Art Design: This 12" Talking Dennis Miller doll is packed in a thin window box with a photo of Miller on the inset and some of his voice-chip remarks posted on the sides and back of the box.
Headsculpt: The main reason that I bought Dennis Miller is because the head can be transplanted to a GI Joe action figure. If you have had a chance to see the Blade TV series; consider that the headsculpt resembles Larry Poindexter, who plays FBI agent Ray Collins on the series. Does the doll look like Dennis Miller? You decide! The real Miller's head is long with a wide forehead that tapers down towards the chin. He has a ski-slope nose like Bob Hope. Even the doll's nose looks more like Poindexter than Miller!
Articulation: This body brings back bad memories of those 1960s Gilbert's figures and the blow-molded GI Joe knock-off dolls from the same era. The arms and legs move up and down and have no other movement. The head can swivel. The figure tips over easily.
Outfit: The black suit, no-sleeve shirt (that's what I said), black shoes, and blue pattern tie display well. This would be a nice outfit for a Men In Black kitbash, but the outfits will only fit thin action figures, such as Dragon or Ignite Toys, but not on GI Joe.
Talking Dennis: Most of the remarks seem to be from Miller's shows during the 1990s. You get two different clips of Miller's cackling laughter. Then you also get eighteen more remarks (a total of twenty clips). Here are some excerpts: 1. "That's it cha-cha, you found the button. Vertebrae four. Now press it and move away from the doll. What are you, a chiropractor?" 2. "You know the French might as well gas up the dinghy and go fishing with Fraido, because they are dead to me." 3. "The only way we were going to get the French into Iraq was to tell them we thought there were truffels there." 4. "Hey cho-cho-san, enough with the deep shiatsu. Hit the button and back away." 5. "Periodically you need a show of force against your enemies. Because it works. Anyone seen Khaddafi lately? He's now the Yahoo Serious of the Middle East." 7. "Hey, what's going on back there?" 8. "Sounds good to me." 9. "Of course that's just my opinion, I could be wrong." 10. "Guess what folks, that's the news, and I am outta here." 11. "It's about time you found the button, zipper-head." 12. "Now, I don't want to get off on a rant here." 13. "What if those crop circles are just ads for Target?" 14. "Other than the bombs they strap to their chests, I have no idea what makes the Palestinians tick." The George H.W. Bush doll was better than this one because it only used President Bush's most famous remarks, without any throwaway lines.
Market: You can buy Dennis Miller from TalkingPresidents.com at $30, or you can go to Big Lots and get him for five simoleons.
Overall: The suit looks good and so does the headsculpt. The body is awful. Dennis Miller's remarks are somewhat stale. He has said funnier remarks than what were used for this doll. If you like the headsculpt put it on another body and create Agent Ray Collins. Now all we need is a Talking Blade doll and a few vampires!
Grade: D+
