Seth MacFarlane speaking at a ceremony for Maher to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2010 Television career Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher He later appeared in Ratboy (1986), House II: The Second Story (1987), Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1988), Newhart (1988), hosted the talk show Midnight Hour on CBS (1990) and Pizza Man (1991). He made limited television appearances including on Sara (1985), Max Headroom (1987), Murder, She Wrote (1989, 1990), and Charlie Hoover (1991). Maher began appearing on Johnny Carson's and David Letterman's shows in 1982. He was host of the New York City comedy club Catch a Rising Star in 1979. Maher began his career as a comedian and actor. Maher has said, "Selling pot allowed me to get through college and make enough money to start off in comedy." Career Early career He then attended Cornell University, where he double majored in English and History, and graduated in 1978. Maher was raised in River Vale, New Jersey and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale in 1974. Owing to his disagreement with the Catholic Church's doctrine about birth control, Maher's father stopped taking Maher and his sister to Catholic church services when Maher was thirteen. Until his early teens, he was unaware that his mother, whose family was from Hungary, was Jewish. He was raised in his Irish-American father's Roman Catholic religion. His father, William Aloysius Maher Jr., was a network news editor and radio announcer, and his mother, Julie Maher (née Berman), was a nurse.
2.2.2.1 Notable responses to Real Time episodes.2.2.1 Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.In 2014, Maher won a Primetime Emmy Award for his work as executive producer for Vice. He received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010. In 2005, Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time.
Maher supports the legalization of cannabis, serving on the advisory board of NORML. He is a supporter of animal rights, having served on the board of PETA since 1997, and is an advisory board member of Project Reason. His critical views of religion were the basis for his 2008 documentary film Religulous. He targets many topics including religion, political correctness, and the mass media. Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary. He is known for the HBO political talk show Real Time with Bill Maher (2003–present) and the similar late-night show called Politically Incorrect (1993–2002), originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.
William Maher ( / m ɑːr/ born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, actor, political commentator, and television host. Mass media/news media/media criticism, American politics, American culture, current events, religion, pop culture, race relations, human sexuality Political/ news satire, observational comedy, insult comedy, black comedy Maher receiving his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, September 2010