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Sipping a Miller Lite at Harrys' of Arlington in Arlington Heights, Ill., and watching the third installment, Christopher Wojcik, 24, declares, "I think it's fixed, and I don't buy any of it." He has not, however, missed an episode. "That older guy that got killed off the show last week deserved it. You just don't wash your clothes in the fresh-water supply," he says, referring to the transgression that helped get Andersen the boot. (Note: Losers are not actually executed, but Fox hasn't worked up a knockoff series yet.) "Don't vote...
...seriously folks. New "MNF" producer Don Ohlmeyer says Miller was his first choice, and Michaels says Miller blew him away with tidbits and insights when he auditioned for the gig two weeks ago. And after Ohlmeyer pal O. J. Simpson said that Mondays were his regular look-for-the-real-killer night, and USA Today readers' choice Rush Limbaugh kept calling the Washington Redskins the "Spend-O-Crats," Miller...
...above nonsense aside, the betting here is that Miller will do all right. He's a serious fan, an Iron City native who probably knows more about the Steelers than Terry Bradshaw, and has the poise and wit to make predecessor Boomer Esiason seem like, well, Boomer Esiason. Plus, he's a natural for the prized college-male demo...
...will it feel like football? The average heartland football diehard doesn't really go for the thin-and-neat turtlenecked wisecracking type, with jokes they don't really get and don't really care to. Miller's "SNL"/HBO shtick won't get him too far in this booth. But if he's a real fan, the viewers might warm...
...course, that's just my opinion. At least it wasn't as long as one of Miller's rants...