ROBERT SMIGEL is a legendary Emmy, Grammy, and now Employee of the Month award winning comedy writer, comedian and actor. Just to give you some background, as the comic genis has too many credits to list, Smigel and his cohorts, including Louis CK, Conan O'Brien, Adam Sandler, Dana Carvey, Bob Odenkirk, Dino Stamatapoulos, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Will Ferrel, Jon Stewart, and Judd Apatow, transformed the state of comedy. Since he began doing stand up at NYU and improv in Chicago, Smigel is a magnificently mercurial comic original. His signature voice can be seen and heard in SNL's sketches like Da Bears and TV Funhouse Cartoons, including The Ambiguously Gay Duo. He is culpable for creating characters such as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and the Masturbating Bear on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In addition to writing and appearing on SNL and Conan, Smigel has also written and/or acted in films, like Zohan, Jack & Jill, and This is 40.

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