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| Aug 30th, 2005 12:05 AM | ||
| Ninjavenom |
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| Aug 29th, 2005 05:38 PM | ||
| Preechr | Dennis Miller: "I was never really that funny." | |
| Aug 29th, 2005 04:54 PM | ||
| mburbank | That's like getting applause by saying "Boston ROCKS!" when you're performing in Boston. | |
| Aug 28th, 2005 09:35 PM | ||
| Emu | He took advantage of a country whose majority supports the president. I don't blame him. | |
| Aug 28th, 2005 04:55 PM | ||
| Zebra 3 | If Miller was center left as he says he is, he'd be all over Pres. Moron. | |
| Aug 26th, 2005 12:59 AM | ||
| sadie |
"That's one thing I've noticed about people on the left," said Miller. "They don't really individualize your views and look them over. If you disagree with them on one thing, they call you right wing." it's the same in reverse. it's like people see everything in extreme, so it will fall easily into their worldview. no room for a full spectrum of views. no room for individuals who don't fit into any category. how could someone who doesn't feel something is stupid or bad satirize that something anyway? |
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| Aug 25th, 2005 03:17 PM | ||
| ziggytrix |
I find the phrase "responsible comic" laughable. Sorry. 
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| Aug 25th, 2005 10:58 AM | ||
| mburbank |
I never thought he was a right winger because of his position on the war. I thought he was right winger because he bacame a shameless apologist for Bush. I think their are decent folks who "Thought we were in an all out war with Al-Quaeda". But I think only idiots, protifascits and greed heads fell in love with W, and Miller at least publicly acted as if W could do no wrong. For a satarist to refuse to pick on ANY president, let alone one as bumbling, narrow minded and poisonous as Bush under the excuse that he's The Commander In Chief During War Time is... well, as a comedian I find it despicable. Fuck, Jay Leno didn't suck up like Miller. Is that what he wants, to be a less responsible comic than Jay fucking Leno? Plus, he was WAY less funny as a conservative shill, and now he wants to take it back like it never happened. |
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| Aug 25th, 2005 10:46 AM | ||
| Miss Modular |
Dennis Miller: "I was never really conservative." http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/04/20/1004444.html I just came across this. I didn't realize that this was old news. April 20, 2005 Dennis Miller slams right-wing label By BILL BRIOUX - Toronto Sun Dennis Miller has no problem with Canada's decision to stay out of the war in Iraq. "Canada can do what it wants as long as they come see me at Casino Rama." The acerbic comedian, who rants nightly at 9 p.m. on CNBC, brings his act to Rama this Friday at 9 p.m. Reached by phone last week in New York, the five-time Emmy winner bristled at suggestions he has sold out to the political right, a perception stemming from his outspoken support of "Operation Iraqi Freedom." "That's one thing I've noticed about people on the left," said Miller. "They don't really individualize your views and look them over. If you disagree with them on one thing, they call you right wing." Miller backed the war because "I felt we were in the fight of our lives against al- Qaida," he says. He insists he's left of centre on everything but the war. "I believe in gay marriage and pro choice -- although I think abortion is wrong, but everybody has a right to choose." If he is more conservative these days, it's because "I wasn't certain enough of my guess work to be a liberal any more." How does he feel about Canadians? "I share my bed every night with one," he says, referring to his wife of 18 years, Ali Epsley, originally a Vancouver girl. Throughout his days behind Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update desk, his nine years on HBO and even those two seasons on Monday Night Football, Miller earned a reputation as someone who shoots from the lip. Fire any topic at him and he's loaded and ready to fire back. For example: * Should Jon Stewart have gone after Tucker Carlson on Crossfire? "That Tucker kid can be maddening," says Miller. "I think all men hold a latent fantasy about tearing a guy in a bow tie a new a--hole." * Was Bill Maher (booted off ABC post-9/11 after anti-American remarks) the victim of a conservative chill? Miller says he took a month off after the attacks, "and just shut up and sat at home and was exhausted, saddened, depressed and shaken up. Bill was out there within a week saying we were the cowards. That's tricky business. "Maybe he got fired for bad manners," he added. "Do you have to get out there within a week and say we're cowards? Maybe it's a red badge of courage for Bill to get fired. All I know is you do get fired for things in this world and one of them is pissing off your boss." * Do kids really get their TV news today from cats like Miller, Stewart and Maher? "I think that stuff's overrated," said Miller. "I think Jon Stewart has a good following because he does a good comedy show. "All this stuff about kids getting more informed and getting out and voting -- guess what? You can try this for the next 100 years and it's never going to happen." No matter how many "Rock The Vote" campaigns, "comes the day," says Miller, "and, 'Wow, I'm a little hung over and there's a SpongeBob marathon on.' " Miller's latest TV series features a steady parade of newsmakers, pundits and intellectuals. Asked who his favourite guest is, Miller singled out Vanity Fair writer Christopher Hitchens. "That's a substantive brain," he said. "I'm a little bit skittish of him because he's so smart." When it is suggested guests may be equally intimidated by Miller, the comedian scoffs. "I'm kinda faux smart," he says. "I'm smart because I know the Jetsons' robot maid's name. They're smart because they're smart." What is the Jetsons' robot's name? "Rosie," says Miller. "You're not so smart." |
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