thanks to the magic of OnDemand from Con ass, i was able last night to catch the season premier of real time with bill maher that i'd missed last friday. the set was new, the jokes were old and the panel was its normal self. but the show, the show wasn't quite the same. i'm guessing it has something to do with (if not everything) this whole "writers want to get paid" thing, but there was a glaring absence at the end of the show....no "New Rules."
NR was, hands down, my favorite part of billy boy's show week in and week out. now it's been replaced with a segment called "blogga, please," which if you couldn't tell is some lame spoof on n*gga please (i hate writing the word. the * makes everything better, just ask barry). it was also dumb. the segment is an email version of a call-in show, where viewers can send in questions to the panelists or bill himself. needless to say, people with keyboards are dangerously stupid.
i miss NR and hope it makes a return when the writers get their shit squared away with the man. in the meantime, i guess that means that i'm free to use NR as my own without fear of repercussions. hehe. ya know, cuz HBO execs and bill himself read RAOG religiously. how else do you think they write the show? duh.
as always, blogo-friends, suggestions are always welcomed.
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I missed NR too. I guess i'm bit naive, but i always thought Bill was a bigger deal in the writing room. The whole show as vapid and lacked real funny, topped off by the end where instead of a Dennis Milleresue string of rants, Mahr just looks at the camera with a vacant stare like he shit himself.
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