Comedian and publicist Bill Maher caused a burst of laughter from the star astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson , devoting two minutes to discussing the "anal" aspect of alien abduction.
In Friday's episode of the program » Real Time with Bill Maher" on The guest of the interview on the HBO channel was Neil deGrasse Tyson , an astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and author of the new book, "Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter.".
The guests of the discussion included: Katy Tur , best-selling author and host of the program "Katy Tur Reports" on the MS NOW channel, and former Speaker Kevin McCarthy , a former Republican congressman who represented California's 20th congressional district and served as the 55th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
During the interview, the conversation took an unexpected turn when Maher asked Tyson about his disappointment at not being taken by aliens as a child, and the conversation became more in-depth:
BILL MAHER: Because I've read all of your books, and this one, I think, is where you've reached your peak. I think they're all good, but this one, I think, is the best, and I think you don't get the recognition you deserve as a writer because you've become a TV star, that's true.
And people forget that this only happens because the books come first, because the real work has already been done. I think this is your first book…
First of all, this is the most personal case, for me it was like that. I mean, for example, the fact that as a child you wanted to be abducted by aliens.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Yeah, oh yeah, yeah, I don't want to leave Earth, I mean, I like Earth, but...
Bill Maher: The Bronx.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: It was the Bronx, New York, but I was just drawn to the vastness of the universe, and the only way to get there, given the state of science and technology on Earth, was with the help of aliens, so I wanted a beam of light to come down from the sky and whisk me away.
BILL MAHER: So you're disappointed that it didn't happen?
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Yeah, a little bit, just a little bit.
BILL MAHER: Even after I read what they do to people… Yeah, I just…
Neil deGrasse Tyson: (Laughs) Maybe it was before I read about orifices, curiosity. But you have to admit, it's weird that aliens would cross the galaxy to look up your anus. It would just be... there you go.
BILL MAHER: No, it is not.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Oh, no!
BILL MAHER: That's where you look. Wait, there. That's what we do in medical practice. We look there, and it's... Yeah.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Okay, so dogs do it. Dogs get into their anuses, right?
BILL MAHER: No, they're just sniffing around. We have equipment. They have equipment, they're looking. It's not about the anus. It's about getting inside the body through the anus.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: It would be interesting if aliens had some of the same traits as dogs, and if you greeted them, the first thing they wanted to do was sniff your butt.
They may have habits that would seem strange to us.
Bill Maher: Okay.
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Don't Lose Your Mind!
BILL MAHER: I knew he would be caught off guard by this.
Watch the video above in the program «Real Time with Bill Maher» on the HBO channel.
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