I admired the late great Dr. Miller and enjoyed his work over the years. I highly recommend tracking down the excellent version of Alice in Wonderland that he directed back in the 60s. The DVD includes a director's commentary track where Miller talks about both the production of the film and some quite interesting facts about his childhood (and yes that last bit was meant to be read in Peter Cook voice).
Wow, he can really do Dudley's and Peter's voices! Comic genius. As others have said, I wish it was standard in the 21st century to have public intellectuals on chat shows.