"Funhouse" Fun
Most people reading this, if they are Saturday Night Live fans, will probably agree that the one consistent bright spot in the show is Robert Smigel's "Saturday TV Funhouse." It's the one thing I, and probably most other "modern SNL" viewers, look forward to every episode.
A recent show was a special devoted entirely to the Smigel segments. I know it was a repeat, and I remember seeing part of the show during a previous airing, but every one of the short segments was worth watching, and worth watching again... from biting political satire, to a poignant Christmas episode, to the just plain bizarre "Anatominals."
"Saturday TV Funhouse" ranks right up there with "South Park" for smart, witty, slightly subversive animated entertainment. The "Best Of Robert Smigel" DVD from SNL will definitely be a must-have.
A recent show was a special devoted entirely to the Smigel segments. I know it was a repeat, and I remember seeing part of the show during a previous airing, but every one of the short segments was worth watching, and worth watching again... from biting political satire, to a poignant Christmas episode, to the just plain bizarre "Anatominals."
"Saturday TV Funhouse" ranks right up there with "South Park" for smart, witty, slightly subversive animated entertainment. The "Best Of Robert Smigel" DVD from SNL will definitely be a must-have.
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Interesting commentary. Since when you do you blog about my show?
Smigel is pretty funny, alright. However, I found his work on Conan O'Brien to be more consistently funny than his TV Funhouse work. His quick wit and snappy comebacks when behind the Triumph puppet made for the best outside-the-studio bits Conan's show has ever seen.
In addition to his years of TV Funhouse, Smigel was also part of the great writing team behind one of the show's best casts in the mid to late 90's.
But it is no more evident than in TV Funhouse and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog bits -- Robert Smigel is not afraid to offend. And THAT, ladies and gentleman, is why Robert Smigel is a hero.
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