Yikes, how the mighty have fallen. I sat through Bill Maher’s new HBO special last night, and was embarrassed for him, for HBO, and for those of us on the Left. Talk about phoning it in. I can write better material than that, (and, without stealing jokes from other comedians) and I can hardly string 2 sentences together. Bill, buddy, I’m a huge fan of your show. Your last special was pretty good too, at least it was topical and clever and somewhat biting. This one? Rehashed old bits about W, and to a large extent he is hardly relevant anymore. I’ll match my Liberal credentials against anyone’s, and I was actually uncomfortable through a good portion of your tired schtick. I think you were obligated to do this one, right? One of the things I like about Left leaning comedians is that they are head and shoulders smarter and funnier than anyone on the Right. We own humor, they got the slogans. Its all they have. You saw what happened to Dennis Miller when he whored himself out to the Right? He had to “dumb down” his material, and it killed his career.
I’ll watch you next Sept, though, your guests and New Rules make me laugh every week. If you need to do another Special, see if Colbert can loan out his writers…
