Dennis Miller on Being a Conservative Comedian

Dennis talks about voting in the midterm election, what it's like being a conservative comedian, his comedy special 'Fake News, Real Laughs,' Jimmy hosting the Oscars, and having a men's comedian dinner with Jimmy, Martin Short, Conan O'Brien, Nick Kroll, Tom Hanks, John Mulaney, and Eugene Levy.




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Dennis Miller on Being a Conservative Comedian

[Raaaaaaaaaaandy]

The only label that matters for a comedian is whether they are funny or not. The rest is irrelevant.

[hutch]

I don't care if a comedian is conservative or liberal. I care that they're funny.

[randymagnum]

Funny how the side that preaches tolerance is always the first in the village square with torches and pitchforks anytime someone's opinion diverges from party doctrine.

[TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

"Comedy is stronger than politics" yeah we all know you didn't mean that Jimmy.

[mwothe]

"Comedy is stronger than politics"


Why not give comedy a try then, Jimmy?

[zeitghost]

Jimmy says "It's weird for a comedian to be conservative " and "What happened to you" but also "Comedy is bigger than politics". What a massive hypocrite

[paul-egz]

When Dennis was doing Monday night football me and my boys met him at the St Louis rams practice facility the day before rams vs broncos September 2000.. he said four words " gents how are ya "

[rickster]

Proud for this guys courage .. I’m sure it’s hard to be a conservative in that world .. I’m sure there’s more who’s afraid to speak out

[johnpob]

"Comedy is stronger than politics folks" SO WHAT HAPPENED?

[Wowreally]

Good on Jimmy for having a conservative on! and having a good civil conversation. Love seeing this. We don't have to fight all the time and everything isn't black and white. there's more gray than anything else.

[ynotttt]

Guys like Jimmy and Stephen Colbert wouldn’t have a show without Donald Trump in office. Trump is 100% of their Schtick. Dennis Miller is old school and can do it on real comedy.

[kevinburke]

He’s a libertarian. But the left calls u a conservative if your not a liberal. I mean to them independents r conservative. SMH

[keith]

Dennis Miller is still awesome 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

[davidjohnson]

Kimmel makes it out that 'something happened to him'. The better question would be 'what happened to you' Kimmel, in terms of why Kimmel is a far left winger, who used to be a big advocate of 'women bounding on trampolines'.

[archipelago]

"Liberalism is like a nude beach. It sounds like a lot of fun until you get there..." LOL 😆 Truth!! Never heard of it put so succinctly and spot on!

[JAbrmd]

This was a good segment. Liberals and conservatives together.

[sherlock.]

Associate sound editor on THOR RAGNOK 😂😂👍

He has a great point about the oscars though, I don't watch it anymore for the same reasons

[sephiroth]

I'm liberal and I like Dennis Miller. I grew up watching him and he always makes me laugh.

[markhutchinson]

I've only recently become aware of Dennis through his hilarious podcast exchanges with Norm macDonald. I wasn't aware of his political leanings and honestly didn't care. Jimmy thinks it's weird to be a conservative American comic when the real oddity is that Dennis appears to be center right and free from the bile of the majority who cling together at opposite ends of the political spectrum, scared shitless to take a step towards center ground and sanity. He comes across as a very affable and intelligent guy.

[lbrito]

“Comedy is stronger than politics”, that why jimmy is not funny anymore, he is way too political and just mean!!! Not funny