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How My Intellectual Crush Hath Fallen

Apr 5, 2008
By Ezra.
Culture

I’ve never made any secret about my love of Dennis Miller. Sure, I’ve been saddened by his precipitous turn to the Dark Side after 9/11, but every once in awhile he would return to being that insanely smart, obscure reference machine that I know and love. I even watched his late, unlamented Foxnews show.

Still, even I have standards. I was flipping around this evening, and found that Mr. Neocon is now hosting a gameshow. Yes, a game show. Surely the lowest form of hosting duties (short of a beauty pageant, maybe..) Amnesia isn’t even a particularly good game show.

Oh Dennis, were times really that tough? I hear Bush is sending us all $600. Shouldn’t that make you feel better?

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  1. Ken  •  Apr 5, 2008 @8:19 am

    I’ve got to agree with you. I enjoy his obscure references and generally enjoyed his work — particularly the rants — prior to 9/11. Part of the fun was his quasi-libertarian take that spared neither side. His nerfed give-the-administration-a-pass approach comes off as grim and determined, and grim and determined is generally not funny. Plus his various efforts at cross-marketing and self-promotion, like the NFL travesty, are not attractive.

    Game shows sound about right for him at this stage.

    Hollywood squares is still on, right?

  2. Patrick  •  Apr 5, 2008 @8:30 am

    I’m still dismayed that he lost to Sinbad on his Star Search debut. The young Dennis Miller was everything every wise-cracking nerd could ever hope to be, apart from the tiny hands. His act was hot.

    He’s been dead to me for several years now.

  3. Grandy  •  Apr 7, 2008 @11:06 am

    I miss him too.

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