Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Warner Brothers EAN: 0026359331527 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Hbo Home Video Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Hbo Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 11, 2006 Running Time: 45 minutes Sales Rank: 14059 Studio: Hbo Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 21, 2003
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Not what I was expecting. This DVD is simply short clips from his shows over the years. I expected at least a little something more.
Bill Maher - New Rules
I recommend it to anyone who has ever laughed because I can almost be certain beyond doubt that you will laugh out loud at least a few times while reading Bill Maher - New Rules. Whether you are left-wing, right-wing, or niether.
Needs better production
This had some funny NR, but I have to be honest here, it could've benefited from some extras. This disk is very spare; very short, as well.
If you do this kind of undertaking, you better make sure you do a master set by publishing all or most of the good NR. Which would've equalled to about an hour and thirty minutes or more.
Overall, I watched this as an abridged greatest hits edition.
Still, not bad for the price.
Not as strong as Maher's other DVD's
I'm a big fan of Bill Maher, and I loved Politicaly Incorrect. New Rules I found to be a bit of a dissapointment; the DVD is merely a compilation of (some) hilarious scenes of Maher's talk show, but I did't like it to be fair. He's trying to score too fast and in a too easy way with this DVD, I think. Still, if you're a hardcore Maher-fan, I guess this DVD belongs in your collection. But where I watched PI and the others over 5 or 6 times each, this one was a one-off affair.
Yay and Nay
Bill Maher is one of my favorite comedians at the moment. His stand-up releases are all very funny and intelligent, and his HBO show as a whole is very funny and intelligent. The only thing that he does that isn't always great is the new rules segments he does. And just like he did with his opening monologues of his old show, Maher squeezes more money out of his fans by selling things we've already heard him say. While the book gets away with it, this DVD really does not.
It's true that the actual DVD is only 45 minutes, though there is bonus material that pretty much doubles the length. But they are all edited-down less-funny versions, they are interrupted by the occasional non-new rule sketch, and they are completely overshadowed ... Read More
