Many times it has been said that people don’t often understand my humor.  I think it is because I’m actually not very funny, but then I also think it’s because I think things are funny that other people find strange. 

Dennis Miller is such a person.  His comedic style is hilarious in my opinion.  He sees the world as I see it most of the time.  His politics are nearly identical to mine which also makes him one of my favorite comedians.  The other reason is because he is a Dad. He has two boys Marlon and Holden.

If it wasn’t for Miller I would have never really known what exactly a “rant” was until his Dennis Miller Live show on HBO. He got his first big break, as have many others, on the set of Saturday Night Live. A gateway for many comedic stars.  A show that made me realize that I had finally “made it” when I was allowed to stay up on Saturday nights late enough to watch.

Dennis has life figured out.  His real life views about sex, marriage, and politics are always cutting edge, yet not, but his views on what the opposite sex wants is spot on.  In case you think he doesn’t have all you mothers figured out his take seems to be again right on the money:

When you’re a kid, basically your mother’s job is to make you look like a dork.  The mittens pinned to your jacket, the Elmer Fudd earflap hat the rubber boots with the Wonder bread bags over your feet, and of course the piece de resistance, the snow pants.  There’s an outfit that just screams, “Beat the shit out of me and take my lunch money.”

And why did Mom insist on cutting my hair herself until I was fourteen? She had a home haircut kit that looked like Mengle’s briefcase and the barber skills of Dr. Leatherface brandishing a flowbee.  All right. She’d finish and say, “Well, how does that look?”  I’d say, “Yeah. Looks good, Mom, because in case my school does a stage production of Sling Blade, this haircut makes me look like Karl’s stupider friend who couldn’t get laid with Brad Pitt’s dick.  All right.  Now, where’s my snow pants, I have to ride that girl’s bike you bought me past the tough kids to my piano lesson.”

There’s a very good explanation for why cult leaders force members to cut off all contact with their families.  Because they know that their spell will be broken and all the mind control will disappear the instant you hear your mother saying:  “And I suppose that just because your new friends are having themselves castrated so they can go on the spaceship, you have to do it, too, right?”

The relationship between mothers and children never changes, and that’s because no matter how rich or powerful you are, your mother still remembers when you were three and put SpaghettiOs up your nose.

It was sad to see him leave the Monday Night Football lineup, but I guess that many people did not understand his humor.  He always had me wondering on some of his quips.  Of course now there is an espn.com page dedicated to explaning why some of the things he said was funny.  Like I always tell Mrs. G, “if I have to explain why it’s funny, it probably isn’t.”  I actually say this quite often, which is why I know I’m probably not that funny, and why his MNF career didn’t last longer than two seasons.

Parenting is hard work, but according to Miller, you don’t need a stellar resume.

Parenting is the easiest job to get – you just have to screw up once and it’s yours. ~ Dennis Miller