![]() Smigel: Well, that's not the rumor not that that would work, either. Somebody said to me, "Hey, have you looked at your Wikipedia bio? It says you're rumored to be taking over for Conan." I'm like, "OK, I'm going to be about 50 when Conan moves over." : So you wouldn't be interested in that job? Smigel: That's the funniest, most ridiculous rumor. : It's been rumored that you might take over Conan O'Brien 's spot on the NBC late-night schedule when he moves to the Tonight Show. People always ask me, "Do you like the freedom of cartoons, that you can jump from place to place within a story." I'm like, "No, I like that I can show Barbara and George having sex." In any other medium it would be disturbing, but in cartoon form it's just adorable. ![]() Meanwhile, George Bush, for no reason, has an incredible sex life. Reagan and Carter became a comedy act the kick-ass evil empire Republican and the wimpy why-can't-we-negotiate sidekick, whom Reagan constantly calls a f. The thing is, in later Ex-Presidents, I got into the details. ![]() Then I actually wrote a screenplay with Adam McKay for an Ex-Presidents movie, because those guys are based on real people that are at least two-dimensional, maybe even two-and-a-half. Here's the thing Ace and Gary were a huge hit and I was offered to write a movie, but I thought they were kind of one-dimensional. : There are more episodes with the Ex-Presidents than the Ambiguously Gay Duo? So the Ex-Presidents have to kill it and at the end there's the line, "The Constitution is dead! Democracy is saved!" I think that one might make this weekend's show, but we've done more Ex-Presidents than any other "Funhouse" cartoon, so I'm not sure. So we had the Constitution bubble over with rage, burst out of its case and start attacking people. There's one we did during the Clinton scandal where everybody in Congress, Democrats and Republicans, were all quoting the Constitution for their own benefit. The Ex-Presidents do that a lot of times. Anytime I can create that kind of ambiguity, it kills me. It's just the one that makes me laugh the hardest, because you're rooting for a guy who's doing something ridiculous. : Is there any "Saturday TV Funhouse" creation that has a special place in your heart? Bill on the level of excitement they generate, but they have the same advantage in that they are throwing something completely different at the audience. It was like Steve Martin's appearances back then. It was a phenomenon that history hasn't given its due. I find it interesting, because as much as I love Saturday Night Live and grew up with it, nothing got the crowd excited like Mr. When the show has its retrospectives, Mr. : Well, I guess they kind of did "animated "segments before if you count "Mr. Smigel: It was the fastest deal I've ever struck. ![]() : When you first brought it to him, was Lorne Michaels on board with your idea of putting cartoon segments on Saturday Night Live? It's really about the characters' behavior. It's funny to adults and it isn't referential. Now, you see SpongeBob and that's very pure, likes Bugs Bunny. Once they started making those Animaniacs things, it started going in that direction, but maybe it's passing now. A lot of current cartoons have to do pop-culture stuff and little winks for the adults. It never relied on references to please adults. I've always loved Bugs Bunny to me that was always one of the higher art forms. I was into talking animals, which you could've probably guessed from Triumph, and I was into The Flintstones that was the first cartoon I could ever draw. That's something I researched after I had the idea for Ace and Gary. : What were your favorite cartoon shows growing up, and which particular ones inspired "Saturday TV Funhouse"? Smigel spoke with earlier this week to give us a little insight into his twisted cartoon creations and to dispel some rumors. ![]() Writer, producer, comedian and alter-ego of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Robert Smigel is the man behind the special and the animated segments, which began appearing on the late-night series back in 1996. Known as "the Ambiguously Gay Duo," Ace and Gary (voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell) will take the reins tomorrow night when SNL airs a collection of the "Saturday TV Funhouse" shorts. Whatever the case, NBC's Saturday Night Live is letting a couple of homosexual superheroes host the show this weekend. Voiceover: The Ambiguously Gay Duo! Tonight: a visit to Ace and Gary’s fan club!Īce: Jared Taylor from Reading, Pennsylvania writes, “Dear Ace and Gary, it looked like you use a different spin move in episode 3 than in episode 6.Perhaps they are kowtowing to the liberal-media agenda or being spurred by the success of Brokeback Mountain. They’re extremely close in an ambiguous way! They are fighting all crime to save the day! ![]()
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