Dennis Miller body language watch:

Dennis Miller was the first guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this Wednesday and his appearance was less than thrilling. Not only did he have to prep his audience with the fact that Robert Byrd had been in the KKK so that he could then recite his lame "burning the cross at both ends" joke, but he went on to opine about the political scene:

IRAQ: "Am I the only one who could care less about weapons of mass destruction?".

ON THE DEFICIT: "If we owe somebody, just don't pay it."

JERRY SPRINGER RUNNING FOR OFFICE: "The gene pool is so shallow, we don't need a lifeguard on duty."

SPORTS: "Tour de Fra..., Tour de Spineless Greasy-haired Wusses."

In any event, we were struck by Miller's body language, which for most of the interview consisted of him being in the "defensive pose" of arms folded, as shown in the screenshots below:



We suspect that Miller knows he's losing half his audience, and that he's strayed from being a mainstream comedian.

Also, as we've noted before, what's Leno doing bringing a parade of conservative boors on his show (e.g. Miller, O'Reilly, Shepard Smith) ?

posted by Quiddity at 7/24/2003 08:39:00 AM