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Hace 4 días · Robert Smigel may be best known as the breeder behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the crass canine puppet whose jokes make Don Rickles look housebroken. We sit down with him before his Chicago show.
28 de may. de 2024 · In this episode of Inside Late Night, Smigel joins Mark Malkoff for a free-flowing conversation about his many years at 30 Rock, from the origins of two Steve Martin sketches that are among his proudest, to the time he says Lorne Michaels forgave him for “almost breaking” the show.
Hace 3 días · On Saturday night, Robert Smigel and George Wendt led an all-star cast in staging a brand new installment of their classic SNL sketch “Bill Swerski’s Superfans.”. The new sketch saw Smigel and Wendt reprise their characters Carl Wollarski and Bob Swerski, while Jason Sudeikis stepped into the role of Todd O’Connor, originally played by ...
Hace 6 días · Smigel grew up in New York but moved to Chicago after college, where he became involved in the improv scene with friends like Bob Odenkirk. He left Chicago when he got hired as a writer on “Saturday Night Live” in the mid-’80s, and then became head writer for “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” where Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was born.
20 de may. de 2024 · Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and puppeteer. He gained recognition for his work on Saturday Night Live, particularly for his 'TV Funhouse' cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer and voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
17 de may. de 2024 · When Robert Smigel, then the head writer for NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien discovered the puppet that would become Triumph while browsing a furniture store with his...
Hace 1 día · Jun 05, 2024. Thanks to Pocket Casts for featuring 5 Daily Trivia Questions this week! Pocket Casts is still my favorite app - please add some Value For Value Podcasting 2.0 guys! I was very happy to see Inside Late Night make its debut, especially because I was a fan of Mark Malkoff’s old Carson Podcast. I particular enjoyed this ...
