DENNIS MILLER

Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller concludes his famous acid-tongued rants with the same disclaimer every time: "Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong." And he means what he says: an avowed conservative libertarian, he fervently believes in every person's right to believe what they want to believe. His harsher critics, however, have nonetheless indicted the razor-witted comedian for being condescending, arrogant, self-indulgent, proselytizing, and worse.

One thing is for certain: Miller, a gifted social and political satirist (Playboy dubbed him "a social Darwinist with a funny bone"), doesn't believe in pandering to any crowd. In his own defense, he'll say that he's just trying his damnedest every Friday night to stiffen up the sagging backbone of comedy.