anyone watch Dennis Miller

[Krusher]

anyone watch Dennis Miller's new show last night?


I think he may have found a nice formula that breaks from the normal talking heads type of political show.  I am going to have to watch it a few more times to see how it pans out but the first show was worthy.

[fd ski]

He used to have a good thing going on HBO, angry funny guy willing to dish out **** to everyone.

Latest iterations of his "career" appear to be attempts to break into "main-stream" by out-foxing Fox News.
Doesn't seem to be working either. And he certainly lost lot of credibility in process.

[Mickey1992]

What channel is his new show on?

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by fd ski
He used to have a good thing going on HBO, angry funny guy willing to dish out **** to everyone.

Latest iterations of his "career" appear to be attempts to break into "main-stream" by out-foxing Fox News.
Doesn't seem to be working either. And he certainly lost lot of credibility in process.

Actually "gained" alot of credibility. He's more popular today than he was on SNL.

He just doesn't meet your political expectations, thus your distaste for him.  And his "slide to the right" is due to the anger spewed by your party.

"People say I've slid to the right," Mr. Miller said in his office at the NBC Studios in Burbank, speaking in his rat-a-tat-tat style. "Well, can you blame me? One of the biggest malfeasances of the left right now is the mislabeling of Hitler. Quit saying this guy is Hitler," he said, referring to Mr. Bush. "Hitler is Hitler. That's the quintessential evil in the history of the universe, and we're throwing it around on MoveOn.org to win a contest. That's grotesque to me."

Mr. Miller, who was speaking about television advertisements submitted to a competition held by MoveOn.org Voter Fund, a liberal political group, was just getting started.

"Did you see the Democratic debate the other night?" he asked. "To me Dennis Kucinich's politics are more scrambled than Rod Steiger's dream journal. And Clark? He's a wizard in many ways, but when I hear him speak, it's almost like he's slumming. There's a mensch discrepancy there. At least John Edwards, who to me is a reasonably shallow guy, at least he can dog-paddle around in that park and not look out of place."

Mr. Miller's rapid-fire monologues and obscure, even weird cultural references — Rod Steiger's dream journal? — have made him one of television's most visible comedians over the last two decades. He was a regular on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" from 1985 to 1991; had an Emmy Award-winning weekly series on HBO, "Dennis Miller Live," in the 1990's; worked as a film and television actor; was a commentator for two seasons on ABC's "Monday Night Football"; and most recently was an essayist for Fox News.

Mr. Miller's metamorphosis from iconoclastic liberal to free-wheeling conservative — which he partly attributes to the Sept. 11 attacks — has not only made this 50-year-old comedian an esteemed figure on the Fox network. It has also made California Republicans, who have triumphed with a movie star in the governor's mansion, look to Mr. Miller as a possible opponent to Senator Barbara Boxer, the liberal Democrat who is up for re-election this year. (Mr. Miller supported Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign for governor and performed last summer at California fund-raisers for President Bush.)

Mr. Miller said he told the Republicans he had no interest in running against Ms. Boxer, largely because winning would mean moving to Washington from Santa Barbara, where he lives with his wife and two children. "They inquired about my availability to run against Barbara Boxer, but I'm not at the point where I would consider it," he said.

His new hourlong show, "Dennis Miller," at 9 p.m. weeknights (with a repeat of one show on Sunday), will have its premiere on Jan. 26. It will include his usual venting on current issues, as well as interviews with political figures, journalists and others, and a nightly "right-left" debate among figures at different points on the political spectrum.

Pamela Thomas-Graham, president and chief executive of CNBC, said Mr. Miller's "kinetic energy" appealed to the network, now mostly an outlet for financial news. By hiring him, she said, CNBC hoped to retain and expand its daytime audience with a politically savvy show. She added that the CNBC daytime viewers were probably "interested in relaxing at night" with material that reached beyond Wall Street.

Ms. Thomas-Graham said Mr. Miller's political positions had played no role in the decision to hire him. "We are completely agnostic in that direction," she said. "We were looking for someone who has a point of view and is willing to defend that point of view."

Mr. Miller is also not a traditional conservative. "I've always been a pragmatist," he said. "If two gay guys want to get married, it's none of my business. I could care less. More power to them. I'm happy when people fall in love. But if some idiot foreign terrorist wants to blow up their wedding to make a political statement, I would rather kill him before he can do it, or have my country kill him before he can do it, instead of having him do it and punishing him after the fact. If that makes me a right-wing fanatic, I will bask in that assignation."

Mr. Miller said he remained socially liberal. "I think abortion's wrong, but it's none of my business to tell somebody what's wrong," he said. "So I'm pro-choice. I want to keep my nose out of other people's personal business. I guess I fall into conservative when it comes to protecting the United States in a world where a lot of people hate the United States."

[Krusher]

Originally posted by Mickey1992
What channel is his new show on?

CNBC at 9:00

[Pongo]

So I read his statement to be.
I was a liberal. But then I got scared and now Im a conservative.

[lazs2]

noo... I read it to be...

I was a liberal but seen what lying scum I had to lie down with and decided to grow up and get honest.

lazs

[Pongo]

Maybe it was
I was a liberal. But there is no money in that so now Im a conservative

[Saurdaukar]

No, I think it was "I was a liberal, but then I became embarressed."

[FUNKED1]

Actually what has happened is that the "center" in the USA has been moving to the left at a high rate of speed.

[yowser]

"...Mr. Miller is also not a traditional conservative. "I've always been a pragmatist," he said. "If two gay guys want to get married, it's none of my business. I could care less. More power to them. I'm happy when people fall in love. But if some idiot foreign terrorist wants to blow up their wedding to make a political statement, I would rather kill him before he can do it, or have my country kill him before he can do it, instead of having him do it and punishing him after the fact. If that makes me a right-wing fanatic, I will bask in that assignation."

Mr. Miller said he remained socially liberal. "I think abortion's wrong, but it's none of my business to tell somebody what's wrong," he said. "So I'm pro-choice. I want to keep my nose out of other people's personal business. I guess I fall into conservative when it comes to protecting the United States in a world where a lot of people hate the United States."


Doesn't sound like Miller is your idea of a conservative fellas.   Some liberal, some conservative viewpoints.   You know....like a person who thinks for himself.  I wouldn't get too excited.

yowser

[midnight Target]

watched part of it. Looks like the conservative version of Bill Mahr's show on HBO. I hope it doesn't suck, cause I enjoy Dennis Miller's stuff.