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Why ‘Miracle Workers’ Killed Bill Maher by Exploding His Penis

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God doesn’t think Maher’s jokes are funny, so he explodes the comedian’s penis. Breaking down the series’ wildest—and best—joke with creator Simon Rich.

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God needed to kill somebody.

In the universe of Miracle Workers, that is the logical explanation for the TBS comedy’s best joke.

“13 Days,” the episode of the Daniel Radcliffe-starring series that aired Tuesday night, finds the series’ petulant man-child God, played by Steve Buscemi, angry over being the target of Bill Maher’s jokes.

“Religion: stupid,...

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