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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بن استاین – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بن استاین" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بن استاین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بن استاین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A4_%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%80%EC%9D%B8" title="벤 스타인 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="벤 스타인" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F" title="בן שטיין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בן שטיין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86" title="بين شتاين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بين شتاين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3" title="ベン・スタイン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ベン・スタイン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD,_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Штейн, Бен – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Штейн, Бен" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8E%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86" title="بێن شتاین – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بێن شتاین" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Stein" title="Ben Stein – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ben Stein" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr 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dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator (born 1944)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ben Stein</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Stein_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Ben_Stein_2011.jpg/250px-Ben_Stein_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="312" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Writer</li> <li>lawyer</li> <li>economist</li> <li>actor</li> <li>comedian</li> <li>commentator</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1970–present (writer and lawyer)<br />1986–present (actor and comedian)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Television</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Win_Ben_Stein%27s_Money" title="Win Ben Stein's Money">Win Ben Stein's Money</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Alexandra Denman</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1968; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1974)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /></li></ul> <div class="marriage-line-margin3px"></div> <div class="marriage-display-ws"> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1977)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Stein" title="Herbert Stein">Herbert Stein</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://benstein.com">benstein<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Benjamin Jeremy Stein</b> (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues. He began his career as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> before entering the entertainment field as an actor, comedian, and game show host. He is best known on screen as the economics teacher in <i><a href="/wiki/Ferris_Bueller%27s_Day_Off" title="Ferris Bueller's Day Off">Ferris Bueller's Day Off</a></i>, as the host of <i><a href="/wiki/Win_Ben_Stein%27s_Money" title="Win Ben Stein's Money">Win Ben Stein's Money</a></i>, and as Dr. Arthur Neuman in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mask_(1994_film)" title="The Mask (1994 film)">The Mask</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_the_Mask" title="Son of the Mask">Son of the Mask</a></i>. Stein also co-wrote and starred in the controversial 2008 film<i> <a href="/wiki/Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed" title="Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed">Expelled</a></i> which was widely criticized for promoting <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscientific</a> <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">intelligent design</a> <a href="/wiki/Creationism" title="Creationism">creationist</a> claims of persecution.<sup id="cite_ref-USATODAY_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USATODAY-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sciam-shermer_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sciam-shermer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stein is the son of economist and writer <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Stein" title="Herbert Stein">Herbert Stein</a>, who worked at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> under President Nixon. As a <a href="/wiki/Character_actor" title="Character actor">character actor</a> he is well known for his droning, monotonous delivery. In comedy, he is known for his <a href="/wiki/Deadpan" title="Deadpan">deadpan</a> delivery.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stein was born on November 25, 1944 in Washington, D.C., the son of Jewish parents Mildred (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a></span> Fishman), a homemaker, and <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Stein" title="Herbert Stein">Herbert Stein</a>, a writer, economist, and presidential adviser.<sup id="cite_ref-filmr_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmr-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He grew up in the Woodside Forest neighborhood of <a href="/wiki/Silver_Spring,_Maryland" title="Silver Spring, Maryland">Silver Spring, Maryland</a>. Stein graduated from <a href="/wiki/Montgomery_Blair_High_School" title="Montgomery Blair High School">Montgomery Blair High School</a> in 1962 along with classmate journalist <a href="/wiki/Carl_Bernstein" title="Carl Bernstein">Carl Bernstein</a> (class of 1960); actress <a href="/wiki/Goldie_Hawn" title="Goldie Hawn">Goldie Hawn</a> (class of 1963) was one year behind.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to major in economics at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Columbia_College,_Columbia_University" title="Columbia College, Columbia University">Columbia College</a>, where he was a member of <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Delta_Phi" title="Alpha Delta Phi">Alpha Delta Phi</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Philolexian_Society" title="Philolexian Society">Philolexian Society</a>. After graduating with honors from Columbia in 1966, Stein went to <a href="/wiki/Yale_Law_School" title="Yale Law School">Yale Law School</a>, graduating as <a href="/wiki/Valedictorian" title="Valedictorian">valedictorian</a> in June 1970. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_and_academic_career">Legal and academic career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Legal and academic career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ben_Stein.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Ben_Stein.jpg/250px-Ben_Stein.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="369" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Ben_Stein.jpg/330px-Ben_Stein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Ben_Stein.jpg/500px-Ben_Stein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="672" data-file-height="1128" /></a><figcaption>Stein speaking at <a href="/wiki/Miami_University" title="Miami University">Miami University</a> in 2003</figcaption></figure> <p>He was first a poverty lawyer in <a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, and Washington, D.C., before becoming a trial lawyer for the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a>. </p><p>Stein's first teaching stint was as an adjunct professor, teaching about the political and social content of mass culture at <a href="/wiki/American_University" title="American University">American University</a> in Washington, D.C. He subsequently taught classes at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz" title="University of California, Santa Cruz">University of California, Santa Cruz</a> on political and <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> under the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Constitution">United States Constitution</a>. At <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University" title="Pepperdine University">Pepperdine University</a> Stein taught <a href="/wiki/Libel" class="mw-redirect" title="Libel">libel</a> law and <a href="/wiki/United_States_securities_law" class="mw-redirect" title="United States securities law">United States securities law</a> and its ethical aspects. He was a professor of law and economics at <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University_Law_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Pepperdine University Law School">Pepperdine University Law School</a> from about 1990 to 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-bshome_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bshome-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing_career">Writing career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Writing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stein writes a regular column in the conservative media outlets <i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Spectator" title="The American Spectator">The American Spectator</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Newsmax" title="Newsmax">Newsmax</a></i>. He has also written for numerous publications, including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Magazine">New York Magazine</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Penthouse_(magazine)" title="Penthouse (magazine)">Penthouse</a></i>, <i>Los Angeles Magazine</i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Barron%27s_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Barron's Magazine">Barron's Magazine</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2008)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He wrote a regular biweekly column for <i><a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Finance" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Finance">Yahoo! Finance</a></i> online, with his last article dated August 7, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His bestselling books (with investment advisor Phil DeMuth) include <i>Yes, You Can Retire Comfortably</i>; <i>Can America Survive?</i>; and <i>Yes, You Can Time the Market</i>. In 2009, he published a collection of essays, <i>The Real Stars</i>. </p><p>Stein was fired from his position as a Sunday Business columnist at <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> in August 2009 owing to a policy prohibiting writers from making product endorsements or advertising. Stein had recently become an advertising spokesman for credit information company <a href="/wiki/Freescore.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Freescore.com">Freescore.com</a> and, according to a <i>Times</i> statement, had assumed there would be no conflict provided that he did not discuss credit scoring in general or FreeScore.com itself in his column. However, the publication felt that it would be inappropriate for him to write for them while he was involved in advertising and terminated his contract.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Writing in <i>The Spectator</i>, Stein states his belief that the real reasons for his firing were budget cuts at the <i>Times</i>, his criticism of Obama, and pressure from those critical of <i>Expelled</i>, who "bamboozled some of the high pooh-bahs at the <i>Times</i> into thinking there was a conflict of interest".<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_career">Political career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Defense.gov_News_Photo_080415-D-9880W-074.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Defense.gov_News_Photo_080415-D-9880W-074.jpg/220px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_080415-D-9880W-074.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Defense.gov_News_Photo_080415-D-9880W-074.jpg/330px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_080415-D-9880W-074.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Defense.gov_News_Photo_080415-D-9880W-074.jpg/440px-Defense.gov_News_Photo_080415-D-9880W-074.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3441" data-file-height="2753" /></a><figcaption>Stein with United States Deputy Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Gordon_R._England" title="Gordon R. England">Gordon R. England</a> in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>Stein began his political career as a speechwriter and lawyer for President <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>, and later for President <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a>. On May 3, 1976, <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> magazine speculated on the possibility of Stein having actually been <a href="/wiki/Deep_Throat_(Watergate)" title="Deep Throat (Watergate)">Deep Throat</a>. Stein responded over the years not only by denying he was Deep Throat but by going further and accusing journalist <a href="/wiki/Bob_Woodward" title="Bob Woodward">Bob Woodward</a> of falsifying the famous secret source. In the May 14–21, 1998, edition of the <i><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_City_Paper" title="Philadelphia City Paper">Philadelphia City Paper</a></i>, Stein is quoted as saying, "Oh, I don't think there was a Deep Throat. That was a fake. I think there were several different sources and some they just made up."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/W._Mark_Felt" class="mw-redirect" title="W. Mark Felt">Mark Felt</a>'s identity as Deep Throat was revealed, Stein stated that Nixon would have prevented the rise to power of the <a href="/wiki/Khmer_Rouge" title="Khmer Rouge">Khmer Rouge</a> if he had not been <a href="/wiki/Watergate_scandal#Resignation" title="Watergate scandal">forced to resign</a>. For his actions leading to that resignation, Stein said: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>If there is such a thing as karma, if there is such a thing as justice in this life or the next, Mark Felt has bought himself the worst future of any man on this earth. And Bob Woodward is right behind him, with <a href="/wiki/Ben_Bradlee" title="Ben Bradlee">Ben Bradlee</a> bringing up the rear. Out of their smug arrogance and contempt, they hatched the worst nightmare imaginable: genocide.<sup id="cite_ref-Genocide_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Genocide-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote><p> In 2005, Stein said in the <i><a href="/wiki/American_Spectator" class="mw-redirect" title="American Spectator">American Spectator</a></i>:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Can anyone even remember now what Nixon did that was so terrible? He ended the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">war in Vietnam</a>, brought home the <a href="/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" title="Prisoner of war">POWs</a>, ended the war in the Mideast, opened relations with China, started the first nuclear weapons reduction treaty, saved <a href="/wiki/Land_of_Israel" title="Land of Israel">Eretz Israel</a>'s life, started the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a>. Does anyone remember what he did that was bad? </p><p>Oh, now I remember. He lied. He was a politician who lied. How remarkable. He lied to protect his subordinates who were covering up a ridiculous burglary that no one to this date has any clue about its purpose. He lied so he could stay in office and keep his agenda of peace going. That was his crime. He was a peacemaker and he wanted to make a world where there was a generation of peace. And he succeeded. </p><p> That is his legacy. He was a peacemaker. He was a lying, conniving, covering up peacemaker. He was not a lying, conniving drug addict like <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">JFK</a>, a lying, conniving war starter like <a href="/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">LBJ</a>, a lying, conniving seducer like <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Clinton</a>—a lying, conniving peacemaker.<sup id="cite_ref-Genocide_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Genocide-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_in_the_media">Career in the media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Career in the media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Actor_Ben_Stein.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Actor_Ben_Stein.jpg/250px-Actor_Ben_Stein.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Actor_Ben_Stein.jpg/330px-Actor_Ben_Stein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Actor_Ben_Stein.jpg/500px-Actor_Ben_Stein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1852" data-file-height="1320" /></a><figcaption>Stein speaks at a gala in honor of the <a href="/wiki/Tragedy_Assistance_Program_for_Survivors" title="Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors">Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors</a> in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>Stein acted as the monotonous economics teacher in the 1986 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Ferris_Bueller%27s_Day_Off" title="Ferris Bueller's Day Off">Ferris Bueller's Day Off</a></i>. In one scene, he lectures on the <a href="/wiki/Smoot%E2%80%93Hawley_Tariff_Act" title="Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act">Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930</a> and the then-current debate over <a href="/wiki/Supply-side_economics" title="Supply-side economics">supply-side economics</a>. </p><p>Stein played similarly bland and unemotional characters. He had a recurring role in the TV series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonder_Years" title="The Wonder Years">The Wonder Years</a></i> as science teacher Mr. Cantwell, who would narrate 16 mm films in monotone. Stein also played himself in <i><a href="/wiki/Dave_(film)" title="Dave (film)">Dave</a></i>. </p><p>He appeared in several television advertisements, such as for <a href="/wiki/Clear_Eyes" class="mw-redirect" title="Clear Eyes">Clear Eyes</a> eye drops throughout the 1990s and 2000s, <a href="/wiki/Godfather%27s_Pizza" title="Godfather's Pizza">Godfather's Pizza</a> in 1987, a bland science teacher in 1990 for <a href="/wiki/Chips_Ahoy!" title="Chips Ahoy!">Sprinkled Chips Ahoy!</a> cookies, and in 2013 for small business accounting service firm 1-800Accountant. </p><p>From 1997 to 2003, Stein hosted the <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> game show <i><a href="/wiki/Win_Ben_Stein%27s_Money" title="Win Ben Stein's Money">Win Ben Stein's Money</a></i> along with co-host <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Kimmel" title="Jimmy Kimmel">Jimmy Kimmel</a> (replaced by <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pimental" title="Nancy Pimental">Nancy Pimental</a> and later by <a href="/wiki/Sal_Iacono" title="Sal Iacono">Sal Iacono</a>). True to its name, the money that contestants won on the show was subtracted from the $5,000 pay that Stein earned per episode (in addition to his salary). The show won five <a href="/wiki/Daytime_Emmy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Daytime Emmy Award">Daytime Emmy Awards</a> before ending its run in 2003. </p><p>In 1999, Stein also hosted the <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> talk show <i><a href="/wiki/Turn_Ben_Stein_On" class="mw-redirect" title="Turn Ben Stein On">Turn Ben Stein On</a></i>. One of the mainstays of the show was Stein's dog, Puppy Wuppy, who had free run of the set. In 2001, Stein appeared on a celebrity episode of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Weakest_Link_(US_game_show)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Weakest Link (US game show)">The Weakest Link</a></i> entitled "TV Hosts Edition" alongside other television hosts and was voted off in round 6 despite being that round's Strongest Link. <a href="/wiki/Anne_Robinson" title="Anne Robinson">Anne Robinson</a>'s quip was that while he "might win Ben's money; you're NOT taking ours!". </p><p>Other movies and television shows in which Stein has appeared include <i><a href="/wiki/Charles_in_Charge" title="Charles in Charge">Charles in Charge</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Full_House" title="Full House">Full House</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Casper_(film)" title="Casper (film)">Casper</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Casper:_A_Spirited_Beginning" title="Casper: A Spirited Beginning">Casper: A Spirited Beginning</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Casper_Meets_Wendy" title="Casper Meets Wendy">Casper Meets Wendy</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mask_(1994_film)" title="The Mask (1994 film)">The Mask</a></i> and its sequel, <i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_the_Mask" title="Son of the Mask">Son of the Mask</a></i> as well as the television show, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mask:_Animated_Series" title="The Mask: Animated Series">The Mask: Animated Series</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Earthworm_Jim_(TV_series)" title="Earthworm Jim (TV series)">Earthworm Jim</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Star_Search" title="Star Search">Star Search</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/MacGyver_(1985_TV_series)" title="MacGyver (1985 TV series)">MacGyver</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Tales_from_the_Crypt_(TV_series)" title="Tales from the Crypt (TV series)">Tales from the Crypt</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Richie_Rich_(film)" title="Richie Rich (film)">Richie Rich</a></i>; <i>Game Show Moments Gone Bananas</i>; <i>Cavuto on Business</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_O%27Reilly_Factor" title="The O'Reilly Factor">The O'Reilly Factor</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/CBS_News_Sunday_Morning" title="CBS News Sunday Morning">CBS News Sunday Morning</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Planes,_Trains_and_Automobiles" title="Planes, Trains and Automobiles">Planes, Trains and Automobiles</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Guy" title="Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i>; the 1998–2004 version of <i><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Squares" title="Hollywood Squares">Hollywood Squares</a></i>; the Michael Berger-hosted version of <i><a href="/wiki/Match_Game" title="Match Game">Match Game</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fairly_OddParents" title="The Fairly OddParents">The Fairly OddParents</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Duckman" title="Duckman">Duckman</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Married..._with_Children" title="Married... with Children">Married... with Children</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_School" title="The Emperor's New School">The Emperor's New School</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/My_Girl_2" title="My Girl 2">My Girl 2</a></i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Ghostbusters_II" title="Ghostbusters II">Ghostbusters II</a></i>; and the <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">intelligent design</a> documentary <i><a href="/wiki/Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed" title="Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed">Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Lender,_Rachel_Lender,_Ben_Stein.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Carl_Lender%2C_Rachel_Lender%2C_Ben_Stein.jpg/250px-Carl_Lender%2C_Rachel_Lender%2C_Ben_Stein.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Carl_Lender%2C_Rachel_Lender%2C_Ben_Stein.jpg/330px-Carl_Lender%2C_Rachel_Lender%2C_Ben_Stein.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Carl_Lender%2C_Rachel_Lender%2C_Ben_Stein.jpg/500px-Carl_Lender%2C_Rachel_Lender%2C_Ben_Stein.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1202" /></a><figcaption>Stein (right) with Carl and Rachel Lender of <a href="/wiki/Lender%27s_Bagels" title="Lender's Bagels">Lender's Bagels</a> in 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition, Stein's voice roles include <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Fairly_OddParents_characters#Pixies" title="List of The Fairly OddParents characters">The Pixies</a>, magical creatures on the <a href="/wiki/Animated_series" title="Animated series">animated series</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Fairly_OddParents" title="The Fairly OddParents">The Fairly OddParents</a></i>; Mr. Purutu on the animated series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_School" title="The Emperor's New School">The Emperor's New School</a></i>; Professor Wisenstein in <i><a href="/wiki/Bruno_the_Kid" title="Bruno the Kid">Bruno the Kid</a></i>; the birthday party clown, Mr. Giggles, on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Jimmy_Neutron:_Boy_Genius" class="mw-redirect" title="The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius">The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius</a></i>; a bingo caller on <i><a href="/wiki/Rugrats" title="Rugrats">Rugrats</a></i>; Francis "Pip" Pumphandle in <i><a href="/wiki/Animaniacs" title="Animaniacs">Animaniacs</a></i>; and H.A. Futterman in <i><a href="/wiki/Freakazoid!" title="Freakazoid!">Freakazoid!</a></i>. Stein also voiced a psychiatrist, again named after himself, in the USA TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Duckman" title="Duckman">Duckman</a></i>; he once appeared in the sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Married..._with_Children" title="Married... with Children">Married... with Children</a></i> as a receptionist in the animal afterlife. He also made a <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo appearance</a> in the comic book <i><a href="/wiki/Young_Justice" title="Young Justice">Young Justice</a></i>, as Ali Ben Styn. Another <a href="/wiki/Cameo_appearance" title="Cameo appearance">cameo appearance</a> was as Rabbi Goldberg in the <i><a href="/wiki/Family_Guy" title="Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i> episodes "<a href="/wiki/When_You_Wish_Upon_a_Weinstein" title="When You Wish Upon a Weinstein">When You Wish Upon a Weinstein</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Family_Goy" title="Family Goy">Family Goy</a>". Stein also voiced the character Sam Schmaltz in the 1996 computer adventure game <i><a href="/wiki/Toonstruck" title="Toonstruck">Toonstruck</a></i>. </p><p>Stein has written for the television industry, including outlines for the TV movie <i>Murder in Mississippi</i> and for the lengthy ABC miniseries <i><a href="/wiki/Amerika_(TV_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amerika (TV miniseries)">Amerika</a></i>. He has also contributed to the creation of the talk show parody series <i><a href="/wiki/Fernwood_2_Night" title="Fernwood 2 Night">Fernwood 2 Night</a></i>. </p><p>Stein hosted a show on <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a> called <i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Most_Smartest_Model" title="America's Most Smartest Model">America's Most Smartest Model</a></i>. The show aimed to find the smartest among 14 models through a series of challenges.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 14, 2006, during an appearance on the <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News</a> program <i><a href="/wiki/Your_World_with_Neil_Cavuto" title="Your World with Neil Cavuto">Your World with Neil Cavuto</a></i>, Stein called for a tax increase of 3.5% for wealthy Americans, to be earmarked for soldiers and military initiatives. Stein wrote an editorial for <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> critical of those who would rather make money in the world of finance than fight <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 28, 2009, Stein appeared on CNN's <i><a href="/wiki/Larry_King_Live" title="Larry King Live">Larry King Live</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a> to discuss the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253" title="Northwest Airlines Flight 253">attempted bombing of an American plane</a> on Christmas Day 2009. Stein said that Paul's stance that the United States were "occupiers" in Iraq and Afghanistan was antisemitic. The comment started a shouting match between the two men.<sup id="cite_ref-POLITICO_2009_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POLITICO_2009-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two days later, Stein clarified that "if Rep. Paul says he is... not an anti-Semite, I believe him".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stein's political and economics commentary has appeared on <a href="/wiki/CNBC" title="CNBC">CNBC</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kudlow_Report" title="The Kudlow Report">The Kudlow Report</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Commentary_in_the_lead-up_to_and_during_the_Great_Recession">Commentary in the lead-up to and during the Great Recession</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Commentary in the lead-up to and during the Great Recession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the months before the <a href="/wiki/Late-2000s_recession" class="mw-redirect" title="Late-2000s recession">late-2000s recession</a>, Stein made frequent and vehement claims about the economy's good health and the relative unimportance of the mortgage-derivative market; these would shortly be proven dead wrong. </p><p>Examples include: </p> <ul><li>On March 18, 2007, as the <a href="/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis" title="Subprime mortgage crisis">subprime mortgage crisis</a> began, Stein wrote a column for the online version of <i><a href="/wiki/CBS_News_Sunday_Morning" title="CBS News Sunday Morning">CBS News Sunday Morning</a>.</i> He proclaimed that the foreclosure problem would "blow over and the people who buy now, in due time, will be glad they did," that the economy was "still very strong," and that the "smart money" was "now trying to buy—not sell—as much distressed merchandise" in mortgages as possible.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In an August 12, 2007, column in <i>The New York Times</i>, titled "Chicken Little's Brethren, on the Trading Floor", Stein—while acknowledged that "I don't know where the bottom is on subprime. I don't know how bad the problems are at Bear [<a href="/wiki/Bear_Stearns" title="Bear Stearns">Bear Stearns</a>]"—claimed that "subprime losses are wildly out of all proportion to the likely damage to the economy from the subprime problems," and "[t]his economy is extremely strong. Profits are superb. The world economy is exploding with growth. To be sure, terrible problems lurk in the future: a slow-motion dollar crisis, huge Medicare deficits and energy shortages. But for now, the sell-off seems extreme, not to say nutty. Some smart, brave people will make a fortune buying in these days, and then we'll all wonder what the scare was about."<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On August 18, 2007, on <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News Channel</a>'s <i>Cavuto on Business</i>, Stein and other financial experts dismissed worries about a coming credit crunch.<sup id="cite_ref-CAVUTO_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAVUTO-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thirteen months later, in the <a href="/wiki/Global_financial_crisis_in_September_2008" title="Global financial crisis in September 2008">global financial crisis in September 2008</a>, global stock markets crashed, <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy_of_Lehman_Brothers" title="Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers">Lehman Brothers went bankrupt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Federal_takeover_of_Fannie_Mae_and_Freddie_Mac" title="Federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac">Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were taken over by the US government</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_International_Group_bailout" class="mw-redirect" title="American International Group bailout">AIG was bailed out by the Federal Reserve</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merrill_Lynch" class="mw-redirect" title="Merrill Lynch">Merrill Lynch</a> was sold to <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_America_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank of America Corporation">Bank of America Corporation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Morgan_Stanley" title="Morgan Stanley">Morgan Stanley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Goldman_Sachs" title="Goldman Sachs">Goldman Sachs</a> confirmed that they would become traditional bank holding companies.</li></ul> <p>In January 2008, business commentator <a href="/wiki/Henry_Blodget" title="Henry Blodget">Henry Blodget</a> wrote a piece for <i><a href="/wiki/Business_Insider" title="Business Insider">Business Insider</a></i> entitled, "Ben Stein is an Idiot", which stated that Stein's criticism of those with bearish views and positions on the market was either "delusional" or a deliberate and "shrewd" attempt to create false controversy and increase web traffic.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Yahoo!_Finance" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahoo! Finance">Yahoo! Finance</a> article published on October 17, 2008, Stein said his wildly incorrect claims were due to his expectations that the real-estate market would roughly resemble the <a href="/wiki/1994_bond_market_crisis" title="1994 bond market crisis">collapse of junk bonds</a> in the early 1990s. He said he failed to understand that debt obligations based on real estate loans were less than the "staggeringly large" amount of obligations that were created through trading in derivatives of those: "Where I missed the boat was not realizing how large were the CDS [<a href="/wiki/Credit_default_swaps" class="mw-redirect" title="Credit default swaps">credit default swaps</a>] based on the junk mortgage bonds."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stein is married to entertainment lawyer Alexandra Denman.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were married in 1968 and divorced in 1974. They reconciled and in 1977 they were married again.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Stein lives<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2022)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> with Denman in <a href="/wiki/Beverly_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Beverly Hills">Beverly Hills</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malibu,_California" title="Malibu, California">Malibu, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also has a summer home in <a href="/wiki/Sandpoint,_Idaho" title="Sandpoint, Idaho">Sandpoint, Idaho</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and an apartment in the <a href="/wiki/Watergate_complex" title="Watergate complex">Watergate complex</a> in Washington, D.C., which he inherited from his parents.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, performance artist Tanya Ma claimed that a financial arrangement between her and Stein had turned inappropriate. Stein said of the incident that he only expected "hugging and kissing" and that he often gets "mad crushes" on women that "last about ten minutes."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Views_and_advocacy">Views and advocacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Views and advocacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stein is a <a href="/wiki/Opposition_to_the_legalization_of_abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Opposition to the legalization of abortion">supporter of the criminalization of abortion</a> and was given an <a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion">anti-abortion</a> award in 2003 by the <a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Larry_Craig_scandal">Larry Craig scandal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Larry Craig scandal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Larry_Craig_scandal" title="Larry Craig scandal">Larry Craig scandal</a></div> <p>In 2007, Stein chastised the police and the GOP leadership for their response to the <a href="/wiki/Larry_Craig_scandal" title="Larry Craig scandal">Larry Craig scandal</a>. Stein said that <a href="/wiki/Larry_Craig" title="Larry Craig">Craig's</a> sexuality should not be an issue: "A party that believes in individual rights should be rallying to his defense, not making him walk the plank."<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tax_code">Tax code</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tax code"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stein has criticized the United States <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Code" title="Internal Revenue Code">Internal Revenue Code</a> for being too lenient on the wealthy. He has repeated the observation made by <a href="/wiki/Warren_Buffett" title="Warren Buffett">Warren Buffett</a>, one of the richest individuals in the world (who pays mostly <a href="/wiki/Capital_gains_tax" title="Capital gains tax">capital gains tax</a>), that Buffett pays a lower overall tax rate than his secretaries (who pay <a href="/wiki/Income_tax" title="Income tax">income taxes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Payroll_tax" title="Payroll tax">payroll taxes</a>). Stein has advocated increasing taxation on the wealthy.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stein objected to Obama's proposal in 2010 not to extend tax cuts for the highest earning taxpayers in the midst of the recession, saying that: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>There is no known economic theory under which raising my taxes in the midst of a severe recession will help the economy recover. It isn't part of any well known monetarist or Keynesian theory. So if it does no good to raise our taxes, I assume we are being punished. But for what? I don't own slaves. I employ a lot of people full- and part-time and they are all happy with their pay. When charity calls, I almost always write out a check...Maybe when the economy recovers, raising my taxes makes sense, but for now, it's just punishment.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In 2012, Stein stated that due to the tremendous amount of national debt, he agreed with Obama's proposal to increase taxes on the wealthy and that ultimately everyone's taxes should be raised to avoid defaulting on the debt.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dominique_Strauss-Kahn">Dominique Strauss-Kahn</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Dominique Strauss-Kahn"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the head of the <a href="/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund" title="International Monetary Fund">International Monetary Fund</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominique_Strauss-Kahn" title="Dominique Strauss-Kahn">Dominique Strauss-Kahn</a>, was arrested for <a href="/wiki/New_York_v._Strauss-Kahn" title="New York v. Strauss-Kahn">sexual assault and attempted rape</a> in 2011, Stein published an editorial<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Spectator" title="The American Spectator">The American Spectator</a></i> in which he closely scrutinized Strauss-Kahn's accuser and cited Strauss-Kahn's education, wealth, and position as reasons to believe he was unlikely to have committed the crime: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>In life, events tend to follow patterns. People who commit crimes tend to be criminals, for example. Can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes?<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>Stein's editorial was criticized by a number of media outlets.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jon Stewart dedicated an entire segment on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Show" title="The Daily Show">The Daily Show</a></i> to his response.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn were formally dismissed by a judge on 23 August 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ferguson_shooting">Ferguson shooting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ferguson shooting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In response to the <a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Michael_Brown" class="mw-redirect" title="Shooting of Michael Brown">death of Michael Brown</a>, Stein made the following comment: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The idea of calling this poor young man unarmed when he was 6'4", 300 pounds, full of muscles, apparently, according to what I read in <i>The New York Times</i>, on marijuana. To call him unarmed is like calling <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Liston" title="Sonny Liston">Sonny Liston</a> unarmed or <a href="/wiki/Muhammed_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammed Ali">Cassius Clay</a> unarmed. He wasn't unarmed. He was armed with his incredibly strong, scary self.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Evolution">Evolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Evolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed" title="Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed">Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed</a></div> <p>Stein has denounced the <a href="/wiki/Scientific_theory" title="Scientific theory">scientific theory</a> of <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolution</a>, which he and other <a href="/wiki/Intelligent_design" title="Intelligent design">intelligent design</a> advocates call "<a href="/wiki/Darwinism#Other_uses" title="Darwinism">Darwinism</a>", declaring it to be "a painful, bloody chapter in the history of ideologies", "the most compelling argument yet for Imperialism", and the inspiration for the <a href="/wiki/Holocaust" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust">Holocaust</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stein does not say belief in evolution alone leads to genocide, but that scientific materialism is a necessary component.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He co-wrote and stars in <i><a href="/wiki/Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed" title="Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed">Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed</a></i>, a film that aims to persuade viewers that evolution was instrumental to the rise of the <a href="/wiki/Eugenics" title="Eugenics">eugenics</a> movement, <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Holocaust" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust">Holocaust</a>, and portrays advocates of intelligent design as victims of intellectual discrimination by the <a href="/wiki/Scientific_community" title="Scientific community">scientific community</a>, which has rejected intelligent design as <a href="/wiki/Creationism" title="Creationism">creationist</a> <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscience</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-USATODAY_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USATODAY-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYTR_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTR-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sciam-shermer_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sciam-shermer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the trailer for the film, Stein said that his aim was to expose "people out there who want to keep science in a little box where it can't possibly touch God."<sup id="cite_ref-Dean_Scientists_Feel_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dean_Scientists_Feel-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many critics point out that Stein selectively used and edited quotes by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a> to make his case in <i>Expelled</i>, also noting that scenes shot at <a href="/wiki/Pepperdine_University" title="Pepperdine University">Pepperdine University</a>, in which Stein gives a speech to an auditorium full of students, in fact used a large number of extras, hired to respond favorably to Stein's speech, to fill the room.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The media response to the film has been largely unfavorable. It received an 11% meta-score from <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>. Multiple reviews, including those of <i><a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Scientific_American" title="Scientific American">Scientific American</a></i>, have described the film as propaganda.<sup id="cite_ref-USATODAY_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USATODAY-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYTR_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTR-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sciam-shermer_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sciam-shermer-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">Trinity Broadcasting Network</a> interview with <a href="/wiki/Paul_Crouch_Jr." title="Paul Crouch Jr.">Paul Crouch Jr.</a> regarding the movie, Stein claimed that "[religion] leads you to a very glorious place, and science leads you to killing people".<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League" title="Anti-Defamation League">Anti-Defamation League</a> issued a statement condemning the film's misuse of the <a href="/wiki/Holocaust" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust">Holocaust</a> and its imagery, "Using the Holocaust in order to tarnish those who promote the theory of evolution is outrageous and trivializes the complex factors that led to the mass extermination of European Jewry".<sup id="cite_ref-ADLstatement_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ADLstatement-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Vermont" title="University of Vermont">University of Vermont</a>, Stein was invited to receive an honorary degree and be the <a href="/wiki/Commencement_speaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Commencement speaker">commencement speaker</a> for the graduating class of 2009. University President Dan Fogel received complaints about Stein's planned appearance, due to Stein's views on evolution. Stein declined his commencement invitation.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the private, Christian <a href="/wiki/Liberty_University" title="Liberty University">Liberty University</a> 2009 graduation, Stein was awarded an honorary degree and, according to the university, "spoke extensively about his work on <i>Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-Liberty_09-05-09_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Liberty_09-05-09-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_policy">Foreign policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Foreign policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stein is a staunch supporter of Israel. On <i><a href="/wiki/Larry_King_Live" title="Larry King Live">Larry King Live</a></i> in 2009, in a heated exchange with then-Congressman <a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a>, he referred to Paul as <a href="/wiki/Antisemitic" class="mw-redirect" title="Antisemitic">antisemitic</a> for referring to the U.S. as "occupiers" in the Arabian peninsula.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_endorsements">Political endorsements</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Political endorsements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stein endorsed <a href="/wiki/John_McCain" title="John McCain">John McCain</a> for president in 2008, calling him "an impressive guy".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, he also stated that he would vote for <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Nader" title="Ralph Nader">Ralph Nader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2012, Stein appeared in political advertisements sponsored by Associated Industries of Florida supporting legislation that would create three resort casinos in <a href="/wiki/South_Florida" title="South Florida">South Florida</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He claimed in late 2014 that President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> was the most racist president in American history, saying Obama "made everything about race".<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Stein reprised the famous attendance scene from <i>Ferris Bueller</i> in a campaign ad<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for Iowa Senator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a>. In it, Stein intoned the last name of Grassley's opponent (<a href="/wiki/Patty_Judge" title="Patty Judge">Patty Judge</a>) to silence, while facts about her missed votes and absences from state board meetings were listed. Stein then calls out "Grassley," which gets a response; Stein mutters, "He's always here."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stein initially supported <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_U.S._presidential_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 U.S. presidential election">2016 U.S. presidential election</a>, but retracted his support in October 2016, writing, "But it's time for Donald Trump to go back to <a href="/wiki/Trump_Tower" title="Trump Tower">Trump Tower</a>. Time for <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a> to move to the top of the ticket."<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, Stein went on to vote for Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aunt_Jemima">Aunt Jemima</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Aunt Jemima"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2023, Stein released a video on Donald Trump's Truth Social stating he missed the Aunt Jemima logo with a "large African American woman chef." He added, "But, I prefer when it was a black person, showing their incredible skill at making pancakes." The video was also shared on Twitter<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the story ran on media outlets across the country.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original <a href="/wiki/Aunt_Jemima" title="Aunt Jemima">Aunt Jemima</a> logo and brand name was retired in 2021 by PepsiCo and its subsidiary, Quaker Oats. This was due to the connection with the <a href="/wiki/Mammy_stereotype" title="Mammy stereotype">"Mammy" stereotype</a> and racial connotations associated with the character.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stein's book titles to date (7 fiction, 21 nonfiction) include: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Title</th> <th>Publisher</th> <th>ISBN </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>On the Brink: A Novel</i> (coauthor: Herbert Stein) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ballantine_Books" title="Ballantine Books">Ballantine Books</a> </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-27650-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-27650-7">0-345-27650-7</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><i>Dreemz</i> (hardcover: <i>California Dreemz</i>) </td> <td>Ballantine Books </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-345-28156-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-345-28156-X">0-345-28156-X</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979 </td> <td><i>The View from Sunset Boulevard: America as Brought to You By the People Who Make Television</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Basic_Books" title="Basic Books">Basic Books</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-465-09032-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-465-09032-X">0-465-09032-X</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i>Moneypower: How to Make Inflation Make You Rich</i> (coauthor: Herbert Stein) </td> <td>Avon </td> <td>0-380-54809-7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td>'<i>Ludes</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Press" title="St. Martin's Press">St. Martin's Press</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-50012-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-50012-2">0-312-50012-2</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i>Her Only Sin</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Press" title="St. Martin's Press">St. Martin's Press</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-312-90636-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-312-90636-6">0-312-90636-6</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i>Hollywood Days, Hollywood Nights: The Diary of a Mad Screenwriter</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bantam_Books" title="Bantam Books">Bantam Books</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-553-34520-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-553-34520-6">0-553-34520-6</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i>A License to Steal: the Untold Story of Michael Milken and the Conspiracy to Bilk the Nation</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-671-74272-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-671-74272-8">0-671-74272-8</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i>Tommy & Me: The Making of a Dad</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Free_Press_(publisher)" title="Free Press (publisher)">Free Press</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-68483-896-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-68483-896-6">0-68483-896-6</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i>How to Ruin Your Life</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hay_House" title="Hay House">Hay House</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56170-974-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-56170-974-3">1-56170-974-3</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><i>How to Ruin Your Love Life</i> </td> <td>Hay House </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4019-0240-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-4019-0240-5">1-4019-0240-5</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2004 </td> <td><i>How to Ruin Your Financial Life</i> </td> <td>Hay House </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4019-0241-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-4019-0241-3">1-4019-0241-3</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Can America Survive? The Rage of the Left, the Truth, and What to Do About It</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Beginnings_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="New Beginnings Press">New Beginnings Press</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4019-0333-9" title="Special:BookSources/1-4019-0333-9">1-4019-0333-9</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2005 </td> <td><i>Yes, You Can Be a Successful Income Investor: Reaching for Yield in Today's Market</i> </td> <td>New Beginnings Press </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4019-0319-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-4019-0319-3">1-4019-0319-3</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Yes, You Can Still Retire Comfortably: The Baby-Boom Retirement Crisis and how to Beat It</i> </td> <td>New Beginnings Press </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4019-0318-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-4019-0318-5">1-4019-0318-5</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i>How Successful People Win: Using "Bunkhouse Logic" to Get What You Want in Life</i> </td> <td>Hay House </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-56170-975-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-56170-975-1">1-56170-975-1</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i>The Real Stars: In Today's America, Who Are the True Heroes?</i> </td> <td>New Beginnings Press </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-40191-144-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-40191-144-7">1-40191-144-7</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i>How to Ruin the United States of America</i> </td> <td>New Beginnings Press </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-40191-869-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-40191-869-7">1-40191-869-7</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i>How to Really Ruin Your Financial Life and Portfolio</i> </td> <td>Wiley </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-11833-873-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-11833-873-1">1-11833-873-1</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography_and_television_appearances">Filmography and television appearances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ben_Stein&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Filmography and television appearances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Title </th> <th colspan="3">Credit </th> <th rowspan="2">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th>Actor </th> <th>Screenwriter </th> <th>Role </th></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All%27s_Fair_(1976_TV_series)" title="All's Fair (1976 TV series)">All's Fair</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td>Consultant </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Fernwood_2_Night" title="Fernwood 2 Night">Fernwood 2 Night</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td> <td>Creative consultant </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Life_(film)" title="The Wild Life (film)">The Wild Life</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Surplus salesman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ferris_Bueller%27s_Day_Off" title="Ferris Bueller's Day Off">Ferris Bueller's Day Off</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Economics teacher </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Planes,_Trains_%26_Automobiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Planes, Trains & Automobiles">Planes, Trains & Automobiles</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Wichita airport representative </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1990 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Charles_in_Charge" title="Charles in Charge">Charles in Charge</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Stanley Willard </td> <td>4 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i>Frankenstein General Hospital</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Who </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boost" title="The Boost">The Boost</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Ghostbusters_II" title="Ghostbusters II">Ghostbusters II</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Public Works official </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Easy_Wheels" title="Easy Wheels">Easy Wheels</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Preacher </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989–1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonder_Years" title="The Wonder Years">The Wonder Years</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Mr. Cantwell </td> <td>12 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Soapdish" title="Soapdish">Soapdish</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Nitwit executive </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/MacGyver_(1985_TV_series)" title="MacGyver (1985 TV series)">MacGyver</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Major Snead </td> <td>Episode: "Honest Abe" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Honeymoon_in_Vegas" title="Honeymoon in Vegas">Honeymoon in Vegas</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Walter </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><i>Mastergate</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Marvin Rotweiler </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Melrose_Place" title="Melrose Place">Melrose Place</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>loan officer </td> <td>Episode: "My New Partner" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dave_(film)" title="Dave (film)">Dave</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dennis_the_Menace_(1993_film)" title="Dennis the Menace (1993 film)">Dennis the Menace</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Boss </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Me_and_the_Kid" title="Me and the Kid">Me and the Kid</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Fred Herbert </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Full_House" title="Full House">Full House</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Elliott Warner </td> <td>Episode: "Another Opening, Another No Show" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Animaniacs" title="Animaniacs">Animaniacs</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Francis "Pip" Pumphandle </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Chairman of the Bored"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i>The Day My Parents Ran Away</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Lillianfarb </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hearts_Afire" title="Hearts Afire">Hearts Afire</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Mr. Starnes </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Girl_2" title="My Girl 2">My Girl 2</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Stanley Rosenfeld </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Love_%26_War_(TV_series)" title="Love & War (TV series)">Love & War</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Baxter </td> <td>Episode: "Are the Stars Out Tonight?" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Write" title="Mr. Write">Mr. Write</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Eliott </td> <td>uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/North_(1994_film)" title="North (1994 film)">North</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Curator </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mask_(1994_film)" title="The Mask (1994 film)">The Mask</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Arthur Neuman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Richie_Rich_(film)" title="Richie Rich (film)">Richie Rich</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>School teacher </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tales_from_the_Crypt_(TV_series)" title="Tales from the Crypt (TV series)">Tales from the Crypt</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Andrews </td> <td>Episode: "Doctor of Horror" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Miami_Rhapsody" title="Miami Rhapsody">Miami Rhapsody</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Rabbi </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lois_%26_Clark:_The_New_Adventures_of_Superman" title="Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman">Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Pro lawyer </td> <td>Episode: "Whine, Whine, Whine" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Casper_(film)" title="Casper (film)">Casper</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Mr. Rugg </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Married..._with_Children" title="Married... with Children">Married... with Children</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Thomas </td> <td>Episode: "Requiem for a Dead Briard" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Freakazoid!" title="Freakazoid!">Freakazoid!</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>H.A. Futterman </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Relax-O-Vision"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Live_Shot" title="Live Shot">Live Shot</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Hal, Herb </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Marshal" title="The Marshal">The Marshal</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Ben </td> <td>Episode: "Time Off for Clever Behavior" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mask:_Animated_Series" title="The Mask: Animated Series">The Mask: Animated Series</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Arthur Neuman </td> <td>Voice, 3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Spooktacular_New_Adventures_of_Casper" title="The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper">The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Mr. Happ </td> <td>Voice, 3 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bruno_the_Kid" title="Bruno the Kid">Bruno the Kid</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Professor Wisenstein </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Aaahh!!!_Real_Monsters" title="Aaahh!!! Real Monsters">Aaahh!!! Real Monsters</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Glug, Computer </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Less Talk, More Monsters"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Earthworm_Jim_(TV_series)" title="Earthworm Jim (TV series)">Earthworm Jim</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Houston, Rosebud </td> <td>Voice, 2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/House_Arrest" class="mw-redirect" title="House Arrest">House Arrest</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Ralph Doyle </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Toonstruck" title="Toonstruck">Toonstruck</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Sam Schmaltz </td> <td>Video game </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Duckman" title="Duckman">Duckman</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Ben Stein, Lionel Stein </td> <td>Voice, 9 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Seinfeld" title="Seinfeld">Seinfeld</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Shellbach </td> <td>Episode: "The Comeback" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Murphy_Brown" title="Murphy Brown">Murphy Brown</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Williams </td> <td>Episode: "How to Marry a Billionaire" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Smile_Like_Yours" title="A Smile Like Yours">A Smile Like Yours</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>clinic video narrator </td> <td>Voice </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/101_Dalmatians:_The_Series" title="101 Dalmatians: The Series">101 Dalmatians: The Series</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>waiter </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Two Faces of Anita" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Casper:_A_Spirited_Beginning" title="Casper: A Spirited Beginning">Casper: A Spirited Beginning</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Grocer </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i>Total Security</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Sam Hinkle </td> <td>Episode: "Citizen Canine" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rugrats" title="Rugrats">Rugrats</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Bingo Caller </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Lady Luck"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Win_Ben_Stein%27s_Money" title="Win Ben Stein's Money">Win Ben Stein's Money</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>host </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Muppets_Tonight" title="Muppets Tonight">Muppets Tonight</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>The Sad And Lonely Man That Science Has Left Dr. Honeydew </td> <td>Episode: "Andie MacDowell" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i>Breakfast with Einstein</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Jack </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Men_in_White_(1998_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Men in White (1998 film)">Men in White</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Man in Strangemeister's head </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Casper_Meets_Wendy" title="Casper Meets Wendy">Casper Meets Wendy</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Lawyer </td> <td>uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(1998_TV_series)" title="Hercules (1998 TV series)">Hercules</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Trivia </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Hercules and the Pool Party" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Files_of_the_Spy_Dogs" title="The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs">The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Ernst Stavro Blowfish </td> <td>Episode: "I.H.R.F./Oatz" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pinky_and_the_Brain" title="Pinky and the Brain">Pinky and the Brain</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Francis "Pip" Pumphandle </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Star Warners"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hughleys" title="The Hughleys">The Hughleys</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Mopp </td> <td>Episode: "I'm Shrinnnking" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i>Tannenbaum</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Car lot owner </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pinky,_Elmyra_%26_the_Brain" title="Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain">Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Rockin' Johnny Hot </td> <td>Voice, episode: "At the Hop!"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Wakko%27s_Wish" title="Wakko's Wish">Wakko's Wish</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Desire Fulfillment Facilitator </td> <td>Voice<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Shasta_McNasty" title="Shasta McNasty">Shasta McNasty</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>himself </td> <td>Episode: "Adult Education" </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i>Turn Ben Stein On</i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Host, executive producer, theme music composer </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Show" title="The Man Show">The Man Show</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Juggy University professor </td> <td>Episode: "X-Ray Specs" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show" title="The Drew Carey Show">The Drew Carey Show</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Heavenly Guide </td> <td>Episode: "Drew's in a Coma" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_in_Space" title="Lloyd in Space">Lloyd in Space</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Ranger Wormy </td> <td>Episode: "Caution: Wormhole!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Osmosis_Jones" title="Osmosis Jones">Osmosis Jones</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Doc </td> <td>uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Jimmy_Neutron:_Boy_Genius" class="mw-redirect" title="The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius">The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Giggles the clown </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Hypno Birthday to You"<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Santa_vs._the_Snowman_3D" title="Santa vs. the Snowman 3D">Santa vs. the Snowman 3D</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Spunky the Elf </td> <td>Voice<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Most_Outrageous_Moments" title="Most Outrageous Moments">Most Outrageous Game Show Moments</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Co-host </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Do_Over" title="Do Over">Do Over</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Teacher </td> <td>Episode: "Joel Larsen's Day Off" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–2009 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Family_Guy" title="Family Guy">Family Guy</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Rabbi Goldberg </td> <td>Voice, 2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Hill" title="King of the Hill">King of the Hill</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Quizmaster </td> <td>Voice, episode: "Stressed for Success" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004–2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fairly_OddParents" title="The Fairly OddParents">The Fairly OddParents</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Head Pixie, Sanderson, Pixies </td> <td>Voice, 8 episodes<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/As_Told_by_Ginger" title="As Told by Ginger">As Told by Ginger</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Buddy Baker </td> <td>Voice, 3 episodes<sup id="cite_ref-btva_67-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-btva-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_the_Mask" title="Son of the Mask">Son of the Mask</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Neuman </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i>Game Show Moments Gone Bananas</i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Himself (Presenter) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i>Mayor Dog</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Totally_Awesome" title="Totally Awesome">Totally Awesome</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Narrator </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Emperor%27s_New_School" title="The Emperor's New School">The Emperor's New School</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Mr. Purutu </td> <td>Voice, 8 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Most_Smartest_Model" title="America's Most Smartest Model">America's Most Smartest Model</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Himself (Host) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Your_Mommy_Kills_Animals_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Your Mommy Kills Animals (film)">Your Mommy Kills Animals</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Himself </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Expelled:_No_Intelligence_Allowed" title="Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed">Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012–2018 </td> <td><i>Cavuto on Business</i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Panelist </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i>Facetiming With Mommy</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Daddy </td> <td>TV series </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Sharknado:_It%27s_About_Time" title="The Last Sharknado: It's About Time">The Last Sharknado: It's About Time</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><i>Animal Sanctuary</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Donald Donkey </td> <td>Voice; Short </td></tr> <tr> <td>TBA </td> <td><i>The Engagement Ring</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Dr. Miller </td> <td>Announced </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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