Word: maher
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...Cambridge parents, teachers and all who were watching the cablecast of the School Committee meeting witnessed a shameful display of partisan politics. Members Duehay, Simmons, Segat and Turkel, the supposed enlightened members of the committee, had privately decided to elect a vice chair. Despite the objections of David Maher and Joseph Grassi that a motion for such an election was out of order because it did not appear on the Feb. 20 meeting agenda and therefore failed to provide notice to interested persons, Acting Chair Duehay allowed a motion by Alice Turkel, seconded by Susana Segat to elect Denice Simmons...
...Tuesday's meeting, Alliance School Committee members Joseph G. Grassi and David P. Maher objected to holding a vote, arguing that the election was not on the meeting's agenda...
Lately, however, Comedy Central has moved beyond lame one-liners and developed a series of signature hits. Among them: Bill Maher's irreverent roundtable Politically Incorrect (whose ratings have climbed 40% in the past year); Mystery Science Theater 3000, the perennially inventive spoof of bad old movies; and the endlessly rerun cult favorite from Britain, Absolutely Fabulous. Riding such successes, Comedy Central has tripled its subscriber count, to 36 million households, and today it reaches a higher proportion of affluent, educated, 18-to-49-year-old viewers than any other network on broadcast or cable...
That means Doug Herzog, Comedy Central's new president, will have to stay one step ahead. He's on the lookout for someone to replace Maher as "the face of Comedy Central" and hopes to launch three new series next year. Herzog also wants to rejuvenate that tired staple, stand-up comedy. The channel has attracted big-name comics like Whoopi Goldberg and Gary Shandling for upcoming specials, but Herzog is also looking for a way to showcase new talent that won't be "a guy telling jokes in front of a brick wall at Giggles in Cincinnati...
Segat, Turkel and E. Denise Simmons are among the CCA-endorsed committee members. Joseph G. Grassi, David P. Maher and Alfred B. Fantini were endorsed by the Alliance...