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Triumph's SAG-AFTRA/WGA Report: Jeff Bezos/Lex Luthor Joke Win & More

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog & handler Robert Smigel's latest SAG-AFTRA/WGA strike report won us over with a great Jeff Bezos/Lex Luthor joke.

It's nice to see that we can be right about something every now and then. 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 series. Well, it looks like our hopes have become a reality, with their second dispatch waiting for you below. And while we don't want to spoil what you're about to enjoy, let's just say that the Jeff Bezos/Lex Luthor line is worth the price of admission alone.

Here's a look at the latest intel coming in from Triumph from the SAG-AFTRA & WGA picketing – followed by a look back at the first report as well as that whole "arrest thing" (if this is the first you're hearing of it, get ready for a pop culture history lesson):

And here's a look back at Triumph's original dispatch from the picket lines:

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Honors #HappyArrestaversary

Back in June of this year, Triumph & Smigel took to social media to honor the one-year anniversary of when they & 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. Eventually, a month later, Triumph, Smigel, and the rest of the team learned that they wouldn't be getting prosecuted for the charge of being in a restricted area without proper identification and escort. In the following tweet, Triumph shares a clip from 2022 when then-FOX "News" talking head Tucker Carlson tried to equate what the late-night team did with what those treasonous whackjobs attempted to do to the U.S. Capitol back on January 6th – the ones Carlson used to sympathize with back when he worked for that alleged "news channel." Triumph's other point is that when Carlson calls President Joe Biden a "wannabe dictator" after coming out of a clip where President Biden is preaching about the need for LGBTQ inclusion & acceptance, it's nothing new. It's the same steaming pile of tinfoil hats that it's always been.

A Look Back at The Arrest…

"On Wednesday, June 15, and Thursday, June 16, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on-site at the Capitol with a production team to record interviews for a comedy segment on behalf of 'The Late Show," said a CBS spokesperson in a statement when the news first broke about the arrests back in June 2022. "Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through Congressional aides of the members interviewed. After leaving the members' offices on their last interview of the day, the production team stayed to film stand-ups and other final comedy elements in the halls when they were detained by Capitol Police." Now here's a look at some of the preliminary posts via Triumph's Twitter account of the team in Washington DC on Thursday, June 16th:

For their part, the U.S. Capital Police said in a statement that the group was confronted by police in the Longworth House Office Building at around 8:30 pm ET on Thursday night after the area was closed to visitors. "Responding officers observed seven individuals, unescorted and without Congressional ID, in a sixth-floor hallway. The building was closed to visitors, and these individuals were determined to be a part of a group that had been directed by the USCP to leave the building earlier in the day," read the statement, along with confirmation from the USCP that the group was charged with unlawful entry. "This is an active criminal investigation and may result in additional criminal charges after consultation with the U.S. Attorney," the statement continued. In this clip from 2020, distinguished journalist Triumph reported from Washington, D.C., amid unprecedented restrictions that were being placed on the access that the press was getting for President Trump's impeachment trial:

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