I'm Swiss.

[emeraldsedai]

I just watched Bill Maher's "I'm Swiss" (And Other Treasonous Statements), a DVD of a live show from March 2005.

I recommend the show on general principles--he's funny, reliably politically incorrect, smart, blasphemous, and wonderfully foulmouthed while managing not to be mean-spirited--and because it was filmed right here in Stumptown and kind

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[prime_meridian]

Not sure whether to laugh...or cry. Will definitely add that into the ol' Netflix queue, thanks.

[emeraldsedai]

I was pleasantly surprised. As bloodyminded and foul-mouthed as he is, he's not mean or crazy. He's incisive and funny, and you're left with the impression that he really does care about the stuff he's ranting about.

[emeraldsedai]

The whole 90-minute rant is laced with similar belly laughs. His delivery is half of it. Personally, I had a near wine-screen moment at "We don't even fit into the ground."

Maher, a (very left-leaning) Libertarian, rants about current events in general with the most foul-mouthed glee imaginable. He's very funny. Worth a look. Some of it's on YouTube: Part 1 and Part 2.

[roseambr]

OMG! The truth in the form of humor. Maybe if people are laughing they will hear it subconsciously and actually demand some changes, or better yet, make some changes. It's all frighteningly true! I've commented to my hubby so many times that I can't figure out when gluttony became the accepted way of being. The commercials that show hamburgers being devoured like they haven't eaten in two months. Food dripping out of their mouths like slovenly pigs. I'm sorry, pigs actually eat with more manners. I definitely will be putting this one on my Netflix que.

[emeraldsedai]

Maher is a great ranter. He's really very, very foul-mouthed--but he just does it so--I don't know--joyously that he makes you laugh.

This show is more than three years old now, so parts of it are a little dated, politically. But he's still right-on in most of his views. I think you guys would enjoy it.