DENNIS MILLER LIVE {JON LOVITZ} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of late-night talk/interview shows hosted by comedian Dennis Miller. In this program, comedian/actor Jon Lovitz chats with Miller about bad acting. Miller opens the program with his monologue, which focuses on the week's current events including the following: a Continental airplane recently landing at an abandoned runway; IBM's Deep Blue chess-playing super computer; O. J. Simpson's new bachelorhood; the recent final episode of "Coach"; and oxygen bars. Miller concludes the monologue with comments about the proliferation of bad actors in Hollywood. Next, Miller welcomes Lovitz and the two discuss the following topics: Lovitz's character "the Master Thespian"; each's Saturday Night Live auditions; how formal acting training has guided his career; acting exercises; and bad audition stories. Miller concludes the program with a witty wrap-up of the week's current events, illustrated by pictures from newspapers.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: May 16, 1997 11:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:27:15
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:53273
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews; Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Talk/Interviews
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV series, 1994-2002
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Kevin C. Slattery … Executive Producer
- Colleen Grillo … Coordinating Producer
- Eddie Feldmann … Producer
- Michele DeVoe … Associate Producer
- Debbie Palacio … Director
- David Feldman … Writer
- Jim Hanna … Writer
- Tom Hertz … Writer
- Leah Krinsky … Writer
- Dennis Miller … Writer
- Rick Overton … Writer
- Dennis Miller … Host
- Jon Lovitz … Guest
- O.J. Simpson