that’s the news and i am outta here...

I TiVo’d the new Dennis Miller show on CNBC last night, and watched it today. And what I’ve discovered is this – if you take Dennis Miller and take away the “funny” and put him in charge of a news show, what you wind up with is an obnoxious Libertarian prick, and an excruciating hour of television. Even during the little middle section where he comments on the news in the style of his old SNL news or his HBO show... without a studio audience even the GOOD jokes fall flat, and the BAD ones hit the floor with an embarrassing THUD and a trickle of nervous laughter from the crew. Painful.

And that’s not even to mention that his politics have drifted far enough to the right that I no longer agree with much of what he says. Shit, if I want to watch somebody unfunny spout politics that I disagree with, I’ll watch the fucking O’Reilly Factor or something.

The Doc's advice...? For fake news that is topical AND funny... stick with "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart".

D.