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Maher: Religion a comedy smorgasbord
The host of "Real Time with Bill Maher" said while "Religulous" will likely create controversy when released this week, he is happy to have finally created a film based on one of his favorite comedic topics, the New York Post reported Sunday.
"Religion makes me laugh, and it should make you laugh, because it's a side of a barn, comedically," he told the newspaper. "If you can't hit the folks who believe in the talking snake and the man who lived in the whale and the raining frogs and the walking on water -- it just goes on and on."
When asked if the documentary-style movie on most major religions could impact his ongoing HBO series, Maher told the Post he is no stranger to controversy.
"Probably not more than I've already had to endure," he said regarding potential fallout from "Religulous," which opens Wednesday. "We don't get many guests that other shows routinely do, and that's partly because of things I say that are a little too controversial to even associate with."
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 09/28/2008
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10-01-2008 14:33
eddie weiss - houma, la. wrote:
the truth
GOD BLESS BILL MAHER !!! (and he didn't even sneeze.)
09-30-2008 03:43
BILL MAHER wrote:
RELIGIOUS
BILL, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR MOVIE IF IT COMES OUT ON DVD, AS I DO NOT GO TO THE THEATER MUCH ANYMORE. I AM FACINATED AT PEOPLE AS YOURSELF INRE: TO RELIGION. ... THERE IS A "HUGE" DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELIGION & SALVATION. I DO NOT RECCOMEND RELIGION TO YOU, BUT BILL, SALVATION IS THE TICKET!!! I PRAY FOR YOU! YOU ARE A GOOD KID! I HAVE 2 SONS OF MY OWN, AGES 43 & 40....AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR MOVIE! AND OFCOURCE THE CONTROVERSEY. YOU ARE AN INTERESTING PERSON..... BILL, I KNOW YOU WANT TO GO TO HEAVEN WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH. IF NOT BEFORE, I LOOK FORWARDING TO SEEING YOU THERE!!
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