Conspiracy Theory Rock By Robert Smigel
Wondering why the TV Network talking heads continue to bag on Ron Paul?
Ron Paul= no more Federal government war contracts and/or tax subsidy payoffs for FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC...
"A Banned Segment from Saturday Night Live
The 1998 Robert Smigel animated short film "Conspiracy Theory Rock", part of a March 1998 "TV Funhouse" segment, has been removed from all subsequent airings of the Saturday Night Live episode where it originally appeared...Read Full Story
Robert Smigel is riding around Bonnaroo, looking for targets. To the 49-year-old comedian behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the hordes at this Tennessee music festival and the 100-plus bands performing here are ripe for parody. Smigel has come to Bonnaroo to perform as his most famous character, Triumph, the dog puppet with a Borscht Belt schtick that has won over countless fans since first appearing on Conan O'Brien's "Late Night." Smigel performed four sets as Triumph at Bonnaroo, which...Read Full Story
Stand-up favorite and former Daily Show correspondent, Rob Riggle is in development with CBS for a new half-hour comedy. According to Deadline , this marks the third consecutive holding deal between Riggle and CBS. Why all the fuss over this Marine Corps Captain turned funny man? From a subjective point of view, perhaps it’s because he’s totally awesome.
Robert Smigel, the Saturday Night Live veteran responsible for bringing us the likes of TV Funhouse , Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and 217...Read Full Story
AP - Robert Smigel is riding around Bonnaroo, looking for targets. To the 49-year-old comedian behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the hordes at this Tennessee music festival and the 100-plus bands performing here are ripe for parody.Read Full Story
I have hated this lame bit since it first premiered about 20 years ago on SNL. For years, wherever you went in the country, people would do that nasally ‘Da Bears’ crap when they found out you (me) were from Chicago. Before this started, nobody I knew ever said ‘Da Bears’, but since these guys, especially Norm, were famously from Chicago, people think that’s how we really talk and it pissed me off for a long time. As you have probably guessed by now, it doesn’t take too much. They got in...Read Full Story
The Candy Land movie has been gestating for quite some time and now Sony & Columbia Pictures have confirmed that they are teaming up with Hasbro and Happy Madison to develop the movie based on the game of the same name. The film was previously set up to be ...
And in fact, this clip was edited out of future airings of this episode. The YouTube poster of this clip says: [Producer Lorne] Michaels claimed the edit was done because it “wasn’t funny”. There’s no attribution, but what else could Michaels possibly say?
In 1998, this Robert Smigel–penned "TV Funhouse" segment from SNL was allegedly pulled from air, probably because it's a harsh exposé of how media monopolies are secretly killing children. Probably. [Splitsider]
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Robert Smigel is an American comedian known for his TV Funhouse cartoons on the television show Saturday Night Live. He is also the puppeteer for Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. Find more pictures, videos and articles about Robert Smigel here.
advertisement. Overview. Date of Birth: 7 February 1960, New York, New York, USA more. Trivia: Saturday Night Live's longest running writer; he's been writing for the... more
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Robert Smigel (born February 7, 1960) is an American humorist, comedian and writer known for his Saturday Night Live " TV Funhouse" cartoon shorts and as the puppeteer behind ...