Before hosting Real Time on HBO for the last twenty-one years, Bill Maher created and hosted Politically Incorrect on ABC. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

"Anyone considering a career in stand-up comedy should read this book, then consider something else, because all this great stuff is over."-- Jerry Seinfeld

• ContentsForeword The Act You're Not Good Enough to See More Green, Asshole It's a Living Hell, but It's a Living Show Me the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, and Somewhere There's a Guy Who's Tired of Fucking HerGood Evening, Ladies and Geniuses Love Is When You Don't Feel Shitty After You ComeThe Work Isn't Bad -- but the Hour! No Set, No Hamburger Loyalty Is a One-way Street The Nice-Ass Act of 1980 You Better Be a Winner in This Business, Because if You're Not, It's ShitIt's Easy to Do Great, It's Hard to Be Great When Opportunity Knocks, All Some People Do Is Complain About the NoisePeople: The Problem That Won't Go Away I Dreamed I Went to See Mort Sahl, and He Was Doing Dog-and-Cat Material When You Can't Light the Joint, You're Stoned Enough The Power of Negative Thinking The Sweet Stench of Success Epilogue: The Future Isn't What It Used to Be

Before hosting Real Time on HBO for the last twenty-one years, Bill Maher created and hosted Politically Incorrect on ABC. He lives in Los Angeles, California.

"Anyone considering a career in stand-up comedy should read this book, then consider something else, because all this great stuff is over."-- Jerry Seinfeld

• ContentsForeword The Act You're Not Good Enough to See More Green, Asshole It's a Living Hell, but It's a Living Show Me the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, and Somewhere There's a Guy Who's Tired of Fucking HerGood Evening, Ladies and Geniuses Love Is When You Don't Feel Shitty After You ComeThe Work Isn't Bad -- but the Hour! No Set, No Hamburger Loyalty Is a One-way Street The Nice-Ass Act of 1980 You Better Be a Winner in This Business, Because if You're Not, It's ShitIt's Easy to Do Great, It's Hard to Be Great When Opportunity Knocks, All Some People Do Is Complain About the NoisePeople: The Problem That Won't Go Away I Dreamed I Went to See Mort Sahl, and He Was Doing Dog-and-Cat Material When You Can't Light the Joint, You're Stoned Enough The Power of Negative Thinking The Sweet Stench of Success Epilogue: The Future Isn't What It Used to Be