Bill Maher Predicts the Future

Happy Birthday, America! Hi, I’m Geoff Plitt, and welcome to What You Need to Know, the brief, weekly newsletter where I share the best comedy videos I’ve seen all week. It will always be free, and you’re welcome to become a friend by following me on Twitter and Instagram.

And now, the videos you came for:

1. Bill Maher’s Real Time was one of the only late-night shows still broadcast last week. I enjoyed this recurring segment where he predicts future headlines, filled with excellent joke writing:

2. And here’s another recent segment he did, pointing out how, despite its flaws, America is a lot better than the Left seems to think it is:

3. Patton Oswalt was on Kimmel recently, and the whole interview was very fun. He talked about trying to be stylish, his love for Steven Spielberg, going to the movies over 200 times in a year, meeting Ewan McGregor, the genius reason he took his daughter to see Trainspotting, his new comedy special Tea and Scotch, and the mundane time-killing videos he’s fixated on right now:

4. Finally, Larry David was also on Kimmel recently, and he’s always fun to watch. Larry talked about Jimmy spotting him not singing when everyone else was at a Paul McCartney concert, not singing Happy Birthday, his new show celebrating the 250th anniversary of America, and being thrilled when Obama disinvited him to his 60th birthday:

Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend.

- Geoff

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