The Dennis Miller Show was a conservative American comedy and talk radio show hosted by comedian Dennis Miller on Westwood One. The show ended in 2015.
The Dennis Miller Show aired at different times at various locations with Miller broadcasting out of his home in the Santa Barbara, California area and with the rest of the show being broadcast from Culver City, California.
The radio show also featured a website with additional material for paid subscribers. The additional website material included a message board, merchandise, and video clips of Dennis answering viewers questions in segment called the "Bathrobe Sessions".
The Dennis Miller Show used music as a significant part of the show. Each Wednesday featured music from a different artist or musical theme, billed as “Bumper Music Wednesday.” Many of the selections were of a classic rock format.
Frequent bumper music included the ending of "Eclipse" by Pink Floyd, a middle section of "Radar Love" by Golden Earring, and a piano section of "New Year's Day" by U2.
Notable sayings and characters
Chimp doctorKwok Brothers commercialsTouching Indians -- taking phones called, saying from Lost in AmericaSlappy and Comandante -- fake names for producer Christian and Dennis, aping Morning zoo radio personalities"Shalom Aloha" -- "and an Aloha Shalom to you""Skeetuh?" -- "Skeetuh good."Bit surfin' -- "Two Tags on Every Bit!" (Bad joke built off a previous good joke.)"Starship" -- cue to play We Built This City"Cheng Huan lived alone in a room on Formosa Street above the Blue Lantern, and he sat at his window and in his poor, listening heart..." (Audio clip from Out of Africa played when Dennis rambled too much on an obscure humor attempt.)Siamesia Torncurtain, the cat shouter -- "Hey, get off that!"The love theme from The Delta Force, special musicDennis' former dog -- Chicken Leg Desmond, Welfare CheatWoodsy Monckton, the Procrastinative SurvivalistCass Stokeley, consumptive bouncerThe Burglar Owl -- "Who? Me?"George W. Bush, former President of the United StatesDick Cheney, former Vice President of the United StatesHenry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of StateDonald Rumsfeld, former U.S. Secretary of DefenseRudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York CityBoris Johnson, Mayor of LondonMichael Chertoff, U.S. Secretary of Homeland SecurityJohn McCain, U.S. senator and former presidential candidateMitt Romney, former presidential candidate and Massachusetts governorJack Kemp, former vice presidential candidate, HUD Secretary, and congressmanSarah Palin, former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governorPaul Ryan, congressman and former vice presidential candidateTed Sorensen, special counsel and speechwriter for John F. KennedyRobert F. Kennedy, Jr., environmental activist and son of Robert F. KennedyDebra Saunders, conservative columnist from San FranciscoVictor Davis Hanson, conservative historian and author from CaliforniaJohn Bolton, former UN ambassador (played on to the song "I Am the Walrus" due to his walrus moustache)David Dreier, former California congressman (a weekly guest during the first few years)Jillian Melchior, National Review columnistCharles Krauthammer, conservative columnist, author, and television commentatorJerome Corsi, conservative writer and conspiracy theorist (played on to the theme music from Lost in Space)Mike Murphy, Republican Party political consultant (played on to the theme music from The Dam Busters)Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard and television commentatorThaddeus McCotter, former Michigan congressman and presidential candidateMark Steyn, conservative author and music criticPeter Noone, singer from Herman's Hermits and Santa Barbara neighborOrson Bean, actor, comedian, and raconteurZuhdi Jasser, Muslim critic of extreme IslamismDana Carvey, comedian and impressionistTed Nugent, rock musician and hunting-rights advocateAdam Sandler, comedian, actor, and film-makerJesse Lee Peterson, founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New DestinyKyndra Rotunda, former officer in the U.S. Army JAG CorpsThomas Sowell, economist, author, and photographerJake Tapper, CNN and ABC News correspondent (nicknamed by Dennis as Tap-Tap the Chiseler)Bob Massi, Fox News legal analyst (nicknamed by Dennis as Classy Bobby Massi)Christian Bladt, producer and sidekick during later years.David S. Weiss, comedian and sidekick during the first years of the showThe rest of the staff were given nicknames with the sound board operators named Liev and Saberhagen and the call screeners and additional staff named Coltrane, Munga, and Agent Starling.Larry O'Connor, a website writer and former theatre managerAndrew Breitbart, a conservative website publisher and commentatorNick DiPaolo, a stand-up comedianRoyal F. Oakes, a Los Angeles-area lawyer and legal analystDouglas Urbanski, a film producer and raconteurChristian Bladt, the show’s producerOther mostly one-time substitute hosts included Norm Macdonald, Jon Lovitz, Allen Covert, Scott Baio, Clint Howard, Larry Miller, and Robert Wuhl.The P’Od podcast, a weekly hour-long podcast hosted by Dennis Miller and Adam CarollaThe O'Reilly Factor, weekly Dennis Miller comedy segments every WednesdayThe Bladt Cast, a podcast by show producer Christian Bladt and other former staff