#408 - Robert Smigel
Books on Pod with Trey Elling
English - March 10, 2024 04:30 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsBooks Arts health fitness business lifestyle entrepreneur marketing entrepreneurship interview wellness nutrition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Robert Smigel has made people laugh though SNL, Conan, Leo on Netflix, and much more. He chats with Trey, ahead of his appearances at SXSW 2024, to discuss four decades of creating comedy. Topics include:
Austin, TX (0:00)
Chicago (2:13)
SNL (11:13)
Replacing Lorne Michaels (19:45)
Triumph (22:01)
Norm (25:39)
Imitating Norm (28:01)
Is comedy harder in 2024? (29:43)
Cancel culture & comedy (38:12)
Armenia (42:07)
Watching movies in a theater (43:30)
Shameless promotion time (51:49)
Where's Triumph? (53:50)