Comics punch up. When you see comics like joerogan & billmaher licking the taint of a fascist oligarch, they stop being comics, they’re sycophants, ass kissers protecting what they have, the farthest thing from rebels. Twain, Hicks, Carlin, Williams, Pryor, Bruce, Thats who you’re supposed to be.
That’s a reason I quit giving a shit about Bill Maher. The other one is that he isn’t funny.
Are we really calling Rogan and Maher "comics"? That implies they are funny.
Maher's White House visit - and his summary of events - remind me of Dennis Rodman visiting Kim Jong Un. Just being played for a fool.
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@daveanthony.bsky.social and @reynoldsgareth.bsky.social are doing the lord’s work on this front with The Dollop.
I can't ever remember Rogan punching up. Maher hasn't done it since the W administration. They both think punching up means attacking trans people.
Oi oi
Comics are a social barometer, back to Kings. A check on evil and power, not a fucking infomercial for it. Maher and Rogan are just a sham wow commercial for an asshole.
Jesters were the only ones allowed to insult those at court, within reason, and live. When the joke no longer entertains the crown but instead sits upon it, the realm is lost
The job of comedians is to take the current climate and make jokes about it to remind us all how insane or inane it all is. I appreciate all of you who can make me laugh right now.
It wasn't all that long ago Maher was trying to figure out ways to end Trump's political career. What a sellout.
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I dont remember when either of those two goblins were ever funny. Theyve always been self absorbed skid marks on the undies of entertainment.
Nice to see you back. Sorry you had to come back.
A great list and I’d put you up there with them. Please keep calling them and their bullshit out
Fuckin’ A.
As far as I can see Maher has a similar problem to Jerry Seinfeld. They each refuse to adapt to the times. They're Principal Skinner in that one Simpsons meme.
Disappointed by Maher…..this dude is gullible and dumb enough to be charmed into John Wayne Gacy’s crawl space
He isn’t dumb. He is an opportunist. That’s what he has always been.
Joe Rogan is not a comic he hosted fear factor and is the announcer for UFC which makes him a bad mc at the best. But corporate whore is a better description.
Say it from the mountain brother. I agree it is you guys that deliver truth to power. Going back to court jesters that is your job description. Carlin would be losing his shit in this moment. Bill Maher has always been a corporate whore and misogynistic pos. Stopped watching year's ago.
Well said
Rogan has never been a comic. He’s a damn idiot.
I laughed so hard when I looked at who had been on. I stopped watching that show 2 years ago when he started to have a hard on of armie hammer.
Damn right brother Chris
Maher did say useful idiots would be a problem. Guess he was talking about himself.
They went from comedians to clowns
A good portion of our country are too young to remember those men. We need a Carlinaissance.
I always wondered, do comics become conservatives when they stop being funny or do they stop being funny because they are conservatives.
They stop being funny and become conservative when they get really rich. Like maher.
Damnit. I wish Hicks didn’t die so young. I’d love to see his aging ass rip into these people and modern America. I got into him around the same time I got into Carlin. I was 11-12.
Maher has been the Alpha-Boomer for some time now, at least since Bernie dropped from the 2020 race, but now he's gone full coward. I am genuinely embarrassed for him. Rogan, though? Just an unprincipled go-with-the-flow meathead.
I want to repost this a billion times.
Bill Maher was a comic? He hasn't been funny in at least a decade
I also really enjoy Bob Goldthwait. Great person too.
If ICE comes for me or my own, I am fighting to the death.
Because I'd rather die in The USA fighting fascism than in a foreign prison.
If you and I are ever in the same room, I'm buying the beers.
Joe Rogan is laughable - but he is no comic. It takes true talent, grit, and turmoil to make comics such as you!
Don’t be a rogan, be a Titus .
I thought I heard something once that jesters were the only ones allowed to mock the king, and it was meant as a means for the king to check himself *checks notes* before he wrecks himself
I would also like to add Trae Crowder to the list. He just did an hour long set in Chattanooga on Saturday that was basically “fuck fascism” that had me laughing the entire time.
You can follow him on Bluesky @thetraecrowder.bsky.social. @coreyrforrester.bsky.social is also here. Warning: It can get dangerous when those two are together. 😆
CRF opened up for TC on Saturday. Was NOT expecting that. CRF did about 45 minutes and TC then did an hour. Incredible show. They walked right past us while we waited in line to get into the building. Didn’t recognize Trae with his ballcap.
I didn't get tickets in time for Knoxville; I had seen him on him on his last pass through
I’d absolutely see him again, hoping he comes to Atlanta. I saw him at The Signal in Chattanooga. Possibly the most uncomfortable chair I ever sat in in my life, but worth it to see his show (and Corey Ryan Forrester opening).
I had every intention to see him, but was already sold out by February. When he and the whole Redneck Comedy Tour was here last time, drag show bans were in the news so they were all dressed in drag. We gave a thought to Chattanooga, decided against it.
That would’ve been a fun show to go to. We got our tix in mid-Feb when it was just general admission left, and it looked like they sold out. They even pulled some seats out from the back and added a small side section in the accessible seating area (wheelchairs) once they saw it was open.
Wow! Very cool. Next time he comes to town I guess I get tickets as soon as I find out. The "drag show" was a lot of fun.
Trae is pretty funny and he seems t be getting some traction lately. I don't know him but like his work.
He's on tiktok making great one minute rants also
Yup, been following him on multiple platforms since at least 2018.
Preach good sir🤘🏻
They should also be, you know, funny, and Bill and Joe definitely forgot that key ingredient to the recipe
You do it well
Bill still has a hair across his ass about the lockdown. Still holding the grudge. Sad
Thank you for stating this and for your unwavering stance. While being hilarious af at the same time in your daily profession.