Biography for
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Date of Birth

7 February 1960, New York City, New York, USA

Birth Name

Robert M. Smigel

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Spouse

Michelle Saks Smigel

(? - present) 3 children

Trade Mark

Voices dog with a Hungarian accent; ie. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Trivia

In 2000, Smigel was sued by Pets.com because they claimed his "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) character, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, made comments about Pets.com's TV sock puppet dog.

Father of Daniel Smigel and twin boys.

On "Saturday Night Live" (1975), he wrote sketches such as The Superfans, The McLaughlin Group, The Sinatra Group, and The William Shatner Star Trek Convention.

Was in a Chicago improv troupe called "All You Can Eat" for several years.

His father is a dentist, who introduced tooth bonding to the public.

Born on the same day as James Spader.

Longest-running writer on "Saturday Night Live" (1975); he's been writing for the show since 1985.

He's a friend and frequent collaborator of Adam Sandler, having worked with the comedian six times starting with "Saturday Night Live" (1975), Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), The Wedding Singer (1998), Little Nicky (2000) and Punch-Drunk Love (2002). Smigel had written with Sandler or appeared with him on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) while playing small roles in Sandler's films.

Infamous for making TV Funhouse segments on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) like "The Ambigously Gay Duo," "The New Adventures Of Mr. T," "Michael Jackson," and the now banned "Conspiracy Theory Rock" (What if real life companies buy out other companies).

Dropped out of Cornell University in 1981 to pursue writing and performing.Graduated from NYU in 1983.