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Born in New York City in January 1956, Bill Maher is a comedian, actor, producer, and writer known for his political satire and commentary. Maher's Irish-American father, a radio newscaster and later an NBC-TV news editor, was Roman Catholic. His mother, a nurse, was Jewish. When Bill Maher was 13 years old,his father abandoned his Catholic faith, and Bill Maher did likewise. "It was like V-J Day in my room," a laughing Maher is quoted as saying in the October 24, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times. "I couldn't have been more thrilled."
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Bill Maher is a comedian, actor, writer and producer, most famous for his political satire, Politically Incorrect. The TV series, in which Maher hosted four guests from the world of entertainment and politics for a discussion of current events, ran from 1994-2002. The show was cancelled after comments Maher made responding to George Bush and others calling the September 11 terrorist attacks "cowardly." Maher stated, "We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."
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Bill Maher has, with his comments, shown himself to one of these self-important snobby elitists. He has a definite right to his faith or lack there of. He has a right to think whatever he thinks of religion. His comments... must be noted as no better than anything the Klueless Klutz Klan or any other hate group has spewed over the years.
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Bill Maher, in 1993, created the perfect forum for his quick-witted comedic talents - "Politically Incorrect." On Comedy Central, Maher had brought together some of the most interesting politicans, entertainers, and journalists to participate in some of the most controversial, topical and comical discussions. Winners of four CableACE Awards combined, Maher and his program have grown in popularity year to year, eventually catching the attention in 1997 of ABC and capturing the post-"Nightline" time slot. "Politically Incorrect" celebrated it's fifth anniversary on ABC in January 2002 and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2001 for "Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series."
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Bill Maher does Amazon. On June 1, 2006, Maher began hosting amazon.com's Amazon Fishbowl, the first ever episodic program on a major internet website. Bill Maher ... produces and writes the show, which will air through August 17, 8 days before the season premiere of Real Time.
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Bill Maher is best known for hosting the irreverent, often wickedly funny late-night talk show, Politically Incorrect, in which Maher leads a wide variety of celebrities in a discussion of politics and modern issues. The New Jersey-native began as a standup comic (it still remains his first love) and in 1979 worked as a host at the Catch-a-Rising-Star comedy club in New York. In 1982, he was discovered by comedian Steve Allen and this led to Maher's appearances on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show and on David Letterman's late-night talk show. Maher ... tried his hand at acting, appearing as a guest star on television series in the late '80s, including Newhart, Roseanne, and Married With Children. He made his feature-film debut in D.C. Cab (1983) and went on to appear in such films as Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1988) and Pizza Man (1991). He began hosting and writing for Politically Incorrect in 1994.
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