Ranting Again - Hardcover

Miller, Dennis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385488521 ISBN 13: 9780385488525

Publisher: Doubleday, 1998

Synopsis

Dennis Miller is back, and he is Ranting Again in this hilarious compendium of wit, wisdom, and righteous outrage.  This is good news for all of us who fume at the country's lack of common sense, and seethe at the absurdity of the daily headlines.

Setting his sights higher and wider than ever before, Dennis Miller is at the top of his game, unleashing his unique brand of scathing wit on anything and everything.  Taking on such targets as illegal immigration, the sobriety movement, the American school system, and men who wear tight T-shirts even though they have big breasts, Miller proves that nobody is safe from his hilarious yet hard-hitting scrutiny.

Showcasing Dennis Miller's trademark blend of wide-ranging allusions, thought-provoking insights, and outrageous opinions, Ranting Again is a brilliant collection that is his sharpest and funniest yet.

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Review:

Dennis Miller is the bebop king of comedy, the pope of the pissed-off. Ranting Again is his latest collection of rapid-fire riffs on everything from animal rights to the Internet, harvested from his hugely successful TV show. Miller's wit is razor-sharp, and his rants have the controlled spontaneity of good jazz--giving them the energy of a live performance even in book form. Like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin, Miller uses his quick, no-holds-barred delivery to chip away at some of our most ridiculous cultural obsessions. He may occasionally pick easy targets, but he hits them hard and funny. Here he is discussing the perennially touchy topic of violence in the media:

"We're all looking for someone to blame if our kid goes bad, and the media is a defenseless target for the clusterfuck of self-righteous rhetoric that passes for intelligent debate these days.... The truth is, TV isn't the biggest influence on your kids. You are. There's probably more real emotional violence and bad vibes at the average American family dinner table than in an entire season of Highlander, not to mention better acting."

Now, Dennis is not for the faint of heart, and you won't agree with everything he says, but something in here will make you laugh out loud. Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. --Simon Leake

From the Publisher:

In Ranting Again, Dennis Miller digs deeper than ever before, tackling subjects like:

Smoking--"If you're saying you didn't know cigarettes were bad for you, you're lying through that hole in your trachea."

Bad drivers--"Driving in L.A. you get cut off more frequently than Ted Kennedy bar hopping on St. Patrick's Day."

American schools--"This country's educational system couldn't be more poorly funded and badly directed if the Secretary of Education were Ed Wood."

Immigration--"Foreigners do not come to this country and take our jobs. Face it, you don't want to be a busboy, or a maid, or the roadside Linus Pauling hawking citrus on the traffic island."

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0385488521
• ISBN 13: 9780385488525
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224