Bill Maher #318 New Rules--Godzilla at BridgeGate

Godzilla

by Catherine Giordano

In a New Rules segment titled “Reptile Dysfunction” from episode #318 of “Real Time with Bill Maher, aired on 05/16/14, Bill Maher wondered why every movie monster has to go to San Francisco and destroy the Golden Gate bridge.

It happens in Pacific Rim, X-Men, Terminator, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Superman, Planet of the Apes, MegaShark and the Giant Octopus.  (Is that last one even a real movie? It turns out, it is.)

The punchline? If I want to see a 20,000 ton monster destroy a bridge, I’d move to—wait for it--New Jersey.   

I just can’t resist a Chris Christie joke.

See the full recap and review of this show on my other blog Premium Cable Reviews.

Guests for May 16, 2014 #318:

 

Robert Lustig: a pediatric endocrinologist, author of Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease and a featured expert in the new documentary, Fed-Up.

 

Ian Bremmer:  a political scientist, president and founder of the Eurasia Group, author of Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World

Kellyanne Conway: Republican strategist and pollster, president and CEO of “The Polling Group”

Brian Schweitzer: former governor (D, MT)

Kevin Nealon: actor and comedian, author of Yes, You’re Pregnant, But What About Me and star in a new movie, Blended.