Subject: Re: Bill Maher's Show Culture Exposed by Viewer Mail - Plus George Clooney and SJP Feedback
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nobody@nowhere.com wrote:
On 6/16/2025 2:17 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
On Jun 16, 2025 at 1:30:48 AM PDT, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
Maureen Callahan reads viewer mail that exposes Bill Maher’s show culture >>> with details about paid audience members at every show and his disturbing >>> dressing room behavior, skewers George Clooney for lecturing the media on >>> journalistic integrity, criticizes Sarah Jessica Parker and the
ridiculousness of “And Just Like That,” and more.
https://youtu.be/LRjY0DBri54?si=IMkxRgk0YVY0_E5C
[I figured there was a laughtrack and "applause" signs involved with this >>> show, but I never knew there existed a company that provided enthusiastic >>> audiencings before!]
I went to REAL TIME once and I wasn't paid. I just responded to an ad that was
offering tickets to a bunch of shows-- everything from sitcoms like BIG BANG >> THEORY to game shows like WHEEL OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY. I picked REAL TIME >> and showed up at the directed time and place and was ushered into a room where
they had us all wait for about an hour. (They proved bottles of water and
store-bought snacks like Oreos.) Then we were led into the studio 10 at time >> and told where to sit.
Yes, there was an applause sign, but I took it to be more a production thing >> than a "please agree with Bill's politics" thing. They wanted clapping in
certain places and not in others so that the audience is quiet when they need
them quiet.
Surely you don't mean the video's "anonymous" source is full of shit...
They're not mutually exclusive.
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