Don’t Be a Pinhead Tour at Westbury recap May 3, 2015

According to WordPress, this is my 350th post at MikeChimeri.com.

Last night, for the first time in four years, I was at NYCB Theatre at Westbury to see Bill O’Reilly and Dennis Miller. This time, their tour had a new name: Don’t Be a Pinhead.

My dad and were seated in Section B, Row H.

The show was scheduled to begin at 8:00, but didn’t start until 8:09. At that time, Bill got on the P.A. system and directed the crowd to “please greet Dennis Miller!”

Dennis’ first joke was “Hi, #Hello #GoodEvening.” Here are some of the topics of his 35-minute set:

• Hillary Clinton
• James Carville
• Other potential Democratic presidential candidates
• Bill Ayers
• John Kerry
• Potential Republican presidential candidates
• John Boehner
• Green hotel
• Apple Watch
• Weird sports day – “Floyd Mayweather won the Kentucky Derby”
• Harry Reid
• Obamacare
• Pope Francis
• Nancy Pelosi

After the last Pelosi joke, Bill walked toward the stage and exclaimed, “Dennis Miller, everybody!” Bill’s 35-minute set included:

• Baltimore
• His hard scrabble upbringing in Levitttown
• Hillary Clinton
• President Barack Obama
• One poll on each of the two
• James Carville
• The previous two presidential campaigns (McCain, Romney)
• Romney’s 2012 primary opponents
• How Bill got the five living presidents to sign pictures of them to raise money for track chairs

Intermission was 15 minutes, after which Bill and Dennis returned to the stage for Q&A. Once again, they sat in chairs while the stage rotated. Highlights of this part were:

• A question from Barry in Syosset led Dennis to joke “Barry’s got Syosset?”
• “Volleyballtocracy”
• Dennis’ nicknames for Vice President Joe Biden: “Jar Jar Biden,” “Plugs MacKenzie”
• The Saturday Night Live parody of Hillary Clinton’s campaign launch
• Bill and Dennis won’t endorse any candidates for 2016
• Dennis’ stories of traveling with Pres. George W. Bush
• Stories from Bill and Dennis’ trips to Iraq
• A plug for the Rockin’ the Boat benefit on May 21
• What is a pinhead?
• The Killing books (Dennis’ book: Killing Lincoln Logs)
• Bill’s infamous appearance on The View in October 2010

And with that, the night was over. Bill and Dennis left to a standing ovation. Dennis paraphrased Jackie Gleason by saying “Long Island audiences are the greatest audiences in the world.” It was certainly an entertaining two hours.

If you want to see the Don’t Be a Pinhead Tour, get your tickets fast because the shows sell out in a hurry. The next three shows in Cleveland and Memphis next month, and Atlantic City in August, are all sold out. I recommend watching the Miller Time segment every Wednesday on The O’Reilly Factor to see if new dates are added. So far, Atlantic City is it.

If any viewer e-mails from audience members are read on The Factor this week, I will update this post with those e-mails and Bill’s replies.

5/8 UPDATE: There weren’t any viewer e-mails from audience members this week, but dates were added to the tour this fall. You can find them here.