Robert Smigel Triumphs Again!

<p>In 1997, Robert Smigel put a dog puppet on his hand, started making poop jokes in a thick Russian accent and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was born. 23 years later, he’s still going strong. In this rare longform conversation, Smigel talks about how he pulls off his epic confrontations of politicians like Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham. He also opens up about his time writing for Conan O’Brien, ‘The Dana Carvey Show’ and SNL, where he created ‘TV Funhouse’ and ‘The Ambiguously Gay Duo’—an animated sketch he readily admits would not work in 2020. Robert explains why his eventual exit from SNL was “not pretty” and weighs in on Alec Baldwin’s “easy” satirical take on Donald Trump.</p><p><br></p><p>Watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jepp3IdbT1Y" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Triumph’s ‘Quarantine Squares’ game show on YouTube</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/TriumphICDHQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TriumphICDHQ</a> and<a href="https://twitter.com/mattwilstein" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @mattwilstein</a> | Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/triumphicdhq/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@triumphicdhq</a> and<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lastlaughpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> @lastlaughpod</a></p><p>Highlights from this episode and others at <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/the-last-laugh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Beast</a>.</p><p>Go to <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/laugh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ratethispodcast.com/laugh</a> to leave us a rating and review.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>