Bill Maher
Bill Maher is a comedian, talk-show host, and professional irritant best known for making politics feel like a nightclub argument.
Circuit updated October 8, 2026
- Kevin Spacey says he would have been benched for just seven games if he were an athlete
“I think you pay I think my spidey instinct is yeah, you should get you should have gotten some punishment. I think you were a little too forward, shall we say?” 1:09
- Bill Maher says he was “particularly bad” at blaming audiences when his jokes bombed
“Everyone's too stupid for what I do.” 0:11
- Bill Maher says his high school talent show was canceled after he stole a risqué Johnny Carson joke
“Well, the first time on stage was in high school.” 0:03
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“I think you pay I think my spidey instinct is yeah, you should get you should have gotten some punishment. I think you were a little too forward, shall we say?”
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“If you are willing to go back into the ring after you get your dick knocked in the dirt, you have a good chance of of getting somewhere”
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“Not because I was bad. I just stole my jokes from the Tonight Show.”
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“Well, the first time on stage was in high school.”
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“No, they didn't. I was particularly bad at it.”
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“Cuz I'm calling their daughter a [ __ ]”
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Kevin Spacey says he would have been benched for just seven games if he were an athlete
The actor tells Bill Maher his nine-year Hollywood exile is deeply unfair compared to the leniency shown in professional sports.
Bill Maher says he was “particularly bad” at blaming audiences when his jokes bombed
On Club Random, Maher turns a comedy cliché into a little self-indictment, while Lisa Kudrow offers the healthier, actorly version of bombing.
Bill Maher says his high school talent show was canceled after he stole a risqué Johnny Carson joke
Maher’s first cancellation story is less a free-speech epic than a very on-brand origin myth: a teenage comic, a Carson bit, and a room full of parents who were not having it.