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Robert Smigel on Dana Carvey's signature characters and style of humor from his Saturday Night Live days and why he did not repeat those characters on The Dana Carvey Show 02:21
Interview: Robert Smigel | Person: Dana Carvey
Robert Smigel on Dana Carvey's impression of Paul McCartney 03:42
Interview: Robert Smigel | Person: Dana Carvey
Robert Smigel on Dana Carvey's impression of Paul McCartney 03:42
Interview: Robert Smigel | Person: Paul McCartney
Robert Smigel on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show about Gerald Ford, which was never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live 08:19
Interview: Robert Smigel | Person: Dana Carvey
Robert Smigel on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show about Gerald Ford, which was never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live 07:49
Interview: Robert Smigel | Person: Gerald Ford
Robert Smigel on whether there is a disconnect between himself and his character "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" and how his identity merged with "Triumph’s" character; on his feeling "Triumph" has more irony and absurdity than an insult comic, which makes "Triumph" less biting or mean 03:29
Interview: Robert Smigel | Profession: Puppeteer
Robert Smigel on whether there is a disconnect between himself and his character "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" and how his identity merged with "Triumph’s" character; on his feeling "Triumph" has more irony and absurdity than an insult comic, which makes "Triumph" less biting or mean 03:29
Interview: Robert Smigel | Profession: Comedian
Robert Smigel on whether there is a disconnect between himself and his character "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" and how his identity merged with "Triumph’s" character; on his feeling "Triumph" has more irony and absurdity than an insult comic, which makes "Triumph" less biting or mean 03:29
Interview: Robert Smigel | Profession: Writers
Robert Smigel on what he learned from producing the Dana Carvey Show; on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show about President Gerald Ford, which never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live 09:52
Interview: Robert Smigel | Profession: Producers
Robert Smigel on whether there is a disconnect between himself and his character "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" and how his identity merged with "Triumph’s" character; on his feeling "Triumph" has more irony and absurdity than an insult comic, which makes "Triumph" less biting or mean 03:29
Interview: Robert Smigel | Profession: Performers
Robert Smigel on "Triumph" roasting Eminem on the MTV Video Music Awards 07:09
Interview: Robert Smigel
Robert Smigel on whether there is a disconnect between himself and "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" and how his identity merged with "Triumph’s" character; on his feeling "Triumph" has more irony and absurdity than an insult comic which makes "Triumph" less biting or mean 03:29
Interview: Robert Smigel
Robert Smigel on Triumph roasting Jennifer Lopez and Eminem on the MTV Video Music Awards, and on the decision not to let Eminem in on the joke in advance; on the decision to include the artist Moby on the joke; on making sure that the cameraman never showed Smigel’s face when he was doing the "Triumph" bits; on wanting to continue the bit but MTV being too nervous that he was in danger and not letting Smigel backstage 08:37
Interview: Robert Smigel | Show: MTV Video Music Awards
Robert Smigel on why he left Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and on what made that show unique 06:05
Interview: Robert Smigel | Show: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Robert Smigel on how The Dana Carvey Show came about on ABC; on putting together the writing staff for that show; on writers Charlie Kaufman, Jon Glaser, and Steve Carrell; on Carrell’s contribution to the sketch “Germans Who Say Nice Things”; on the “Idiot Pranksters” sketches written by Louis C.K.; on the individuality of comedy ideas; on writer Stephen Colbert; on a sketch with Colbert and Carrell that wound up getting them both hired on The Daily Show; on Dana Carvey's signature characters from SNL and why they did not transfer over to own new show 19:00
Interview: Robert Smigel | Show: The Dana Carvey Show
Robert Smigel on the controversial opening sketch for the pilot episode of The Dana Carvey Showwhere a fictionalized President Bill Clinton breastfeeds a baby; on not realizing the show that preceded Carvey’s (which was Home Improvement) was a show that kids watched since Smigel himself had never watched it before; on the inevitable backlash to the first episode which Smigel had called resulting in a “cruel prank” on the unsuspecting audience; on the show's sponsor, Taco Bell, and its reaction to the pilot; on how the show was initially received (by getting thousands of complaints); on producer George Schlatter being an early supporter of the show 09:04
Interview: Robert Smigel | Show: The Dana Carvey Show
Robert Smigel on what he learned from producing The Dana Carvey Show; on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show, about Gerald Ford, that was never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live; on the inspiration for the sketch which was hearing news anchor Dan Rather pre-recording an obituary for Ronald Reagan (who was still alive at the time); on having to fight to get the sketch aired on SNL; on why he had trouble getting his sketches on SNL; on finally being able to get the Gerald Ford sketch on the air only when Dana Carvey came back to host Saturday Night Live in 1996 09:56
Interview: Robert Smigel | Show: The Dana Carvey Show
Robert Smigel on what he learned from producing The Dana Carvey Show; on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show, about Gerald Ford, that was never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live; on the inspiration for the sketch which was hearing news anchor Dan Rather pre-recording an obituary for Ronald Reagan (who was still alive at the time); on having to fight to get the sketch aired on SNL; on why he had trouble getting his sketches on SNL; on finally being able to get the Gerald Ford sketch on the air only when Dana Carvey came back to host Saturday Night Live in 1996 08:17
Interview: Robert Smigel | Show: Saturday Night Live
Robert Smigel on "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" roasting Jennifer Lopez and Eminem at the MTV Video Music Awards 08:37
Interview: Robert Smigel | Topic: We Laughed
Robert Smigel on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show about President Gerald Ford that never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live; on the inspiration for the sketch which was hearing news anchor Dan Rather pre-recording an obituary for Ronald Reagan (who was then still alive) which they overheard; on this experience inspiring them to do a bit with Dana Carvey portraying news anchor Tom Brokaw announcing that President Gerald Ford had died; on having to fight to get the sketch aired on SNL; on why he had trouble getting his sketches on SNL; on finally being able to get the Gerald Ford sketch on the air only when Dana Carvey came back to host Saturday Night Live in 1996 08:06
Interview: Robert Smigel | Topic: Gerald Ford
Robert Smigel on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show about Gerald Ford, which was never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live 08:06
Interview: Robert Smigel | Topic: We Laughed
Robert Smigel on "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" roasting Jennifer Lopez and Eminem at the MTV Video Music Awards 08:37
Interview: Robert Smigel | Topic: Memorable Moments on Television
Robert Smigel on one of the funniest sketches he was involved in on The Dana Carvey Show about Gerald Ford, which was never aired until Smigel and Dana Carvey revived it later for Saturday Night Live 08:06
Interview: Robert Smigel | Topic: Memorable Moments on Television
On working with Michael Eisner; on Barry Diller and Martin Starger; on moving to Warner Bros. Television - the first time she ever worked on a lot; on working with Michael Peacock; on her impressions of a young Brian Grazer; on working for Donald Wrye; on working with Bob Broder and Lee Gabler at ICM, but not liking the agency business 07:50
Interview: Emily Meisler
On working for Melvin Simon Productions; on working in the Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising department; on working with Richard Fischoff at Carson Productions Group; on working at Hal Roach Film Classics - her first job doing more than just secretarial duties; on leaving the entertainment industry 06:03
Interview: Emily Meisler
On working for Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil and Shapiro, LLP, a law firm in Century City that handles business, real estate and corporate law, and working her way up from secretary to administrator; on advice for someone going into administration 05:16
Interview: Emily Meisler
On B-roll photos from her career: a photo of The Beatles in Miami, of The Beatles performing on The Ed Sullivan Show, of some of the people who worked on The Ed Sullivan Show, on a press photo of The Dave Clark Five, of the marquee for The Ed Sullivan Show, of her when she was working on The Ed Sullivan Show, of Ed Sullivan with the production secretaries who worked on the show, of her at the Emmy awards, of a newspaper article on The Ed Sullivan Show 03:33
Interview: Emily Meisler
Emily Meisler on photos from her time working on The Ed Sullivan Show 03:32
Interview: Emily Meisler | Genre: Music Shows & Variety Shows/Specials
Emily Meisler on working with Michael Eisner in Los Angeles 01:25
Interview: Emily Meisler | Person: Michael Eisner