'Real Time' on HBO, the new season kicked off just a couple hours ago on HBO. After a furious search of the internets, there really isn't much out there just yet. However, Roger Catlin had a few words to say about the show. As he describes tonight's show in short detail, you can see that he is a little bit bored before the 'New Rules' comes on.
From his blog on the Hartford Courant:
He had plenty of guests to get to. John Edwards gave his platform via satellite from Las Vegas, and John Amaechi, the former NBA player who came out as gay, via satellite from New York toward the end of the broadcast.
His initial panel was a bit of a bore, with token Republican Michael Steele of GO-Pac, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard Carly Fiorina (flogging a book), and the host from “The Late Late Show,” Craig Ferguson, playing it mostly seriously.
There was still his “New Rules” to get to though, and that’s always worth hanging out for. It began this time with the recent news about the Rev. Ted Haggard, who lost his job for patronizing a gay prostitute announcing he was 100 percent straight.
"You can’t make a gay man 100 percent straight in a month, especially if that month contains fashion week," Maher said. "A month to change your sexuality? I’ve spent longer than that on hold trying to quit AOL!”
Other late night comics make easy political jokes; what sets Maher apart is the fire that ignites his show-closing rants, this one out dismissing worthy candidates based on single gaffes, citing Howard Dean's "Yee Haw" and Joe Biden's recent pick of poor words to describe Barack Obama.
Here's the text of the New Rules from Huffington Post, read more from the link and stay tuned for the video clips!
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