New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer

New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
by Bill Maher

New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer
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Author: Bill Maher
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-07-26
ISBN: 1594862958
Number of pages: 230
Publisher: Rodale

Book Reviews of New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer

Book Review: A plunger for the clogged up American Dialogue
Summary: 5 Stars


Here in one compendium is a list of Bill's most irreverent and biting witticisms, a virtual armory of ammunition to be used against "wrong-thinkers," the "unenlightened," the "pseudo-religious" and the "pseudo-patriotic."

Bill's "New Rules" condenses a lot of what is wrong with this nation into bite size easily digestible nuggets that have the added advantage of packing the truth into a container with a very potent punch.

The rules range across the waterfront, "goring" all sacred cows along the way. He proves that he is not scared of the "jack-booted," "politically correct," "storm-troopers" no matter what color their "group-think identity jersey" may be - including in his own liberal colors.

In our increasingly divided and constipated national dialogue, no voice is needed more, nor speaks the truth with more eloquence or potency than does Bill Maher's. Like Chris Rock, Arianna Huffington, and a handful of others, and in the same vein as the late great Richard Pryor, Bill is always swimming upstream in the cesspool, and ever-rowing against the stifling lock-step colonized constipated consensus, hoping to shed a bit of light wherever he can. His HBO Specials should be mandatory for anyone who still cares about the nation's mental health.

Here with "The New Rules" as his plunger, he tries mightily to unclog the constipated national dialogue. And in doing so, he is increasingly becoming not just a national treasure, but a necessary one as well.

Five stars for a valiant effort.

Summary of New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer

Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment.Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy. Bill Maher's popular new HBO television show, Real Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever before. Partic-ularly one regular segment on the show, entitled "New Rules," has been a hit with his ever-growing legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence, incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones ("I don't need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!") to fast food ("No McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding!) to the conservative agenda ("Stop claiming it's an agenda. It's not an agenda. It's a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass.")His new book, the first since his bestselling When You Ride ALONE You Ride with bin Laden, brings these brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page. Appropriately titled New Rules, the book will collect some of the best of the rules derived from previously written material and will also contain substantial new material, including some longer form "editorials"--of course with a twist and bite that only Bill Maher can deliver.

Book Description:
Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who have begun to influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment. Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy.

Bill Maher's popular new HBO television show, Real Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever before. Particularly one regular segment on the show, entitled "New Rules," has been a hit with his ever-growing legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence, incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones ("I don't need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!") to fast food ("No McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding!) to the conservative agenda ("Stop claiming it's an agenda. It's not an agenda. It's a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass.")

His new book, the first since his bestselling When You Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden, brings these brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page. Appropriately titled New Rules, the book will collect some of the best of the rules derived from previously written material and will also contain substantial new material, including some longer form "editorials"--of course with a twist and bite that only Bill Maher can deliver.


Rule Breaker: An Amazon.com Interview with Bill Maher

In New Rules: Polite Musings of a Timid Observer, Bill Maher skewers celebrity, pop culture, and politics in his classic acerbic style. With a new season of Real Time with Bill Maher and an upcoming HBO Special (his sixth), Bill Maher: I'm Swiss, on deck, Maher also found the time to host Amazon.com's 10th Anniversary Concert at Seattle's Benaroya Hall. Amazon.com caught up with Maher upon his return to Los Angeles to talk about the book, the comic's night-table reading habits, the Internet, and what's wrong with the media.

Read our Amazon.com interview with Bill Maher


More from Bill Maher

Books:


When You Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden


Does Anybody Have a Problem with That?

True Story: A Novel

DVDs:  

Bill Maher: I'm Swiss
(DVD)

Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home
(DVD)

Bill Maher: Be More Cynical
(DVD)



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