William "Bill" Maher, Jr., (born January 20, 1956) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He hosted the late-night television talk show Politically Incorrect on Comedy Central and ABC, and is currently the star of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO. On June 1, 2006, he also began hosting an internet-exclusive talk show on Amazon.com entitled Amazon Fishbowl.

Maher is known for his political satire, his humor and commentary displaying a complex mixture of political perspectives. His comedy and commentaries target a wide swath of topics, from the right-wing to the left-wing, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, Hollywood, the Mass Media, and persons in positions of high political and social power, among many others.

Early life and career

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Maher (last name pronounced //) was born in New York City and grew up in River Vale, New Jersey. He graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, New Jersey, which he attended with Keith Olbermann. 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... I think you know Mr. Cohen..." He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University in 1978.

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