rc Precisely
"It's a country of Elmer Fudds..." - Elmer Fudd
Most industrialist societies would disagree with the U.S. not having any gun control. PM John Howard in Australia enacted strict background checks and gun control after the Port Arthur mass shooting. The result was an end to mass shootings and a steep decline in gun deaths and injuries. 1/8/11 Survivor
Australia doesn't recognize the right to self defense against one's own government, because they are subjects, not citizens.
Yes! The great John Howard did that and it has been effective.
Bill doing a documentary about the religious influence on politics from the beginning would be genius.
That droopy the dog impression killed!! Love it!
What you said about your body and covid is what I believe about my body as a woman.
"A country of Elmer Fuds". Well put Larry.
How is that well-put? You should read the legal scholarship and tell me it's written by Elmer Fuds. He (and you) just proved Maher's point. You obviously don't know what you're talking about; you obviously aren't versed in the relevant academic literature, and yet you seem to think you can speak intelligently about the topic.
Also, didn't one of the J6 protestors get killed by someone with a gun? What an ignorant thing to say "if they'd been black, ppl would have shown up with guns and used guns".
The comments are crazy
Just want to say I appreciate seeing Maher off his short-form panel show getting to flex his serious knowledge of politics in the US and the way it's progressed in all his time working.
Much respect, and I would LOVE a sequel to Religulous exactly the way he described
your comment is the crazy one...
Any time you see a red hat and/or the acronym "tds" bandied about, you instantly know you're dealing with someone who's had their brain washed so thoroughly, it squeaks.😅
Politics IS the new religion. And like all religions, it's in your best interest to be a political atheist.
I enjoy watching Bill navigate his opinions on the fly without 27 writers..
JESUS that hair and make up team at his show really does miracles 👀👀👀👀👀
The guy is 66.
He’s 68
@@SoulStylistJukeBox So, he looks his age.
Larry added 0 value with his lame interjections
yesss. what an idiot.
Your comment added nothing but more maga bs
@@ShahoftheShahsa dump supporter calling someone an idiot lol
@@MikeDavis-be8gfwell….he’s right🤷🏻♂️
Trump’s punishment should be 4 years of community service without pay.😂😂😂😂
as long as playing president isn't considered community service.
Made to stand on a street corner with a sign, "Will work for food," for one week.
@@jameskelly8506 The White House chefs will serve Trump food for 4 years
Man, you can see why Larry’s show got cancelled.
Bill going a little crazy with that hair coloring LMAO
Comments here are wild.
I wish Larry would shut up and just ask questions.
Don't be frivolously shittty.
Kind note to the audio engineer/editor/producers: Please mix the audio levels and set the compression. I can barely hear Bill, and when I turn it up loud enough to hear him, the Q&A mic runner blasts my ear drums out. Larry’s compressor threshold is set too high so his levels are all over the place. Bill’s is set too low with no makeup gain. I want to hear this talk but I can’t deal with this. Thank you for your consideration.
I love Bill. We need more people just telling both right and left people how it is. Be smart, talk to each other. Ffs.
That's just because you agree with what he says. Believing that he tells it 'like it is' shows a profound ignorance.
And listen
I love bill maher id love to meet him
He is so intelligent and funny
I can't get enough of him
He flip-flops from liberal to conservative all the time. It's annoying. And he takes such pride in the idea of people talking to one another, yet in every instance he comes down on the worst side.
@@dmann1115 When the Supreme Court axed Roe v. Wade, his response was: can't women just take a pill for that? He's utterly clueless and uninterested in other people.
Disdain for the audience and envy of anyone more successful than him. On his podcast, he is still talking about the break up with his girlfriend in high school that was 50 years ago and admonishes people who are in therapy….WTF
Good god... the sound levels are all over the place. Who was handling that part?
Why would having held the financial white collar criminals accountable have tanked the economy. you could have employed the same solution and still held them accountable
He doesn’t “platform” very many far left progressives compared to the number of conservatives on his show.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT; THANK YOU!
If the amount of guns isn’t the problem, how come in the country I live in (Holland) where people aren’t allowed to own guns there aren’t any mass shootings?
homogeneity of culture and high iq people.
Public Healthcare that includes mental health. Canada has guns but far less shootngs
@@towritemichelle210fewer shootings, please don't weaken your argument with poor grammar.
Are you forgetting the 1940's?
@@sonyagarner7769 ? please fill me in?
Great video! Also, I laughed hard at the Droopy impression.
He is everywhere lately since the release of his book. 😮
It’s called publicity tour, happens when you need to promote. Everyone does it.
Yeah I know what a publicity tour is quit being so condescending
Fact Check: mars does indeed have 'air', we just cannot survive with the composition of the atmosphere on Mars... also not -270F. Thank you.
Good interview . Very articulate exposition of his philosophical outlook by Bill Maher .
Yeah, Bill!!! Wooohoo
I don't agree with Bill on young people or the trans community, but he does make some really good points here. I respect him. :)
Yes, I want to feel good and have him go to jail.
I served in the Field Artillery and shot every gun from the M-16 to the 155 millimeter howitzer round which weighs 98 pounds JUST the bullet. However when I got out of the Army
I'd had my fill with guns. I did not raise my family with guns in the house, seemed too risky. I'm not a hunter, though I have no issue with hunting. I've never in my life even needed a gun. If I lived in a more dangerous environment I can see needing a gun.
Thank you for your service!
I’m surprised. People who serve in the Field Artillery refer to the projectiles that are fired as ‘shells.’ I’ve never heard them referred to as ‘bullets.’
@@mtkoslowski True. We mostly called them "rounds". I guess I said "bullet" so people could have a better picture. Indeed they look like giant bullets.
Shoulder pads on Bill’s suit 😂
Oh please u winers...its a discussion.
Larry IS Don Lemon. 😂
WAIT: 2:41 They're saying that people would have "...arrived _with_ guns, to stop January 6th." Uh...WHAT??? WTF do they mean? Somebody please fill me in on this -- I do not get what they're saying. Who would have arrived with guns?
I didn’t understand it either
Ashley babbitt got shot. A gun I suppose. A cop I think
Bill Maher - yes, you dont want to go to mars - you dont even want to fly commercial.
That impression of droopy was fantastic!!!😂😂😂😊
I wish Bill would not call the MAGAs "half the country." 70 million is less than ha of all eligible voters, much less half the country.
Who cares Trump's going to 1:43 get it anyway and we control the Supreme Court it's all that counts Mega make America great again.
There are more MAGA people than you think. Especially now.
He talking about voting age. Which is 46 percent voted for him.
And that 70 plus million were people of voting age. There are many below the voting age that are conservatives.
Based on the percentage of people who vote, it is about half the country.
Bill Mahr is an intelligent guy and mostly can look at issues from different angles and be vocal about it. HOWEVER, the only rigid and un-relenting issue for him is his views on ISRAEL. "I Trust Israel more than any country in the world"!!
If Israel was a guy who shot random passersby, Bill Mahr would still try to defend or justify him. (mind you this is exactly what Israel has done many times in the past few month and what Bill has been defending.)
I watched and admired him for years. But in recent years has been noticing a very subtle hypocrisy and bias which is surfacing more and more. Maybe it was there before but I was impressed by other stuff and didn't notice.
When asked "which guest challenged you the most ?" he couldn't recall. I remember several guests who had challenged him on several occasions. But none in the last few years and those who challenged him before has never returned beck.
I remember one guest a few years ago on Realtime who basically told Maher that he couldn't give a f__k about Israel. Maher was shocked and challenged the guy. The guy stood his ground. Maher looked even more shocked. Q the guy never appearing on Maher's show ever again!!! 🤔
Did these two lightweights just say “Like a mob boss?” Who do you think is running this democracy that the best money can buy?
Wow! Did he really compare gun supporters to Elmor Fudd!? Thank you Bill!
Larry said that
Maher is sb. I always liked but he is soooo much *_more_* fun to listen to without the clapping seals!
Sb? You can write 100,000 words here if you want. No need to convey your message with obtuse acronyms that few people understand.
Bill has evolved. Common sense is at the heart of his every remark. I like Bill.
Bill doesn’t agree with you , and suddenly he is out of touch? Unreal
I love it when a gun proponent makes the "Do you know what AR stands for?" argument. I don't care what it stands for. I know what the machine was designed to do and how it's being used. Do you think if it stood for 'Angeleic Response' that it would make any difference to the fact that it can kill a lot of people with minimal effort?
I loved you in Murder She Wrote.
Covid you keep practicing 20/20 hindsight. Vitamin D, distance, masks, etc. We did not know at the beginning and it took time to produce a vaccine. In South Carolina so many didn't get vaccinated that it is still going around over and over.
Yeah, Bill is talking out of his ass here. It was generally accepted around the world that people should isolate. Nobody knew.
They wouldnt let anyone talk about it
Glad to hear his evolution on guns. Sad to hear the large assumption that guns would have been used on Jan 6 if it was the black panthers, Larry has always sold that opiate to the masses.
One, a gun was used by a cop on January 6th (Ashley Babbitt's death). Maybe if she was fresh out of a mental institution chasing Kyle Rittenhouse across a parking lot they would be more up in arms about it.
Two, I don't recall guns being used by the cops during the summer of love G.F. riots, where there was much more destruction of property (estimated 1 to 2 billion) and loss of life (estimated over a dozen+).
I do like how they gloss over the religion on the left , of loving and trusting the state like good little boys and girls, like dei, crt and aa initiatives are not discriminatory when we do it because we are doing it out of love. And state mandates (covid vax) are fine because it saves lives, but other state mandate are bad (being pro life) because it doesn't save lives :D . Biology is bigoted, etc. That sounds a LOT like a fundamentalist ideology/religion.
Larry, Tommy guns were outlawed 1934 (among others) and it had nothing to do with race.
I used to dislike this man, now I'm listening. Irony❤
So you only listen to people who already agree with your stances. Very healthy world view.
Why’d you dislike him?
@@kylegreene7582
Glad I could yank your chain..
Bill: Don't tell me to wear a mask!!
Bill: I'm telling you to don't be fat, or old, and get more vitamin D
Taking care of yourself makes sense. Wearing the masks never did. It was proven from day one that they did nothing to prevent the spread.
I will never miss his show. The conversations are always interesting. ❤
Wow so much truth and great insight. Thank you.
I’ve no problems with guns but keep weapons of war out of the hands of the public
What is a "weapon of war?"
Bill - New Rule, comb your hair and try to not look like you just spent the night at Charlie Sheens house. 😮
Just glad to see Larry Wilmore getting work these days.
Bill is a great ‘court jester’ with his clever quips and holding up a mirror to power; that said, he does not have ‘words to live by’, as a short diatribe by him about religion is simplistic and does not represent the mainstream churchgoers who are not part of the ‘religious right’. This show I was absolutely dumbfounded that Bill Maher can’t see what the rest of the western world does about guns in the US.
Cringe
“I’m an emasculated dork and Elon Musk is the biggest threat to humanity, why did you have him on your show”?
I watch Maher. While I consider him amusing, he’s arrogant as hell.
And he's more honest& smarter than you.
@@andrewgalioto2825 You're a coward. Easy to be a smart ass when you're anonymous.
Wow! Why would you be ignorant like that? Do you feel better now, cuz if you do, you should know its not attractive, & you can get help for that!..🙄😒
You know, I see how it could look like arrogance, but I think he's simply more sure of himself, & is sick of the BS!..He knows, what he knows now, & has the confidence he's rightfully earned! But maybe that's just what I see!..🤷🏻♀️
“ A country of Elmer Fudds”. Too funny!
However you feel about Bill. Thank god he is honest.
No, Adam Kinsinger is as good as it gets.
Elon is an arse. Full stop.
Bill, l disagree with your CoVid message. This is ehat happened to my husband who got CoVid Jan. 2020 before even his own Dr. What it was. Although he was over 70, as l was, he was an avid golfer and fisherman. I thought he was going to die but l would not quarantine from him, though for many nights l thought l would wake up beside a corpse. I never, and to this very day, never got CoVid. Today my husband, who turned out to have Long CoVid, has to be on oxygen full time, and has been for 2 years. He is in the early stages of heart failure. We both got dhots when they became available in 2021, but this only prevents future infection for limited time. Another infection will kill him. I have not heard a lot about Long CoVid discussed by you. I would appreciate some some acknowledgement that younger fit people get it too. My 44 yr old son, who ran up mountain in CA every day was stricken with polio type of CoVid and became temporarily paralyzed. His lungs were not affected, but it took a couple of months before he could walk distances. He doesn't run anymore.
I am so sorry about your family's covid suffering! It's so irresponsible for Bill Maher to speak as if he's an authority on anything, much less health. He has no idea what he's talking about.
Here's an example of how truth doesn't change a damn thing: Humanity has a vast incurable immaturity, arrogance, and ignorance problem. But with so many hater blamer whiner complainers, all the 'harmless' randomness is best used for entertainment, because it's just another random day out here in the middle of eternity.
I like it when Bill looks real
Was Maher aware that there were electric cars before Elon Musk got into the car business?
Like 5 of them and they didn’t have appeal, charging network, price point, or open patents.
Love Bill Maher, he’s a very intelligent andsuccessful person. I don’t agree with him in everything but he’s been right about many things like Trump not leaving after loosing the election, exactly what happened!
*losing
no he wasn't, Trump did leave after he lost the election. What Bill was saying he wouldn't leave even if he lost, which he later tried to spin into basically he would complain about it, and/or would try to steal the election, which nobody doubted. Watch the Al Franken interview again. He was not right.
So trump didn’t leave???
@len3169 - are you being purposely obtuse?
@@katesweeney9101 so trump did leave then?
The interviewer doesn’t know how to shut up and let bill talk.
You've just described Bill as an interviewer.
Bill does the same thing
I will never understand how wilmores Comedy Central show got cancelled after 18 months while everybody acted like Trevor Noah was anointed by god.
Bill, Bill, Bill, NO ONE said guns need to be taken away! Good god! We do need registration. And we need to stop letting people get them so easily. There should probably be some kind of training required on how to use them like getting a driver's license.
I thought he had a nuanced and well thought out response. He even mentioned that his perspective had changed over a period of time- especially after educating himself better about such a complex social issue. Perhaps we heard something different, but his comment regarding “the Left’s” position that more legislation and federal control of guns would not curtail the amount of mass shootings. It’s a far more complex problem that will require buy-in by the vast majority of citizens, not to mention considerable investment by mental health, gun mfr’s, law enforcement and a host of other related industries.
I completely agree with your other comments about having more oversight and the common sense approach you seem to posit. However, I don’t think these things will have much impact on the overall violence created by guns. Criminals will always have the same ease of obtaining firearms- any regulations or laws will have next to zero effect. Unfortunately, mentally unstable individuals who are determined to cause mass casualties will also be able to acquire firearms and other weapons. When you spend some time looking into this issue, you realize how difficult and challenging reducing this madness is!
I’m not trying to minimize your response, really! Hopefully, my reply to your comment will allow you to reconsider just how difficult it is to even begin to understand how to solve this.
@@bobgearing5012Yes it won’t change anything now but just ask yourself how this country has become so violent. Gun laws have certainly to do with it. And just because different laws won’t do anything at the very moment (or in the coming 10-15 years), doesn’t mean that they won’t have an effect over time on the society at large.
Just imagine being a kid, growing up with different regulations. Imagine not knowing any other laws that those you grow up with. This changes people on a psychological level alone. Progress follows.
It shouldn’t be normal to buy guns for private people. Period.
In my country you barely can buy guns and we have barely any shootings. That’s just the reality.
No one? What about all those people who equal more than one?
Absolutely not. All this ignores that criminals don't follow laws. They buy guns on the streets. All you are doing is trying to restrict ppl who obey laws
The interviewer is Elmer Fudd.
please level the different volumes, before you put something online
G R E A T T A L K . . .
Our system is truly insane if Trump could be President from jail!! We need to get some new laws put through!
Being anti gun is not just a leftist issue. He so often does this. And its just lazy and dishonest.
Very much like taking some outakes from his shows, printing them out and presenting them as essays and putting them together and selling them as a book.
Earth IS going to be ok. Stop screwing with it.
Great interview
Maher says things that I disagree with; however, I totally agree with him on his stance toward Israel. Maher did a great job of fielding stupid questions. He gives his opinion with reservations.
The problem with Bill Maher is that he always thinks he's right until he "learns" that he's not
Nonsense. If he’s evolved on an issue that you agree with he’s “learned.”
That’s the same problem everyone has.
& unfortunately his TDS just blinds him. No critical thinking skills
Mindless comment
Unfortunately, so does the other 99% of humans
Sign on many conservative properties, “ nothing in this house is worth your life”👍
Yay Bill. You are spot on 99% of your positions . ❤️❤️❤️
Everybody has a gun in Norway in fact you are required to have one because of the bears, yet not a bunch of mass shootings
Are the guns bolt action?
Or are they semi-automatic with bump stocks???
Although I fully disagree with bill on the Israeli Palestine issue, I love his show and watch it whenever it is on. A lot of what he says I agree with and I think he’s really funny.
They did release as soon as they could details about who was most adversely affected when the data became available. The elderly both in and out of nursing homes, black and brown people, obese people and those with underlying conditions. And PS: I knew of one healthy 56 year old in my family and friend pod that died of Covid. So yes we can indeed have more than one thought, one idea, one belief, one fact and etc in our heads at the same time. It was a pandemic and the primary concern of government was public safety for all.
BILL... When have liberals ever said that no one should have a gun?
Defund the police and let the prisoners out of prisons and basically decriminalizing shoplifting up to $1000 and then you want to take away their guns? Who the hell would vote for you?
@@bjkjoseph no police has been defunded 😝 . Shoplifting of $ 1k or less , in one county in the entire US. You need a gun because someone stole a pair of sneakers and an iron from Ollie’s . Cmon man
@@robbB39 you’re drinking the Democrat, Kool-Aid, become an independent, and stop watching cable news. It makes you sound like an idiot, like no one can see the crime exploding in New York City? Maybe marijuana is really not good for you🤣🤣🤣
@@robbB39 it’s just $1000 right?🤣🤣🤣 smoke some more of that marijuana. It’s good for you.
That's a darned good Droopy
organized religion is tribal, ego driven, fear based, anti-spiritual and the perfect means to control the masses via its hook which is the unspoken subtext that self idolatry is a virtue.
I think you are talking about the government.
@@malice836 well, at least you're thinking.
@@annsanse2935Great disclaimer. Problem is the parties of 'God' run the governments of many, many countries. They love War. And they Always get their way. No matter how many sinners they have to kill, No matter how many world economies they have to strain or destroy. The agenda is Simple: " YOU( 🌎) Will See and Obey 'God', 'YOU' Will 'Know' Peace. OR ELSE!
Bill Maher just gets it. He understands the arguments on both sides. He respects the arguments on both sides. He just gets the people. My respect for him grows more everyday
He's still very blind. He gets the woke stuff, but he's very out of touch on the economic issues. He's a rich guy who said he hoped Trump would collapse the collapse to get him out of office, only a person without real problems would wish for that.
He doesn’t know ANYTHING. He’s a moron. He only appears informed to dumb leftists who somehow know less than he does.
I'm going with interpreting that as sarcasm:))
BM doesn't get much as that TDS just absolutely blinds him. The craziness of the left, yes, but still an elitists view having no concept of grocery prices, gas, etc