Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

I love Triumph.

Triumph the Insult Dog.

I love Triumph.

Oh, my gosh.

Red rover-

Kinda sounds like Triumph, the Comic Insult Dog.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, kinda.

Thank you.

When we come back, Robert Smigel of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog fame joins us to finally tell us if our show is great for him to poop on.

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That and more coming up in a minute on Wait Wait...

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Robert Smigel is a writer, comedian, and the creator of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

His new podcast, Humor Me, which is both hilarious and sometimes kind of moving-

Um, that's implying he has a girlfriend.

I mean, looking at the costume reminds me of the line from Triumph the Insult Comic Dog when he was, uh, walking up and down the line for people to see Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

He looked at a guy dressed like Darth Vader and he said, "Which button is the one you press to have your mom come pick you up?" So anyway, long re- ramble in there, but, uh-

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The ambigously gay duo.

Fans lined up weeks in advance to wait for this new Star Wars movie, so we sent Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog.

So this is to help you breathe, yes?

Yes.

Uh, you're on it.

Yeah.

The, uh, hey, d- do we have you and Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog, which is one of the most brilliant things that's ever happened in media, for, for God's sakes.

Do we have you and Triumph to thank for the media discovering the Wiener's Circle? Is that, like, do, do we get...

We've been lacking a little bit, but I will see Sean Flannery this weekend in Chicago.

Um, we both write for Robert Smigel, the Ace and Gary, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, but also most famously Da Bear super fan sketch.

So he, Smigel of course, worked with Ditka all the time.

He's also got great stories about him.