Maher was one of those guys who only used to piss me off some of the
time, and had some interesting things to say, so I used to watch,
especially if I wanted to hear one of his guests. His two late night
shows were actual talk shows. He had guests; they talked. The guests
were there to promote ideas but not movies and tv projects. Yeah, they'd promote their own books.

At some point, like John Oliver, he just started pissing me off most of
the time and I had to give up.

I happened to notice he had Chris Sununu on. I was a little curious if
he was anything like his father John. His father was just an ordinary Republican politician but had a pleasant way of speaking, and because he
was the governor of a tiny but important state, could be prominent in
national politics. He was George H.W. Bush's first chief of staff, and
boy, did Bush need help from his practical politics.

The monologue was performed dreadfully. Maher blew the delivery. There
were a couple of gags that were amusing but I had to replay them to get
what he meant to say.

And also the Latin Grammies adds another 50 categories
because segregation is always ok when we do it.

But there was no joke there, given the delivery.

I had no idea who the musical guest in the one-on-one interview was, but
he pissed me off by wishing everyone a happy Black History Month. That's
not a thing! Everybody knows that Carter G. Woodson became a prominent historian who wrote about black life in isolation, unable to be accepted
among white historians, founded his own journal and raised monies for is
own research.

He actually celebrated history by TEACHING. Today, tv stations devote
time to movies about black entertainers and athletes.

I wound it ahead. Chris Sununu came on. He got a bit of national
prominence by supporting Nikki Haley but his political analysis was
nonexistent and Maher kept putting him down for continuing to support
Haley. Why was he on the show, then, if he wasn't going to say anything
at all interesting?

I couldn't watch any more and deleted it.

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On 2/4/2024 3:55 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Maher was one of those guys who only used to piss me off some of the
time, and had some interesting things to say, so I used to watch,
especially if I wanted to hear one of his guests. His two late night
shows were actual talk shows. He had guests; they talked. The guests
were there to promote ideas but not movies and tv projects. Yeah, they'd promote their own books.

At some point, like John Oliver, he just started pissing me off most of
the time and I had to give up.

I happened to notice he had Chris Sununu on. I was a little curious if
he was anything like his father John. His father was just an ordinary Republican politician but had a pleasant way of speaking, and because he
was the governor of a tiny but important state, could be prominent in national politics. He was George H.W. Bush's first chief of staff, and
boy, did Bush need help from his practical politics.

The monologue was performed dreadfully. Maher blew the delivery. There
were a couple of gags that were amusing but I had to replay them to get
what he meant to say.

And also the Latin Grammies adds another 50 categories
because segregation is always ok when we do it.

But there was no joke there, given the delivery.

I had no idea who the musical guest in the one-on-one interview was, but
he pissed me off by wishing everyone a happy Black History Month. That's
not a thing! Everybody knows that Carter G. Woodson became a prominent historian who wrote about black life in isolation, unable to be accepted among white historians, founded his own journal and raised monies for is
own research.

He actually celebrated history by TEACHING. Today, tv stations devote
time to movies about black entertainers and athletes.

I wound it ahead. Chris Sununu came on. He got a bit of national
prominence by supporting Nikki Haley but his political analysis was nonexistent and Maher kept putting him down for continuing to support
Haley. Why was he on the show, then, if he wasn't going to say anything
at all interesting?

I couldn't watch any more and deleted it.

Note that "Black History Month" became a self-aware running gag. But,
yes, this wasn't one of Maher's better shows. Nevertheless, he's still entertainment TV's closest thing to an honest commentator.

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