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Nick Gillespie (born August 8, 1963) is the editor of Reason.com and Reason.tv and was the editor in chief of Reason magazine from 2000 to 2008. He has written articles or been a commentator for many media outlets and edited one anthology, Choice: The Best of Reason.
Gillespie hosts and anchors a number of the Reason TV offerings, and has become, along with Drew Carey, one of the most familiar faces of Reason TV.
Gillespie was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in New Jersey. His educational history includes a B.A. in English and psychology from Rutgers University and a M.A. in English from Temple University, as well as a Ph.D. in English literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has two sons, Jack Gillespie and Neal.
Prior to joining Reason, Gillespie worked at a number of small trade magazines and other journalistic outlets. He worked for several years at Teen Machine magazine, where he interviewed celebrities and ghost-wrote an advice column for actress Alyssa Milano.
The Nanny is an American television sitcom originally broadcast 1993–1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a Jewish Queens native who becomes the nanny of three children from the New York/British high society.
Created and executive produced by Drescher and her then-husband Peter Marc Jacobson, The Nanny took much of its inspiration from Drescher's personal life growing up in Queens, involving names and characteristics based on her relatives and friends. The show earned a Rose d'Or and one Emmy Award, out of a total of thirteen nominations, and Drescher was twice nominated for a Golden Globe and an Emmy. The sitcom has also spawned several foreign adaptations, loosely inspired by the original scripts.
Jewish-American Fran Fine, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her fiance's shop, first appears on the door step of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy) peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbles upon the opportunity to become the nanny for his three children. Soon Fran, with her off-beat nurturing and no-nonsense honesty, touches the whole family as she gives the prim-and-proper Maxwell and his children a dose of 'Queens logic,' helping them to become a healthy, happy family; a family that she later fully joins when she becomes engaged and then married to Maxwell. She then adds to this family of five when she and Maxwell have fraternal twins.
William "Bill" Maher, Jr. ( /ˈmɑːr/; born January 20, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author, and actor. 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.
Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary, which targets a wide swath of topics including religion, politics, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed among people and persons in positions of high political and social power, and the lack of intellectual curiosity in the electorate. He supports the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, and serves on the board of PETA. He is also a critic of religion and is an advisory board member of Project Reason, a foundation to promote scientific knowledge and secular values within society. In 2005, Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time. Bill Maher received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010.
Nick Gillespie Destroys Asa Hutchinson in Drug Debate
Nick Gillespie on Lean Forward - Sanders & Trump Two Sides of Same Coin
Reason's Nick Gillespie & Lisa Snell Call Bullsh*t on Public Education Abuses
"The Incubator of the Nanny State:" Nick Gillespie on the Sorry Condition of Universities
Q&A;: Nick Gillespie
Abortion & Libertarians: Nick Gillespie, Ronald Bailey, Mollie Hemingway & Katherine Mangu-Ward
5 Facts About Govt Spending: Nick Gillespie at Reason Weekend 2012
Nick Gillespie - PorcFest XI Keynote
Real Time with Bill Maher: Overtime - Episode #253
Nick Gillespie Stumps Rabid Raccoon Rachel Maddow On Her Partisanship - Real Time With Bill Maher
Nick Gillespie: A lot of conservatives are moving towards Rand Paul on police militarization issue
Nick Gillespie, Patrick Kennedy Battle over Pot: We Tried Once, It Didn't Work!!
Crossfire: Nick Gillespie and Tom Perriello debate the Obamcare website problems (part 1/3)
Crossfire: Nick Gillespie and Tom Perriello debate the Obamcare website problems (part 2/3)