Dennis Miller's New Gig: Game Show Host

Dennis Miller's cable show, Sports Unfiltered With Dennis Miller, may be getting the ax, but that doesn't mean he'll be out of a job. As USA Today's Gary Strauss reports, Miller will be joining a long line of comedians — including Bob Saget, Howie Mandel, and Jeff Foxworthy — at being a game show host:

"I wasn't looking to host, but when they brought me ... uh, what's the name of the show again? Oh yeah, Amne$ia," Miller says. "I got excited because I realized it's a comedy wrapped in a game show package, and that allows me to be who I am."

Amne$ia contestants earn cash by recalling life events. "It's not just a game show where we're out there smacking buttons all the time and trying to do speed and alacrity. There's some sort of a whimsical walk through a person's life, sort of like Ralph Edwards on This Is Your Life," says Miller, who promises to be less sardonic and more kind than his normal stage persona. "There's potential for a few smiles, a few blasts from the past, and somebody walks away with some bread."

Read more about the comedian-game show host trend here.

Comments

[Izadora]

04:21 PM on 02/28/2008

The problem with Denis Miller is his "laughter" ......is annoying! Used to enjoy him on "SNL"
But I don't think he's funny. Even feeling sorry for him.

[longnow]

01:44 AM on 02/25/2008

Game show host; thank God'da. No doubt he'll
have editorial free reign to comment on
all the democratic, hippy, librul, atheistic,
God hating-a, pro-murder abortionist-a
and Hussain black Muslim Commie lovin librul...
and I'm a truth hating ignorant, stupid, unread white trash(in his mind)Neanderthal.

[zigzag1]

12:53 AM on 02/25/2008

His next job: mowing grass at one of his Republican buddies house with six guys speaking spanish and wearing Sponge Bob T shirts

[LiarLiarIraqsOnFire]

02:49 PM on 02/28/2008

No way, his next gig will be the Head Mensroom Attendant for the G.O.P.

[zigzag1]

12:43 AM on 02/25/2008

Next, he'll be riding in the back of a pickup truck with 6 little brown guys wearing Sponge Bob T-shirts on his way to cut one of his Republican buddies grass

[endymian]

11:06 PM on 02/24/2008

watere seeks its won level!

[Ping]

08:02 PM on 02/24/2008

What a putz.

[lvogt]

05:16 PM on 02/24/2008

He'd be perfect for it. Smarmy self-righteous sarcasm works there. The trouble with his political humor is he is standing up for the big guy, for the powers that be. It's counter to all previous humorists who buck authority and it just isn't funny.

[MexRich]

03:53 PM on 02/24/2008

Next thing you know, he'll be seen in the Minneapolis airport in the men's room with his hand waving under a stall. Say goodbye Dipshit.

[Lemeritus]

02:54 PM on 02/24/2008

I think we should be a little kinder to Dennis Miller. Here's a man who soiled his pants on 9/11 and wrapped himself around the leg of the first strong "Daddy" he could find. He's a walking testimony to fear and a metaphor for hundreds of thousands of other Americans... some of us woke up, others of us had our shows cancelled.

[sa]

06:04 AM on 02/24/2008

dennis can't do anything now.
he can't go forward
as a judas pundit.
he can't go back to
a smart edgy guy.
he can't pretend his bush era
shit didn't go down.
he can't go anywhere.

he has garnered the hell
that he prescribed from bush.
they are now linked
in a hellish eternity.

p.s you can't sell your soul
and then try to give your money back.
a deal with the devil is just that -
the devil will win in the end.

dennis, get used to your freakish sentence.
hope the money served you well.
maybe you'll give yourself
sadaam justice.

[MajorKong]

10:21 PM on 02/23/2008

I actually liked Dennis Miller before he started buying right-wing KoolAid by the gallon.

[CammyV]

05:21 PM on 02/23/2008

I turned it off after 5 minutes of watching a smarmy Miller obviously reading cue cards on this piece of crap show.
I remember his when his rapier wit and commentary was nothing short of brilliant. I don't know when he had his lobotomy, but he's lost it totally. And if that's not bad enough, he's a freaking conservative republican.

[clumberlover]

03:33 PM on 02/23/2008

i am soo glad that denny has finally found a job he's qualified for!

[KarenZipdrive]

11:37 AM on 02/23/2008

Next stop? Greeter at a Freemont Street casino.

[mirza]

01:12 AM on 02/25/2008

That's the job for him!

[dogboy]

10:38 AM on 02/23/2008

"Bread". Now there's a blast from the past.

Far out man.
Good night and good luck, Dennis!