Dennis Miller: The Millennium Special - 1,000 Years, 100 Laughs, 10 Really Good Ones

Granted I've only seen it once, I was a little dissapointed with this show for laughs. It is an interesting concept with plenty of funny moments, as you would expect from Dennis. Unfortunately for me I didn't laugh as much as I normally do in a Dennis Miller Live show. This pales in the comparison of his more recent Raw Feed, which makes me bust my gut every 20-30 seconds. Any fan of the Dennis Miller show should seek out the Millenium Special and the Raw Feed, but the latter is definitely better. The Norm McDonald "cock" references which occur over and over is an inside joke to those that saw him on a prior show. Problem is, if you're not in that small, probably minority audience who is familiar with the joke, it would just seem stupid... Since I got the reference I thought it was amusing, but it may have made Norm look bad to some (not that Norm probably cares). Anyway, its worth a look, but I'd look for it on TV or a rental store first before buying it outright. Trust me though, go ahead and buy Raw Feed if you don't have the opportunity to see it on the air.

Dennis Miller's millennium special is one of the best examples of what Dennis can do. He does what he basically does on Dennis Miller Live, except this is in retrospect (but, Dennis appears in the time of what he's ranting about like It's happening at that time). He looks back on the past 1000 years and gives several rants that are all funny in past tense (except for the one he does about present life and the future).

He also has for each time period Norm MacDonald as a special guest who is obsessed with Cock (probably because he mentioned it a while back on another interview on his show). But, the best part of this special I feel is when Miller goes to the screen and says lines for the pictures. Now this is already hilarious while watching this on his show, but here he has the big ensel, the big slide and the big screen. He also puts in lines (when Hitler was heiling Mussolini while Mussolini was leaving on a train, Dennis fills in "Call Me"). Hilarious. Utterly and ironically hilarious entertainment. Miller's best. A++

First off, I want to point out that this is a great special. It has some interesting, original takes on events that happened during the past millennium. Dennis's performance, including the delivery of his jokes and the incredible writing of them, is at least a 9.5, if not a 10. The only thing I'd recommend (if you have a tape of this special) is to fast-forward through the Norm MacDonald sequences. Dennis makes up for it, but Norm suddenly gets extremely annoying by the second or third time he's gone out of his way to make male genitalia jokes within a one-minute time-span. But Dennis is truly funny enough that he helps you recover from Norm's feeble attempts at humor. I give it an overall 8 out of 10.

I have been a huge fan of Dennis Miller for years and have missed him since he went over to cable (I don't get it). So, I was excited to get this tape. Boy, was that badddddd! I think my wife and I laughed only once the whole hour. Seems like the writing was done by a second rate high school. I really miss his sarcastic intelligent humour. I guess he's just "phoning it in" these days. I won't even talk about old Norm; he gave up on using his brain a long time ago and this is just one more instance of that.

I recall an episode of the Simpsons where Lisa sees the comic book guy wearing a shirt that reads: "C:\Dos C:\Dos\Run Run\Dos\Run" To this Lisa replies "Only one person in a million would find that funny" And the comic book guy responds "Yes, we call that the Dennis Miller Ratio"

If you are that one-in-a-million who appreciate Miller's cynical, ironic, sarcastic, vulgar take on things; if you have a taste for the obscure, the irreverent, and the frequent repetition of the F and C words, then this is for you.

I enjoy Miller's humor but if you don't like it, DO NOT WATCH THIS SPECIAL. People either love or hate Dennis Miller, so if you're a fan of his, you need to see this; some of his best work.