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 == Evolution and Intelligent Design ==
 [[Image:Image554836x.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Ben Stein]]
-Stein co-wrote and appears as the host<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091617/fullcredits#writers IMDB listing] for ''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed''</ref> of the documentary (''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]''), released in the US in April 2008, which portrays "Big Science" as suppressing [[Intelligent design]] from being discussed and considered in academic settings.
+Stein co-wrote and appears as the host<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091617/fullcredits#writers IMDB listing] for ''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed''</ref> of the documentary ''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]'', released in the US in April 2008, which portrays "Big Science" as suppressing [[Intelligent design]] from being discussed and considered in academic settings.
 Stein is interested in questions such as:

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 == Evolution and Intelligent Design ==
 [[Image:Image554836x.jpg|right|thumbnail|200px|Ben Stein]]
-Stein co-wrote and appears as the narrator<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091617/fullcredits#writers IMDB listing] for ''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed''</ref> in a movie (''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]''), released in the US in April 2008 which portrays "Big Science" as suppressing [[Intelligent design]] from being discussed and considered in academic settings.
+Stein co-wrote and appears as the host<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091617/fullcredits#writers IMDB listing] for ''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed''</ref> of the documentary (''[[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed]]''), released in the US in April 2008, which portrays "Big Science" as suppressing [[Intelligent design]] from being discussed and considered in academic settings.
 Stein is interested in questions such as:

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 :"I'm a rebel to my core ... and happy to be in an uphill struggle, as long as the cause is right."<ref>[http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?id=27761 Intelligent Design foes no match for Stein in 'Expelled'  ]</ref>
-== Works ==
+== Selected Works ==
 ====Voice-overs====

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 ====Films====
 *''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986) - Economics Teacher
 *''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed'' (2008) - himself, host

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 ====Voice-overs====
 *''Dukeman''
-*''Fairly Odd Parents''
+*''The Fairly OddParents'' - the Pixies
 *''Loony Toon''

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 *''Loony Toon''
-====Movies====
+====Films====
 *''The Mask''
 *''Son of the Mask''
-*''Ferris Bueller's Day Off''
+*''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' (1986) - Economics Teacher
-*''Expelled'' (released in April 2008)
+*''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed'' (2008) - himself, host
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 [[File:Ben stein.jpg|right|thumbnail|250px|Ben Stein]]
-'''Benjamin Jeremy Stein''', born November 25, 1944 (age {{age|1944|11|25}}), in Washington, DC, is a lawyer, writer, actor and economist.
+'''Benjamin Jeremy Stein''', born November 25, 1944 (age {{age|1944|11|25}}), in [[Washington, DC]], is an American lawyer, writer, actor and economist, as well as a [[conservative]] social activist, public speaker and presidential speechwriter.<ref name="trailer">[http://www.wingclips.com/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16682&category_id=779 "[[Expelled]]" trailer]</ref>
 He has also been a game show host.
-His father was economist [[Herbert Stein]].  Stein earned a law degree from Yale.  Having been a speech writer and lawyer for former Presidents [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford]] as well as a publisher of conservative thought in newspapers, Stein unexpectedly turned up with a new career on television after getting his start in the movie ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'' as the boring high school economics teacher due to his monotone voice. In this scene, which was mostly unscripted<ref>Except for the famous line "Bueller...Bueller?", the entire scene -- a lecture on the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 and the then-current debate over supply-side economics -- was totally adlibbed by Stein based on his economics knowledge.</ref>, Stein showed a key knowledge for understated humor.
+His father was economist [[Herbert Stein]]. Stein earned a law degree from [[Yale University]]. Having been a speech writer and lawyer for former Presidents [[Richard Nixon]] and [[Gerald Ford]] as well as a publisher of conservative thought in newspapers, Stein unexpectedly turned up with a new career on television after getting his start in the movie ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off]]'' as the boring high school economics teacher due to his monotone voice. In this scene, which was mostly unscripted<ref>Except for the famous line "Bueller...Bueller?", the entire scene -- a lecture on the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 and the then-current debate over supply-side economics -- was totally adlibbed by Stein based on his economics knowledge.</ref>, Stein showed a key knowledge for understated humor.
 Stein has been married for {{years ago|1968}} years - having married, divorced, and remarried the same woman.
 == TV ==
-A man of considerable intellect, Stein starred in his own gameshow, ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', which would culminate in Stein taking on the winning contestant in a ten-question round to see who could answer more of the questions correctly.  Most of the time Stein would emerge victorious.  Stein had a subtle form of comedy playing the mostly straight man to [[Jimmy Kimmel]] as the joking cohost; however much of the banter contained sexual innuendos not suitable for children.
+A man of considerable intellect, Stein starred in his own gameshow, ''Win Ben Stein's Money'', which would culminate in Stein taking on the winning contestant in a ten-question round to see who could answer more of the questions correctly.  Most of the time Stein would emerge victorious. Stein had a subtle form of comedy playing the mostly straight man to [[Jimmy Kimmel]] as the joking cohost; however much of the banter contained sexual innuendos not suitable for children.
-Stein went on to host his own talk show ''Turn Ben Stein On''.
+Stein went on to host his own talk show, ''Turn Ben Stein On''.
-Today Stein can still be seen on television with his "dry humor" such as in the "dry eyes" commercial.
+In the mid-2000s, Stein was the sponsor for Clear Eyes eye drops.
 Stein has never lost his conservative roots or his desire to engage in intelligent dialogue. He has appeared many times on [[Fox News]] discussing politics and finance.  Ben Stein also writes his "Diary" in every issue of ''The American Spectator'', and is a regular weekly contributor to the Business Section of the [[New York Times]].

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