2/24/13

Bill Maher and the Orangutan

You may have heard that Donald Trump is using HBO Realtime's Bill Maher for a comment he made in one of his monologues. Back on October 26, 2012, Maher has this to say in his "New Rule" segment:

Donald Trump must immediately submit to DNA tests to determine whether he is, in fact, the love child of a human woman and an orangutan from the Brooklyn Zoo.

Look, Donald, I'm not saying that your mother was repeatedly f**king an orangutan back in the 1940s. I don't know if that's true. I hope it's not true. But, given your face, your physique, your intelligence level...and, of course, your hair...the American people deserve some real proof that your mother did not spend most nights in 1945, covering her body in banana oil, sneaking into the monkey cage and compulsively humping an orange-haired ape. Somebody had to say that.

Trump and his legal team recently sued Maher for $5 million because of this comment.  This seems to be one more attempt for Trump to get publicity for himself and Maher is using it to rain down even more insults on the man (you can see his February statements here).  Trump's lawyer thought it was helpful to share a copy of Trump's birth certificate with Maher to prove trump was not born in a zoo.  I wonder how much money was spent preparing that very important letter.  

The other week on the Conan O'Obrien Show, Maher further defended comedy and said Trump was wasting the time of the legal system, noting the legal system is not a "joke" and "...it's not a toy for rich idiots to play with."  Maher also put down Trump's relevance in today's society, pointing out "He's not even a real person...it just like a pop reference from the 80s...it's like having a spat with JR Ewing" (go here for the clip).  

Another sad day for the American legal system while a good day for comedians everywhere.