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

Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you all.

Thank you very much. You're very kind. I appreciate that.

Thank you. I'm humbled by your applause.

That's what it's like, Andy. Thank you. I know why you're happy. It's baseball season.

Opening today in last... There's something magical about LA baseball. The sun on your face. The smell of sushi.

It's a weird tout. It really is.

I mean, that to do things, the promotions here at the ballgame. You know, everybody has the bat day, ball day.

Here we have cuck-de-you know. Come on to the ball.

Get a watcher, wife, gobble a wiener. What kind of a...

Weird promotion is that.

Of course, the other big local story that's actually a huge story everywhere is the Oscars you heard it today.

Will Smith has been thrown out for the next 10 years. They were trying to figure out some appropriate punishment.

They were going to take away the trophy itself. Have you seen the trophy? You know, he's got the Oscar.

They said, Will, what about it if we just take away your bald trophy?

He said, I can't. I've got a prenup. But you know, that's...

No, we can't. We make little jokes here.

Yeah, they're big news. Big news here. Katangi Brown Jackson is now on the Supreme Court.

When it was announced in the Senate, all the Republicans headed for the exits. Really? Nice, huh?

Look like one of those oldies concerts when the band says, we're going to play some songs from our new album.

Come on, Dan. The only one who I saw was Staten Oplod was Mitt Romney. Mitt Romney. I got to say...

For a cult, the Mormons are very polite.

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