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 doctor
Kwok Brothers commercials
Touching Indians -- taking phones called, saying from Lost in America
Slappy 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 music
Dennis' former dog -- Chicken Leg Desmond, Welfare Cheat
Woodsy Monckton, the Procrastinative Survivalist
Cass Stokeley, consumptive bouncer
The Burglar Owl -- "Who? Me?"
George W. Bush, former President of the United States
Dick Cheney, former Vice President of the United States
Henry Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State
Donald Rumsfeld, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York City
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
Michael Chertoff, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
John McCain, U.S. senator and former presidential candidate
Mitt Romney, former presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor
Jack Kemp, former vice presidential candidate, HUD Secretary, and congressman
Sarah Palin, former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor
Paul Ryan, congressman and former vice presidential candidate
Ted Sorensen, special counsel and speechwriter for John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., environmental activist and son of Robert F. Kennedy
Debra Saunders, conservative columnist from San Francisco
Victor Davis Hanson, conservative historian and author from California
John 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 columnist
Charles Krauthammer, conservative columnist, author, and television commentator
Jerome 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 commentator
Thaddeus McCotter, former Michigan congressman and presidential candidate
Mark Steyn, conservative author and music critic
Peter Noone, singer from Herman's Hermits and Santa Barbara neighbor
Orson Bean, actor, comedian, and raconteur
Zuhdi Jasser, Muslim critic of extreme Islamism
Dana Carvey, comedian and impressionist
Ted Nugent, rock musician and hunting-rights advocate
Adam Sandler, comedian, actor, and film-maker
Jesse Lee Peterson, founder of The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny
Kyndra Rotunda, former officer in the U.S. Army JAG Corps
Thomas Sowell, economist, author, and photographer
Jake 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 show
The 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 manager
Andrew Breitbart, a conservative website publisher and commentator
Nick DiPaolo, a stand-up comedian
Royal F. Oakes, a Los Angeles-area lawyer and legal analyst
Douglas Urbanski, a film producer and raconteur
Christian Bladt, the show’s producer
Other 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 Carolla
The O'Reilly Factor, weekly Dennis Miller comedy segments every Wednesday
The Bladt Cast, a podcast by show producer Christian Bladt and other former staff
