Making its debut on February 22 before switching nights to a regular Friday timeslot on February 29, Amne$ia and host Dennis Miller challenge contestants to answer a slew of questions from their own lives, past and present, ranging from the seemingly easy and obvious to the obscure with often surprising and hilarious results.

Last week The Deadbolt took part in a ultra-fun conference call with reality creator extraordinaire Mark Burnett and the hilariously non-PC Dennis Miller who both filled us in on what fans can expect from Amne$ia, the type of questions Dennis Miller would ask himself if he were a contestant, the simple things that people can't remember, and the most unusual pitch for a reality show that Mark Burnett has ever received.

Mark Burnett on how Amne$eia is different than other shows:

"It’s a very, very different show. This show is really a light-hearted, comedic look at someone’s mind. It’s the easiest game show in the world where all you got to know is your own - you answer about your own life. And the show really is more than 50% Dennis [Miller] making you laugh your ass off all the time. He’s so quick and it’s so funny. And it’s very whimsical and very easy to win. And in fact, honestly, Dennis is just trying to give away NBC’s money - desperately trying to give away NBC’s money. What makes it really funny is, we’re all incredulous - especially Dennis.

"But people literally can’t even choose their own doormat from 12 doormats on the stage. They walk over this thing every single day and for $20,000 they can’t choose the correct doormat or they got a moment where they - on their wedding night, can’t remember the hotel they stayed in with their wife on their wedding night. And you can just imagine Dennis Miller laughing along with this. It’s just hilarious."

Dennis Miller on the show and how he's different as a host:

"Well, I would say I’m trying to be a more amiable interlocutor... I would think this one is more "got you covered". You know, we’re just trying to have a fun hour. We’re not trying to ruin anybody. You know, I guess that’s wrong-headed on my part. They’re not trying to ruin - there’s the potential there, it seems for me, for great heartache. There’s a potential on us for a few smiles, a few blasts from the past and somebody walks away with some bread, you know. It’s fun. A little easier."

Miller on the type of questions he'd ask himself if he were a contestant:

"I’m bad at the hypotheticals. I don’t know. I guess I would recognize my doormat - put it that way, because it’s made out of the same material William Shatner’s toupee is. But other than that, I am the host but I have not put myself in the other position. But, like I said, they’re not - it’s not like we’re doing Oriana Fallaci. It’s sort of [like] - I would expect to see a bartender somewhere from my college days. It would have my favorite drink and he would mix it, and I would recognize it with a blindfold on. It’s an easier vibe, you know. It’s more fun. More fun, less provocateur [stuff]."

Burnett on the situations and people featured on Amne$ia:

"It’s just absolutely hilarious stuff. There’s one episode - there’s a cop on an episode and do you think this cop could tell you the speed limit on his own street where he lives, which we’ve actually gone out and photographed? You know, there’s a guy who plays golf with his father-in-law every week. Do you think he can remember his father-in-law’s handicap? You know what you learn from this show? Most of us - we tend to listen to others a lot less than we focus on ourselves. And it’s amazing the things you don’t hear that other people tell you."

Miller on the creative freedom he has on the show:

"Well, listen, I’ll be honest. The show appeared to be stream of consciousness. I remember going in the first day and talking to this cat named [Roy Bank] - nice guy. I don’t think he’s doing the show anymore. I don’t quite know what happened, but he was a good guy. But I remember him. Look, I said , '[Roy], at some point we should turn a camera on and shoot this thing because I have to recant, and to recant I have to be in the moment. And to be in the moment, we can’t put the Arthur Murray dance steps down and hit these notes before we actually get started. So we held off around eight hours on the first day. I’m a nervous wreck. By the time I get out there to shoot the first one, I’m like stuck. You know what I mean? There’s too much paralysis of analysis.

"But then we restarted and I said let’s do this again. Let’s just be looser with this. Let’s have fun. Let me talk to these people. I used to think Larry King was a little - being a little lazy when he would advance that conceit of 'I don’t read the books because I want to be Tabula Rasa when I do the interview.' But there is some truth to that - that the more you rehearse it the more rehearsed it looks. So the second time through - I said, 'Could we shoot this first segment again?' I just made up my mind I was going to be loose. I was going to go with it. I was going to be like a tour guide with these people, sort of like that Jan Hooks was stuck in my head."

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