Watch Matt Welch (and Dave Barry!) Tonight on Real Time With Bill Maher

Live on HBO, 10 p.m. ET!

Tonight at 10 p.m. ET I will be on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher program, along with co-panelists Cornell Belcher and Wendy Sherman, both former Obama administration hands. Kicking off the show is Trump/Russia conspiracist Seth Abramson, and I am delighted to announce that the mid-show guest is none other than America's greatest working newspaper humorist, Dave Barry.

There will be no web-only "Overtime" segment this time, alas. Here's what I did with that the last time around:

Here's Glenn Garvin's classic Reason interview with Dave Barry from a quarter-century ago. And I wouldn't call it a classic, but in this 2004 Democratic National Convention interview with Barry I did manage to gash open my finger on a beer can.

Comments

[lap83]

I like Dave Barry, but is he still "working"? James Lileks is my choice for greatest working newspaper humorist, but generally only upper midwesterners have heard of him

[Careless]

He's got a new book out, so this is part of the publicity tour

[lap83]

Yeah, I knew he was still writing books but I didn't think he was still writing in newspapers except for the year in review thing he does.

[lap83]

as a regular columnist

[damikesc]

What the fuck have we ever done to you to make you suggest we watch Maher?

[Eddy]

Oh, come on, do you really have to ask?

[Tu­lpa AKA "feeling smug"]

Lol no, just no.

[loveconstitution1789]

Matt Welch can undermine Libertarianism some more.

Bill Maher, what a hack.

[Eric]

I liked Maher in the 90s. Politically Incorrect was refreshing. His show was even occasionally funny up till Trump became pres. Now it's completely unwatchable TDS.