New Rule: Stop asking Miss USA contestants if they believe in evolution. It’s not their field. It’s like asking Stephen Hawking if he believes in hair scrunchies. Here’s what they know about: spray tans, fake boobs and baton twirling. Here’s what they don’t know about: everything else. If I cared about the uninformed opinions of some ditsy beauty queen, I’d join the Tea Party.

a network news editor and radio announcer. Maher was raised in River Vale New Jersey and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale in 1974. S.

Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC. In 2005 Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time.