| Dennis Miller Live | |
|---|---|
| Format | Talk Show |
| Starring | Dennis Miller |
| Opening theme | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American Stand-up comedian, political/sports commentator, and television/radio personality " Everybody Wants to Rule the World " is a song by the British pop / rock band Tears for Fears. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States of episodes | 215 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | HBO |
| Original run | 1994 – 2002 |
Dennis Miller Live was a weekly talk show on HBO, hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953) is an American Stand-up comedian, political/sports commentator, and television/radio personality The show ran 215 episodes from 1994 to 2002, and received five Emmy awards, plus an additional 11 Emmy nominations. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was also nominated six times for the Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Writing For A Comedy/Variety Series", and won three of those times. The Writers Guild of America Award for outstanding achievements in Film, Television, and Radio has been presented annually by the Writers Guild of
The show was mainly characterized by its simplicity. The show had a small set, no house band, and limited lighting. A house band is a group of musicians often centrally organized by a band leader who regularly play an establishment It mainly consisted of Miller speaking to the largely unseen studio audience on a darkened stage.
The show's cold opening started with Miller doing a brief joke about a current event. A cold open (also referred to as a teaser) in a Television program or movie is the technique of jumping directly into a story at the beginning The credit sequence showed Miller in a pool hall playing by himself set to "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears for Fears. A billiard[s], pool or snooker hall (or parlo[u]r or room) (sometimes written poolhall, snookerhall " Everybody Wants to Rule the World " is a song by the British pop / rock band Tears for Fears. Tears for Fears (sometimes informally abbreviated to TFF are In later seasons, the sequence was changed to show oversized toppling dominoes featuring images of political and social leaders. Dominoes (or "dominos" generally refers to the individual or collective gaming pieces making up a domino set (sometimes called a deck or pack The final domino falls in front of Miller who walks away while an overhead shot shows the dominoes spelling out the word "LIVE". In the ninth and final season, the opening was very brief. It consisted only of a close-up of a monitor with the title of the show on it. In Film, Television, and Still photography a close-up tightly frames a person or an object A video monitor also called a broadcast monitor, is a device similar to a Television, used to monitor the output of a video-generating device such as a media A new original theme played as Miller immediately walked on stage to start the show.
Then Miller would perform a two-part monologue. A monologue is an extended uninterrupted speech or poem by a single person The first part being the usual jokes about current events typical of late-night talk shows. Current events are contemporary happenings of significance The phrase may also refer to the following Current Events, a journal published by Weekly Reader Publishing This would then segue directly into a stream-of-consciousness diatribe that became Miller's trademark. A segue is a smooth transition from one topic or section to the next A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual This second part of monologue always began with the catch phrase "Now I don't want to get off on a rant here. A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance A monologue is an extended uninterrupted speech or poem by a single person . . " and ended with the phrase "Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. " These monologues were the highlight of the show. A series of books which compiled transcripts of these monologues were released during the run of the show, starting with 1996's The Rants to 2002's The Rant Zone.
There would be one guest per show live with whom Miller would discuss the topic of the day. During the first season, some guests were interviewed via satellite. During the guest segment, the show would also take phone calls. The call-in number was originally given as 1-800-LACTOSE. In Broadcasting, a phone in, or call in, is a programme format in which viewers or listeners are invited to air their live comments by Telephone, usually Reportedly, Miller chose the word "lactose" because it was the only word he could make with seven digits to make it a vanity number. Lactose (also referred to as milk sugar) is a Sugar which is found most notably in Milk. But starting in the 1997 season, he stopped using the word and simply gave the corresponding numbers.
At the end of the interview, Miller would tell the guest "Stick around, I've gotta go do the news", at which time he would step next to a monitor named "The Big Screen". Black-and-white photographs from newspapers would be shown, and Miller would make humorous captions regarding them. At the finish of this segment, Miller would harken back to his SNL days by saying "That's the news, and I am outta here!"
The show was directed by Debbie Palacio for most of its run, and head writers were first Jeff Cesario and then Eddie Feldmann. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Jeff Cesario (born March 30, 1953) is a popular American Comedian and Writer, who has written for Dennis Miller Live and Other writers included José Arroyo, Rich Dahm, Ed Driscoll, David Feldman, Mike Gandolfi, Jim Hanna, Tom Hertz, Leah Krinsky, Rob Kutner, Rick Overton, Jacob Sager Weinstein, and David S. Weiss. Richard Dahm (often credited as Rich Dahm) is an American Comedy Writer from Wisconsin. David Feldman may refer to David Feldman (comedy writer David Feldman (author, author of the Imponderables series Leah Krinsky is an American comedy writer She has written for Dennis Miller Live. Rob Kutner is an American comedy writer As a writer for Dennis Miller Live, he was nominated for a 2003 Writers' Guild of America Award Richard Overton (born August 10, 1954) He grew up in Englewood New Jersey, where he attended Dwight Morrow High School. David S Weiss is an American comedy writer He has written for Dennis Miller Live, CNBC's "Dennis Miller" The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, and
The Final Season
Many feel the show jumped the shark after the attacks of September 11, 2001 because Dennis's attitude clearly changed in what turned out to be his final season. Jumping the shark is a Colloquialism used by TV Critics and fans to denote that point in a TV show or movie series' history where the plot veers Instead of equally ripping both sides of the political aisle, he clearly leaned more to the conservative side, often showing support for President Bush. George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Miller has defended his change in attitude on the talk show circuit, saying the terrorist attacks on U. S. soil had forever changed his priorities in politics.
His feelings on other political issues also changed. Once a critic of the War on Drugs, post-9/11 he invited former DEA chairperson Asa Hutchinson as guest of that show. The War on Drugs is a prohibition campaign undertaken by the United States government with the assistance of participating countries intended to reduce the Illegal The Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA) is a United States Department of Justice Law enforcement agency tasked with combating drug smuggling and William Asa Hutchinson (born December 3, 1950) is a former US
Trivia
- Dennis's first in-studio guest was Robin Williams. Robin McLaurim Williams (born July 21 1951 or 1952 is an American television stage and film actor and Comedian who has won an Academy Award for his performance All other guests appeared via satellite, and many continued to do so until after the 1996 season.
- Between the Big Picture and the guest interview, Dennis had a spot called "So what have we learned?" when he tried to put a synopsis on the topics of today. He would end the spot with, "Aw fuck it. Who wants pie?" The segment was dropped after the first season.
- The music for the Big Screen was from Civilized by Rollins Band
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