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  Bill Maher: A Man for Our Time : Rolling Stone
As the host of the HBO series Real Time With Bill Maher, the comedian has been one of the sharpest, most consistently intelligent critics of the Bush administration, making Venice to Maher what Talladega, Alabama, say, is to a president who believes the jury is still out on evolution -- namely, a natural constituency.
Maher has infuriated enough right-wingers and religious zealots in his career to engender the occasional security risk -- death threats once resulted in guards moving into his guesthouse -- but here, among his people, he gets nothing but love.
Maher, who turned fifty in January, has longish hair streaked gray and white, but otherwise he's dressed like a young man, in expensive jeans and a designer T-shirt, a gray cap his only concession to celebrity disguise.
www.rollingstone.com /politics/story/11128590/bill_maher_a_man_for_our_time   (781 words)

  
  Bill Maher at AllExperts
Maher is the product of a "mixed" marriage (Jewish mother, Roman Catholic father), and, in his early stand-up routine, he said that he would bring a lawyer to confession: "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned...
Maher publicly supports PETA[11], a controversial animal rights organization, and has expressed his distaste for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries in general[12], on the grounds that they make their money out of curing people who are made sick by consuming the unhealthy food that society urges upon the public.
Maher has said many times that religion works under the guise of morality, but that its tenets generally have nothing to do with morality; that religious prohibitions are being confused with moral law.
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 Bill Maher Summary
Maher lamented the passing of the early days of talk shows--before they steered clear of controversial subjects and before guest stars were allowed to shamelessly plug their latest pictures.
Maher publicly supports PETA[11], a controversial animal rights organization, and has expressed his distaste for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries in general[12], on the grounds that they make their money out of curing people who are made sick by consuming the unhealthy food that society urges upon the public.
Maher has said many times that religion works under the guise of morality, but that its tenets generally have nothing to do with morality; that religious prohibitions are being confused with moral law.
www.bookrags.com /Bill_Maher   (3871 words)

  
 Bill Maher Fails History Test on Terrorism
Bill Maher of Politically Incorrect has been making some statements lately concerning Afghanistan and the war on terrorism that show he needs to study his history a bit more carefully.
Maher calls the Shah's government "a secular Western government." The Shah was a monarch and the government was a dictatorship, notable for its corruption and cruelty.
Bill Maher has admirable positions on many issues, but he really should learn a bit more about Middle Eastern history so as to avoid putting his foot in his mouth again and misleading his many viewers.
www.therationalradical.com /dsep/bill-maher.htm   (416 words)

  
 An Evening with Bill Maher (11.9.02)
Maher will show some of these posters during his talk at the 92nd Street Y and will share some of his own opinions about what the everyday citizen can do to protect their freedom.
Bill Maher, in 1993, created the perfect forum for his quick-witted comedic talents - "Politically Incorrect." Winners of four CableACE Awards combined, Maher and his program grew in popularity year to year, eventually catching the attention in 1997 of ABC and capturing the post-"Nightline" time slot.
Maher's credits include five HBO specials, including the critically acclaimed "Bill Maher: Be More Cynical." He has made many appearances on "Late Night with David Letterman" and "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." Maher has participated in the tours of a number of comics throughout the United States.
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 Heeere's Bill Maher, Live on Amazon - New York Times
Maher, followed by an interview with an author, a conversation with a filmmaker and a performance by a musician or musical group.
Maher is most known for his left-leaning political humor, Amazon has asked him to steer clear of politics, Ms.
Maher will act as host for 12 shows for Amazon during the period when his HBO program, "Real Time With Bill Maher," is on hiatus.
www.nytimes.com /2006/01/19/arts/19amaz.html?ex=1295326800&en=5c4ce056c546204a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (391 words)

  
 Maher: 'I'm spreading the anti-gospel'
So when Maher is already riffing on religion as a reporter walks into the Los Angeles offices of his HBO show "Real Time With Bill Maher" for an hourlong interview about his spiritual beliefs, it's hard to say if the commentary is spontaneous or part of a routine.
Maher's relationship with religion seems to be a complicated affair.
Maher, who is single and has no children, says he believes in an afterlife, just not the kind that most religious people might describe.
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 Jonah Goldberg on Politically Incorrect on National Review Online   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Maher, his producers and fans have long contended that the show makes a valuable contribution by inviting apathetic Americans into the "national conversation." Of course, it's a mystery to me why any American who can't be bothered to pay attention to politics unless Pamela Anderson is discussing it should be welcome in that conversation.
Maher calls himself a libertarian, but the fact is he's a libertine socialist; he favors guilt-free promiscuity and legal drugs, but everything else is eligible for a government takeover.
But that's Maher's approach to everything: Getting hung up on what his guests deride as mere "labels" or "details" is just stupid in a world where the opinions of supermodels matter a great deal.
www.nationalreview.com /nr_comment/nr_comment092801b.shtml   (761 words)

  
 Bill Maher
Bill Maher was born in New York City, and grew up in New Jersey.
Maher's perspective was and remains mostly libertarian, and his show was bizarrely open-minded by mainstream network TV standards, with guests ranging from pinkos to arch-conservatives.
Maher made a semi-apology to people who had misconstrued his remarks, and the show limped along for several months before the axe quietly fell.
www.nndb.com /people/399/000022333   (663 words)

  
 Bill Maher Tickets - Schedule, Information - Comedy Ticket Brokers
His father was a news editor for NBC, so Bill Maher had a thirst for current events from his father.
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Maher's big break came in 1992 when he pitched the idea for a comedy show to up-and-coming network Comedy Central.
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 AlterNet: Blogs: PEEK: Video: Bill Maher outs Ken Mehlman on CNN   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Last night at nine o'clock Bill Maher outed RNC chair Ken Mehlman on Larry King Live.
Maher told King that Mehlman's is one of many powerful Republican insiders who are widely known to be gay.
The Huffington Post reports that CNN censored Maher's revelation when the show was rebroadcast later that night.
www.alternet.org /blogs/peek/44115   (673 words)

  
 Bill Maher free tv tickets
Bill Maher is one of the most outspoken, well-read and intelligent comedian/commentators on the scene today, and Real Time with Bill Maher has established itself as a hotbed for discussion of current issues, all delivered with a special dose of comedy in Bill's signature style.
Bill Maher Fans: This is your chance to get up close and personal with Bill Maher, as we invite you to attend a special dress rehearsal for a taping of HBO's hit, "Real Time with Bill Maher".
It is a chance to see Bill Maher in the Real Time Studio, working his comedy and jokes for the week, based on current events and developments in the news.
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 [ Bill Maher ] » HOME
Bill will be interviewing former President of Mexico Vicente Fox about his new memoir “Revolution of Hope: The Life, Faith, and Dreams of a Mexican President”, and Naomi Klein about her new book “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism”.
Bill will be in Toronto this weekend along with director Larry Charles to discuss their work-in-progress documentary “Religulous” and to share a teaser clip along with a few scenes from the film.
Bill Maher has signed off from his HBO talk show for the summer, but he’s only taking a vacation from skewering politicians, not work, as he dives into a Web-based show on Amazon.com.
www.billmaher.com   (2714 words)

  
 Bill Maher Tickets - Bill Maher Theater Tickets
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 Bill Maher - Politics on The Huffington Post
Bill Maher is one of the most politically astute comedians in America today.
In conjunction with the book's release, Maher went on a nationwide stand-up tour and drew standing ovations for his hilarious routine which utilized the posters from the book to illustrate his commentary.
Maher was born in New York and raised in River Vale, New Jersey.
www.huffingtonpost.com /bill-maher   (1584 words)

  
 BuzzMachine... by Jeff Jarvis
Maher keeps leading: "Just tell the folks what you think..." Churchill mutters how the attack on the World Trade Center was not senseless because "anything that was that well-planned wasn't senseless." Anything this poorly expressed in senseless.
Maher, doing his very bad imitation of an afternoon talk-show host, asks the brother, "Do you think he owes you an apology?" The brother does.
As a Democrat, I move that we put Bill Maher on a plane and send him to Martha Stewart's ranch as a stable boy so he can shovel actual horse shit for a living.
www.buzzmachine.com /archives/2005_03_04.html   (2095 words)

  
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 Bill Maher Tickets at StubHub!
Bill Maher tickets are thought by many to be comedy tickets, but some would consider Maher a satirist, others a political theorist, and still others an intellectual.
Regardless of your opinion, Bill Maher tickets are always in high demand, as the sometimes-controversial talk show host has always worked from the foundation of stand up comedy.
Maher formed his famous, or infamous, depending on your ideals, political ideology growing up in New Jersey and attending Cornell University.
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 Bill Maher free tv tickets
Bill Maher is one of the most outspoken, well-read and intelligent comedian/commentators on the scene today, and Real Time with Bill Maher has established itself as a hotbed for discussion of current issues, all delivered with a special dose of comedy in Bill's signature style.
Bill Maher Fans: This is your chance to get up close and personal with Bill Maher, as we invite you to attend a special dress rehearsal for a taping of HBO's hit, "Real Time with Bill Maher".
It is a chance to see Bill Maher in the Real Time Studio, working his comedy and jokes for the week, based on current events and developments in the news.
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Bill Maher is one of the most politically astute humorists in America today.
Bill Maher's credits include five HBO specials, including the critically acclaimed "Bill Maher: Be More Cynical." Bill Maher has participated in comedy tours throughout the United States.
Bill Maher was born in New York and raised in River Vale, New Jersey.
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 AskMen.com - Bill Maher
Maher's quick wit, combined with an irreverence that doesn't take away from his personal integrity, makes him a man worth respecting -- whether you agree with his views or not.
I'm a total Bill Maher fan....my only problem is that chances of being an audience member of a west coast based show are slim to nil.
Bill Maher,you are how all the americans should be,to see and say the truth,without being afraid,...because USA is a democratic country,not a comunist one.
www.askmen.com /men/entertainment_100/121_bill_maher.html   (823 words)

  
 Real Time with Bill Maher | PopMatters Television Review
Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect was an unwatchable mess of crosstalk cacophony.
Maher interjects more often, to referee among the participants, patting them on the ass before sending them off in their respective corners or using the stalemate as a means to segue to an entirely different topic.
Maher is an endlessly witty and incisive barstool observer of culture, and with Real Time, he finally has an uncompromised platform for telling his truth.
www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/r/real-time-with-bill-maher.shtml   (915 words)

  
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Bill Maher is host of "Real Time With Bill Maher," which airs live Friday nights on the Time-Warner-owned cable channel HBO.
Bill Maher was born in 1956 in New York City and grew up nearby in River Vale, New Jersey.
Maher and Moore both supported Nader - a big government leftist -- in 2000, when his third party candidacy drew enough votes in Florida to defeat Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore.
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 Bill Maher: His Vietnam Delusion
Maher could have had Vietnam vet Brian Willson, who lost two legs when a train ran over him while he was protesting U.S. aid to the Nicaraguan contras.
Maher is again, this time in Central America, justifying supporting brutal pseudo-democracies in order to prevent what he asserts would have been a "Communist" takeover.
In connection with Afghanistan and the war on terrorism, Bill Maher has been making statements that are historically inaccurate and misleading.
www.therationalradical.com /talk_shows/bill-maher.htm   (863 words)

  
 The real Bill Maher riffs on the headlines
Maher, who turns 51 Saturday, realizes his forte is political humor - both on TV and in his stand-up routine.
On the phone, Maher is friendly, quick to laugh and a fount of memories, telling stories about his first paying gig as a stand-up comic at the Jade Fountain Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles and, later, recalling one of his first road gigs in 1981.
Maher has come a long way since those days of calling out jokes during dinner shows - but he's done it under his own set of rules.
www.azcentral.com /ent/tv/articles/0120maher0120.html   (634 words)

  
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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 and Moore had both supported Nader in 2000, when his third-party candidacy drew enough votes in Florida to defeat Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore.
Maher is also an animal rights activist (he supports People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), a vegetarian, and an environmentalist who makes frequent reference to the topic of global warming on Real Time.
www.discoverthenetworks.org /individualProfile.asp?indid=1689   (663 words)

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