Bill Maher - New Rules
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Actor: Bill MaherBrand: MAHER,BILL
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 45 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 93315
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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- Collected from one of the most popular segments of the acclaimed HBO Original Series Real Time with Bill Maher, New Rules takes steady aim at well, just about everything in sight, bringing in the hosts incisive wit and hilarious asides. Bill Maher: New Rules brings these cleverly conceived barbs to DVD for the first time, along with some brilliant bonus feature editorials that you're unlikely to f
Movie Reviews of Bill Maher - New Rules
Movie Review: Just Good Fun...
Summary: 5 Stars
You don't have to be a "left-wing liberal loon" to enjoy good Maher humor. But... it probably helps to at least have a good sense of humor. You may not agree with all of Maher's beliefs (I certainly don't,) but New Rules was good Maher fun. Quite frankly, this was Maher (and the good HBO writers!) at his best.
If you're familiar with Maher's cable show, Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, then I'm sure you've probably seen all of this material. This is because it is literally the New Rules segments that come from his show. However, I don't have HBO (and don't intend to get it) so it was a really refreshing alternative. I found New Rules to be an extremely funny DVD. I laughed through-out the entire DVD. It was totally worth the price.
Summary of Bill Maher - New Rules
Comedian Bill Maher discusses current events with a panel of guests followed by his humorous editorial on popular culture and American politics.Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 11-JUL-2006
Media Type: DVD
Bill Maher's New Rules plays like a "greatest hits" compilation that you don't want to end. Compiled from the most popular segment of the HBO original series Real Time with Bill Maher, it's a fitting showcase for Maher's take-no-prisoners approach to political humor, in which the veteran comedian/pundit invents "new rules" in response to the insanity of current events, celebrity trivia, and the nonsensical irritants that pop up in the media on a regular basis. In collaboration with his gifted writing team, Maher delivers a constant barrage of hilarious yet eminently sensible solutions to the foibles of modern society, from common sense ("no more cell phones in movie theaters!") to harmlessly risqué ("lap dancing is a First Amendment right"), appropriately sarcastic ("the end of Friends is not a national tragedy!"), and just plain clever ("whenever they award an Oscar®, they should take one back"). Maher's flawless delivery of these "new rules" (culled from the first three seasons of Real Time) results in a steady flow of laugh-out-loud observations and punch lines, like this one about the same-sex marriage controversy: "All marriages are same-sex marriages--you go to bed every night, and it's the same sex!" And when he's not making funny suggestions about the effects of global warming ("all hurricane names should be scary!"), Maher delivers scathing editorials (mostly aimed at the Bush administration) and performs in comedic sketches like the "Accu-Terror Forecast" or "Ken Burns' Vietnam," spoofing the Civil War documentary style with a Bush-bashing segment called "A National Guardsman's Letter to Home," in which Maher (as Bush) reads a letter to his parents about the "hardships" of Vietnam-era service... in Alabama. Although the main feature runs a mere 45 minutes, there's an additional 28 minutes of material in the bonus features, including several "new rules Extras" and four hilarious "editorials" including Maher's demand for a presidential recall election! Some of Maher's issue-related jokes will grow dated as their timely relevance fades, but New Rules provides a brilliantly comedic appraisal of the early 21st century, from a smart, incisive comedian who'll boldly go where most comics fear to tread. --Jeff Shannon
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