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April 28, 2011

Knockin' Off Time/Open Blog
— Ace

If anyone wants to post somethin'...

Hilarious: Thanks to Andy, unfunny clown Bill Maher hilariously beclowns himself.

The joke he accuses The Onion of stealing is what we call in the industry "a bad joke." Sure, if you're a comic, you toss the bad stuff out there too; in any endeavor, a lot of times it's publish or perish. You can't just not be funny because you don't have a good joke. Good joke, bad joke -- if you're a pro comic, you're expected to have jokes when you go on stage.

So I don't blame Maher for using the joke. (Or The Onion for using it.) It's a bad joke, but if you need to tell a joke, what the hell.

What is truly sad is that Bill Maher is especially proud of this disposable, lame, obvious wordplay. This to him is Intellectual Property that must be fought over.

That is sad. This poor, sad, short whoremonger.

Posted by: Ace at 02:27 PM | Comments (52)
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1 Something

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at April 28, 2011 02:28 PM (0q2P7)

2 Huh? Wha......

Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2011 02:29 PM (AIqwL)

3
"Knocking off"

Is that what the cool kids are calling it now? I always liked "prompting the porpoise" myself.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2011 02:31 PM (7YzRS)

4 Ace is having a Royal Wedding Party...

Posted by: Bloody Mary at April 28, 2011 02:32 PM (dDbkT)

5 Back to the fucking scholar pursuits, I guess.

Posted by: Methos at April 28, 2011 02:32 PM (uqJo6)

6 Does your HUMANCENTiPAD need recharging, Ace?

Posted by: andycanuck at April 28, 2011 02:32 PM (Y1DZt)

Okay, okay! I'll post something..............I got nothin'.

Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2011 02:32 PM (AIqwL)

8 A friend of mine in Portland got turned away today. No gasoline. So now we don't drill, refine, or sell gas? Are we to become a nation of high-speed hobos?

Posted by: t-bird at April 28, 2011 02:35 PM (FcR7P)

9 Here's why I'm a little apprehensive about these protests in Syria:

FLASH: Syria's Muslim Brotherhood movement calls on Syrians to take to streets to demand freedom: declaration issued ahead of Friday prayers

While there's a good chance that many of the people protesting against the Chinless Ophthalmologist are not "Islamist", I'm afraid that if baby Assad is ousted, people such as the Syrian MB will take over.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 28, 2011 02:36 PM (c0A3e)

10 Ace is having a Royal Wedding Party...

Posted by: Bloody Mary at April 28, 2011 06:32 PM (dDbkT)

He must have realized that he hadn't bought any lace doilies for the pre-ceremony tea time.

Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2011 02:36 PM (AIqwL)

( Somewhere inside POTUS skull )

"Na, na, na, na, na, na, We're gonna mock you!"

Posted by: Me, myself, Irene and Trump at April 28, 2011 02:37 PM (zbiAz)

12 integrative complexity, 24/7, in all 57 states.

Posted by: Lowell Mather at April 28, 2011 02:37 PM (Cqwtt)

13 Syria's Muslim Brotherhood movement calls on Syrians to take to streets to demand freedom... Say what? Now I'm interested...

Posted by: Barry O at April 28, 2011 02:38 PM (FcR7P)

14 Oh, PAWLENTY!

Posted by: blaster at April 28, 2011 02:38 PM (Fw2Gg)

15 TAKE THE OIL !

Posted by: Trump The Destoyer at April 28, 2011 02:39 PM (EL+OC)

While there's a good chance that many of the people protesting against the Chinless Ophthalmologist are not "Islamist", I'm afraid that if baby Assad is ousted, people such as the Syrian MB will take over.

Mostly secular and heterogeneous I hear.

Posted by: Clapper at April 28, 2011 02:41 PM (sOtz/)

Mostly secular and heterogeneous I hear.

Posted by: Clapper at April 28, 2011 06:41 PM (sOtz/)

And friendly. They love everyone. It's the religion of peace, ya' know.

Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2011 02:45 PM (AIqwL)

18 How about a NFL Draft thread? Tie it in with an ugliest suit contest for the moronettes, and you get a fun thursday night!

Posted by: MrCaniac at April 28, 2011 02:47 PM (eKuOw)

19 Lucky CharmsÂ® make my shit turn green. I mean, really green.

Anyway...

that's all I got.

Posted by: Dang at April 28, 2011 02:48 PM (TXKVh)

20 Apparently Bill Maher didn't get around to watching SNL until he was 15.

Posted by: garrett at April 28, 2011 02:49 PM (jX6FS)

21 As a Lesbian Christian Speech rights activist, I root for the Muslim brotherhood because I know they like me.

Posted by: someone not getting the point at April 28, 2011 02:50 PM (Fw2Gg)

22 Even more Superman irony: Superman plaque stolen in Cleveland.

Posted by: andycanuck at April 28, 2011 02:50 PM (Y1DZt)

He must have realized that he hadn't bought any lace doilies for the pre-ceremony tea time.

Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2011 06:36 PM (AIqwL)

And the scones. Don't forget the scones.

Posted by: ErikW at April 28, 2011 02:52 PM (tmilK)

Here's why I'm a little apprehensive about these protests in Syria:

FLASH: Syria's Muslim Brotherhood movement calls on Syrians to take to streets to demand freedom: declaration issued ahead of Friday prayers

While there's a good chance that many of the people protesting against the Chinless Ophthalmologist are not "Islamist", I'm afraid that if baby Assad is ousted, people such as the Syrian MB will take over.

Yeah, that's a concern... but what would the MB do differently? Funnel weapons to Hezbollah? Terrorize Lebanon? Become hostile to Israel?

It's one of those rare situations in which anyone who replaced him really couldn't be much worse.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at April 28, 2011 02:53 PM (SY2Kh)

25 Speaking of whoremongers, I want you to know Mitt Romney is the leading and presumptive GOP candidate.

Posted by: Hugh Hewitt at April 28, 2011 02:54 PM (60I1m)

26 If the position is still available, I'd like to apply for Coordinator of Moron Lesbian Outreach.

Posted by: garrett at April 28, 2011 02:55 PM (jX6FS)

27 Best part of The Onions response? "Bill. We don't watch your show."

Posted by: lowandslow at April 28, 2011 03:02 PM (GZitp)

28 The fun thing about Bill Maher is that he's so short yet also so thin-skinned. Tales about his prickish defensiveness are legendary in the industry...deep down, he genuinely has no self-esteem or confidence, and it shows in the way he treats both women (obvious) and other comics/people in the business.

Of course the reason he has no self-esteem is because he's a shitty comedian.

Hey, remember when Bill Maher was a "libertarian?" Yeah, me neither. I don't remember anything about Bill Maher.

Posted by: Jeff B. at April 28, 2011 03:02 PM (NjYDy)

29 Damn, my opening line would have been funnier if I'd reversed it: "The fun thing about Bill Maher is that he's so thin-skinned, yet also so very, very short."

Posted by: Jeff B. at April 28, 2011 03:03 PM (NjYDy)

30 Hi Rons/Ronettes, I had an observation in my math class today by a College Prof/ Beaurocrat. During our post class conference she said I was not being "Affectual" I lacked emotional connection with my class. Well thank you Dr. mutherfuckinbitchscrunt. Apparently she wasn't there while; I gave my kids money so they could go on the field trip too. I take a load of clothes a week to the gym and wash them so two girls can have clean clothes. I bought groceries for a family. I held a crying girl after her father was taken to jail for dealing heroin. I was putting neosporin on the scrapes after wrestling a crazy kid to the ground to keep him from hurting others or himself. There is so much more. I hope this is what the "Knockin off time" blog was for. I'll be drinking now.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 28, 2011 03:05 PM (cDRYC)

31 You wash your clothes at the gym?

Posted by: lowandslow at April 28, 2011 03:07 PM (GZitp)

32 Bill Maher, splitting peas...with a knife.

Posted by: Rocks at April 28, 2011 03:11 PM (th0op)

33 The incomparable Iowahawk sums up my feelings on Maher nicely, from Twitter:

"I think Maher is this generation's Johnny Carson. If Carson was a smug syphilitic dwarf."

I can see a little bit why people think Colbert's funny, I guess, but Maher, no. To me he's got that look about him like the kid in your class who was always getting beaten up and shoved into the girl's bathroom. And none of the girls liked him or would sit next to him. And he smelled like pee. That one.

Posted by: Theresa D at April 28, 2011 03:11 PM (5axVp)

34 Our school Gym has a washer and dryer. Some of my children's parent are preoccupied and choose not to wash their clothes. It is socially devistating for a child to stink.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 28, 2011 03:14 PM (cDRYC)

That is sad. This poor, sad, short whoremonger.

Posted by: Ace at 06:27 PM

And a vain one. Could they touch up that Twitter pic of him a little more?

Posted by: Rocks at April 28, 2011 03:15 PM (th0op)

36
#30, or you could say "Maher's so thin skinned he's got a reservoir tip." (Not mine, someone posted that about JEF on another site re the Texas TV interview.)

Posted by: Theresa D at April 28, 2011 03:15 PM (5axVp)

37 34, And he smelled like pee. Yep, I bet he does.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 28, 2011 03:16 PM (cDRYC)

38
The Krugman laughter video in the sidebar is frickin' awesome. Needs a promotion to the main blog.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 28, 2011 03:16 PM (7YzRS)

@22: "Even more Superman irony: Superman plaque stolen in Cleveland."

You want Superman irony? One of the guys who played him wasn't faster than a speeding bullet, and another wasn't able to leap moderately tall obstacles in a single bound. The guy from the most recent movie should stay the fuck away from trains.

Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at April 28, 2011 03:18 PM (xy9wk)

Maher is a comedian? The Duece you say.

Bitter man? Sure,

Narcassistic windbag? Check,

Angry? Yep,

Thin Skinned? Oh yea.

Whiny? Yeppers.

Funny? Not a chance.

Posted by: BruceTheRobert at April 28, 2011 03:18 PM (re6ik)

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 28, 2011 07:05 PM (cDRYC)

Did the little girl know where her addict dad's stash was?

Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2011 03:19 PM (AIqwL)

42 Maher is the semi-male version of Maxine Waters - they both perpetually look like they just bit into a turd.

Posted by: pep at April 28, 2011 03:19 PM (fe+Ez)

43 Probably, but so did the Feds.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 28, 2011 03:20 PM (cDRYC)

44 42, Her Dad was not an addict. As any intelligent ron would know, your most successful dealer don't use what they sell. Sort of like Democrats

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 28, 2011 03:22 PM (cDRYC)

45 So BeBe Rebozo was on "Morning Blow" today, eh? You know what, Valerie Fucking Jarrett has as much right to see our nations secrets as I do. None! Why not do the daily briefing at Black Panthers HQ in DC?

Posted by: Martin B. at April 28, 2011 03:22 PM (7bRCJ)

46 Probably, but so did the Feds.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 28, 2011 07:20 PM (cDRYC)

Damn feds.

Posted by: Soona at April 28, 2011 03:22 PM (AIqwL)

47 Talk about afterbirth, Denounced ditto.

Posted by: Onion Freak at April 28, 2011 03:24 PM (CyPWX)

@46: "Why not do the daily briefing at Black Panthers HQ in DC?"

You're assuming they don't do one there.

Posted by: Fa Cube Itches at April 28, 2011 03:51 PM (xy9wk)

49 Evan Sayet says that Bill Maher is not a stupid man.

Well, everyone has to be wrong about something.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 28, 2011 03:59 PM (bxiXv)

Oldsailer - I've got a sib who is a teacher in a school on the poor side of town. She does all the same. Has brought breakfasts to kids, bought them coats, given them school supplies etc etc etc

Every week she tells me some ridiculous story about what the beaurocrats and principal are doing to block her progress, waste her time or blame her for something. It's all P.C. bullcrap.

It's a shame. It's also a snapshot of why public schools are doomed.

Bless you anyway for being there and doing all that. You'll never know this side of heavan the lives that you've touched.

Posted by: Jade Sea at April 28, 2011 04:05 PM (Ltm3F)

51 Oldsailor - hear, hear. Your supervisors may not appreciate what you do, but the kids do, and you are making a big difference to them.

Posted by: Dr Alice at April 28, 2011 04:11 PM (Hf4Fz)

Panthers pick Cam Newton.

Broncos pick Von Miller.

Posted by: Ronster at April 28, 2011 04:35 PM (CZBRL)

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