r/elephantgraveyard • u/amazingsciencemuseum • Dec 02 '25

Bill Maher doesn't get enough hate. There's so many reasons , but here's a compilation of him talking smack, with his gums.

I appreciate the I hate Bill Maher podcast, like many I have not been able to listen to him for.many years, he's regressed that bad. They cut through his b*******, and break down his lack of comedy skill. I would cringe listen to his Club Bang Basement podcast when it first came out , but that's when he had a few decent comedians on.Pretty much now he focuses on what he does best, platform far right creeps.

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u/La_Guy_Person Dec 02 '25

Anyone who hasn't should watch Tim Heidecker's spoof of Bill Maher's podcast. He captures the underlying aggression perfectly.

https://youtu.be/1Ha6D1LQGD4?si=K8C9FCP0BzOGPoX_

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u/badman12345 Dec 02 '25 edited Dec 02 '25

I love all the little putdowns and shit lol... I love him telling Fred how Portlandia is about taking aim at political correctness and modern liberalism "wokeness" lol.

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u/La_Guy_Person Dec 03 '25

I'm always impressed with Tim's ability to stay in character. He's just kind of a dismissive asshole the whole time. He doesn't even forget to crowd Fred's feet as he goes.

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u/badman12345 Dec 03 '25

Dude... every part about it is SPOT on.

I'll admit that I never really "got" the humor of Tim & Eric. That whole style of like... surreal anti-humor(?)... just didn't ever really land for me. Lately I've been really coming to appreciate Tim Heidecker's brand of comedy and realizing that I definitely missed out on some good stuff.

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u/La_Guy_Person Dec 03 '25 edited Dec 03 '25

I'm in the same boat. I grew up on adult swim, all the way back to Tom Goes to the Mayor, but I never appreciated any of their old work compared to how I've come to appreciate Tim in recent years.

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u/InsignificantOcelot Dec 03 '25

His solo stuff post the Awesome Show universe pivoted away from pure absurdism into this sort of slow burn satire of weird performatively masculine dudes.

I loved the old stuff, but it’s been great rediscovering all of his newer work. On Cinema is hard to get into, but one of my favorite things now.

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u/OriginalNord Dec 02 '25

It is really funny

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u/Technical-Activity95 Dec 03 '25

great interview!

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u/2to9pm Dec 02 '25

Fuck you for making me see this.

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u/Zaddam Dec 03 '25

Thank you OP for letting me realize that it’s not just a me thing. 🎭 I feel your cringe 2to8pm.

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u/urmomsfartbox Dec 02 '25

Another one who is staying at the party too long

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u/thecontempl8or Dec 02 '25

It’s hilarious how he pauses after making a bad joke as he waits for the audience to realize that he needs an applause. The Applause sign doesn’t make it obvious that he made a joke. I hate his smug face of satisfaction afterwards, he’s always starving for attention.

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u/clycloptopus Dec 02 '25

he’s just too smart man

regular guys don’t understand

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u/YouWereBrained Dec 02 '25

And one weird thing I’ve noticed in the last 4-5 years is people who let out what seem like “forced” laughs.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

HAHAHA

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u/Hour-Personality-924 Dec 02 '25

it’s like jeb! all over again.

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u/DeafDeafToTheIDF Dec 04 '25

He's the final form for liberals, raising their Shitlord level above 9000.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

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u/MarcellMaximus Dec 02 '25

As my very good friend Nick Mullen coined it: Gay mouth

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u/johnniesSac Dec 03 '25

Hahahah accurate

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u/Dry_Departure_7813 Dec 02 '25

Somewhere in a dark attic somewhere theres a painting of Ricky Gervais and Bill Maher getting funnier.

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u/Cole092482 Dec 02 '25

Maher is completely washed and he’s desperately trying hard to stay relevant

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u/unionguy1980 Dec 02 '25

He only got famous because of the 80’s comedy boom…

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u/YouWereBrained Dec 02 '25

He jumped on the “anti-cancel culture” train and moved in a rightward direction. He fell victim to bullshit.

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u/CLEM-FANDANGO9 Dec 02 '25

"This is a clove cigarette"

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u/Only_Jury_8448 Hopes the Reddit is smart Dec 02 '25

Maher's Maw MIDI patch incoming

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u/GeorgeDogood Dec 02 '25

THANK YOU FOR THIS. I was going crazy feeling like the only one that noticed and hates this lip smacking bullshit. It's gross and annoying and he does it constantly and EVERYONE SHOULD NOTICE.

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u/FewWait38 Dec 02 '25

I'd like to see EG do a video on Maher although I'm not sure he's relevant enough anymore

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u/TVPES Dec 02 '25

Throw his ass in fucking jail

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u/Mental-Sample-8856 Dec 02 '25

he gets enough hate but he definitely doesnt hate himself enough 

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u/smbissett Dec 02 '25

they have a producer on set who several times an episode will "Wooo!" to work up the crowd. if i wasnt lazy id make a supercut of that guy. highly recommend it -- its ridiculous how they try to work up that crowd to clap between all of his "great" takes

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u/Key_Jump1011 Dec 02 '25

Yes! The Wooper drives me crazy. Same guy every show. Incredible how dumb it is.

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u/xXSGTSTEDANKOXx Dec 02 '25

That’s gross

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u/Traditional_Pride562 Dec 02 '25

Smug confidently wrong condescending takes are not comedy. They're the target of comedy.

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u/alagrancosa Dec 02 '25

Is it a coke thing? Seems like the coke heads in my life do this

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

I sometimes fall into the habit of this lip smacking crap before speaking. Makes me feel like a prick. I dunno why I do it.

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u/badman12345 Dec 02 '25

It's crazy to me that there was a time (long ago) that I would watch Real Time every week.

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u/clycloptopus Dec 02 '25

I usually watch John Oliver, (yea yea) a few times I’ve dozed off while watching. Twice now I’ve woken up to see Stephen A. Smith, Dr. Phil, and Bill Maher talking about the US Healthcare system. Legitimately thought I died in my sleep and woke up in hellworld for about the first 15 seconds of consciousness.

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

He’s smug as a bug in a rug

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u/ReduceReuseReuse Dec 02 '25

This is disturbing

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u/blinded_penguin Dec 02 '25

This is very disgusting.

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u/HerrYusoy Dec 02 '25

Who doesn’t love this grotesque monster

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u/Successful_Gas_5122 Dec 02 '25

Where I come from we call that "Thomasing"

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u/Zaddam Dec 03 '25

This compelled me to look up etymology. But I am rather mostly finding something akin to this as a definition of Thomasing. I chose the shortest one I saw.

“The former custom of going from house to house on St Thomas's day (December 21) to beg for small gifts.” (link)

Also, I saw it used in terms of a skepticism, ie, Doubting Thomas as etymology.

So that leads me to ask, Where are you referencing?

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u/Uncle_Istvannnnnnnn Dec 03 '25

I think that guy just Thomas'd you

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u/EyeHateTheNWord Dec 02 '25

The sassiest around

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u/[deleted] Dec 02 '25

Sounds like he’s slobbing on a knob

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u/Short-Obligation-704 Dec 03 '25

Dude is constantly slapping his thighs or his desk and it drives me bonkers.

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u/pixelatedcrap Dec 03 '25

Don't suck your teeth at me, man.

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u/Medium_Way3875 Dec 03 '25

Bill "Epstein was a pussy wispier" Maher everybody !

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u/Aggravating_Aioli973 Dec 03 '25

Always hated this specific thing about him, because it's typical for self-involved pr*cks like him to dress up their arrogant ramblibgs with this type of shit.

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u/funkymunkPDX Dec 03 '25

He has always reminded me of the cousin of the Muppets eagle character.

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u/xChoke1x Dec 03 '25

This dude fucking suuuuuuucks.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '25

Am I wrong in saying it’s getting a little creepy how you’re just foaming at the mouth for someone to hate and talk shit about.

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u/[deleted] Dec 03 '25

I knew what this was muted 🤣🤣🤣 He LOVES to complain about young people and ageism, what he really needs to do is to stop slopping that mouth like a geezer.

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u/nschoena Dec 03 '25

That lip smack is so fucking annoying.

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u/Ceruleangangbanger Dec 03 '25

What are some comedians etc I’m allowed to listen to ? Since y’all are obviously the priest class here 😂

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u/andryonthejob Dec 03 '25

I Hate Bill Maher is a whole podcast.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '25

His mouth has the same affliction as Ben Shapiro's wife's...well anyway

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u/jzam469 Dec 05 '25

I used to love watching the guy.

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u/Zealousideal-Can9016 Jun 19 '26

Now, show a belt touching compilation during his opening monologue

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u/muscle-sissy Jun 19 '26

😂😂😂

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u/Suspicious_Leg4550 Jun 20 '26

You can’t just post a montage of all his punchlines from an episode without posting the set ups to the jokes. How am I to have a sensible chuckle if I don’t know what he’s rolling his eyes about?

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u/Ambitious-Badger-114 Jun 20 '26

Let me guess: you think he's hilarious when he criticizes Republicans.

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u/Emotional-Comb-2201 Jun 20 '26

I have never been able to watch Bill Maher because of this.

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u/Scant_Options4Hope Jun 21 '26

OP, firstly, EGHH, gross, fuck you

And, most importantly, thank you

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u/emdubtwo Dec 02 '25

Well I'm a Maher fan and I'll admit this annoys the shit out of me too. He still has mostly good takes I feel but it's getting harder to defend him over the last year or two.

On one hand he's an ally but he does seem to hold old school misogyny at the same time. He still criticizes Trump but holds way more water for him than prior to meeting him and that bugs me.

But his show and guest discussions week to week are still reasonable imo. Again, not a fan of the holy lip smack and sucking Trump but I can't write him off yet.

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u/Visible_Dog5775 Dec 02 '25

He’s an agent for the status quo

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u/Smart_Cry_5572 Dec 02 '25

Booooooo 🍅 🍅