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Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment. Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy.
Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment. Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy.
Bill Maher's popular new HBO television show, Real Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever before. Particularly one regular segment on the show, entitled "New Rules," has been a hit with his ever-growing legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence, incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones ("I don't need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!") to fast food ("No McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding!) to the conservative agenda ("Stop claiming it's an agenda. It's not an agenda. It's a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass.")
His new book, the first since his bestselling When You Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden, brings these brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page. Appropriately titled New Rules, the book will collect some of the best of the rules derived from previously written material and will also contain substantial new material, including some longer form "editorials"--of course with a twist and bite that only Bill Maher can deliver.
Rule Breaker: An Amazon.com Interview with Bill Maher
In New Rules: Polite Musings of a Timid Observer, Bill Maher skewers celebrity, pop culture, and politics in his classic acerbic style. With a new season of Real Time with Bill Maher and an upcoming HBO Special (his sixth), Bill Maher: I'm Swiss, on deck, Maher also found the time to host Amazon.com's 10th Anniversary Concert at Seattle's Benaroya Hall. Amazon.com caught up with Maher upon his return to Los Angeles to talk about the book, the comic's night-table reading habits, the Internet, and what's wrong with the media.
More from Bill Maher
| Books: | ||
 Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? |  True Story: A Novel |
| DVDs: | ||
 Bill Maher: I'm Swiss (DVD) |  Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (DVD) |  Bill Maher: Be More Cynical (DVD) |
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Fans of Maher's HBO show, Real Time, are familiar with the hysterically funny segment New Rules, in which the host suggests caustic corrective measures for some of the most egregious stupidities to emerge from popular and political culture. Maher's new rule on Bob Dylan? "Bob Dylan must stop denying he was the voice of a generation. Bob, that's not something you get to decide. It's fate and you were it. If your generation could actually choose a voice, don't you think they'd have picked one better than yours?" On Queen Elizabeth and William Rehnquist: "Just because you have a job for life doesn't mean you have to do it for life. For everything there is a season . . . a time to reap, a time to sow. And a time to pack it in." Inevitably, since this is a compilation of bits used on the show, some items seem a little stale (the 2004 election), and all suffer from the fact that they were meant to be heard with Maher's distinctive, dismissive inflections ringing in one's ears. Yet, despite the limitations, this is still funnier than most humor books out there. Even the subject headings add additional yuks. A New Rule on thieving monkeys, for example, lands in a category called "Felonious Monks." Ilene Cooper
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I am a huge fan of Bill Maher and of his late-night HBO series "Real Time". The biggest gem in "Real Time" is his closing segment, "New Rules" which has the ability to always turn me into a hysterical quivering wreck. Part of the humour is the way he tells the New Rule - the look on his face, the tone of his voice and the hysterical laughter coming from his panelists and audience.
Which is why this book partly falls down (and why I decided not to give it the full five stars). This book is extremely funny and I loved every page. However, part of the humour is lost by not hearing Maher say it and not having that HBO studio audience atmosphere.
Also the book, while it is 240 pages long, doesn't contain as much material as you think. A lot of pages have perhaps two rules at the most (sometimes only one), one black-and-white photo to go with the rule (but not with every rule) and a lot of pages are BLANK! It looks as if they really tried to stretch out the material as far as it would go by leaving a lot of spaces in between.
As I said, the material itself is top-class and you WILL laugh with the tears rolling down your face. But when you end up finishing the book in record-time (I finished it in 90 minutes!), you'll wish there was a little more to read.
Plus if you watch Real Time, you'll know all the rules already. There's nothing new here - it's just the rules from his previous shows.
Which is why this book partly falls down (and why I decided not to give it the full five stars). This book is extremely funny and I loved every page. However, part of the humour is lost by not hearing Maher say it and not having that HBO studio audience atmosphere.
Also the book, while it is 240 pages long, doesn't contain as much material as you think. A lot of pages have perhaps two rules at the most (sometimes only one), one black-and-white photo to go with the rule (but not with every rule) and a lot of pages are BLANK! It looks as if they really tried to stretch out the material as far as it would go by leaving a lot of spaces in between.
As I said, the material itself is top-class and you WILL laugh with the tears rolling down your face. But when you end up finishing the book in record-time (I finished it in 90 minutes!), you'll wish there was a little more to read.
Plus if you watch Real Time, you'll know all the rules already. There's nothing new here - it's just the rules from his previous shows.
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New Rules, Rules!
1. Oktober 2007
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Bill Maher, ascerbic comedian, claims that we all lived by rules, even if the rules were just "Stay off the grass," or "Don't Feed the Ducks." So, new rules becomes his signature before each witticism. For example, according to Maher, the best way for terrorism to be defeated is to ensure that the terrorists all receive plenty of sex. He suggests, "New rule: We need to mobilize two divisions of skanks,... a brigade of girls who just can't say no--all under the command of Colonel Ann Coulter, who'll be dressed in her Ilsa, She-Wolf of the S.S. uniform. Girls, there's a cure for terrorism and your...it."
Such comedic salvos are pithy, creative, and irreverent. Maher's language is often salty, and everyone and everything is grist for his mill. Although decidedly anti-Bush, he takes potshots at democrats alike, and most importantly, at himself. "... Something is very wrong when the only one fired over terrorism is me." (Too many times people turned their attention toward me to find out why I suddenly laughed out loud).
It would help the reader to have already heard Maher's voice and delivery. It might give each joke more impact. Nevertheless, this man's star is on the rise, and so is his book.
"New Rules," rules!
Such comedic salvos are pithy, creative, and irreverent. Maher's language is often salty, and everyone and everything is grist for his mill. Although decidedly anti-Bush, he takes potshots at democrats alike, and most importantly, at himself. "... Something is very wrong when the only one fired over terrorism is me." (Too many times people turned their attention toward me to find out why I suddenly laughed out loud).
It would help the reader to have already heard Maher's voice and delivery. It might give each joke more impact. Nevertheless, this man's star is on the rise, and so is his book.
"New Rules," rules!
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Re-run, Re-wind, Re-play
7. Dezember 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I love Real Time with Bill Maher, especially the New Rules segment. (HBO and Tivo Rule). This book was very good, but I had previously heard almost all of the material. I was expecting some additional materials or some insight beyond the show script. Having said that, it was fun to re-live the rules and I could almost hear Maher's voice as I read them. A personal favorite rule is - "The people who were most in favor of the war in Iraq must go there and fight it."
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Guts and Honesty
15. August 2005
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
I read about half this book in the bookstore and couldn't put it down. It's hilarious, and hits the mark! Maher verbalizes a lot of what many of us feel, but which some of us are too intimidated to discuss during these ultra-patriot days in America (Congressional singalongs to "God Bless America: ok, we get it, you're with us... now get back to work!").
Although Maher obviously leans to the left and isn't afraid to take shots at Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld and Co., neither does he spare the Democrats (he gives France kudos for standing up to the Bush administration, "which is more than the Democrats in Congress are doing").
Guts and honesty. Two virtues sorely lacking in this country today. Thanks Bill, for not being afraid to tell it like it is and remaining "politically incorrect."
Although Maher obviously leans to the left and isn't afraid to take shots at Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld and Co., neither does he spare the Democrats (he gives France kudos for standing up to the Bush administration, "which is more than the Democrats in Congress are doing").
Guts and honesty. Two virtues sorely lacking in this country today. Thanks Bill, for not being afraid to tell it like it is and remaining "politically incorrect."
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