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We've been fans of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien) since well before the "Colbert arrest," the SAG-AFTRA & WGA picket line reports, and guest-starring role during NBC's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (all of which we'll get into in a minute) So when the[...]

Writer Robert Smigel, known for his puppet character Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and his legendary comedy career, posted from the character's social media account reflecting on what Farley meant to him and the potential for greatness if he not succumbed to his demons. Tom Schiller and Chris Farley in "Saturday Night Live" Image courtesy of[...]

On his podcast Conan Needs a Friend, the host spoke with writer, actor, and creator of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Robert Smigel about the origin of "In the Year 2000" among several subjects. Conan O'Brien in "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" Image courtesy of NBC At the 7:20 mark, "Lorne [Michaels] called me in at the[...]

See what happens when we don't give Shucked: The Musical a few minutes of our time? We end up missing a surprise appearance from "professional journalist"/world-class comedian Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien) It's been a little more than two months since we last[...]

My eternal thanks to Lorne Michaels, Jeff Ross, Robert Smigel, and countless disturbed, loyal, creative friends," he wrote The host found himself ironically similar to his predecessor's once-dream-come-true stint to become the true unchallenged successor host of The Tonight Show became a nightmare as NBC attempted to have their cake and eat it too by[...]

A silver lining of good news? We still have "professional journalist"/world-class comedian Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien) reporting on how things have been going on the picket lines In their fifth report, it looks like they've joined the picket lines set up outside Amazon[...]

In fact, the unions have had "professional journalist"/world-class comedian Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien) reporting on how things have been going Filmed at Amazon Studios in Culver City, this go-around finds Triumph turning to AI for his supply of jokes – with some[...]

But as long at there are folks still walking the picket line, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & his handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien), will be there to report on how things are shaping up And just some of the targets this time around include CSI: Miami, Squid Game, PAW[...]

When Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & his handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien) shared a video checking in on how things were going on the pickets lines as SAG-AFTRA & WGA fights for a fair contract from the AMPTP, we were hoping that it would be the first of a[...]

It's hard to believe that it's been a year since Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, his handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien) & members of CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert team were arrested by U.S Capitol Police after taping a segment for the Stephen Colbert-hosted late-night talk show[...]

So if you were following our reporting last month, then you know that Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, his handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien) & members of CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert team were arrested by U.S Capitol Police after taping a segment for the Stephen Colbert-hosted[...]

So if you thought CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert host Stephen Colbert wasn't going to address Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, his handler Robert Smigel (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien), and members of the late-night show's team being arrested by U.S Capitol Police last week… who have you been watching[...]

Capital Police wasn't in the mood the "keed" around on Thursday night, with reports that a number of individuals working for CBS' Late Show with Stephen Colbert were arrested after taping a segment for the late-night talk show focusing on Robert Smigel's (Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien) Triumph the Insult Comic Dog[...]

Murrow's See It Now. During the Vietnam Era, there was Walter Cronkite telling the nation the war was lost. Today? Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. In another fine example of professional respect and cooperation between two bastions of objectivity and journalistic integrity (and because their show is on hiatus), Conan host Conan O'Brien let Triumph and his handler Robert[...]

Because on that night, Stewart and a line-up of celebrity friends from across movies, television and music team up for HBO's Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs. Created by comedy writer and performer Robert Smigel (Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog), the event raises money for autism schools, programs and services across the[...]