Bill Maher Responds to 'Roseanne'-Inspired Push to Cancel 'Real Time' by 'Explaining Jokes to Idiots'

Friday on “Real Time,” Bill Maher finally responded to an effort to get his show taken off the air as payback for the cancellation of “Roseanne” earlier in the week — with a segment he calls “explaining jokes to idiots.” ABC canceled the hit sitcom after star Roseanne Barr tweeted a joke Tuesday morning that compared former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to the apes from “Planet of the Apes.” She later apologized for the comment. The joke was widely condemned as racist, because ...