For Robert Smigel, Saturday Night Live can be divided into two eras: before and after Cheri Oteri. Appropriately, on February 14 — Valentine's Day — the longtime SNL writer raved about Oteri's impact ...

(Editor’s note: This piece was originally published in 2018 but we’re republishing it today because it’s, well, that time of year. Enjoy.) “You grow up Jewish and you can’t help it, it’s a big part of ...

Saturday Night Live “TV Funhouse” cartoon shorts and as the creator and voice of Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, the ...

Robert Smigel is launching a podcast in which he and his comedian friends — including David Letterman, Bob Odenkirk, Ellie Kemper and Jim Gaffigan — try to help zhuzh up the hilarity of everything ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Triumph The Insult Comic Dog has come a long way from cracking jokes about sniffing butts on Late Night With Conan O’Brien. Last winter Hulu gave the crude hand puppet ...

Robert Smigel knows putting his Triumph the Insult Comic Dog figure into a multi-cam comedy — The Jack And Triumph Show, on Adult Swim — is “an odd experiment” further complicated by the fact ...

It's hard to believe that on February 15th, Chris Farley would have turned 60. The actor and comedian, who lived large every which way, including his infamous battles with his personal demons, passed ...

Robert Smigel has spent a good deal of his professional life with his hand up a dog’s tukhes. And, no, he is not a veterinarian. Smigel is a comedian, writer and producer and his canine companion, ...

Netflix’s “Leo” began when Adam Sandler, who cowrote and produced the film (and stars as the titular iguana), watched “Grease” with his kids. Or at least he tried to watch “Grease” with his kids, ...

In Netflix's animated movie, Leo, co-writer Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old elementary-class lizard who finds his purpose by sharing his wisdom with the kids. Featuring some big names in comedy and ...

Robert Smigel is launching a podcast in which he and his comedian friends — including David Letterman, Bob Odenkirk, Ellie Kemper and Jim Gaffigan — try to help zhuzh up the hilarity of everything ...