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

Thank you. Thank you. I am. I am. I am, everybody. Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

Thank you. Thank you. Oh, I can tell you. You got it. You got this. I know they have Super Bowl fever.

And that's the only fever they have. I just want to know that no other fever is here. Yes, Super Bowl. And our city is very exciting. Of course, for the Super Bowl, like you here, mask mandate. Still have the mask mandate for the Super Bowl.

So local politicians prepare your apologies now. Yeah. Well, one of the last dates to have this, but yes, Super Bowl, I have to wear the mask.

Except when you're eating a drinking. Really. Because an America stuffing your face is a religious exemption. I just want you to know.

Here's the interesting thing. California, the mask mandate is off except for LA County. Well, some counties, but LA County. So if you're driving through.

You have no mask. When you hit the county line, you got to put it on, except when someone gives you a hot dog, then you can take it off.

What the CDC calls following the science.

Well, most of the states now though are ditching the mask mandates. But again, here it's spotty. San Francisco, I said this out or anyway, still have the mask. Well, in San Francisco, you have to have the mask on when you're shoplifting indoors.

You get rid of it for your getaway. So you know this. It's a nuanced thing, but listen to this about the Super Bowl tickets. You know what the average ticket is? It's like over $8,000.

When people talk about the nosebleed section now, they mean the luxury box with the cocaine going around.

I tell you, the only thing that has made me feel better this week is watching the Olympics because you know, for years we've been like China, oh, they're just kicking our ass here and they're ahead of this.

I'm China, this China that and then I'm watching. It's like, what a dump. It's like, really? I mean.

It's like, if our showcase city was Baker's field, you know, what Beijing looks like.

And you know, it's also so corrupt, like, you know, Russia has been tossed out because they're cheaters and they get caught doping every time.

They're officially not in the Olympics, but you know who's in the Olympics? Russia. Not as Russia. They caught, it's the Russian Olympic Committee.

When Putin invades Ukraine is going to say, it wasn't us. It was the Russian military committee. We're not involved.

But of course, we are Americans. People want to know how is Team USA doing? Well, let's just say when they come back home, there's not going to be a big problem at the metal detector.

Okay, that's all I'm...

Well, I mean, that's why the ratings are way down, you know. When we don't do well, America, we don't watch. Just ask Afghanistan.

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