Bill Maher
- Location
- New York, New York, usa
- Birthday
- January 20
- Title
- Comedian
- Company
- HBO
- Bio
- Born in NYC and raised in Jersey, Bill Maher began his stand-up career emceeing at Catch a Rising Star in New York City – a job that propelled him to guest spots on The Tonight Show and Late Night with David Letterman. In 1989 he debuted on HBO in a One-Night Stand; that CableACE winner was followed by a 1992 “Command Performance” ONS. Maher and HBO Downtown Productions launched Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central in 1993; it moved to ABC from 1997-2002, during which time Maher built a reputation as a host willing to push the late-night envelope. In 1995 he starred in his first HBO Comedy Hour: Bill Maher: Stuff That Struck Me Funny; other HBO solo specials (8 total) include 1997’s The Golden Goose Special; 2000’s Be More Cynical, 2003’s Victory Begins at Home, 2005’s I’m Swiss, and 2007’s The Decider. He’s been on several Comic Relief shows, the latest being Comic Relief 2006. In fall 2008, he also starred in Religulous, a documentary on religion directed by Larry Charles.
Maher is also a successful author whose recent New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer was a New York Times best-seller. He also authored When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism, Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? Politically Incorrect’s Greatest Hits, and True Story.
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Bill Maher's Links
Statutory Tape
From now on, Duct tape must be called what it really is…Check out Real Time with Bill Maher live Fridays at 10PM ET/PT – Only On HBO.
White Collar Crime
New Rule: Cocaine is not an aerosol…Check out Real Time with Bill Maher live Fridays at 10PM ET/PT – Only On HBO.
New Rule: Stop being so squeamish about human cloning …Check out Real Time with Bill Maher live Fridays at 10PM ET/PT – Only On HBO.
Bat Out of Mattel
The media must stop trying to excite me over Barbie turning 50 …Check out Real Time with Bill Maher live Fridays at 10PM ET/PT – Only On HBO.
AntiChrysler
New Rule: Admit that sometimes a solution to one problem can create another …
The cable news networks have to try to contain their excitement about the new touch screen technology…
New rule food companies must face the facts, one container equals one serving. Look we are Americans that means once we open the bag there’s no stopping us till we’re licking stray bits of powdered cheese off the carpet. See all new episodes of Real Time with Bill… Read full post »
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