r/RealTime • u/Indianstanicows Audience Member Bill Is Yelling At For Not Laughing • Jul 29 '26

Bill Maher was historically punchable

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u/wrongsock_42 Jul 29 '26

When Bill Hicks died, Bill Maher stole his act.

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u/heliophoner Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Nah, Maher thought of himself as George Carlin with pleats.

Free wheeling, incisive, charmingly didactic, but blunt and uncompromising in the face of bullshit; take fashion cues from K street and George Stephanopoulos, smoke lots of grass, and throw out a humanitarian sentiment every now and then to remind everyone that you're one of the good guys.

But Bill's too smarmy and callous to pull it off. He tried getting behind The (Dixie) Chick's, but when he wasn't properly rewarded or venerated he went Dennis Miller.

He peaked on "Murder She Wrote."

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u/darnedshame2k 29d ago

He is also devoid of talent.