Dennis Miller

DENNIS JUST AMUSES HIMSELF BY THINKING HE IS FUNNY

Dennis can be very funny, however I'm not crazy about his radio show.

As a comic he was often funny, although the idea that he was ever a liberal is a little bizarre. 

Now he's just a pretentious bore

Well...9-11 really opened up alot of people's eyes. I dont hate him for leaning more to the right after that. Plus, it's not like he's this staunch conservative. He will still ALWAYS be remembered as a comedian. Even tho like u said hes not nearly as funny as he once was.

I liked him better as a comedian than a pundit.  His pretentious language and obscure literary and historical references are a howl when he's cracking wise.  When they are put to work in the service of serious discourse they are pompous beyong belief.

Contrary to some claims, Miller was never a liberal and never had a liberal sensibility, but, at his best, he was often quite funny and was capable of making some cogent observations, although his facade of swarmy sophistication, faux-"hip" name dropping, and obsessively cramming his routines with obscure esoterica and references wore thin quickly. Still, he was genuinely funny, at least until 9/11 seemed to simultaneously castrate and lobotomize him. Basically, he functions now as Ed McMahon to Bill-O's Johnny Carson, and it's really, truly sad. Adding insult to injury, he's not funny anymore either. Sometimes I have to go back and re-listen to some of the old CD's just to reassure myself that he ever was.

Miller is great with the quips.

He's still hiding down Karl Rove's butt crack.

Top notch in his niche nats!

I don't think he's the "anti-Christ".

He's just not funny. 

Reading most of these comments I can't help but believe that there has been some horrible parenting in this country. You critics would have us believe that since Mr. Miller no longer swings left of center that he is the anti-Christ himself. Truth of the matter is, he only swung just a little right of center. Yet to liberals, move an inch to the right and you've moved a mile. I think he is right in line with most American's who occupy the middle third of the spectrum, rather than left or right.  Mr. Miller goes off and does some soul searching, post 9/11, and has come to his conclusions about politics, family, country, and moral responsibility through dedicated research. Guess what...the man has proved it is never too late to grow up.

I never paid any attention to him on Saturday Night Live;I think he's very good on radio-and could be the ex-Democrat to piss off liberals the most.

Yeah, Miller is the only one who finds his corny one liners funny.

Too full of himself, always laughing at his own jokes.

Best thing to happen to radio in a long time. I listen to the podcast every day. Funny. Not too self important and well informed!

joe

I've recently started to listen to him on his new radio show on the way home from work and usually end up laughing my head off...something I rarely did back when I listened to other talk radio folk.  I may or may not agree with his politics - which, btw he manages to convey without the doom and gloom approach of so many others.  Basically it's his comments and thoughts on current events that make the show one of the best I've ever heard of that particular genre.

Dennis Miller is an example that not ALL Hollyweird types have their robotic heads up thier butts.

  This man used to be so funny, he was once considered to be "the thinking man's comic", but sadly, Dennis Miller died not long after 9-11. He intentionally committed slow-motion political and public acceptability suicide and some three or four years thereafter, Jon Stewart and some of his other friends filed for power of attorney so they could disconnect the pity applause machines that were keeping him artificially tied to a world that he no longer recognized nor related to, in any way whatsoever.

  Darrell Miller and his (supposedly non-romantic) friend, the two-bit, half-brained, washed-up character actor, Ron "Whatsisname" Silver, mutually disconnected their own reality feeding tubes in a small, tastefully intimate private ceremony held in Karl Rove's butt-crack.

  When MSNBC fired Dennis Milner, his chimp co-host actually got more job offers and a far better severance package than Daniel Miller did. Apparently, the calls and the pay were based on talent and intelligence.

RIP, Dennis Milton.  Denney Martin...  

 ...or whatever the hell his name was back when he used to be somebody.

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Finally came around to conservatism. Must have grown up like most of us do.... eventually.

Not as funny (or as smart) as he thinks he is. Was ok on SNL because he didn't pander to the crowd, but he started his fast skid when he bombed on Monday Night Football. I remember Mort Sahl, I loved Mort Sahl . . Dennis Miller is no Mort Sahl (who is still with us, by the way, and still smart and funny).

Can be pedantic at times.How come it is that he is a fool for leaning right whereas if he was one of the many LaLa land minions who mindlessly chant "Bush is a moron" he would be seen as the greatest thing since corned beef hash?

3x + 34 to the second power - 12y= you suck Dennis Miller! I don't care how smart you think you are dude.

i watched dennis millers hbo special tonight and it was absolutely terrible. not only was he not funny but not even smart. he used to at least smart. his political views are absolutely dumb. maybe he should retire in Alabama or some other red state.

i watched dennis millers hbo special tonight and it was absolutely terrible. not only was he not funny but not even smart. he used to at least smart. his political views are absolutely dumb. maybe he should retire in Alabama or some other red state.

He doesn't even seem to be having a good time anymore.

I'm waiting as a fellow anti-political boxist with other X-generationees to offer my perception of the current society, which- as all of you loud ass media sorts seem to orgasm touting, is in dissarray. THANKS {assholes..} Dennis Miller and Chris Hicthens, along with Thomas Friedman and Oprah Winfrey, are a few of voices I'll pause to listen to. This hippie/love child generation of Mary Tyler Moore worshipping, PC frontal conversationalist, but backdoor artisticly inclined sadists which distribute most of lifes propaganda called media *thing* has left the younger generation X screwed. But voices like Millers help me feel some level of unity with others who understand that honor is the most golden of all attributes.

Funny. Great use of language. Good wit and makes great points. I'm sure plenty of raters here hate him.

A funny man who was ultimately punished for having an opinion.

tedious and obvious pandering

Needs to replace Conan. He is smart, his show is smart and we need more of this on TV. Not that junk we get from Conan.

TRAITOR!!!

Conservative asshole! How many times can you get a laugh from saying, Nuke them all.

This is a tough one because I used to have a CD of his and I thought he was really funny. Then I seen him licking it up with Sean Hannity on Fox and I wondered what the hell happened to him. I've seen a couple of his talk shows and I think that audience is planted. The best comedians are the ones who take on everybody and everything like George Carlin, not just ape the same stuff Limbaugh and Hannity spew. If your such a patriot who sees no problems with the war, why don't you encourage your son to enlist

I was looking for a voice of intellectual conservatism, and had always thought of Dennis Miller as reasonably intelligent. What is clear now is that he has always benefitted from strong writers; his own commentary is weak, ill-articulated, and without firm logical foundations. The show, which I watched more than I should have in the hopes it was simply suffering from start-up woes, is a colossal disappointment, as is Miller. I think his star has diminished -- it's apparent now that he was showing off an erudition he never really had for all these years.

How long can one guy live off an old SNL skit? Well, about as long as people think he's funny. That skit you refer to is what every talk show host calls a a monologue or telling jokes about the news. It's like saying you don't like BB King because the guitar bit is over done. Miller may be right-wing (if you can call a Libertarian that), but the show isn't. Politics is only discussed 15-20 minutes per show, and much of that includes varying political viewpoints. He always interviews more than just one non-political guest, from sports or entertainment, and he's always engaged with them, unlike Leno or Letterman. He sucked as a football announcer. He's great as a talk show host. People should try to look past his politics and watch his show. I don't agree with Bill Maher or John Sterwart on everything, but they have good shows. Don't watch them as much, but I wouldn't give them a bad rating.

Wow this guy really proves it's the writers and not him. He was still pretty funny on a few shows I saw on HBO but this new thing is painful to watch. And how do you go from telling really dirty jokes to acting like you are morally superior to everyone that has a character flaw, unless they are republican of course. Then you just tell the person asking some republican they are making too much of said persons flaws and try to spin it into a joke instead of saying yeah that was wrong too or no one is perfect. Always fall back on it is a joke or you are insane when you guy is attacked for the same thing.

I can't believe that this guy is still being employed by the 'entertainment' business! He is nothing but a loser, and has gotten fired from every job he has held for his nastiness--now he wants to run for political office--what a joke, last I heard, his ratings indicated that less than 500,000 people watched his show, now THAT is pathetic!!

I think the show is great! We know that dennis is going to approach the issues from the right but at least he's not combative with his liberal guests. I'll agree that sometimes he has a string of bad one liners, but overall I think it's a great show. I hope it lasts!!!!!

I rarely agree with Miller, and his attitude tends to be unthoughtful, combative and ascerbic. Even if I did agree with him, I wouldn't rate him highly, because of his attitude. He really seems to have gotten less funny over the years, and he never was that funny to begin with.

Winner of the Most Transparent Sellout Award. When on earth will the big corporate networks run out of right-wing broadcasters. They're all aiming for the same 1-1.5 million people who get off on this stuff; most, thankfully, can't be bothered.

Dennis is open about his political beliefs. Like most Americans he has become more conservative with age. Unlike most Americans, he still listens to those with differing opions and responds with thoughtful insight instead of the boring, often repeated dogma of ones political persuasion. Cable news shows like Hannity and Combs (and many others) have less political insight and thoughtful debate than small children fighting over the most popular toy. I for one am tired of being intellectually insulted by the tunnel vision political views presented by the liberals and conservatives. It is quite pathetic. Dennis does is different and I respect that.

Hard to believe how far he has fallen. Not only a nut job, just isn't funny.

This is the only political program I can get my wife to watch. We both love it!!!

Too right wing, no balanced analysis

This show really stinks! I used to like Dennis Miller. Did he have a frontal lobotomy?

In a summer of TV reruns (Oh Boy, they're showing new episodes of the Drew Carey Show) and really bad reality shows, we watch Dennis Miller every night. It is magnitudes above anything else they are showing on TV. What can I say, I like Dennis Miller. I liked him on SNL. I even liked him on Monday Night Football. I get his obscure references. He is funny and interesting. His politics are close to mine (Right of Center) so I can relate to him from that aspect. At times, there is something about HIS SHOW, to my ear, that isn't quite clicking yet. But it certainly is much more intelligent and humorous than most television.

Irreverent and audacious are good. Insulting and belittling better describle the simpering humor of Dennis Miller. Like his brothers O'Reilly, Hannity, Bortz, Limbaugh, et al Miller's all knowing and feigned comradery with the viewer insult the intelligence of news junkies, progressive thinkers, and concerned citizens. I look forward to Dennis' next thoughtful analysis with the same enthusiasm that the come with a good headache.

not his forte

Tell you the truth, I didn't think the show was quite up to his usual emmy awarding winning standard, but over time the show has really gotten quite good. His show may not be as popular as the O'Reilly Factor or Hardball, but I think news watchers who have a sense of humor will enjoy Dennis Miller. Many of the people who have posted negative comments, don't like his conservative slant. I am a moderate and I find that Dennis Miller's fiscally conservative, and socially liberal views is very refreshing in the polorized world of politics we live in today.

This guy hasnt been funny or relevant for the last 10 years. I actually liked him on MNF, but that was when conservatives still hated him, so he didnt have a chance. He has stopped doing his homework, and really looks likes he is just showing up for the paycheck. Too bad for us.