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20 November 2003

Terry vs. Triumph

Anyone who heard Terry Gross's interviews with Gene Simmons and Bill O'Reilly should enjoy today's interview with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (and then his creator, Robert Smigel).

Ohh kay, here we go. Gene Simmons warned me about you. He warned me about you. We were [bleep]ing a border collie one day and he was like, "I can't [bleep], I'm still thinking about that interview."

And when Terry asked him about his sexist attitudes:

Holy Christ, listen to this. Let me ask you something. I feel like I'm being bombarded here. I know what's happening here. I know what's happening here. Did you ask the same questions to Kermit the Frog? .... How about when Beethoven did your show, did you challenge him the way you are challenging me? ....
Oh is that right, it's a satire what Beethoven does? Yes I'm just— You know I can't believe the government is paying for this, is what I can't believe.
...

You think it's fair, Terry, you need to get into another business! That's right, no, good, this is all going to be fodder for Harper's Magazine, for Dog Fancy Magazine, which I know... there are liberal publishers of Dog Fancy....

Yes, it's a banner day for NPR, and my stomach hurts from laughing.

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Reader Comments

November 21, 2003, 07:28 AM

Darren

I was crying, it was so funny. I didn't think I would ever hear Terrgy Gross chortle and snort, but I'll be damned if she didn't snort...*three times.*

November 28, 2003, 03:09 AM

davis

I know, at first I thought it was Triumph. The dog puppet. But it was Terry. Heh.

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