Perhaps that was the real purpose of Obama’s routine appearances on late night television as president of the United States, an unprecedented breach of traditional decorum: he wanted to make it routine for all candidates to appear on the shows run by his allies.  By appearing himself, Obama essentially dared anyone who opposes him to take the seat opposite the Jon Stewarts and Jimmy Fallons of the world – and, as they have to, Republicans have taken the bait.  That’s why we’ve seen Rick Perry reading a top ten list on Letterman about his debate foibles.  That’s why Bachmann was on Fallon.  That’s why McCain deigned to appear with Stewart, even knowing what was coming.

Dennis Miller​ was both brave and correct when he bashed Jay Leno​ for kissing Obama’s royal arse last week.  He actually recommended that Leno hire Obama after Obama loses his re-election effort: “I could see you guys doing comedy bits on here where you come out as Carnut the Magnificent and you have the turban on and the mechanic overalls and he reads ‘You are correct, sir!’ off a teleprompter.”

More likely, Obama will end up hiring all of these comedians as his court jesters sometime in the near future.  Their ratings are dropping, and their biases are now obvious.  And we already know the relationships are good: the Comedy Central writers are Obama’s brain trust of hilarity, writing jokes for his speeches and giving him tips on how to win over an audience.

What happened to Rep. Bachmann is nothing new.  It’s just the most obvious crack in the solid wall of propaganda put out by the late night left that it bashes both sides equally.  The “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” slam was planned in advance – Questlove tweeted shortly before she appeared, “aight late night walkon song devotees: you love it when we snark: this next one takes the cake. ask around cause i aint tweeting title.”

Read full article at Front Page Magazine.

Via The Ticket:

On the heels of presidential candidate Herman Cain’s win in the Florida straw poll last weekend, the radio host Dennis Miller announced Monday that he’s endorsing Cain for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Miller, who mentioned his support for the Cain campaign on his national radio show, will headline a fundraiser for Cain in Los Angeles and has donated to the campaign, a Cain spokeswoman confirmed.

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But last week, the political glory was complimented (and advanced) by the all-out trouncing conservatives gave to liberals in America’s pop culture.

Just think of it: Over the course of just one week HBO aired Dennis Miller’s new stand-up special, Bristol Palin secured a place in the finals for Dancing With The Stars (DTWS), “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” premiered t huge ratings, and President George W. Bush brought the house down on Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show.”

While decidedly more libertarian than conservative, Miller’s “The Big Speech” will grate on many liberals because of his ongoing unapologetic support for military actions against terrorism and his abiding love of country. At the same time, his common sense approach to many of life’s quandaries will continue to be a breath of fresh air to the myriad of conservative fans he won to his side in the days and months after 9/11. (This type of approach allows him to remain more comedian than political pundit, yet say of the recent midterm elections: “I think the kids’ table has been in charge for a while now and it’s time for something else. …I’m not anti-Obama, I just disagree.”)

As for Bristol Palin’s ascension to the finals for DTWS, the middle ground is harder to find than it might be with Miller’s show: Her climb toward the top on DTWS has literally driven the Left apoplectic. So much so that liberal bloggers have cried foul, accusing her of cheating and claiming that Bristol has only done this well because “Sarah Palin paid someone off.”

Tweeted another blogger: “These republicans are taking over! They vote Brandy off of DWTS and kept Bristol Palin! Crazy!” And still other bloggers, who lack the couth to blog without resorting to profanities, have indicated in clear language that they believe this will be the last season for DWTS if Bristol does indeed win.

Think about it folks: We have a national deficit that’s gotten so big it almost escapes comprehension, yet liberals are fleeing to medicine cabinets for nitro tablets because Sarah Palin’s daughter has made the finals.

Was last week a great week or what?

Speaking of Palin, her reality show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” debuted as “the “top rated series premiere in network TLC’s history.” As five million viewers watched that first episode, they saw the kind of woman the National Organization for Women (NOW) hates, because she doesn’t need social programs and pity parties contrived by the Left in order to get ahead in life. They also saw the kind of woman Keith Olbermann deplores, because she can bake cupcakes with her kids and kick the liberal lunacy of open borders in the head at the same time.

Thus, while viewers saw Palin fish, climb rocks, and go glacier hiking, they also saw the 14-foot tall privacy fence her husband built to keep their creepy neighbor from taking pictures of her and heard her say of the fence: “I thought [this] was a good example [that]…others could look at and say, ‘Oh, this is what we need to do to secure our nation’s border.’”

But as good as Miller, Bristol Palin, and Sarah Palin were, the crème de la crème of last week was Bush on Leno. From the moment he walked out on the stage (to a standing ovation), to the moment he and Leno shook hands at the close of the interview, Leno seemed honored, if not apprehensive.

Before an audience that continued to interrupt with applause for various answers given by Bush, viewers heard him defend his decision to make the 9/11 attackers face “justice” and somberly talk about other decisions a leader has to make: like deciding to remain calm in the Florida classroom on the morning of 9/11, because he knew the children were watching him and he didn’t want to react to the news of the attacks in such a way as to scare them.

Bush emerged from the interview a leader again. And this is just one more reason I believe conservatives throughout the nation must be asking themselves if there’s any way this week can be as good as the last.

Taped at the Barclay Theater in Irvine CA  just a couple weeks ago,“The Big Speech” was timed perfectly for a victory lap in the wake of the November election:

“Democrats got their asses handed to them like somebody getting outpatient liposuction surgery. Paybacks are a Behar.”

The elation I felt watching the show, was probably how Leftists must feel after an episode of Bill Maher, only with punchlines.

The owner of the Funny Bone in Pittsburgh used to insult a comedian who had a bad set by congratulating him on a giving a “really good speech.”  I’m guessing that Dennis calling his first special in four years “The Big Speech” was him signifying a lack of confidence in his comedy chops; that perhaps, his absence from the standup stage has left a void in his once visceral comedic abilities. Dennis has nothing to fear. He was on top of his game and as funny as ever. His time spent on tv and radio have done nothing to diminish his mastery of the craft.

“Not going to use those curly cue light bulbs in my house… I haven’t worked my entire adult life to have my living room lit like a fight scene in an Eastern Bloc stairwell in the Bourne Ultimatum.”

It must have felt a little weird for Dennis, being able to use the full range of language that is prohibited on his daily radio show and his Fox News appearances with Bill O’Reilly. I know that good comedy doesn’t need profanity, but sometimes it begs for it.  I had seen him do the bit about Finland being the “little plastic village you put under your Christmas Tree” before, but I have to admit, it is a much funnier piece when the appropriate language is applied.

He went off on several of his trademarked rants, one of which expressed his frustration with moderate Islam:

“You see these parades in Iraq and Iran … burning our flag, burning effigies. … You see a lot of rocket scientists in those parades? Muslims will want to go to the moon when the Jews set up Israel there.”

He might be older, and he laments his age as compared to rock stars:

“Seen the Rolling Stones lately? Believe me, moss has been gathered.”

But there is a difference between aging and going stale. Dennis now has wonderful stories to tell, stories that only someone with his experience can. In the set he shares tales about dinner with Frank Sinatra, meeting Don Rickles and working with Al Michaels.

He also talks about other rock stars of his generation:

“[Michael Jackson] might still be alive if we had pushed Obamacare through a little quicker.”

Yes, he goes after the President in a way unseen on network TV, sensing a turn of public consciousness that no other network personality has attempted before:

“People are backing away from their Obama vote. You must have liberal friends who do it. Y’ever hear them talk about it? They sound like somebody who took an Ambien and woke up naked outside.”

Sure he tried to pander a little to the left, talking up the few things he likes about President Obama and his support for gay marriage. However, he boldy admits the dissatisfaction many on our side share:

“I just can’t join up with the Democrats anymore, there’s too much lock-step over there.”

Dennis Miller’s The Big Speech repeats tonight and throughout the month on HBO.

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Yesterday I wrote about Sam Kinison and how today’s rampant political correctness likely would’ve destroyed any opportunity he might have had at the same career today. Afterwards, while digging up the promo for Dennis Miller’s HBO special tonight, I came across the video below with  Miller and Bill Maher from 2002 where they cover the exact same topic. In light of what’s happened since to Don Imus, Juan Williams, Bill O’Reilly on “The View,” and the pause heard ’round the world on Maher’s own “Real Time,” 2002 suddenly looks like the good ole’ free-wheeling days of stand up comedy, doesn’t it?

The context of their discussion surrounds Maher losing his “Politically Incorrect” gig on ABC after making this statement just a few days after the September 11th attacks:

“We have been the cowards. Lobbing cruise missiles from two thousand miles away. That’s cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building. Say what you want about it. Not cowardly.”

If you remember, Rush Limbugh was one of Maher’s most vocal defenders after the remark blew the controversy up into something that was likely the cause of ABC not renewing Maher’s contract.  I’m not sure I would categorize that as censorship — ABC has the right to ask someone to leave for any reason they want — but his general point about arguing with him instead of telling him to shut up is exactly right. And anyone who’s read Big Hollywood for any period of time knows how much we love to argue with Bill Maher.

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Be sure to check out Miller’s special tonight. We weren’t able to find any clips, but we will have more in the coming days. 

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In front of an all-military audience, Jay Leno’s “Tonight Show” saluted America’s fighting men and women for Veterans Day. Part of the show included comedian Dennis Miller who did a few minutes of stand up that ended with a heartfelt thank you to the men and women who make everything good possible.

Afterwards, the popular radio talk show host sat down with Jay for a few minutes of not mincing words about Nancy Pelosi, the terrorists, Newsweek, and more  — all to an appreciative military audience who obviously aren’t used to hearing Miller’s uniquely clear-eyed and always hilarious pro-American truth-telling from our current class of entertainers.

Somewhere Bob Hope is smiling. Not to be missed.

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The Dennis Miller Show is now accepting submissions for its “Time Capsule Accountability Project.”

Tired of certain celebrities and politicians making outlandish, baseless claims (Al Gore, we’re looking at you), Dennis Miller has decided to archive these proclamations for posterity.

“We need to put together the most outlandish, overstated arguments from the Left,” Miller said of the time capsule during his talk radio program, “and bury them in a safe for 100 years.”

Sarah Ricard, Digital Content Manager of the Dennis Miller Show, writes:

Phase 1 of the project is occurring online at DennisMillerRadio.com. Listeners are encouraged to submit predictions on the website, and the best ones will be noted on air. “The Time Capsule Accountability Project is really the only thing of its kind,” said the show’s co-host and producer, Christian Bladt, “but, we can’t do it alone. We really need our listeners help to make this a success.”

Once the online submissions are in, Westwood One, the parent company of the Dennis Miller Show, will hire an archivist to compile materials related to each prediction. The artifacts will be entombed in a safe donated by Gary Haneberg at Superior Safe in Chicago and then buried for 100 years in a plot of land, donated by a listener, Dan Banks in Jasper, AL.

Submit your predictions here.

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Hard to blame Cameron for not showing up to the gunfight he asked for. After all, he has no ammunition; just cooked numbers, lies, hysteria, emotion, and the inability to scream “cut” and ask for another take when things don’t roll out the way he wants.

We here at Big Hollywood are still trying to figure out which is more fun, Cameron getting his clock cleaned at a global cooling global warming climate change debate, or the ongoing ridicule that can be mined from his running like a punk from his own challenge.

Six of one, really.