Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (1997-05-30)

Air Date: May 30th, 1997
Panelists: Norm Macdonald, Arianna Huffington, Christopher Reid & Paul Theroux

[@alphaofthebetas4780]

99% of people watching this video are ONLY here for Norm Macdonald.

[@jaysmith5105]

Norm 4 Ever

[@ThePatrix1879]

Nobody is here for Maher.

[@joshuachambers148]

Norm talks at 6:25 Norm Talks at 8:50 Norm talks at 10:10 Norm looking around thinking “ I wonder if there are pork sandwiches in the back?”11:36 Norm talks at 14:28

[@Matheuszappa]

Norm talks at 18:15

[@ptptpt123]

Norm fandom is the absolute best.

[@LGZ024]

Thank you for the timestamps, norm is the only reason I clicked, I wasn't about to listen to 20 mins of mahers bullshit.

[@patrickmcstravick6959]

Thank you

[@spid3rdan]

My only reason for clicking on this video

[@Munedawg]

Norm was like a gold coin in the midst of a pile of crap.

[@TheSpoonwood]

You're a pile of crap?

[@michaelkehl3033]

As I sit and watch Norm surrounded by so many nit wits, I'm reminded of my favorite nursery rhyme. "A wise old owl once sat in a oak, & the more he saw the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he learned. Why can't we all be like that wise old bird."

[@mellowtube]

No doubt, bill is always so smug, tries so hard to be smart, but he's no braniac. Norm can blow them all out of the water.

[@kaithongsavanh3649]

You can start watching at 5:15 to skip all the non-Norm stuff

[@bigLdrones]

Kai Thongsavanh thank you

[@rec1962]

Legend!

[@cjb7525]

You, my friend, are the real hero 🦸‍♂️🧐

[@Kylethebeard]

Kai Thongsavanh you’re the best

[@mr.peanutbutter6969]

Thank. Bill Maher is insufferable

[@chadmitchell7350]

Weird that Norm was the only one actually sticking up for the female victim lol and in such a classic funny Norm way.

[@StaffordChristensen]

I love how Norm only speaks about 4 times but kills every time.

[@pauldiamante4814]

I was thinking that ya know, the way the video ends ya know? With that old battle axe stammering and stuttering, practically incapable of saying anything with real substance was quite fitting. I mean she sounds like a real jerk...

[@Chalor.]

@@pauldiamante4814 Ya know? I know.

[@stevezisk3415]

The Best

[@kizza1960]

Smart people wants to be funny AND smart, funny people wants to be smart, sick geniuses like Norm wants to make fun of them both in calculating ways. A true original and funniest man alive.

[@zztopz7090]

I know people like to elevate smart people, but the truth is that were all just idiots and some of us less so.

[@jbevan4411]

May he rest in peace. Miss your comedic genius

[@cccccc499]

Was he good at math, or something?

[@ymaifiyv6589]

Do you work at the university of science?

[@natev1956]

You stole that from Norm he said that on the Tom Green Show years ago speaking about this exact episode!

[@devinmichaelroberts9954]

Norm's joke about Clinton thinking Paula is just playing hard to get is comedy brilliance. Hardly got a laugh yet it was by far the funniest thing said.

[@williamcervetti1455]

God, Norm was the greatest! Brilliant insight delivered from the back door, which was Norm's angle of entry.

[@SantansDisciple]

"For example, I have never seen a chinese guy in a porno". Gotta love Norm!

[@honeybadgerjay1724]

So true! Even a decade after watching smut

[@rexseven93]

It's amazing to listen to this from years ago. "Take one for the team"... Amazing.

[@belizetourism1218]

I wonder what the metoo broads would think of that line

[@zztopz7090]

@@belizetourism1218 I was thinking the same thing. They can only sacrifice so many lefties since only the left gives them this platform. Before them, people were tried by a judge and jury. Now its with crowds.

[@MASJYT]

@@belizetourism1218 They'd probably laugh and clap if it was a democrat president.

[@kelvyquayo]

"Can't she just take one for the team and let him get away with it?" lol... wow

[@aimeerebecca1]

“And from Clinton’s view, Paula Jones is probably just playing really, really hard to get.” Frickin LOVE you, Norm!!!

[@Mr.Pants45]

Bill Maher telling Monica to "take one for the team"

[@gerrym.9354]

It was Paula Jones

[@Individual_Lives_Matter]

Either way, it’s a piece of shit suggestion.

[@sillynelson1]

"Berlin wall." Norm is a gangster

[@natev1956]

We're all here for Norm who's kidding who just like the other Bill Maher episodes and every other talk show

[@TheGeekpublican2]

RIP Norm

[@andersonsmith2821]

Paul Theroux stepped on more lines of the other guests than anyone ever on this show. So many times someone else was about to make their main point or a punch line, but here comes Paul to talk over their finishing words.

[@zztopz7090]

And nothing he said had any point to it.

[@JD-jc8gp]

18:18 25 years later, the most prescient thing said on this segment.

[@ravenfannumber01]

Norm Fucking McDonald.

[@karinaandersen2618]

Thank you NoCowEyes this is a treat

[@johnduh9693]

This is American entertainment gold! #FUCKMAHER gotta love Normy!😁

[@1eastked]

Did Bill really say take one for the team?!

[@zztopz7090]

Are you actually surprised?

[@petebondurant58]

Back when Arianna Huffington was still married to her gay husband, and pretending to be a conservative.

[@Kedeas]

Her husband loved it when she saddled up that strap on.

[@skipads5141]

Norm takes "Politically Incorrect" to its true form amongst the others posturing. 💩🤠 R.I.P., Turd Ferguson

[@jamisf914]

Let’s be honest no ones watching this video except with the explicit intention of seeing Norm slay on Bill Maher

[@smokedog2185]

Athink norm the most loved comedian on KZbin

[@greigcaird65]

The "star" of a panel discussion? How humble...

[@facina3390]

Ugh...hard wading through this shit, but it’s worth it for Norm.

[@chadcinema4604]

Norm! Norm! Norm!

[@hoserfella]

the comedian's comedian. You could tell right away Norm didn't give a shit about the issue at hand. He was racking his brain for the perfect joke at every turn.

[@Aymungoos]

What's hilarious is that bills opinions are the exact opposite now that Trump was dealing with the same stuff Clinton was

[@theremixphilly]

And Norm says like 15 words. LOL!

[@johnnyb6067]

Bill Maher is the democrat's Bill O'Reilly.

[@newyork5165]

Johnny B except he's intelligent and Bill OReilly is a sexual predator.

[@pauldiamante4814]

Wow... back then Bill Maher looked just like a young, short, annoying, puny, whiny, little Jew. Now he looks just like an old, short, annoying, puny, whiny, little Jew.

[@tominator028]

drew leonard Oh brother get out of here.

[@Chalor.]

@@pauldiamante4814 And it's *mind blowing* that Bill apparently isn't a jew. Like, never by religion or race. Now that was just crazy..as they're such a jew. Perhaps it's a cover-up.

[@Chalor.]

Yes! I've always said the two Bills are opposing sides of the same coin. This would aggravate my dad, as he can't stand Bill Maher. Loves Bill O'Reilly though. Real stand up guy......yeah right. If you ask me, they're both pin heads.

[@everettdillie6624]

They jay Leno interview brought me here

[@Wafaloo]

Fun fact: Paul Theroux is the father of Louis Theroux, the “my money don’t jiggle jiggle” guy

[@PepeSilvia01]

REST IN PEACE KING ❣️❣️

[@austinwoods466]

I love both the announcer and Bill Maher both mispronounce Theroux’s name and Bill mispronounces Sierra Leone.

[@kelvyquayo]

The truth is Norm is psychically ventriloquizing the author guy making him say those wacky things so he can then laugh at him.

[@zztopz7090]

When Clinton was in office and was getting laughed at, Maher pointed out how it was really the country being laughed at and how we need to support the president because he is our representative. I wonder if he still feels the same.

[@caseymuldoon7125]

No, he doesn't because earlier this year he described Trump's "member" as a mushroom. Typical liberal hypocrite.

[@keithferris9574]

We all know America is being laughed at. Maher says it all the time.

[@lookbovine]

Casey Muldoon Uhmmm, Stormy Daniels made that comparison based on experience. Maher quoted her. He’s talking about the mole and description of Clinton here so it isn’t the opposite position at all.

[@NoOne-kr4jc]

@@caseymuldoon7125 I hate the word liberal as this is the conservative party thats more lenient than the Republicans.

[@kirkstable]

I only came here to comment about how norm out classes everybody in this episode not actually going to watch it again

[@MASJYT]

Man, watching this in 2019... When it comes to politics, the double standards are astounding XD

[@NeaonBHB]

So interesting watching this from 2019, seeing how easily Bill Maher was to try and get forgiveness and to have us look the other way with Clinton's indiscretions, but let a Republican get in office and he completely changes his tune.

[@netdonna382]

Bill Maher is more vomit-inducing than ipecac syrup. Love Norm!

[@abefroman4715]

My how times have changed, bill?

[@spb7883]

5:59 - "I believe we are at the point where the presidency is becoming a laughing stock" ....20 years later....

[@fre0nx675]

Funny how they are all for sweeping allegations against bill under the rug... They are like listen honey you were probably wronged, but pipe down and let the president do his thing...... Funny how those words more or less came out of bills mouth

[@paralysisbyanalysis2287]

... we finally have a real president.

[@deathbeforeslavery3582]

I thought it was a matter of record!

[@user-rf7wi5nj4j]

People should come back to watch this.

[@GiantSandles]

Why would he have Norm on if he's gonna act upset when he tells a joke, it's so weird

[@Jay9999]

Normathon got me here

[@toadbear88]

So Bill thinks Paula Jones should take one for the team but will spout the same crazy "Trump is a SEEEEXIST" nonsense every Friday night now? Cool intellectual consistency Bill

[@WorldWarThree]

Not "The host of ..." The Star! What an ass. I sure hope Norm makes this worth my while.

[@ryanraduns8513]

20 years!!

[@Katya_Lastochka]

You can rate each person here from funniest to least funny by how much they talk. More words, less funny jokes.

[@honeytlbadger4365]

More of a comment really.

[@RyanInLA]

a political show with the guy from kid n play oh this should be good

[@TheZigzagman]

RyanInLA I dunno. He seemed pretty competent and he even got a halfway decent line in with "president hating degree." Plus he's the only one on the panel who isn't dripping with snark.

[@youbetcha6880]

Oh the commentary when I was 21. I'm 48 now.

[@allylilith5605]

this goes from unwatchable to great the moment norm talks and then back to unwatchable if the rest open their mouthes again

[@cjb7525]

I’m not Norm brought me here

[@RunDCM]

Yeah, just take one for the team. Let's do that with Trump and the Russian collusion too.

[@zztopz7090]

Yes, the collusion...

[@keithferris9574]

We did

[@Hageltrast]

This was mostly intresting because of Norm.

[@johngray0]

The 4 unfunny people should've "taken one for the team" and let the one funny person talk more

[@sorrystateout]

The host looks a bit like robert englund

[@smokedog2185]

Shut up bill am only here for the NORMSTAR

[@united016]

Norm destroyed hahaha

[@gerrym.9354]

Starting at around 05:30: "I want to talk about Paula Jones, and so do you." "I think that he probably did something wrong, I'll be honest with you, but we're at this point now where we're talking about distinguishing marks on the President's genitals, she's talking about bringing forth women, 10 or more women, who are gonna testify, ahhh, to what, something happened with them too. Ahh, I believe we're at the point where the presidency is becoming a laughingstock, and at some point don't we have to say to this woman look, you probably were wronged, take one for the team, we gotta start thinking about the country? I'm just asking."

[@G.A.Ullrich_1Q84]

im came for Norm but i cant even watch this. it's so bad. sorry norm.

[@daltonbroderson6529]

"Can't we just trade with them? Do we have to respect them in the morning?"

[@tokesalotta1521]

Funny how his views on how to treat the president change depending on who's in office.

Maher will hide behind the label of comedian when confronted on this kind of thing, but you saw the opening monologue, comedian eh? The fix is in bill!

[@chrisshaffer2672]

Jesus Norm is the only one with a clue on that panel. Anna and the other dude are so not funny. I would love to hear these people laugh off a president with sexual indiscretions today with Trump. I think they are singing a different tune.

[@newyork5165]

Chris Shaffer cmon... Trump paid pornstars for sex while his wife was pregnant, assaulted numerous woman and was recorded bragging about it. Don't be so dumb.

[@chrisshaffer2672]

Ken Padgett What? Did you understand anything I said. They laughed off what happened. No one is doing that today. Stormy Daniels. He has sex with her. Good for him. A hot porn star? We all should be so lucky. Assaulted who? Where is the conviction? Where is proof? If we want to equate it Bill Clinton raped someone. There is as much proof.

[@dover1982]

@@chrisshaffer2672 The Stormy Daniels thing was about campaign finance, not sex.

[@adamr9215]

New York 516 Actually, he was separated from his wife and they both had divorce lawyers in action when he was with Stormy. As for the pussy comment, he was saying that Hollywood people are weird. That they would do tolerate anything from people with power, even being grabbed by the pussy. Crooked editing made it look different, but it had nothing to do with him actually grabbing pussies. Try again when you have an idea what you are talking about.

[@richardbridges9814]

Haha then the lady says she doesn't believe her, damn the 90s were real. And they are all making Clinton excuses.

[@ISpitHotFiyaa]

This is a perfect example of why he went to a two member panel on Real Time. The author and Arianna dominated this show. Kid added barely anything and Norm's contribution was limited to two lame jokes.

[@cameronmiles645]

Great jokes*

[@mirbramo94]

You know the more i learn about this Bill Clinton guy the less i care for him.

[@nayannbg6314]

It is a matter of record

[@mirbramo94]

@@nayannbg6314 😂❤️

[@nayannbg6314]

@@mirbramo94 he says to me ummm, he says mirbramo94 is a good guy😁 I didn't expect you would respond, thought you would be living under queensbororo bridge, Did you meet Adam egret

[@nayannbg6314]

@@mirbramo94 I often watch Norm and there is a saying, "if you are so hungry about power and money you would meet someone who doesn't care about these things, they make you realise how poor you are" Norm is that person for me

[@nayannbg6314]

@@mirbramo94 thank you for being you💚🌻

[@waynestani7384]

Times have changed. They couldn’t say some of those things today.

[@AdmiralWhackass420]

Norm's fucking face. The whole damn time.

[@phart]

woah that author uses the term stick-man.

[@MrPhilaCuse]

The "comedian's" lame PHD line met with crickets. This audience is so much better than the lemmings at Real Time.

[@seand4033]

How interesting...

[@richardbridges9814]

6 minutes in does Bill Maher tell a victim of assault to take one for the team? Haha

[@ottawaandy8580]

Well this certainly stood the test of time.

[@Chalor.]

That author is relishing in this day and age. It just perfectly fits them. And what's up with the New York City jew/subtile English accent? It's like they're trying *so* desperately to sound intelligent.

[@lookbovine]

Mark Curtis Who puts on this accent? Subtle English accent?-Northeastern? That isn’t very similar to NYC accents...

[@nq6508]

Every time I try to like Bill Maher, he says something completely ridiculous.

[@jerryleal7341]

Trying to find the episode with DONNA SHELEILA.

[@jenisbetzke6228]

unbearable. Norm buried in all this garbage!

[@dazpatreg]

Ok norm. But what the tell happened to Chris "Kid"Reid?

[@goldkhw]

the fun starts at 6:23 ...watch Norm's face...

[@LeChakaraka]

Don't know who these people are, but they all look like they're having a great time

[@AbdullahS469]

Norm is the one with the best talks among then, the others are just semi-experts with shallow and superficial knowledge trying to look smart and intellectual while the are not, Norm tried to be funny and he was funny and even smart.

[@natwolf687]

...Do you even know who Paul Theroux is? Hes a pretty smart guy.

[@yonesmoloodi1886]

Bill Maher hypocrisy is just mind blowing

[@vhscopyofseinfeld]

@Proper Clinton is a sexual predator what the fuck are you talking about. Trump sucks as well but don’t be a fucking idiot and turn a blind eye to sexual harrasment/rape. And the fact you’re defending someone for fucking another woman behind his wife’s back is appalling. I feel bad for your significant other.

[@mussman717word]

17:00

[@scotta8597]

Hand Job from Ariana.OOOOOOOHHHHHHYEHHH

[@maahadyare]

Louis Theroux's dad was in some form here.

[@Guy-qs5nz]

Kid N Play thinks he's clever

[@sailorjerry3720]

Norm was the best!

[@humblehumility7797]

human in a circle full of actors

[@BeeBumper]

Wow Hillary and Bill are at the end folks, almost life without them, yaaaaaaaaaaaaay I come here every once in a while to mourn the loss of Bill. I can't stomach what he's become. Didn't Bill take that same stance with Trump, told the women to take one for the team. Considering Huffington and her morality baiting on Trump she doesn't seem to care that Clinton took what he wanted literally not just locker-room banter.

[@MrCjam79]

This didn’t age well. One standard for Democrats, completely different standard for conservatives

[@OGRE_HATES_NERDS]

u kno bill maher b havin bread he been doin this shit since forever like for real

[@priceless1995]

God this couldn’t of been more leashed.

[@lookbovine]

priceless1995 Yet some commenters say they couldn’t say much of this today.

[@bigLdrones]

Norm 4 Eva!

[@brianmac3903]

Kid or play was somehow smarter than the other three (not Norm of course)

[@savage_skirt5386]

it's Kid and no. not to say that he isn't bright but Arianna Huffington is a very smart person

[@MovieGuy808]

Huh, the "Kid" is the most reasonable person on the panel. Who woulda thunk it?

[@lonewolf3314]

Not really, the only reasonable person was Norm.