The Issue Is: Bill Maher Shocks You

We sit down with Bill Maher to discuss his new book, "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You."
The comedian, author, and "Real Time" host, joins us at The Woods WeHo, a cannabis lounge Maher co-owns with, among other, Woody Harrelson.
We talk about his writing process, how the country has changed, and how he's changed.
All this, on a week where violent protests erupted on a number of college campuses across the country - including at UCLA, where pro-Palestinian protesters and counter-protesters clashed - Maher saying the protests and encampments show the need for a "page-one rewrite" of elite education in America.
"The Issue Is: with Elex Michaelson" is California's statewide political show. Watch more episodes at The IssueIsShow.com

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  • @bonniejanedrake7303
    @bonniejanedrake7303Ай бұрын

    Thanks for having Bill on the show! ❤

  • @bklmiami9796
    @bklmiami9796Ай бұрын

    How great is Bill Maher. Standup guy.

  • @jeffreyhendren5373
    @jeffreyhendren5373Ай бұрын

    What a cool show. I've never noticed this before but I really enjoyed it. I do really like Bill Maher, I don't agree with his opinions all the time but I still really enjoy him and appreciate his opinions.

  • @williamhartz8707
    @williamhartz8707Ай бұрын

    I like Bill’s bluntness and sarcasm. Sometimes I disagree with his comments or my feathers get “ruffled” but I can handle it. I don’t want everyone to agree with me.

  • @c.l.montoya2972

    @c.l.montoya2972

    Ай бұрын

    Getting your feathers ruffled is a good thing, builds character, and puts color in your feathers. Wow who doesn’t like colorful feathers?😉

  • @geoffreygroom2436
    @geoffreygroom2436Ай бұрын

    I'm an oldish englishman who lives in Sweden and have been a 'follower' of Bill Maher for some years.If I want to try and understand the USA,Bill Maher is my guide.A voice of normality and reason in an age of 'absurdity'.

  • @smilesandyoka

    @smilesandyoka

    Ай бұрын

    Looooove you Mr. Maher - watching faithfully in Tokyo!

  • @JamesAnderson-ez2df

    @JamesAnderson-ez2df

    Ай бұрын

    I used to like Bill until he rode on the coattails of Trump. He has seen his liberal woke minded lefties are really just comprised of manure.😮🧐🥸

  • @robertbrooks3917

    @robertbrooks3917

    Ай бұрын

    What is funny is that I am a fairly moderate to middle conservative and I love Bill Maher. Yes he makes more fun of the right, of which I am part of, but he also makes fun of the ludicrous nature of the left.

  • @nancygenso6787
    @nancygenso6787Ай бұрын

    He has terrific wry humor!!!!

  • @santemedical6802
    @santemedical6802Ай бұрын

    I have always admire Bill Maher...realtime with bill maher is a quality show.

  • @kathrynmcelroy5658
    @kathrynmcelroy5658Ай бұрын

    GLAD I FOUND THIS!

  • @timwalters8951
    @timwalters8951Ай бұрын

    Bill is right 99 % of the time and that’s why I love him. He is the voice of reason!!

  • @ebogar42

    @ebogar42

    Ай бұрын

    He sounds pretty dumb when he acts like trans people exist and it's not a mental illness.

  • @johnclement9370
    @johnclement9370Ай бұрын

    Thats a really great interview, Bill is very honest, also I very much like the ending, Bill was so genuinely flattered and it was a heartfelt sincere moment, you can see how touched Bill really is by the sweet words... ❤ New Orleans

  • @joncamp9126
    @joncamp9126Ай бұрын

    Thank you!!! I see things like this and it helps to reassure that the tide is turning. Bill is right, most people do want to talk to the other side. Disliking people you’ve never met is silly. Loving people despite their differences, is a message that is needed more than ever. People seeing more messages like this, hopefully help to see past each others ideals. Not everyone is the same and that is ok. It’s always been one of the beautiful aspects of getting along with one another. It takes an actual diversity of ideas to make the world go round.

  • @paulvincenti2
    @paulvincenti2Ай бұрын

    Very nicely done Elex!

  • @HamiltonVanMan
    @HamiltonVanManАй бұрын

    Bill mentioned "heartfelt" in his description of Elex's praise, because he had that idea come up in the discussion he had with Jerry Seinfeld the day before, and it was somewhat of a new concept for Bill in the way it was presented, so he remembered it and used it in his thank you and appreciation here.

  • @YeaYeaOKBUT
    @YeaYeaOKBUTАй бұрын

    Glad I found this show!

  • @elexmichaelson

    @elexmichaelson

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks. I hope you'll watch more of our shows!

  • @thechristopherfaurisshow
    @thechristopherfaurisshowАй бұрын

    I lean right now because I grew up but Obama definitely was not a fool. Probably one of the or if not the sharpest minded presidents of all time.

  • @bigdeal6852

    @bigdeal6852

    Ай бұрын

    Obama was an educated man...no doubt, and yes not a fool...but he definitely fooled America.

  • @phriedokra6158

    @phriedokra6158

    Ай бұрын

    Will pray for you....

  • @Soknik01

    @Soknik01

    Ай бұрын

    If you're so grown up then why are you taking a jab at adults who don't lean right by implying that they are less grown up than you are?

  • @thechristopherfaurisshow

    @thechristopherfaurisshow

    Ай бұрын

    @@Soknik01 I said that I grew up. Not everyone grows up at the same time.

  • @Soknik01

    @Soknik01

    Ай бұрын

    @@thechristopherfaurisshow that's not the question I asked.

  • @merlekimbal3755
    @merlekimbal3755Ай бұрын

    He’s mostly correct on many issues.. sometimes he exceeds boundaries.

  • @ForeverBennett
    @ForeverBennettАй бұрын

    I was in the car with my trans friend listening to Bill and she asked to change the channel, I asked why, and she replied, "Because he gives a voice to Republicans". Which I thought was absolutely absurd. I said Bill was a fair guy and he was letting all sides speak, and that he's a classic liberal, but she just couldn't handle it.

  • @BDogg2023

    @BDogg2023

    Ай бұрын

    And that is why Democrats lose. The far left is too extreme and intolerant, wanting the 95% of America who doesn’t agree with them to bow to their will.

  • @rhondennis979

    @rhondennis979

    Ай бұрын

    Most ears can't, as you said, handle it because they want everyone and everything to be about them. Forget it the other issues are easy on crime, high inflation or no protection for the country's boarder. Just as long as there's that one ME issue. So glad trans wasn't an issue in Hitler's time. Makes you wonder how much support he would have gotten.

  • @mariareyes7913

    @mariareyes7913

    Ай бұрын

    I agree with your trans friend. He does give a voice to Republicans and l think is not fair for Democrats or lndipendant. That does not mean that l dislike him, l don't, l watch his show but that doesn't change my opinion of him. You can learn from him because once in a while, what he says is true. My mother used to say listen to everyone and keep what is good, what is not discarded.

  • @ForeverBennett

    @ForeverBennett

    Ай бұрын

    @@mariareyes7913 It's not fair to let Republicans talk?? That's ridiculous. I don't like the GOP either, but not letting the other side talk is flat out wrong if you believe in free speech. Bill is an old school liberal who has voted for democrats 99% of the time, the only time he voted for a Republican President was Bob Dole but that was a sentimental vote because Dole was the last candidate of the "greatest generation". He has rightfully called out the failures of the democrat party because he, like a lot of people, want them to be better! He is more than fair to liberals and independents and usually ends up getting into the most heated arguments with Republicans.

  • @ruthhorowitz7625

    @ruthhorowitz7625

    Ай бұрын

    Your trans friend just admitted to not wanting the right to have a voice. I have a lot of disagreements with the right (and the left😂), but when you don't want them to have a voice, you are one step from losing their own.

  • @ltcolumbo9708
    @ltcolumbo9708Ай бұрын

    You forgot to ask if he loves children

  • @slappyabromowitz
    @slappyabromowitzАй бұрын

    That was lovely. Enjoyed it

  • @Verdeangela12
    @Verdeangela12Ай бұрын

    Great interview!

  • @mohammadamirbayat805
    @mohammadamirbayat80520 күн бұрын

    This interview made me feel so alive! I've never seen this level of inthusiasm from an interviewer. Also, Mr. Mahr's responses were so in depth and sensible that I felt like I could listen to him forever! Thank you!!!

  • @drabbit61
    @drabbit61Ай бұрын

    Bill Maher....is so often correct. Don't you ever harm the messenger ! I'm 63. a Tasmanian-Kiwi. 26 yrs living in Thailand. Ask me

  • @raylang4608
    @raylang4608Ай бұрын

    I like Bill Maher!!

  • @Traderbear
    @TraderbearАй бұрын

    That was an awesome praise for Bill at the end 😊

  • @elexmichaelson

    @elexmichaelson

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Rockerlady

    @Rockerlady

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@elexmichaelsonGreat interview, Elex. Also great when you come out with Tim on KFI radio!

  • @frankmarrero8167
    @frankmarrero8167Ай бұрын

    We need political people to get up to date on his views. Sounds like common sense views to me.

  • @robvangessel3766
    @robvangessel3766Ай бұрын

    Reform the Electoral College, get rid of Gerrymandering, and open up a system in this country that allows a 3rd party candidate to actually win a general election. And with that, let's create the Normies Party.

  • @rtflone

    @rtflone

    Ай бұрын

    @robvangessel3766 I'd ask how you'd reform the Electoral College, but I'm afraid to hear the answer you'd give..

  • @robvangessel3766

    @robvangessel3766

    Ай бұрын

    @@rtflone The how would be up to legislators. The aim - or part of it - would ideally be to shake the EC loose of the money that controls it and to let the Popular Vote decide general elections instead allowing a faction to decide them - too often overriding the nationwide majority of voters. It's the reason we get stuck with deficient idiots like George W. Bush and Trump. For that matter, the we as the collective representatives of the electorate would be able to get things done, like common sense gun control, which is invariably impeded by corportions, the Washington Lobby, and so many politicians in their pockets. In other words, we not only need to save what we have of our democracy, we need to move the system to a purer democracy. It can't be done now, of course. As it is, we'll be lucky if we can prevent an oligarchy from completely taking hold.

  • @LadyYoop
    @LadyYoopАй бұрын

    Way cool...I love Bill.

  • @livinginvancouverbc2247
    @livinginvancouverbc2247Ай бұрын

    It's nice to see Bill not angry.

  • @smilesandyoka

    @smilesandyoka

    Ай бұрын

    He never gets "angry" in the sense of how most people express "anger" - he is just being HONEST

  • @angelaandreos9169
    @angelaandreos9169Ай бұрын

    Great Interview!!👏👏

  • @elexmichaelson

    @elexmichaelson

    Ай бұрын

    thank you!

  • @paolah1828
    @paolah1828Ай бұрын

    Greats show!

  • @JacobElyachar
    @JacobElyacharАй бұрын

    Great conversation with Bill Maher, Elex!

  • @elexmichaelson

    @elexmichaelson

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @kathrynmcelroy5658
    @kathrynmcelroy5658Ай бұрын

    wow what a great place!

  • @ChrisMalo-pv1or
    @ChrisMalo-pv1orАй бұрын

    Really good interview!

  • @markwegner6821
    @markwegner6821Ай бұрын

    Bill Maher stayed the same and the world 🌍 happily 😊 moved towards him.

  • @GreenEyes-gv6zj
    @GreenEyes-gv6zjАй бұрын

    Love him...❤

  • @kathyschevetto5634
    @kathyschevetto563425 күн бұрын

    Cool commentary, and as a normee i too am at awe of bill!

  • @sarah_yang
    @sarah_yangАй бұрын

    Excellent interview!

  • @fusi56
    @fusi56Ай бұрын

    I wonder if Bill is channelling the 1960s TV news anchor look. I'd love to see a photo of his dad who worked in news to see if they look alike.

  • @mikejonesnoreally

    @mikejonesnoreally

    Ай бұрын

    He's actually just taken his rightful place as the current "Jack Benny" :3

  • @LaurieWiegler
    @LaurieWiegler22 күн бұрын

    Bill! No change of seasons in California. We made the opposite move and I'm "vibing" with Connecticut.

  • @davidburns8662
    @davidburns8662Ай бұрын

    I am so jealous of Bill Maher. He gets to talk with the most amazing people who can say what's on their minds in a safe place. It's so good to have someone, "in this news as entertainment world" who speaks the truth. Hay! Bill, why don't you point out the fact that the abortion issue is being desided by old men, who can't participate in the fun part of making babies any more. The way I see things, you can't really call yourself a man untill you've past a kidney stone. When this happens to a man it's the closest we ever come to experiencing what our mothers endured bring us into the world. I never mis your show, it really makes Fridays the best day of the week. Keep up the good work!

  • @michaelgregg8716

    @michaelgregg8716

    Ай бұрын

    I’ve passed a kidney stone. Men don’t lose the ability to procreate at any point in their lives, generally speaking. However I agree with everything else.

  • @hammertic
    @hammerticАй бұрын

    😮 Is having teeth like the keys on a grand piano obligatory to be an interviewer on American TV ? Just asking 😂

  • @michaelpuglisi1647
    @michaelpuglisi164720 күн бұрын

    Great interview

  • @brendashafer4864
    @brendashafer4864Ай бұрын

    The students tried that in Alabama In the college In Alabama students Shattered them down By saying USA USA USA

  • @AndtherewasJoy13
    @AndtherewasJoy13Ай бұрын

    🌿 The Woods

  • @EdfromCanada
    @EdfromCanadaАй бұрын

    I enjoy watching Bill Maher's show. I do, however, disagree with his stance that pot is an innocuous, fun vice. Anyone that I remember from high school that were pot heads all ended up messed up in adulthood. Heavy pot use by teens translates into higher mental illness issues and increased number of incidences of schizophrenia. Just my opinion and anecdotal observation in life. Bill Maher's show is the last vestige of relatively objective journalism.

  • @BDogg2023

    @BDogg2023

    Ай бұрын

    Today’s pot isn’t your daddy’s pot. It is literally 10 times stronger than 60s weed. As a long time smoker who recently quit, I wholeheartedly agree with you. And I love Bill, have for decades.

  • @alciderichards3622
    @alciderichards3622Ай бұрын

    Bill I am a "normie" too. I have never heard that one before. Much better than a RINO. I will use it when I can.

  • @kathrynmcelroy5658
    @kathrynmcelroy5658Ай бұрын

    Elex Michaelson is da bomb! Handsome lad!

  • @MPR2
    @MPR225 күн бұрын

    Just because he's "Honest" doesn't mean he's right! 🙄

  • @corabraley5369

    @corabraley5369

    9 күн бұрын

    None of us know everything.

  • @MPR2

    @MPR2

    9 күн бұрын

    @@corabraley5369 Who said anyone knows EVERYTHING? 🙄

  • @BDogg2023
    @BDogg2023Ай бұрын

    Great segment. Makes Me actually want to move back to LA!

  • @corabraley5369
    @corabraley53699 күн бұрын

    Telling you the Truth.

  • @lesliecarter7833
    @lesliecarter783325 күн бұрын

    Bill looks great in glasses!

  • @marisfenix
    @marisfenixАй бұрын

    Normies ❤ love it ! Normies parades 😅😅😅😅😅😅

  • @lloydg6634
    @lloydg6634Ай бұрын

    Love the honesty…

  • @fredschwartz1259
    @fredschwartz1259Ай бұрын

    Nice interview but... Who's running the cameras? Almost impossible to watch. I assume the person was high 😅

  • @parmispouya9419
    @parmispouya941926 күн бұрын

    Big fan of bill mahr!

  • @literatious308
    @literatious308Ай бұрын

    I’m always baffled by why these “celebrities” keep being featured as consensus experts. Must be tool of nudging narratives.

  • @Gary-sx5ox
    @Gary-sx5oxАй бұрын

    I love how Bill is evolving into the world of Real Reality vs Social Media Reality. I have one suggestion that a fellow stoner has to keep his evolving going in the right direction. In the movie with Brad Pitt, World War Z, there is a seen called the ‘tenth’ man theory. It basically says that if everyone is reporting on the same story, the same way with the same wording and the same opinion, it is the responsibility of the tenth man to disagree and dispute everything that is being said. To me, that is where Bill should his role in the future. Bill, the tenth man.

  • @barbaracameron4945
    @barbaracameron4945Ай бұрын

    Not everyone lives there.

  • @Skottink
    @SkottinkАй бұрын

    This is like a bad movie about a superstar Hollywood leading man talking about how the world has been dying for him to put all his famous thoughts into a book for them. How does his head fit in that room should be his new book title. Did the world change or did you? Seriously that's your deep thought?

  • @f8accompli238
    @f8accompli238Ай бұрын

    First off, let me say I love Bill Maher but we are listening to one side of the story. If Bill truly wanted to be respected in the field of journalism by more than “yes men” and “head nodders” he would have TRUE REPRESENTATION of the college student protesters on his show. If they’re quacks, we’ll see that, but you can’t hog the mic and spew your propaganda without the public hearing a single voice from the other side. Make it happen Bill. Let the public decide. Have them on your show and let us decide instead of you telling us what they’re saying.

  • @phriedokra6158
    @phriedokra6158Ай бұрын

    Bill thinks moving to Floriduh will make him HAPPY....

  • @eddiejones1463
    @eddiejones1463Ай бұрын

    Maher needs to look at the Fulton County elections investigation

  • @cxa24
    @cxa2416 күн бұрын

    I liked his rule although failed to obey it myself

  • @andreasmueller8353
    @andreasmueller8353Ай бұрын

    Nice location, would definitely pay a visit if it wasn’t for the for me awful smell of weed.

  • @marlenesoifer7219
    @marlenesoifer7219Ай бұрын

    My brother would LOVE YOU

  • @oldsalt8011
    @oldsalt8011Ай бұрын

    Stoners running a pot store??? There goes the profit margin.

  • @annegallagher1102
    @annegallagher110224 күн бұрын

    Greg Gutfeld and Bill Maher

  • @marlenesoifer7219
    @marlenesoifer7219Ай бұрын

    Limits

  • @bilianashantzshantz459
    @bilianashantzshantz459Ай бұрын

    This day.s Subway Dopont. &Devenport St.

  • @bilianashantzshantz459

    @bilianashantzshantz459

    Ай бұрын

    Okay

  • @patrickmcguire7929
    @patrickmcguire7929Ай бұрын

    That host Elex Michaelson is quite a gracious host & interviewer. Always liked Maher but believe he's too insulated by his success & lifestyle. He's bright & forthright but could use more "real time" amongst the commoners. Just saying, easy for me, I'm stuck with them. 😛

  • @elexmichaelson

    @elexmichaelson

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching

  • @MauricioGonzalezFilms
    @MauricioGonzalezFilmsАй бұрын

    9:13 - 1 President 535 legislators & 9 justices, plus your own state’s branches. Takes a lot of folks to row the country onward, not just a cathartic hate towards the random potus of the decade.

  • @slappyabromowitz
    @slappyabromowitzАй бұрын

    California has so much beauty. Shame the cities are unlivable.

  • @frankcolasanto2519
    @frankcolasanto2519Ай бұрын

    Bill, right on que, "election denier" that's all you ever talk about

  • @nzfreeski

    @nzfreeski

    Ай бұрын

    well, fans of trump deny election results - you miss 2020?

  • @rhondennis979

    @rhondennis979

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@nzfreeski Well, with all the "mail-in votes" the left loves to come up with, makes one wonder. By the way, what's your opinion now of your Mr Biden now that we all see what he's done with the country?

  • @errolvierheller7029
    @errolvierheller702910 күн бұрын

    The moving white coat in the background is annoying.....

  • @bilianashantzshantz459
    @bilianashantzshantz459Ай бұрын

    Toyota. Florida

  • @desimartinez559
    @desimartinez559Ай бұрын

    And whos hands are in these colleges id sqy the democratic party

  • @oldsalt8011
    @oldsalt8011Ай бұрын

    Now all of the LGBTQ Hollywood Community needs to open a Steambath House with private showers and a Disco Lounge.

  • @jayrosen6663
    @jayrosen6663Ай бұрын

    One of the few liberals that still supports Israel.

  • @SFRainmaker
    @SFRainmakerАй бұрын

    Great episode. Bill Maher is a legend. He is the voice of sanity in our insane world.

  • @andresduany7925
    @andresduany7925Ай бұрын

    😮😮😮😮

  • @paulft272
    @paulft27226 күн бұрын

    nyc is the best. LA is ugly and dull!!

  • @AnaPhilactic
    @AnaPhilactic10 күн бұрын

    Too bad we lose our youthful looks.

  • @loro3849
    @loro3849Ай бұрын

    Bitter unhappy man.

  • @francisdaulby3809
    @francisdaulby3809Ай бұрын

    Beware of all who proclaim honesty.

  • @drbvo9578
    @drbvo9578Ай бұрын

    His TDS made him look old and grey

  • @James-gh7od
    @James-gh7odАй бұрын

    Get some glasses that fit properly

  • @user-ft1uc7rc3k
    @user-ft1uc7rc3k24 күн бұрын

    Don't buy his book if you need to know then download for free, don't give him anything especially money.

  • @ernestj5812
    @ernestj5812Ай бұрын

    Why dont Elex ask him about why Killery Hilton still does about 2016. May be you are the comedian here and Bill Maher is the journo! Shame on you!

  • @eyelight3056
    @eyelight3056Ай бұрын

    Trump lives in Bill's head 🤣

  • @hlic7941
    @hlic7941Ай бұрын

    His unwavering support for Israel ruins the validity of his views

  • @demoscratos4577
    @demoscratos4577Ай бұрын

    I love bill Maher , great interviewer and interview. However I don’t appreciate his shameless bias towards Israel when it comes to the conflict. There is way more to the situation that he conveniently cheery picks. And I say this person of paternal Jewish lineage. That said, dude has been a favorite since Politically Incorrect.

  • @WhineNot
    @WhineNotАй бұрын

    Yawn. This is a thin promo…

  • @vailryan5682
    @vailryan568220 күн бұрын

    No he doesn't. He bores me.

  • @rockman4699
    @rockman4699Ай бұрын

    Love his humor but he's on the wrong side of History regarding Gaza. I couldn't even watch when Netanyahu was on his show. As smart as bill is he should know better than to equate support for the Palestinians as support for Hamas. Come on Bill you can do better

  • @dustinmorgan3505
    @dustinmorgan3505Ай бұрын

    Let's go trump

  • @mollygail
    @mollygailАй бұрын

    Bill Maher is such a silly liberal.

  • @henriettashenderey7096
    @henriettashenderey7096Ай бұрын

    Love Maher but: Trump 2024!😉

  • @user-yt2rq8qn3l
    @user-yt2rq8qn3lАй бұрын

    Used to like Real Time but now it became a joke. Facts are filtered according to his bias, prejudice or their comedic value. It's no longer reliable. Even if, generously, you assess his factual accuracy to 50%, how you are going to find out which statements are which besides doing the research yourself? That defeats the whole point of tuning in to get 'Real'.

  • @niacal4nia
    @niacal4niaАй бұрын

    Greedy Bill Maher will say anything for ratings. Keep both Maga & liberals happy😂😂😂

  • @radikalmoderate5705
    @radikalmoderate5705Ай бұрын

    Who would be shocked by Shill Maher? Is this a satire site?

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