A Great Dog…For Me to Poop On!

Today the Hater Hall of Fame welcomes the funniest canine to ever smoke a cigar and belittle unsuspecting individuals:  

Triumph, The Insult Comic Dog (aka Robert Smigel)

Triumph’s first appearance was in 1993 on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien, where he was featured in a skit exploring the talented dogs of The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.  It didn’t take long for this Yugoslavian Mountain Hound to gain a following, and soon Triumph was one of the most popular characters on Conan’s show.  He has since traveled to many different locales and events, pissing off numerous people along the way.  Over his career, Triumph has been a part of the MTV Video Music Awards, Hollywood Squares, and The Osbournes among others — he has also been thrown out of the Westminster Dog Show three times, an American Idol audition in Honolulu, and the 2004 Democratic National Convention.  It has been rumored that Triumph will make his debut on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien in the near future, and I for one can’t wait.  Here are some of his best moments:

One of his early appearances on Conan:

Triumph waiting in line before the premiere of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones: 

At the MTV Awards: