The Unbelievable Story of Dennis Miller's Controversial Stint on Monday Night Football

Over the years, there have been hundreds of sports announcers that have come into our lives, but I don't think anyone's hiring sparked quite as much controversy as Dennis Miller joining the cast of Monday Night Football. His hiring in 2000 sparked a wave of discourses among journalists and football fans, and led to questions about just what exactly makes a great announcer. This is a story about risks, the risk of Don Ohlemeyer and Al Michaels to sign off on him, the risk of ABC to hire him, and the risk of Dennis Miller to try something completely new to him. It's also a story about the truth, as we look back and ask ourselves, Was it Really that bad? Newspapers/Books Cited The Buffalo News 1-04-1999 Newsday Nassua 02-04-1999 USA Today 6-19-1945 The State 6-25-2000 Kansas City Star 6-25-2000 The Blade 10-18-2000 Clarksdale Press Register 08-01-2000 Grand Rapids Press 11-17-2000 The California 11-03-2000 Ventura County Star 09-06-2000 Press of Atlantic City 12-28-2000 Miami Herald 12-9-2000 Live From New York, It's Monday Night!' https://vault.si.com/vault/2000/07/03... You Can't Make This Up Al Michaels All Video Clips Used can be seen here https://pastebin.com/6JjzdayD Zombie Rock by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Time Stamps 0:00 (Intro) 1:58 (The History of Monday Night Football until 1999) 05:24 (Don Ohlemeyer Makes Some Changes) 07:45 (Dennis Miller Gets the Job) 12:20 (Dennis Starts His New Job) 14:00 (References/References/References) 15:00 (The Discourse) 16:50 (The Second Season) 17:40 (The Dennis Miller Era Ends) 18:28 (Conclusion)