Back In The Game

SI: How are you, Dennis?

Miller: Just a young kid with a dream. What's up with you?

SI: Your new show, Sports Unfiltered with Dennis Miller (which airs Tuesdays on Versus), debuted on Nov. 6. Any plans to drop a Boutros Boutros-Ghali reference in a future show?

Miller: Listen, when I did football, I remember telling them: Guys, I got one monkey trick. I'm not going to be able to change it. I told the same thing to Versus. It's the coin of my realm. I do the weird references. So you might see a Boutros Boutros-Gainey, the hard-charging defensive specialist for Les Habitants.

SI: Your first guest was Curt Schilling (below). Will politics be a part of your show?

Miller: No. What's that great quote in Lawrence of Arabia: "When in Feisal's tent, do as Feisal does." I'm in the sports tent here. I get a headache from politics. I like sports because it's a fact there is resolution on a daily basis and it doesn't involve the loss of life.

SI: What's the format?

Miller: I'm essentially trying to recreate my HBO show in sports mode. Going to do some big screen. Going to do a mono up front, a little bit of a rant, do a couple of interviews.

SI: Who would you like to have as a guest?

Miller: I like Bill Belichick. I think Belichick getting caught using the IMAX cameraman David Breashears from the Everest climb is what's going to lead them to a 19--0 record this year. It's tough to get it up every week, but now that they realize their entire legacy is being questioned, they will go out and say, "We're going to destroy everybody and go 19--0, and nobody will have any reasons ever to question those Super Bowls."