What This Comedian Said Will Shock Yo..., Bill Maher
What This Comedian Said Will Shock Yo..., Bill Maher
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What This Comedian Said Will Shock You

Bestseller

Author: Bill Maher

Narrator: Bill Maher

Unabridged: 12 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/21/2024


Synopsis

The hilarious and controversial host of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever—a brilliantly astute and acerbically funny vivisection of American life, politics, and culture.

Some of the smartest commentary about what’s happening in America is coming from a comedian—this comedian being Bill Maher. If you want to understand what’s wrong with this country, it turns out that one of the best informed and most thought-provoking analysts is this very funny pothead.

The book was inspired by the “editorial” Bill delivers at the end of each episode of Real Time. These editorials are direct-to-camera sermons about culture, politics, and what’s happening in the world. To put this book together, Maher reviewed more than a decade of his editorials, rewriting, reimagining, and updating them, and adding new material to speak exactly to the moment we’re in. 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.

About Bill Maher

Before hosting Real Time on HBO for the last twenty-one yearsBill Maher created and hosted Politically Incorrect on ABC. He lives in Los Angeles, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by William on August 25, 2024

A great book for those who are not political partisans. As Maher explains, a partisan lens is counterproductive if your goal is to accurately interpret the world. Another comedian Stephen Colbert may be right about some things (and quite funny to boot), but he was wrong when he famously said that, “......more

Goodreads review by Meike on August 15, 2024

Everyone talks about the divide between the left and the right, but more people should talk about the multiple divides within the American left, the rifts that stem from quasi-religious fervor, from a vain race to out-virtue-signal each other, the inability or unwillingness to deal with differing st......more

Goodreads review by Angus on May 28, 2024

Really good points mixed with solid humor. Takes shots at “both sides of the aisle” politically and points out the lunacy that exists at the extremes. Salient facts and makes it funny too. Really enjoyed this read. Has an undercurrent of solid gravitas.......more

Goodreads review by Ramses on June 11, 2024

America current political landscape as explained by Bill Maher Bill Maher's "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You" is a multifaceted exploration of American life, politics, and culture, delivered through his signature comedic lens. Here's a deeper dive into some of the topics discussed across 24 ch......more

Goodreads review by Daniel Ray on September 18, 2024

Clever observations of our county, many obvious and many not so obvious. Many validated my thoughts. It’s full of 12 year old male vulgarity. If you can get past that, you will take away some things that you never thought about. I didn’t feel “shocked” though.......more