Episode 1222 - Robert Smigel

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Robert Smigel became best known for having a foul-mouthed dog puppet on his hand, but the truth is he's a defining force in popular comedy for the past 35 years. Robert tells Marc how he was on the path to becoming a dentist until a stand-up comedy competition changed his life. From there it was on to SNL where he forged relationships with people like Conan O'Brien and Adam Sandler, collaborating over the next decade to change the comedy landscape. Robert also explains the origin of Triumph and why he's gone back to puppets with his new show Let's Get Real.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:09.3	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.0	How are you? What the fuckers?
0:12.2	What the fuck buddies?
0:13.2	What the fucksters?
0:15.5	What the fuck, a delix?
0:17.9	Robert Smigel is on the show today.
0:19.8	Robert Smigel.
0:21.4	Comedy genius.
0:22.5	Robert Smigel.
0:23.3	Everyone knows him as the guy behind Triumph,
0:25.6	the insult dog.
0:27.6	But look, man.
0:29.1	This guy has been part of the defining force
0:33.0	of comedy on television, certainly, in some movies
0:36.1	for 35 years.
0:38.8	You know, he was a writer at SNL, long time writer at SNL.
0:42.4	He was the head writer, the original head writer
0:45.2	of the original Conan O'Brien show.
0:47.4	That was a big deal in New York, man.
0:49.2	That was when I first really sort of got hip to the fact of Smigel
0:53.0	was when he took that show and he hired people I knew.
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