alec baldwin

Friday, July 10, 8 p.m., Bass Concert Hall. For the last fifteen years, Bill Maher has set the boundaries of where funny, political talk can go on American television.

First on "Politically Incorrect" (Comedy Central, ABC, 1993-2002), and for the last seven years on HBO's "Real Time," Maher's combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him twenty-one Emmy nominations.

My parents weren’t big on letting us watch much TV as kids. Mostly it was Masterpiece Theatre and the occasional non-PBS type fare such as “Bridge on the River Kwai – because it has Alec Guinness in it”.

No, he has nothing to do with the beer, and he’s not Alec Baldwin’s dad, you know – Obi Wan Kenobi.