He was raised in River Vale, New Jersey. One of the few good things to emerge from that town. His first standup routine was in a Chinese restaurant on Route 17 in Paramus. Luckily, now he lives in New York City, in a phat pad too, we bet.
Graduated from Pascack Hills High School (New Jersey) He received his Bachelor of Arts in English from Cornell University in 1978 Is a vegetarian. Supported Ralph Nader during the 2000 presidential election Received a great deal of bad press for his comments after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center when he criticized the United States government. Subsequently, advertisers such as Sears and Federal Express pulled their ads and some television stations stop showing his program Politically Incorrect. This eventually led to ABC cancelling the show the following year. Commentators such as Rush Limbaugh, Arianna Huffington and David Horowitz defended his right to free speech and said his program should not be cancelled. 22 June 2002 - Received the Los Angeles Press Club's highest honor, the President's Award, for "Championing free speech". The award was given 6 days after the final episode of Politically Incorrect, Bill's social satire show from which he was dismissed for politically incorrect statements about the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. Was a major supporter of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry during the 2004 presidential election. Though he traditionally supports Democrats, in 2000 he threw his support behind Green Party candidate Ralph Nader. Very good friends with Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington and Christopher Reid Bill played "Bob" on an episode of "Roseanne". Ten years prior to the start of that show, he played a character named "Bob" in the movie "D.C. Cab" when he was an up and coming comedian.