Welcome to an HBO podcast from the HBO late night series Real Time with Bill Maugh.

Thank you. Thank you very much. Wow, we have a...

Did you get a shot of this going on? Look at this. There's actual people. There's people.

People. Thank you. Thank you, Jesus. I have people. Okay. People. People.

So I live audience. Are we making history? Are we the first ones to do this? We're doing it. We're doing it very safely here.

Everybody has been tested, socially distanced and compensated for their time. Like the women at the bar at Nobu.

Well, this is interesting. You can hear people laugh individually. Oh, I see that guy like that joke.

That flat lady didn't. That's an interesting experiment. Anyway, I'm so thankful you're here.

I'd say you're very brave, but there's like no fucking chance you could get it. Look at you. You're a million miles.

I mean, you've been tested, you're masked, you're spread way apart. What we in the business call ideal for comedy.

But at least, hey, there's people. There's people. And boy, I picked a good week to get back to the studio with people because the forecast on my phone today, I'm not joking.

It said smoke. Tomorrow's forecast blade runner.

Are you from Los Angeles? You're all local, right? Of course.

Well, I mean, Jesus Christ, the air in Los Angeles, it was like a cross between Shanghai and my dressing room.

I'm saying there was a lot of, I mean, I'm. If I'm sniffly, it's because, yeah, it's good shit out there.

I went for a checkup yesterday to my doctor. He grabbed my balls and said,

turn your head and stop calling. Here's your problem.

It's like fucking Mars out there. Today, Elon Musk looked at the window and said, finally, I'm home.

Elon Musk, you know, there is so much smoke in Oregon right now. You can barely see the tear gas from the riots.

It's crazy out there. The ash is falling. You see this? It's like it's snowing ash.

It's like the 80s all over again. My nose is running and there's white powder in my car.

I can't. And this pissed me off. I'm sure it did you two right. One of the fires. You saw this was because somebody,

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