Dennis Miller: Black & White.

AuthorRothenberg, Robert S.

The title of this comedy video soon becomes apparent, as viewers realize there is nothing wrong with their VCRs--it actually was shot in black and white, though no explanation is forthcoming. Nevertheless, Miller--former "Weekend Update" anchor on "Saturday Night Live" and host of a short-lived late-night challenge to Jay Leno, Arsenio Hall, et al.--holds forth to good advantage, skipping agilely among topics in a stream-of-consciousness style. Freed from the constraints of television, his material is punctuated by an at times monotonous choice of expletives that really do nothing to add to the humor. His wit is rapier-like and his references often over the heads of his audience, of which Miller seems to be slyly aware.

Like a grasshopper, he bounces from subject to subject, pausing briefly to...

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