Show Notes
On Club Random, Michael Douglas joins Bill for *One Hell of a Ride* — and apparently, that's putting it mildly. From a rehab leak that somehow turned a struggle with alcohol and drugs into a sex-addiction scandal to a tongue cancer diagnosis and the one conversation with his father he hoped he'd never have, Michael has lived through enough plot twists to fill several movies.
Of course, growing up a Douglas meant Hollywood was basically his backyard. He watched *Psycho* in the cutting room, fetched coffee on *Spartacus*, and once accidentally wandered onto a set while his father was filming a love scene with Kim Novak. Bill and Michael also get into the *Fatal Attraction* casting chaos, the *Basic Instinct* shoot that required 40 SWAT officers, and the *Spartacus* scene Stanley Kubrick wanted to leave on the cutting room floor.
There's also a helicopter crash that changed his relationship with his father, a whirlwind 60-day courtship, dinner at the White House, and a surprisingly serious conversation about celebrity influence and world affairs. And Michael offers a line that might just sum up his entire career: “There must be an easier way to get a standing ovation.”
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ABOUT CLUB RANDOM In Club Random, Bill Maher unleashes his comedic wit on an unpredictable lineup – from Bill Burr and Jerry Seinfeld to Quentin Tarantino and Neil deGrasse Tyson – digging into everything but politics. It’s Maher in his familiar element: one-on-one vibes, unfiltered laughs, and the kind of freewheeling banter only he can deliver.
ABOUT BILL MAHER Bill Maher was the host of “Politically Incorrect” (Comedy Central, ABC) from 1993-2002, and for the last 23 years on HBO’s “Real Time,” Maher’s combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 41 Emmy nominations. Maher won his first Emmy in 2014 as executive producer for the HBO series, “VICE.” In October of 2008, this same combination was on display in Maher’s uproarious and unprecedented swipe at organized religion, “Religulous.”
Maher has written six bestsellers: “True Story,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect’s Greatest Hits,” “When You Ride Alone, You Ride with Bin Laden,” “New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass", and most recently "What This Comedian Said Will Shock You".
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