Club Random Podcast<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI got tired of being twice as funny as people who were selling twice as many tickets as me,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd not that I didn\u2019t sell a lot of tickets and do great theaters, but I didn\u2019t sell arenas, and some people did, who frankly are not that great,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Maher suggested the difference in sales stemmed from his constant presence on HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time,\u201d making his comedy less of a novelty. He also said a generational gap might play a role.<\/p>\nMaher\u2019s comments come two months after political activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated during an event at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, 2025. Tess Crowley\/The Deseret News via AP, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cWhen the audience is 35 to 45, they don\u2019t want to see somebody 70,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to see my generation, and it\u2019s OK. I still have my show. I have this. I didn\u2019t need it. I miss it, but that\u2019s part of what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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