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Dennis Miller

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About Me

Dennis Miller is an American comedian, political commentator, and television personality. He rose to fame as a cast member of Saturday Night Live in the late 1980s, and subsequently hosted a string of his own talk shows on HBO, CNBC and in syndication and In January 2007, Miller signed a deal with Westwood One Radio Networks to launch a three-hour talk radio program. The program is scheduled to debut March 26, 2007, and will air live from 10am to 1pm Eastern Time, with re-feeds from 1pm to 4pm Eastern Time and 4pm to 7pm Eastern Time. He also appears on the O'Reilly Factor every Wednesday on "Miller Time," discussing a variety of issues in the news. In 1990, Dennis released a standup comedy CD, The Off-White Album, based on an HBO special titled Mr. Miller Goes To Washington, which drew heavily from the observational and metaphor-driven style he was known for on Saturday Night Live, and showed glimpses of the politically-based humor that would influence his later work. A well-received HBO special, Dennis Miller: Black & White, aired shortly after the release of the CD. Dennis regularly performs standup at the MGM Grand Resort, one of the premier hotel casinos on the Las Vegas Strip. He has authored four books based on his standup comedy and television monologues: The Rants (1996), Ranting Again (1999), I Rant, Therefore I Am (2000), and The Rant Zone (2001). Dennis is known for his laid-back style (for example, calling everyone "Babe") and acerbic, brooding sense of humor. His specialty is the "rant"—a stream-of-consciousness diatribe in which he rails against whatever happens to be bothering him at the moment. Such rants typically begin with "Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but..." and end with "...of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." Dennis is known as one of the most literate and articulate of mainstream comedians. About his passion for language he has remarked: "I've always loved the flirtatious tango of consonants and vowels, the sturdy dependability of nouns and capricious whimsy of verbs, the strutting pageantry of the adjective and the flitting evanescence of the adverb, all kept safe and orderly by those reliable little policemen, punctuation marks. Wow! Think I got my ass kicked in high school?" (The Rant Zone, pp. 81-2)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

America

Television:

Dennis's big break came in 1985 when he landed a spot on Saturday Night Live, where he succeeded Christopher Guest as the "Weekend Update" anchor. Dennis began his fictional news reports with "Good evening, what can I tell you?" and closed with "That's the news, and I am outta here!". In 1990, Dennis released a standup comedy CD, The Off-White Album, based on an HBO special titled Mr. Miller Goes To Washington, which drew heavily from the observational and metaphor-driven style he was known for on Saturday Night Live, and showed glimpses of the politically-based humor that would influence his later work. A well-received HBO special, Dennis Miller: Black & White, aired shortly after the release of the CD.In 1992, following his departure from Saturday Night Live, Miller launched a late night talk show, The Dennis Miller Show, syndicated by Tribune Entertainment. The Dennis Miller Show was among the first "alternative" talk shows, featuring cutting-edge bands and other groundbreaking guests not seen on other late-night programs of the time. Beginning in 1994, Dennis hosted Dennis Miller Live, a half-hour talk show on HBO characterized by its simplicity. The show had a small set, no band, and not even much lighting. It consisted mainly of Dennis speaking to the largely unseen studio audience on a darkened stage. There would be one guest per show, either live in the studio or occasionally on air via satellite, whom Dennis would quiz on the topic of the day. Dennis and his writing staff won five Emmy Awards while hosting the show, which aired 215 episodes during its nine-year run.In 2000, Miller beat out Rush Limbaugh and Tony Kornheiser (among others) for a job as color commentator on ABC's Monday Night Football.In 2003, Miller provided short-lived regular commentary for the FOX News show Hannity & Colmes before moving on to do a prime-time political show on CNBC in early 2004 called, simply, Dennis Miller. The hour-long show contained a daily news segment called "The Daily Rorschach" Miller has appeared as a guest or guest star on various shows, including Boston Public, The Daily Show, Hannity & Colmes, NewsRadio, The Norm Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, SportsCenter, and late-night talk shows such as Leno and Letterman.Dennis hosted the MTV Video Music Awards in 1995 and 1996. He also was the host of HBO's 1996 series of election specials, Not Necessarily the Election.He has appeared in various commercials, serving as a spokesman for M&M's candies, 10-10-220 long distance service, and the internet service provider NetZero. About these activities he has remarked: "Everybody has to sell out at some point to make a living. I'm a family man. I sold out to make an M&M commercial. They offer incredible amounts of money, and I say, 'What can I do to sell one more piece of candy for you? Do you want me to hug the M&M?'"

Books:

The Rants (Doubleday, 1996) Ranting Again (Doubleday, 1999) I Rant, Therefore I Am (Doubleday, 2000) The Rant Zone: An All-Out Blitz Against Soul-Sucking Jobs, Twisted Child Stars, Holistic Loons, and People Who Eat Their Dogs! (HarperCollins, 2001)

My Blog

Cut to the Chase (originally posted 03/2005)

Cut to The Chase - March 30, 2005: Hey folks, let's cut to the chase on illegal immigration.  A recent study shows that the number of illegal immigrants in this country jumped to 11 million over ...
Posted by Dennis Miller on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 01:41:00 PST