VIDEO: Mel Brooks Talks Effects of PC Culture on Modern Moviemaking with Bill Maher

Tony Award-winner Mel Brooks recently visited REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER to discuss filmmaking today. Below, watch as Mel Brooks insists that the movies he made back in the '70s could definitely not be made in 2015.

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continued its 13th season FRIDAY, JAN. 30 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 11:00 p.m., exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with guests. Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras was the top-of-show interview guest with humorist Mel Brooks as the mid-show interview guest and roundtable guests Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro, anchor Katty Kay and journalist Monica Mehta.

Other HBO playdates: Feb. 1 (1:00 p.m.), 2 (1:30 a.m.), 3 (5:15 p.m.) and 4 (11:00 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Jan. 30 (2:30 a.m.) and 31 (10:15 a.m., 12:30 a.m.), and Feb. 1 (7:00 p.m.), 2 (8:00 p.m.) and 3 (10:00 p.m.)

Politico has hailed Maher as "a pugnacious debater and a healthy corrective to the claptrap of cable news," while Variety noted, "There may not be a more eclectic guest list on all of television."

In an unprecedented move, Maher visited Washington, D.C. for two live hour-long shows, presented back-to-back without a break, last September, hosting a new edition of REAL TIME, followed by the stand-up special"Bill Maher: Live from D.C."

Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in ten solo specials to date, including the hour-long presentations "Bill Maher...But I'm Not Wrong," "The Decider" and "I'm Swiss" (both nominated for an Emmy® in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special category), "Victory Begins at Home," "Be More Cynical," "The Golden Goose Special" and "Stuff That Struck Me Funny," and two half-hour stand-up specials, plus THE SPECIALS "30 Seconds Over Washington" and "Comic Relief VI™." Maher is also an executive producer of the innovative news magazine show "VICE," which concluded its second season on HBO in 2014 and returns this year.

Maher was the creator and host of "Politically Incorrect," which was produced by HBO Downtown Productions and debuted on Comedy Central in 1993. The series moved to ABC in 1997 and ran through 2002. He also produced and starred in the 2008 feature film "Religulous," the seventh most successful documentary of all time.

The executive producers of REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER are Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Brad Grey, Billy Martin and Dean E. Johnsen; produced by Matt Wood; director, Paul Casey.

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