Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, May 15, 2026

[Rhiannon12866]

Real Time with Bill Maher continues its 24th season Friday, May 15th (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT), with a replay at 12:09 a.m., exclusively on HBO.

This week features a one-on-one interview with actor Ben McKenzie, who wrote, directed, and produced the new documentary Everyone is Lying to You for Money.

This week's in-studio panel discussion will include Dan Jones, historian, podcaster, and author of the forthcoming book Castles: A Fortified History of the World from the Bronze Age to the Nuclear Age; and David French, New York Times columnist, visiting professor at Lipscomb University, and co-host of the podcast Advisory Opinions.

[rampartd]

1. there is a video posted this moning robots for 2026

the billionaires have solved their last postapocalyptic problem if these bigger stronger faster smarter security robots can be built fast enough by the industrial robots.

what do they need us for?

meanwhile, for $6k a little incel can have a fairly realistic egirl friend.

[question everything]

2. Thank you. Interesting. I remembrances Ben McKenzie from "The O.C."

Many then compared him to Sir Kenneth Branagh.

Am not familiar with the others but can always learn something new.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. Thanks for posting!

[Abolishinist]

4. We'll be watching!

Ben McKenzie should be good. I've not read his book, Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud, but it has mostly good reviews on Amazon. His new documentary might be worth watching as well.

Dan Jones appears to have an interesting style of writing, making a topic that can be dull for many an easier, fun read. And David French is an old-style conservative who doesn't tolerate fRump, so this could make for a refreshing discussion.

And of course, his opening and New Rules are always fun.

Thanks for posting!

[themaguffin]

5. hmm

Last edited Fri May 15, 2026, 03:15 PM - Edit history (1)

35, 15, 86, 16

[Abolishinist]

8. Top Gun! A tough one, but I figured it out!

Last edited Sat May 16, 2026, 12:29 PM - Edit history (2)

The original Top Gun grossed 35 x ten million dollars globally against a $15 million budget, becoming the highest-grossing film of 1986, and was later selected for the National Film Registry 16 years after its release!

[question everything]

10. How did you figure that out???

[Abolishinist]

19. I think I googled the numbers with only a space in between,

but it doesn't shop up on my history, so I'm not sure. And when I try it now I don't get any mention of the 16 years portion.

I had to edit it because I posted $35 million instead of $359 million.

[question everything]

6. kick

[jfz9580m]

7. K&R.nt

[question everything]

9. New Rules - excellent. Can't wait for Rhiannon12866 to post the clip.

[oasis]

11. Kick

[Rhiannon12866]

13. It's up!

Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 5/15/2026
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1322115640

[question everything]

14. Thanks. Still hard to view

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Sorry about that. New Rules is the second video and it's full size

[question everything]

16. Found it and... posted as a new discussion. Unless will be removed.

[Rhiannon12866]

12. Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 5/15/2026

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1322115640

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. We learned this week that Maher really likes honesty. So, he's a crawler to power

who ought to shut the fuck up, and HBO should stop his show.

And no-one should ever say anything complimentary about him again.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221232874

He sucks up to Trump because Trump has power, and he ignores that Trump is a rapist, a criminal, a racist, a fraud, a misogynist, a thief, an associate of pedophiles, a man with an unnatural attraction to his own daughter, and a psychopath who starts wars for his own enjoyment.

Maher went to dinner with Trump, said nice things about him, and then laughs about how straightforward Trump is. So, let's be straightforward about Maher too. He is propping up the worst person ever to appear in American public life.

Why would anyone prop up Maher?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

18. Good show!