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Having been a writer at <i>Saturday Night Live</i> for almost 20 years, he is also the main creative force (with J. J. Sedelmaier) behind <i>SNL</i> animated mainstays "The Ambiguously Gay Duo", "The X-Presidents", and "Fun with RealAudio". <p> In 2000, Smigel landed himself a short-lived but memorable show on Comedy Central called <i>TV Funhouse</i>. It was a farce of children's television programming containing a mix of live critters and profane animal puppets. While the show's human host Doug inadvertently seeds antisocial ideas in the mind of the supposedly young viewer, his Anipals are depicted as routinely pursuing a range of unwholesome interests, including drug and alcohol abuse, gambling, fetishistic sex, cannibalism, and autocoprophagy. It only lasted 8 episodes.<p><b>Father:</b> (dentist)<br><b>Wife:</b> Michelle Saks-Smigel<br><b>Son:</b> Daniel Smigel (b. 1998)<br><p> University: <a href="/edu/540/000068336/">Cornell University</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/490/000068286/">New York University</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/020/000079780/">Hunter College</a><br><p> <a href="/org/379/000167875/">Al Franken for Senate</a> <br> <a href="/org/531/000167030/">Friends of Hillary</a> <br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">TELEVISION</font><br> <a href="/tv/475/000105160/">The Colbert Report</a> Consultant<br> <a href="/tv/727/000044595/">Crank Yankers</a> <br> <a href="/tv/012/000044877/">Saturday Night Live</a> 2000-<br> <a href="/tv/411/000051258/">TV Funhouse</a> 2000<br> <a href="/tv/736/000050586/">The Dana Carvey Show</a> 1996<br> <a href="/tv/774/000051621/">Late Night with Conan O'Brien</a> 1993-<br> <a href="/tv/012/000044877/">Saturday Night Live</a> 1985-98:Writer<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/975/000403763/">The Week Of (27-Apr-2018)</a> <br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/975/000403763/">The Week Of (27-Apr-2018)</a> <br> <a href="/films/969/000403757/">The Do-Over (27-May-2016)</a> <br> <a href="/films/153/000396959/">Hotel Transylvania 2 (21-Sep-2015)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br> <a href="/films/003/000404785/">Pixels (17-Apr-2015)</a> <br> <a href="/films/894/000357820/">This Is 40 (20-Dec-2012)</a> <br> <a href="/films/858/000356787/">Hotel Transylvania (8-Sep-2012)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br> <a href="/films/181/000172662/">You Don't Mess with the Zohan (6-Jun-2008)</a> <br> <a href="/films/140/000159660/">I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (19-Jul-2007)</a> <br> <a href="/films/284/000065089/">It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (29-Nov-2002)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br> <a href="/films/964/000033865/">Punch-Drunk Love (19-May-2002)</a> · Walter the Dentist<br> <a href="/films/532/000033433/">Little Nicky (2-Nov-2000)</a> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[VOICE]</font><br> <a href="/films/378/000034276/">The Wedding Singer (13-Feb-1998)</a> <br> <a href="/films/550/000032454/">Happy Gilmore (16-Feb-1996)</a> · IRS Agent<br> <a href="/films/963/000033864/">Billy Madison (10-Feb-1995)</a> · Mr. Oblaski<br> <a href="/films/241/000034139/">Wayne's World 2 (10-Dec-1993)</a> · Concert Nerd<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=50589"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=50589">Robert Smigel</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=50589" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>