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Fulchrum posted:I've sat in there. They made us do it. One guy who refused to laugh was told he'd be asked to leave. haha what the hell
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I know everyone here hates Maher's show but has anyone noticed how bad his audiences are? Like, total hamster-pedal "he brought up something bad" stuff AND there are some conspicuously BIG laughers for some of his clunkers, like maybe that's their job and they need to tone it down a little because it's distracting.
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Feb 10, 2015 16:35
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I love when Bill Maher makes an okay-to-good joke and gets nothing, and then he gets all upset that his audience doesn't understand his genius.
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Feb 10, 2015 16:38
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Nameless_Steve posted:I love when Bill Maher makes an okay-to-good joke and gets nothing, and then he gets all upset that his audience doesn't understand his genius.
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Feb 10, 2015 16:45
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Nameless_Steve posted:I love when Bill Maher makes an okay-to-good joke and gets nothing, and then he gets all upset that his audience doesn't understand his genius. Haha suffer Bill Maher. That's what you get for doing the comedy equivalent of dumping a bucket of cow organs into a dog kennel.
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Feb 10, 2015 16:54
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Bill Maher is kind of an anus regardless of his audience
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I liked him as a host when CC did Politically incorrect. His dickishness worked in that context, and most of the comedians could cut him down when appropriate.
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blunt for century posted:Bill Maher is kind of an anus regardless of his audience Kind of?
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Feb 10, 2015 18:15
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Wasn't Maher the inspiration for the Brian character in Family Guy?
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MariusLecter posted:Wasn't Maher the inspiration for the Brian character in Family Guy? Not as far as I can tell; I can't find anything even hinting that way. As far as I can see he was more of a self-insert for MacFarlane if anything.
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Either way, I'm choosing to accept it as fact.
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Feb 10, 2015 19:18
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MariusLecter posted:Wasn't Maher the inspiration for the Brian character in Family Guy? I mean there's an episode where Brian goes on Real Time and is interviewed by live action Bill Maher and he says Bill is his idol or something buy i don't think he's the actual inspiration for the character or anything
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Feb 10, 2015 19:20
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OK, you can all exhale now. It's official. The announcement that will define the 2016 Presidential election is finally here. Bob Corker isn't running.
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Feb 10, 2015 19:22
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If you check the early, non terrible seasons, the character of Brian used to be simply the grounded and sane one, before being defined as "liberal douche".bpower posted:And the constant "Wooooooooing"? I've seen the audience gently caress up several jokes by bellowing before the punchline landed. Retakes. He loses his composure suprisingly often.
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blunt for century posted:Bill Maher is kind of an anus regardless of his audience It would appear that he's also anti-vax
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Feb 10, 2015 19:34
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BiggerBoat posted:Looking at this list, I'm very optimistic about Hillary's chances if she runs because, my God, that's a lovely list of Presidential candidates. I mean, that's really, really bad. The GOP is going to HAVE to nominate Jeb to have a chance, aren't they? Or is there some dark horse candidate I haven't considered yet? I kind of agree the right has one semi-palatable candidate. I'd argue the same is true for the left though - if Hillary flames out or breaks a hip or something, who do you run - Biden? Kerry?
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Feb 10, 2015 19:36
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TheDisreputableDog posted:I kind of agree the right has one semi-palatable candidate. I'd expect Cuomo to jump in if he thought Hillary wasn't running as he's been positioning himself for a run for years. Biden would run in a heartbeat if Hillary wasn't in - he wants to be President but I think he realizes he's got no shot of beating Hillary.
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evilweasel posted:I'd expect Cuomo to jump in if he thought Hillary wasn't running as he's been positioning himself for a run for years. Biden would run in a heartbeat if Hillary wasn't in - he wants to be President but I think he realizes he's got no shot of beating Hillary. Please lord, don't ever let this happen. This would be worse than Dukakis; the Cuomo thing I mean.
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radical meme posted:Please lord, don't ever let this happen. This would be worse than Dukakis; the Cuomo thing I mean. Cuomo is pretty widely disliked amongst New York Dems as far as I can tell.
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He's been anti-vax for years (to the point that he seems to legitimately believe that diet and willpower can keep you immune to disease), he's just kept it in check lately because he got some heat for it a few years ago. All this recent stuff with the measles outbreak probably made him feel like he could safely come back out with it.
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Feb 10, 2015 20:16
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:Cuomo is pretty widely disliked amongst New York Dems as far as I can tell. Yeah, he's burned a lot of bridges being 'bipartisan'. His antics during the snowstorm where he canceled the subway without telling NYC or the subway itself, only to discover that the subway had to keep running to keep snow off the tracks just without letting anyone on did not help.
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Feb 10, 2015 20:17
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:Cuomo is pretty widely disliked amongst New York Dems as far as I can tell. I can't think of any group of primary voters that might like him.
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Feb 10, 2015 20:21
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evilweasel posted:Yeah, he's burned a lot of bridges being 'bipartisan'. His antics during the snowstorm where he canceled the subway without telling NYC or the subway itself, only to discover that the subway had to keep running to keep snow off the tracks just without letting anyone on did not help. CaptainCarrot posted:I can't think of any group of primary voters that might like him. Yeah this is basically the gist of what I hear; Democrats and Working Families types don't like him because he's sold them out for bipartisan creds, and Republicans hate him anyway because of the D next to his name.
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Feb 10, 2015 20:22
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CaptainCarrot posted:I can't think of any group of primary voters that might like him. Like may be a strong word, but maybe ...
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Feb 10, 2015 20:23
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Man it's a real shame that Mario Cuomo was a good dude but his sons are so awful.
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evilweasel posted:Yeah, he's burned a lot of bridges being 'bipartisan'. His antics during the snowstorm where he canceled the subway without telling NYC or the subway itself, only to discover that the subway had to keep running to keep snow off the tracks just without letting anyone on did not help. And he keeps trying to take money for the new Tappan Zee bridge from tons of places he's got little or no justification taking money from.
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Feb 10, 2015 20:27
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MariusLecter posted:Wasn't Maher the inspiration for the Brian character in Family Guy?
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Feb 10, 2015 20:35
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Scott Walker's in the news again.quote:The American Democracy Legal Fund released a complaint to the Federal Elections Commission saying Walker "is testing the waters for a campaign for president of the United States," and using his 527 political group, Our American Revival, "as his exploratory committee, and in doing so is raising and spending funds that are beyond the contribution limits and source restrictions of the Federal Election Campaign Act."
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amanasleep posted:I mean, it's not a conspiracy. Warren didn't want to run, but that doesn't mean that she didn't use party base enthusiasm for her candidacy as a bargaining chip to get a better position in the Senate. It also doesn't mean that putting her in that position didn't have any other benefit to the Dem establishment besides foreclosing a presidential bid. The Senate powers that be didn't do it to stop her from running. They were never worried she was going to, because it was never going to happen. It wasn't an ancillary benefit - it didn't even enter into the decision.
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Feb 10, 2015 23:45
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The guy who's cutting $300 million from universities in Wisconsin and spending $250,000 on studying the health risks of wind turbines? Misappropriating funds?
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The emails from Jeb's time as governor that he released to promote his campaign include people's Social Security numbers and other personal information. 
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Feb 11, 2015 02:29
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MariusLecter posted:Wasn't Maher the inspiration for the Brian character in Family Guy? The character of Brian actually predates Family Guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaYtNtthcpQ
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Feb 11, 2015 02:31
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Jon Stewart for president? Just announced his retirement from The Daily Show.
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I think he got really depressed when Colbert left. I could see it in his eyes
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EugeneJ posted:Jon Stewart for president? Awww gently caress, seriously? drat, not even American and I love that show. 
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computer parts posted:The character of Brian actually predates Family Guy. Oh wow, he goes all the way back to... the Family Guy pilot. Seriously, it might have a different name but thats what you posted, it even shares a lot of the same cutaways as the first official episode (drive-by arguments, etc.) quote:I kind of agree the right has one semi-palatable candidate.
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I'd like to think that tonight a few prospective candidates are out there thinking to themselves, "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, No More Jon Stewart, Can't Lose"
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Cliff Racer posted:Oh wow, he goes all the way back to... the Family Guy pilot. Seriously, it might have a different name but thats what you posted, it even shares a lot of the same cutaways as the first official episode (drive-by arguments, etc.) It was a completely different concept, and meant to be targeted at preteen audience. The only thing in common are the voices and having a talking dog and a stupid man (neither of which are unusual concepts in cartoons). That ol Sethy later recycled bits from it in his actual Family Guy pilot just shows he's a bit lazy.
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shadow puppet of a posted:I'd like to think that tonight a few prospective candidates are out there thinking to themselves, "Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, No More Jon Stewart, Can't Lose" They've got John Oliver instead. Not sure they should be counting their blessings.
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Cythereal posted:They've got John Oliver instead. Not sure they should be counting their blessings. Truth. John Oliver called FCC chairman Tom Wheeler a dingo. Tom Wheeler then lowered the Title II boom on telecoms and their prophet Something Awful Forums Poster Kalman.
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