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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is a puppet created and performed by Robert Smigel premiering in 1997 on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Triumph was identified in the early appearances as a Yugoslavian Mountain Hound and he speaks with a fake Eastern European accent. more...
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Triumph often puffs a cigar, which usually falls out of his mouth when he begins speaking. The crudeness of the puppetry behind Triumph—Smigel's arm is often clearly visible in the shot—has added to the character's popularity.
Professional career
Triumph's debut was in a comedy skit about unusually talented dogs at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, from which he was permanently banned. In addition to other dog puppets who played banjos and performed magic, Triumph appeared in his trademark persona of an obnoxious and ribald insult comic in the vein of Don Rickles. The character rapidly grew in popularity, and became a recurring fixture on the show, often mocking the show's celebrity guests and leaving the studio to harass the general public in pre-taped remote segments.
Some of Triumph's best known skits involved him visiting the Westminster Dog Show, where he would often be found "humping" (attempting to mate with), and occasionally being "humped" by other dogs (O'Brien stated at one point that Triumph "swings both ways", i.e. is bisexual). Smigel and Triumph have been ejected from several events for Triumph's antics.
In addition to regular appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Triumph has appeared on the MTV Video Music Awards, including a confrontation with Eminem which MTV later removed from rebroadcast airings. Eminem later referred to and impersonated Triumph on the track "Ass Like That" from his 2004 album Encore, and subsequently appeared in the video, with Eminem playing Triumph. Other appearances include Hollywood Squares, The Osbournes (Christmas Special) and Smigel's TV Funhouse.
In February of 2004, there was controversy surrounding a skit where Triumph hurled insults at French Canadians in Quebec during Late Night's special week of shows taped in Toronto. He poked fun at Quebec nationalism, at one point telling a portly French-Canadian that before separating from Canada he should "try separating from donuts first." References to France's culture (not Quebec's) showed poor understanding of the province. Triumph also told non-English speakers that he could smell their crotch (in English). When one person walked away from the camera because he did not understand what Triumph was saying, the puppet replied "You are in North America, learn the language (a reference to English) "New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough said that the skit was "vile and vicious" and that the program was "racist filth". However, the objections were not limited to the left-wing, as Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper also stated that the program was "completely unacceptable".
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