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Robert Smigel on the "Matt Foley Motivational Speaker" sketch with Chris Farley written by Bob Odenkirk, and on the "Chippendales" sketch with Farley written by Jim Downey
(Show - Saturday Night Live)
01:17
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Saturday Night Live
Robert Smigel on his 1986 Saturday Night Live sketch "Trekkers" co-written with SNL writer George Meyers; on his attitude towards nerds in general; on the "Get a Life" line on the "Trekkers" sketches with William Shatner of Star Trek; on the holiday monologue sketch he wrote for Steve Martin
(Show - Saturday Night Live)
05:20
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Saturday Night Live
Robert Smigel on writing the Steve Martin opening monologue "I'm not gonna phone it in tonight" on Saturday Night Live (December 14, 1991); on always being on-set for the sketches he wrote for SNL
(Show - Saturday Night Live)
03:39
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Saturday Night Live
Robert Smigel on the Saturday Night Live sketch "Nude Beach" (he had written the sketch the summer before and came back to SNL in the fall to find that NBC had dissolved the Standards & Practices department so they were able to get away with saying “penis” on air - the episode would become one of the most controversial episodes to air on the show
(Show - Saturday Night Live)
06:32
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Saturday Night Live
Robert Smigel on writing the "Bill Swerski's Superfans" sketch about the Chicago Bears fans for Saturday Night Live in 1991; on coming up with "da Bears" catchphrase; on writing the sketch for Phil Hartman but Jim Downey talking Smigel into appearing in the sketch instead of Joe Mantegna because his Chicago accent was more authentic and would set a "metronome" for the sketch; on writing another sketch for George Wendt as Bob Swerski; on doing a sketch “The Quiz Show” about "da Bears" versus "da Bulls"; on the real Mike Ditka's (of the Chicago Bears) take on the sketches
(Show - Saturday Night Live)
18:09
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Saturday Night Live
Robert Smigel on the tribute song Adam Sandler performed in honor of Chris Farley on Saturday Night Live, and on the bonding experience of Saturday Night Live for people who work on the show
(Show - Saturday Night Live)
05:40
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Saturday Night Live
Robert Smigel on leaving Saturday Night Live; on Lorne Michaels wanting Conan O'Brien to produce the Late Night weekday slot first held by Steve Allen and later Jay Leno; on Lorne initially wanting Dana Carvey to host the show; on Conan O'Brien turning down producing the late-night show slot because he wanted to be an on-camera performer again; on Conan auditioning for Lorne Michaels to take over Late Night on Lorne's involvement with Conan's show Late Night with Conan O'Brien; on hiring Dino Stamatopoulos and Louis C.K. as writers on Late Night with Conan O'Brien; on Tom Brokaw's cameo on the show; on the first episode and the tone being very dark
(Show - Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
21:10
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Robert Smigel on the genesis of Late Night with Conan O'Brien; on wanting it to be the opposite of David Letterman’s style but invoking his name in the first episode; on wanting to go right to where the “stress” is in humor; on Tom Brokaw’s cameo on the show; on the very dark humor present in the first season of the Late Night show; on the "Actual Items" bit on the show
(Show - Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
05:46
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Robert Smigel on the sketch "In the Year 2000" that he wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien and on the inspiration coming from 60s television shows like The Jetsons; on the Clutch Cargo sketches which involved cutting out out lips from a still photograph and re-enacting the mouth through the photo (it was Smigel’s mouth); on his impressions being more "impercisions" than impressions of famous people like President Bill Clinton
(Show - Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
04:51
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Robert Smigel on the genesis of the Conan sketch "Masturbating Bear" which Brian Reich developed; on the bear bit being funnier due to the limitations put on it by Standards & Practices
(Show - Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
01:44
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Robert Smigel on having Adam West as a guest on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and on other bits he came up with for West
(Show - Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
02:42
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Robert Smigel on switching roles from writer to producer on Late Night with Conan O'Brien; on producing a five-day-a-week show; on the format of the show; on what Conan brought to the show's dynamic
(Show - Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
04:16
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Robert Smigel on Andy Richter and how the role of a sidekick for Conan on Late Night with Conan O'Brien came about; on how Richter was originally hired as a writer; on why it clicked between Conan and Andy; on how Stephen Colbert was also considered as Conan’s sidekick; on how NBC hated Andy as a sidekick initially; on what made a good sidekick for a personality like Conan’s
(Show - Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
06:30
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Robert Smigel on the Clutch Cargo-style bits he and Dino Stamatopoulos devised for Late Night With Conan O"Brien (this technology consisted of a still photo image of a celebrity paired with a real person’s mouth voicing an impersonation of them); on how Smigel came to be the mouth on the Clutch Cargo sketches; on his impression of President Bill Clinton; on doing this sketch live being one of the most exciting moments in his career
(Show - Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
04:05
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Robert Smigel on what made the Clutch Cargo sketches work on Late Night with Conan O'Brien; on his Arnold Schwarzenegger Clutch Cargo impersonation; on Arnold reminding him of Desi Arnaz
(Show - Late Night with Conan O'Brien)
02:14
Interview: Robert Smigel Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien