Who Owns Conan’s Characters?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Late Night, Prime Time, Reality, Talk Shows, NBC, Gossip, Video,
Breaking up is hard to do.
According to TMZ, NBC and Conan O’Brien have much more than final payment matters to settle before they part ways. The almost-former Tonight Show host is known not just for his red hair and Irish origin but for a handful of characters he created while under NBC’s employ. So, does Conan own the skits…or does the network?
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VIDEO: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Hits Bonnaroo
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Comedy, Late Night, Talk Shows, NBC, Video,
What does it look like when you bring a puppet on a stick to a four-day music festival? A little something like this.
Last night on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog shared video from his journey to the 8th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee.
Triumph mingling with hippies, Bruce Springsteen and the Beastie Boys? Could it get any better?
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Fox Gives Robert Smigel Animated Pilot a Try
Posted by Wendy Michaels Categories: Animation, Late Night, Prime Time, FOX, Family Guy, Saturday Night Live,
Give that man a series—any series! Robert Smigel, the talented man behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, the Saturday Night Live TV Fun House segments, as well as writer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien has had an animated pilot green-lit by the Fox Network. Animals will provide another animated half-hour to Fox’s Sunday-night cartoon offerings (King of the Hill, The Simpsons, American Dad and Family Guy). According to trade papers, Animals will “mine the animal kingdom for a parody of life in suburban America.” The series is produced by Adam Sandler’s company, Happy Madison. Smigel and Sandler have a past with Saturday Night Live, plus Smigel has popped up in small appearances in Happy Gilmore and Punch-Drunk Love.
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