Dennis Miller Live

Dennis Miller Live was a weekly talk show on Home Box Office, hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. The show ran 215 episodes from 1994 to 2002, and received five Emmy awards, plus an additional 11 Emmy nominations. 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 show's opening consisted of the word "LIVE" spelt out through oversized toppling dominoes littered with images of political and social leaders, set to "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears For Fears.

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Home Box Office - Dennis Miller - 1994 - 2002 - Emmy - Writers' Guild of America Award - Dominoes - Tears For Fears

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The show was mainly characterized by its simplicity. The show had no set, band, or even much lighting. It mainly consisted of Miller speaking to the largely unseen studio audience on a darkened stage. Throughout the course of the show, more pieces of set would trickle in every few seasons. There would be one guest per show, either live in the studio or occasionally on air via satellite, whom Miller would quiz on the topic of the day. The show would also have a call-in segment (the number to call into the show was 1-800-LACTOSE, however call-ins were phased out entirely in the last years of the show.)

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The highlight of the show were Miller's self-described "rants" on various political issues. These monologues always began with the catch phrase "Now I don't want to get off on a rant here..." and ended with the phrase "Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong." Miller also used these monologues as a basis for a series of audiobooks and hardcover books released during the run of the show, starting with 1996's The Rants to 2002's The Rant Zone.

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The show was directed by Debbie Palacio for most of its run, and head writers were first Jeff Cesario and then Eddie Feldmann. 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.

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Debbie Palacio - Jeff Cesario - Eddie Feldmann - José Arroyo - Rich Dahm - Ed Driscoll - David Feldman - Mike Gandolfi - Jim Hanna - Tom Hertz - Leah Krinsky - Rob Kutner - Rick Overton - David S. Weiss

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