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Biography

Born

2/7/1960, New York City, New York

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (7)

Role
- Saturday Night Live
  Various
  - S 33: Ep 5 SNL Family Thanksgiving Leftovers
    11/24/07
  - S 18: Ep 10 Glenn Close/The Black Crowes
    12/12/92
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Triumph The Comic Insulting Dog
  - S 14: Ep 2431 Tim Russert, Ginnifer Goodwin, Feist
    6/12/07
  - S 13: Ep 86 Bob Costas, Jenna Fischer, Dwayne Perkins
    3/2/06
  - S 13: Ep 60 Quentin Tarantino, Nick Swardson, John Legend
    1/3/06
  - S 13: Ep 47 Gisele Bundchen, Dane Cook, the White Stripes
    12/2/05
  - S 13: Ep 46 Alan Alda, Billy Joel
    12/1/05
  - + 46 More Credits
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 31: Ep 20 Lost & Found: SNL in the '80s
    11/20/05
  - S 25: Ep 1 25th Anniversary Special
    9/26/99
  - S 18: Ep 21 Kevin Kline/Willie Nelson & Paul Simon
    5/15/93
  - S 18: Ep 20 Christina Applegate/Midnight Oil
    5/8/93
  - S 18: Ep 19 Kirstie Alley/Lenny Kravitz
    4/17/93
  - + 31 More Credits
- TV Funhouse
  Voice of Fogey / Xabu / Rocky / Various
  - S 1: Ep 8 Chinese New Year's Day
    1/24/01
  - S 1: Ep 5 Caveman Day
    1/3/01
  - S 1: Ep 4 Mexican Day
    12/27/00
  - S 1: Ep 3 Christmas Day
    12/20/00
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hawaiian Day
    12/13/00
- TV Funhouse
  Voice of Fogey / Xabu / Rocky/ Various
  - S 1: Ep 7 Astronaut Day (2)
    1/17/01
  - S 1: Ep 1 Western Day
    12/6/00
- TV Funhouse
  Voice of Fogey/ Xabu / Rocky / Various
  - S 1: Ep 6 Safari Day (1)
    1/10/01
- The Dana Carvey Show
  Various Characters
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Dana Carvey Show
    4/30/96
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Szechuan Dynasty Dana Carvey Show
    4/23/96
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Pepsi Stuff Dana Carvey Show
    4/9/96
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Diet Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show
    4/2/96
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show
    3/26/96
  - + 3 More Credits
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Saturday Night Live
  Himself
  - S 32: Ep 21 SNL in the 90s: Pop Culture Nation
    5/6/07
  - — The Best of TV Funhouse
    4/29/06
  - S 23: Ep 4 Chris Farley/The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    10/25/97
  - S 20: Ep 16 John Goodman/Tragically Hip
    3/25/95
  - S 16: Ep 20 George Wendt/Elvis Costello
    5/18/91
  - + 1 More Credits
Guest Star (21)

Role
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
  Yari
  - S 8: Ep 9 Mister Softee
    9/4/11
- Tooned!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 12 Extreme Personalities
    6/4/10
  - S 1: Ep 10 Ghosts And Monsters
    5/21/10
  - S 1: Ep 9 Spies And Private Eyes
    5/14/10
  - S 1: Ep 7 Comedy
    4/30/10
  - S 1: Ep 6 Food And Vices
    4/23/10
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Gong Show with Dave Attell
  Triumph the Insult Comic Dog/Judge
  - S 1: Ep 7 Episode 7
    8/28/08
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode 5
    8/14/08
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode 2
    7/24/08
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 111 Paul Rudd, Robert Smigel, Chris Klein, Hawthorne Heights
    4/28/06
- Saturday Night Live
  Voice of Pat Robertson
  - S 31: Ep 10 Scarlett Johansson/Death Cab For Cutie
    1/14/06
- Last Comic Standing
  Triumph
  - S 3: Ep 6 Jay Mohr Roast
    9/28/04
- E!'s 101
  Interviewee
  - S 2: Ep 1 Most Unforgettable SNL Moments 101 - 81
    9/26/04
- On Air With Ryan Seacrest
  Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
  - S 1: Ep 14 1/28/04
    1/28/04
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
  - S 8: Ep 6 Dreams
    1/11/04
- The Osbournes
  Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
  - S 2: Ep 22 The Osbourne Family Christmas Special
    12/11/03
- Last Call with Carson Daly
  Triumph The Insult Comic Dog
  - S 3: Ep 36 November 14, 2003: John Stamos, Joe and Gavin Maloof, Erykah Badu, The Wailers, Mike Birbiglia, Dave Graybill
    11/14/03
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  Triumph The Insult Comic Dog
  - S 12: Ep 96 Show #2592
    11/11/03
- Making the Video
  Triumph The Insult Comic Dog
  - S 10: Ep 26 I Keed
    11/9/03
- Face Time
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Robert Smigel
    6/1/03
- The Muppet Show
  Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
  - S 7: Ep 12 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
    11/29/02
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
  - S 1: Ep 19 MTV 19th Annual Video Music Awards
    8/29/02
  - S 1: Ep 18 MTV 18th Annual Video Music Awards
    9/6/01
- TV Funhouse
  Voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
  - S 1: Ep 7 Astronaut Day (2)
    1/17/01
  - S 1: Ep 6 Safari Day (1)
    1/10/01
- The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  Triumph the Insult Comic Dog/Guest
  - S 4: Ep 119 Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
    3/29/00
- Saturday Night Live
  Carl Wollarski
  - S 23: Ep 14 SNL Remembers Chris Farley
    2/21/98
- Saturday Night Live
  Bill's attorney
  - S 12: Ep 14 Bill Murray/Percy Sledge
    3/21/87
- Saturday Night Live
  Partygoer
  - S 11: Ep 2 Chevy Chase/Sheila E.
    11/16/85
Writer (5)

Role
- Saturday Night Live
  Writer
  - — The Best of TV Funhouse
    4/29/06
  - S 25: Ep 1 25th Anniversary Special
    9/26/99
- TV Funhouse
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 8 Chinese New Year's Day
    1/24/01
  - S 1: Ep 7 Astronaut Day (2)
    1/17/01
  - S 1: Ep 6 Safari Day (1)
    1/10/01
  - S 1: Ep 5 Caveman Day
    1/3/01
  - S 1: Ep 4 Mexican Day
    12/27/00
  - + 3 More Credits
- The Dana Carvey Show
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Dana Carvey Show
    4/30/96
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Szechuan Dynasty Dana Carvey Show
    4/23/96
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Pepsi Stuff Dana Carvey Show
    4/9/96
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Diet Mug Root Beer Dana Carvey Show
    4/2/96
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Mountain Dew Dana Carvey Show
    3/26/96
  - + 3 More Credits
- Lookwell
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    7/1/92
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Writer
  - S 40: Ep 1 The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    8/28/88
Producer (1)

Role
- Lookwell
  Producer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    7/1/92
Creator (1)

Role
- Lookwell
  Creator
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    7/1/92

Robert Smigel News

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SNL Makes Magic with Ed Helms and Paul Simon

By Seth Abramovitch, May 16, 2011

There was a certain something special hovering over the SNL proceedings this week. read more
2

A Look Back at the Wonderfully Weird Dana Carvey Show

By Steve Heisler, Apr 15, 2010

Seven episodes isn't really enough time to evaluate a budding sketch show, though that's all The Dana Carvey Show got when it premiered and was swiftly canceled in 1996. read more

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- Robert attended New York University.
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- Robert attended Hunter College.
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- Robert made his feature film debut in Wayne's World 2.
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- [On what he learned from working on The Dana Carvey Show] Robert Smigel: Don't follow Home Improvement with a lactating president. I also learned that you don't go to a network that has never done anything remotely like what you're doing. Even if they say, 'Yeah, we don't do this, but this is the kind of thing we want to start doing,' just run for your life. That show was like the loose girl that they wanted to pop their cherry with, but then dumped immediately so they could go settle down with Drew Carey and Dharma and Greg.
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- Robert Smigel: There are certain Hanna-Barbera voices I can never get out of my head. I love the fact that this guy Don Messick did the voices of both Bobo and Ranger Rick, so that even though one was a tiny bear and the other was a human, they both said 'Yogi' the same way. They're very lax about things like that. I guess they wanted to save money.
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