Robert Smigel

Robert Smigel (b. February 7, 1960) is an comic, writer, animator and performer best known for his Saturday Night Live animations and as the puppeteer behind Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. Smigel has served as a witer for Saturday Night Live and as head-writer for Late Night With Conan O'Brien.

Smigel performed Triump in a cameo role for It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie.

Smigel was also behind the 2006 Saturday Night Live cartoon, "Journey Inside the Disney Vault" which referenced Jim Henson and broken deal with Disney.