Robert Smigel

Blocks w/ Neal Brennan

Neal Brennan

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Mental Health

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Neal Brennan interviews Robert Smigel (SNL, Conan, TV Funhouse, Dana Carvey Show & more) about the things that make him feel lonely, isolated, and like something's wrong - and how he is persevering despite these blocks. ---------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Triumph the Insult Comic Dog 2:46 Robert Smigel intro 4:04 William Shatner 5:22 Competition at SNL 19:39 Writing for Seinfeld at SNL 23:45 Conan 29:58 Sponsor: Mando 31:42 Raising a Kid with Autism 37:58 Temper 43:25 Worry 47:51 Balancing Ambition & Ethics ---------------------------------------------------------- Watch Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's 'Let's Make a Poop': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgC7uG7viMk Follow Neal Brennan: https://www.instagram.com/nealbrennan https://twitter.com/nealbrennan https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnealbrennan Watch Neal Brennan: Crazy Good on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81728557 Watch Neal Brennan: Blocks on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/title/81036234 Theme music by Electric Guest (unreleased). Edited by Will Hagle ([email protected]) Sponsor: Visit https://shopmando.com & use promo code NEAL for $5 off your Mando starter pack. Sponsor Blocks: https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/blocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, hi Neil Brennan blocks podcast. My guest today is one of the comedy poo-bahs, Robert
0:06.7	Michael. I'll tell you more about him.
0:08.9	Boring. In his, but he brought his friend Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who I didn't realize was available
0:17.1	for podcast. But here he is, Triumph, ladies and gentlemen.
0:21.2	Are you kidding me? I had to come.
0:24.0	I mean, look at this opportunity.
0:27.0	I'm here with Nere.
0:29.0	The man behind Chappet, I mean way behind.
0:35.0	I mean, way behind.
0:36.0	I mean, like, seriously, he's like way up in the front, you know,
0:41.0	Kevin Hart and Chris Rock and, you know, Burr, you're all the way far in the back, like
0:48.1	trying to get a peak of him behind Bert Chrysler.
0:51.6	Right?
0:53.0	That is entirely true.
0:54.0	Okay, now let me, I just did some research here.
0:56.0	Yeah, of course.
0:57.0	It's not all bad.
0:58.0	I just trying to find some categories.
1:01.0	You're not behind Chappet.
1:02.8	Okay, success, no, that's him.
1:06.0	Luke's, Talent, scroll, scrolling.
1:28.1	Oh, here we go. Sensitivity to the transgender community. You're ahead. I mean who isn't really? No it's great and you're doing this show what's this all about it's blocks what's that? Yeah it's like a pie it's based on a Netflix special idea where I talk about things to make me feel like something wrong with me.
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