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Summary: Good Material, Bad Delivery
Review: I often tune in for Dennis Miller's cable program just to see his "Rants" monologue. He laughs at himself, and the audience will laugh right there with him. The audio version contains a lot of good, funny material, but the delivery leaves something to be desired. It is as if he is just reading the material just to get it over with. A live version from his HBO series would be far more enjoyable.
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Summary: Rather Dull
Review: The audio version is Miller reading, without much inflection in his voice, and without an audience giving any feedback. Small musical intros lead into each tirade. The result is something that sounds more like a lecture by a sociology professor on drugs, but less entertaining. Occasionally something warrants a small smile, but overall it is one of the most boring, least funny "comedy" CDs that I have ever heard.
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Summary: disappointing
Review: he has a few clever observations which were overshadowed by his lack of creativity in his choice of obscenities.
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Summary: Funny stuff
Review: Many people complain that Dennis Miller's jokes go over most people's heads. Well, for those of us who can pick up on his often obscure references, this book is a treat. In today's comedy environment, where scatalogical humor and inane observational humor is the norm, Miller is a beacon of light in a fog of mediocrity. He knows just when to drop one of those patented analogies he is so well known. Of course, the analogies would be irrelevant if the monologues themselves weren't sharp and satiric looks at society today. So, I say go read this book. It's funnier than watching a Himalayan mountain guide getting gored by a yak.
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Summary: Insightful And Funny
Review: This is a book I'm glad I read, because I not only learned some things, I also got to laugh a little also. Dennis Miller's opinions are very interesting, and most are on the par. He doesn't seem to hold back at all expressing his observations and beliefs. Good book.
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Summary: It has about 10 funny pages out of 200
Review: This book contains hardly any funny rants about anything. He just talks about how much he hates everything but does not point out anything funny about the things that he hates. It is worth reading if you get it at the library, but do not buy it.
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Summary: OF COURSE HE WANTS TO RANT!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I personally want to get on a rant here because Dennis Miller is as funny as Leonardo di Caprio in a pre-teenage girl feminist rally. His vocabulary is swift, smart, and biting and his wit surpasses even that of Abe Vagoda. Viva Dennis Miller! Keep writing and keep ranting!
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Summary: Dennis Miller for President.
Review: Dennis Miller just hits them all as he goes. Some of the material is just flat out funny, and the rest makes sense. So give Dennis what he deserves, can you picture him as the president.
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Summary: Brilliant social commentary
Review: This is a compilation of the "rants" portion of Miller's "Dennis Miller Live" show that runs on HBO. Although I've had HBO for about ten years, I must have been out of town during the couple of years that this book compiles, as none of them seem familiar. For those unfamiliar with the show, a Dennis Miller rant is about a 1-3 minute monologue where Miller goes off on a tear about the subject (generally political) of the evening (ie: equal rights, sex in the White House, customer service). To see one of these is a beautiful thing -- Miller is not only funny, but uses complicated and eloquent speech in such a spitfire method that one sits back stunned at the verbal assault. He's also a brilliant satirist, pulling contemporary references out of his bags of slams quicker than you can say Jocylyn Elders. That said, as a book, it's a bit of a disappointment -- half the fun in the rants is watching Miller spew them forth, an effect that doesn't translate easily to the written medium. Kind of like how reading about a car wreck doesn't compare to seeing one.
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Summary: Funny but only in small doses
Review: Mr. Miller has written a very funny book in his own pop-culture style. The only problem with it is, well, his pop-culture style. After five pages straight of stuff like, "I'm tired of being treated like the blonde guy who replaced Barbarino on 'Welcome Back, Kotter'," you'll be ready to scream and kill small animals. Stick with it, though, and take the book in chapter doses. You'll be glad you did.
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