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Late Night with Conan O'Brien - The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

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This DVD is a companion piece to Conan's tenth anniversary show DVD, which I prefer due to the broader range of material, but this DVD is definitely the most poop intensive DVD on the market anywhere. The box modestly claims a 61 minute running time, but when all the extras are included it's actually about 2 1/2 hours long.

The highlights of the DVD for me are Triumph's escorted tour of Hollywood (John Tesh tags along), his verbal attacks on celebrities (especially Simon Cowell, Jerry Springer, and William Shatner), his taunting of the ubernerds waiting in line for a Star Wars premiere, the scuffle with self-important Eminem at the VMA's, doing the weather at a local NBC affiliate in Honolulu, and best of all, singing with Bon Jovi in concert in front of a live audience in New Jersey with some appropriately modified lyrics.

This DVD is probably for existing fans only, as it is extremely obnoxious, generally in the form of poop references. The DVD includes many extras including outtakes and Triumph's music video, "I Keed," as well as his outlandish appearances on the Hollywood Squares, where he discusses Al Roker's flatus at length. Yes, it is pretty sophomoric, but it is generally very funny, and some bits rank up there with the best improv comedy ever caught on tape.

Triumph is the best insult comic dog currently working in show business, which makes this a great and unique DVD...for me to poop on.

If you have seen Late Night With Conan O'Brien, you are familiar with the wise-cracking puppet dog that brings the laughs, hard.

Now, you can and you must get this DVD! It far exceeds even the title of the disc, with some of the great reports that Triumph filed for Conan's show. Yes, it's all here: The Star Wars geeks, Bon Jovi, Hollywood Squares, the trip to Toronto and of course his visits to the Westminster Dog Show at Madison Square Garden.

That would be more than enough to make this worth the effort. In addition, there's a bunch of extras, including some of Triumph's studio appearances on the show, where he rakes such luminaries as "Teshie" John Tesh, Fabio, William Shatner, Simon Cowell and a bunch more over the coals as they sit right there!

And the bonus video "I Keed" from Triumph's first album "Come Poop With Me" is here too! With all of the funny, you'll laugh until you're pooped!

Highly Recommended.

Triumph the Insult Comedy Dog is one of the most unlikely successes of the past ten years. Veteran SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE writer Robert Smigel has managed to create the funniest and most irreverent insult comedy act since Don Rickles, though with two major differences: unlike Rickles he is truly funny, and unlike Rickles, whose insults rarely are personal, Smigel/Triumph hits uncomfortably close to home (i.e., his insults really are insults, while Rickle's are usually invalid name calling). Appearing primarily on the Conan O'Brien show, Smigel has managed to parlay what would have with a less funny individual into a one-note gimmick act into a significant second career. Triumph is a cigar chomping miniature Rottweiller with what appears to be an East European accent, who covers, as he loves to put it, various events "for me to poop on." I personally am not drawn to the sexual and scatological humor in Smigel's act, and I haven't found Triumph's dry humping a host of interviewees to be all that funny. But his one-liners are absolutely hysterical, and the way he can perfectly bury someone with a deadly accurate crack is a thing of wonder. How can you take someone seriously dressed up as Darth Vader ("the nerd before whom all other nerds tremble") when Triumph asks which button on his chest pack contacts the wearer's parents to come pick him up?

This DVD does an excellent job of sampling some of Triumph's best interviews. We get not one but two visits he takes to the Westminster Dog show, where he spends most of his time boasting of his many sexual conquests, getting thrown out the first time and coming the second pretending to be either Ed Bradley of 60 MINUTES or Barbara Walters. There is a short account of his experience on the HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, and a long piece covering the lead up to a Bon Jovi concert. My favorite part of the entire DVD is, however, his encounter with many STAR WARS fans lined up for the first showing of THE ATTACK OF THE CLONES. The disc also includes the extremely disturbing moment where Eminem's entourage unhumorously shoves Triumph to the side

Triumph is definitely not for everyone. Not everyone is going to take to his humor, and some people find his shtick to be a little too far on the negative side. If you don't already know Triumph, the disc should be approached with caution. But if you already know and enjoy his humor, I can highly recommend the disc. Triumph has managed to build a surprising following over the years, and last year even managed to get interviewed by Terry Gross on NPR's "Fresh Air," the height of respectability.

I do slightly regret the timing of the release of this disc. Only a couple of months after the appearance of THE BEST OF TRIUMPH, probably the funniest single thing he has ever done appeared on Conan when Triumph covered one of the presidential debates in the piece known as "Poop Valhalla." The video can be seen on various sites on the Internet, and anyone Googling "poop," "Valhalla," and "Triumph" will definitely have their efforts regarded with one of the most hysterically funny bits one can ever hope to see.

This is what I've been waiting for!
Absolutely the Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is finally available on DVD and it truly is The Best.

Last year I ran out and bought COME POOP WITH ME because I really am a Triumph fan, but it was a little disappointing since none of the "Late Night" bits appeared on it. That CD/DVD was mostly smutty songs and a very smutty stage show that had its moments (Triumph ragging the Dell guy and Conan O'Brien's hysterical song were the high points).
BUT THIS DVD IS THE REAL DEAL!
It's all here: the Westminster shows, the American Idol tryouts, the Bon Jovi concert and the gaspingly-funny Star Wars opening.

Funny, funny, funny!
Get it. Or get pooped on.

As an avid fan of Triumph, i have long dreamed of such a dvd as this becoming available. any fan of the insult comic pooch has plenty to enjoy here....some reviews of this dvd would have you believe that only men under age 35 are into Triumph. well, i'll let you know that lots of forty year (OLD!!!) ladies love him too! the only disappointment for me was the footage of the Triumph Family Christmas Special. when it originally aired, there was a clip of Kathie Lee Gifford singing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Triumph popped up at the bottom of the screen and uttered the classic line: "PLEASE SHUT UP B**CH" and then howled in pain for a few seconds before groaning, "help me jesus." im sorry but this was one of my favorite catch-phrases at work for people who dont know when to stop yammering. anyway this is a great dvd with all of Triumph's best moments captured for us-and i say YES!!! OH YES!!!!!

It's very rare when anything can make you laugh at every moment of the entire viewing. As much as I love Austin Powers, the Simpsons, Seinfeld, George Carlin, Airplane movie, and anything else comedy related, these never make you belly laugh continuously from beginning to end.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog does!!!

And it comes so effortlessly. It's not a mystery what this CD is. For the few who don't know, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is a barb sharing, accent laden puppet - a character performed by Robert Smigel and a regular on Conan O'Brien show. Triumph simply goes out and interviews people at various locales.

These are simply clips of Triumph's best moments from Conan. Bon Jovi, Westminster Dog Show (two of them), MTV awards, Hollywood Squares, Quebec, Canada, and the best of them all, the Star Wars premiere.You might have seen most of them if you watch the show. But its comic gold... rude, clever, no holds barred, and so intelligent. Robert Smigel's mind is crazy and brilliant. And so so quick.

I happen to flip through the TV listings the other night and saw that "Triumph" was to be on the McEnroe show on CNBC. I knew this was required viewing. For the 1/2 hour he was on the show, I laughed the entire time. Triumph ripped McEnroe and his sidekick apart, with mostly improv material I believe.

Caught the Conan O Brian, infomercial for this product as well. Triumph's apprearance is unbelievable as well.

This is easily the best $15 you can spend. If you watch this clips over and over, they will still be funny. And I haven't even viewed the extras yet.

Why in the world they do not give Triumph (Robert Smigel) his own show is beyond me. Just give Triumph a talk show and it would be hilarious every night.

Hope this helps. Enjoy!!

This dvd is probably the funniest dvd I've ever seen in my life. It's hard to find a program where EVERYTHING from front to back is funny. The actual program is about an hour long, but the real meat n' potatoes on this dvd is the extras. I must have stayed up over an hour or so watching extra skits and music videos from Triumph. And unlike any other dvd, every extra is just as funny, if not funnier, as the skits on the actual program. You have to buy this dvd. It's well worth the money.

I'll be the first to admit that Triumph's humor is NOT for everyone, but if you're NOT easily offended, it doesn't get any better than this. This is LITERALLY (and I, unlike most people do not use the 'L' word lightly) the funniest DVD I've ever seen.

The great thing is, after you get done with the main part of the DVD, there are so many great extras it's like getting 2 DVDs for the price of one!

The interviews with the Star Wars fans, and Triumph's trip to the Bon Jovi concert ALONE are worth the price of this DVD (but there is much, much more). If you have an inkling that you might enjoy this crude, but brilliant humor, BUY THIS NOW!! You'll thank me later, I promise.

I bought this as a surprise for my son. He's 14, I'm 56, and we both wet ourselves repeatedly we were laughing so hard. There's nearly 2 hours of crudeness that literally had me laughing to myself while I was trying to get some sleep last night. I'm sending it to a friend's son in Tikrit, hoping it will help shorten the war. If you don't like Triumph, don't bother, but if you like him at all, Amazon that bad boy right away!!

this is a great DVD, BUT, they edited a few of the clips - like the Pets.com song he sings at the end - they cut out nearly all of it, which is VERY annoying and quite b.s.

Otherwise, great job. What's kind of weird here however is how the show clips (where he rips on guests) aren't in the main menu, you have to dig a bit to find them.

All in all, definitely a 4.5 out of 5 - it would be a 5 if some dumb bean-counter hadn't had them edit clips (that I'm sure otherwise would have FIT on the DVD, for pete's sake). And definitely better than the 'come poop with me' DVD, which is pretty hit and miss and mostly funny for shock value only....

go Triumph!