O'Reilly Tries To Get Dennis Miller To Whine About Liberals

[Ian David]

O'Reilly Tries To Get Dennis Miller To Whine About Liberals
Reported by Deborah - January 17, 2007 -

Bill O'Reilly interviewed Dennis Miller tonight on The O'Reilly Factor, 1/17/08, and fed him leading questions probably hoping he would start whining about liberals rejecting him.O'Reilly introduced Miller as one of the few non liberal performers claiming he gave an Oscar level performance in Bordello of Blood and opened the interview discussing Miller's conversion from "left wing loon" to Libertarian.

O'Reilly's attempted to paint Miller as a talented actor who has not recieved the recognition he deserves because he's not liberal. His claim that Miller gave an Oscar caliber performance in Bordello of Blood is questionable. In fact, Miller laughed at the notion too. Bordello Of Blood was a selecton from the HBO series Tales From The Crypt and the one review discovered was pretty poor.

O'Reilly wanted to know about Miller's "conversion" and asked if he had lost friends? Miller didn't take the bait claiming his real friends were life long adding a joke about Arnold being a liberal friend.

Then O'Reilly asked if he had lost work. Miller answered that it was hard to tell but launched into a riff about he and Ron Silver being like the characters in Close Encounters making mashed potato mountains while everyone else was clueless. Finally, BOR gave up after a question about " nasty mail" got no response.

More:
http://www.newshounds.us/2007/01/17/oreilly_tries_to_get_dennis_miller_to_whine_about_liberals.php

[Catch22Dem]

1. What a knob

He used to be quite funny. I'm talking WAY back in his "Mr. Miller goes to Washington" days. I also remember his Rants book (first one) making me chuckle while on the shitter, but a serious actor he'll never be. I did enjoy Ron Silver on West Wing. Thought his character was great.

[Ian David]

14. Dennis is funny, but he's no Sinbad.

See:

"Star Search"
Episode #2.18 (1985)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0812917/

[liberal renegade]

2. Dennis Who?

[Cobalt-60]

5. Exactly

The only reason to perceive this snot ball was humor.
Now that he wears my enemy's collar, he's just more fascist grave stuffing.

[Kurovski]

6. Dennis O'Reilly?

Never heard of him. :shrug:

[Just-plain-Kathy]

3. He's yesterday's news.

So sad.

[mdmc]

4. thanks for posting about two assholes

why care?

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Fighting it out for "Asshole of the Month" honors - It's a tie, folks.

To hell with the both of them.

[Forrest Greene]

8. This Hack Owes His Entire Career

...to Ian Shoales. I gotta go.

[myrna minx]

15. !

:rofl: So true! I had a friend run off with my out of print "I gotta go..." :cry:

[Forrest Greene]

23. Try Amazon

...It & other Shoales swag seem to be available in a few editions, as well as on CD for the inimitable delivery.

[lectrobyte]

9. His show on HBO was funny. I have the belief that great comedy

has to be somewhat irreverant if not outright rebellious.

[maxrandb]

10. An Oscar?? For Bordello of Blood??!!

Please tell me you're paraphrasing. O'Reily did not really say that, did he?

Yeah, Millers' performance in Bordello of Blood ranks right up there with Lawrence Olivia, Omar Sharif, Marlon Brando and George C. Scott?

Dennis Miller was funny, until he started to believe that people actually give a shit about what he thinks.

[stanwyck]

11. Dennis fell in love with Bush for love AND money

since as a conservative he's now part of a much smaller comic pod....and the competition is considerably less fierce, which makes it easier for a mediocre talent like Miller.
Who's he competing against? Drew Carey? Colin Quinn? No wonder he gets the obligatory conservative gigs to restore "balance."
I think it's a career move on his part fo play the conservative comic. He's always hedging himself, anyway. He doesn't know what he is. He does know he's no Stewart, Colbert, Rock, Robin Williams, D. H. Hughley, David Cross, or any of a number of outspoken and very literate liberals.
A serious actor? Oh, that O'Reilly. Of course O'Reilly is a guy who confused a loofah with a falafel. So, you'd expect him to confuse a Dennis Miller with a Robert DeNiro.
For Miller, this schtick is business. Why not be "the conservative funny guy"?
It's all he has.

[cool user name]

12. Well said, stanwyck.

:clap:

[Ian David]

16. Other right-wing repuke "comics"

Larry The Cable Guy
Cedric The Entertainer
Kelsey Gramer
Drew Carey
Colin Quinn

See also:

Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood (2004) (TV)

<snip>

As Hollywood is known as a Democratic bastion, it's always an eye-opener when we learn about which people in Tinseltown are Republicans. In "Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood", Jesse Moss interviews some of them and focuses on Arnold Schwarzenegger's run for governor. Sadly, Moss never looks at specific political issues or challenges what some of these people think.

For the most part, it was mostly interesting to see affirmed conservatives (e.g., Drew Carey, John Milius) being civil, as we might assume that they sit around ranting all day. Still, the documentary would have been better if Moss had looked at the issues.

More:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425390/fullcredits

[symbolman]

13. I like what one writer said about Dennis

"It's like being stuck with your dad during a cross country jaunt in the car."

BORING.

Sad that he was ONCE a funny guy. Even before Bush he used to tell it like it is, now he tells it like it ISN'T. :)

[gratuitous]

17. Has Miller lost work?

I couldn't say, either. But I do know that he's the only "entertainer" I ever heard of who had to run an ad in the trade magazines, offering to pay folks to be in the audience for his show.

Next up for Billo: A chimp sidekick, who will immediately be known as the brains of the act.

[negativenihil]

18. "an Oscar caliber performance in Bordello of Blood"

:puke:

that movie wasn't so hot at all (any and all feelings towards miller aside) - even for a lower budget horror flick.

[reprehensor]

19. Dennis Miller v. Scott Ritter

Such a jackass.
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/reprehensor/33

[jsamuel]

20. except in this case the only thing it "means" is more death and distruction

while the world crumbles to shit

[stanwyck]

21. Who knows how to get the ultimate Miller smackdown?

It occurred on Miller's defunct show by Eric Alterman. Yes, mild-mannered Eric Alterman totally handed Miller his ass...on his own show. It was masterful. Miller, literally, was speechless (!)and put his head down on his desk. Then, went to commercial and to another story.
Alterman waxed him and Miller couldn't respond.
The hot air balloon that is Miller was punctured. And throughout Alterman was calm and cool.
Lovely video if we can find it.

[Ian David]

24. The Google is your friend. Dennis Miller vs Eric Alterman

Eric Alterman on Dennis Miller - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime
Eric Alterman was on Dennis Miller's CNBC show yesterday. We didn't see it, but Eric has some choice words for Mr. Miller today. ...

Eric Alterman on Dennis Miller
By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Thu Mar 18, 2004 at 04:23:49 PM EST
Tags: (all tags)

Eric Alterman was on Dennis Miller's CNBC show yesterday. We didn't see it, but Eric has some choice words for Mr. Miller today. Walter at Idols of the Marketplace saw some of it and says:

Eric Alterman couldn't couldn't see the show but I caught about three minute of Miller's juvenile behavior before I had to turn the channel. I actually felt like getting in my car, driving to the studio and punching him out. What's the point of inviting an author on a show to discuss issues and then pretend as if you are bored to death with his every word? Miller's act is just a mask for a man who really has no idea what he is doing and doesn't possess brain enough to realize it.

Update: You can watch the segment here.
http://homepage.mac.com/duffyb/iMovieTheater127.html

Eric writes today that Miller called and apologized to him.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3449870/

More:
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2004/03/18/992/91308



See also:

I Got Paid to Boo Dennis Miller...
One day I went down and saw a taping of The Dennis Miller show, ... it was only then that I realized that Eric Alterman was going to be the first guest. ...
http://www.thehollywoodliberal.com/I_got_paid.htm

Douglas McDaniel: Eric Alterman Does Battle With Dennis Miller
Eric Alterman Does Battle With Dennis Miller. Wow. South Knox Bubba has an awesome commentary on why you shouldn't watch CNBC and Dennis Miller. ...
http://dougmcdaniel.blogspot.com/2004/03/eric-alterman-does-battle-with-dennis.html

Dennis Miller Has Hairplugs!
http://ronmwangaguhunga.blogspot.com/2004/01/dennis-miller-has-hairplugs-born-again.html

[stanwyck]

27. You are wonderful

absolutely wonderful.
Thank you. We are all enjoying reliving the experience.

[Ian David]

29. Yes, I am. n/t

[Ian David]

25. See prior DU threads

We Told You So, continued Alterman
Topic started by dArKeR on Apr-06-04 11:36 AM (2 replies)
Last modified by efhmc on Apr-06-04 11:55 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=43743

What can CNBC be thinking with this Dennis Miller? - Eric Alterman
Topic started by dArKeR on Mar-19-04 02:07 AM (15 replies)
Last modified by dArKeR on Mar-20-04 01:18 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=40579

Insannity & Punching Bag Colmes not amused by Dennis Miller
Topic started by Cascadian on Oct-29-06 11:51 PM (10 replies)
Last modified by yurbud on Oct-30-06 10:23 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2514360

[stanwyck]

28. Thanks so much

for doing the heavy lifting.

[Beelzebud]

22. Leave it to O'Rielly to use "Oscar Caliber" and "Bordello of Blood" in the same context.

It shows just how fucking clueless this guy is.

Afghanistan was a stunning victory.
Iraq had elections and is becoming America Jr.
Bordello of Blood, Starring Dennis Miller, was an Oscar Caliber movie.

[Johonny]

26. Dennis Miller

Had was pretty funny stand up. He did some funny stuff as SNL news anchor. But he couldn't act on SNL. He certainly hasn't gotten better.

[Cameron27]

30. Miller's finished; kaput...

started around the time he noticed his receding hairline.