Media with Bill Maher
I've been a fan of comedian/political commentator Bill Maher for many years. I think I first saw him in the largely forgotten 1983 comedy D.C. CAB. In those early days he was honing his stand-up on The Tonight Show and doing some acting gigs. But Maher was never really interested in being a thespian. He would find his "voice" on the ABC talk panel Politically Incorrect. I got to see a taping back in 1999. It was during my first trip to Los Angeles. My friend and I are were on the Santa Monica pier and a guy was handing out free tickets. A few hours later we were at CBS Television City in Hollywood. Forgot who the guests were, but it was a good time. After some controversial remarks by Maher about 9/11, the network canceled the program. In 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher - which has a similar format to the previous show - began its run on HBO and continues to this day. Now Bill could really speak his min...
