Michael Ledo
Because I work for a living, Late Night has never been must see TV for me. Triumph is new to me. I enjoyed the episodes and it reminded me of that unique type of humor one must have to enjoy odd-ball type of humor such as Mr. Bill or this. I enjoyed nearly all the episodes, especially the jam session with Bon Jovi as well as the Star Wars episode and the making fun of William Shatner's "acting" in the additional poop section. I did not enjoy the making fun of French Canadians. It was more insulting than humorous, unlike the rest of the episodes.Before I would buy or rent this movie, I would check on line for episodes to see if you enjoy this type of humor as half the time it is crude and vulgar.
Tommy Nelson
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog-Robert Smigel as Triumph. Conan O'Brien, Andy Richter, Moby, Justin Timberlake, Eminem, Heather Locklear, Bon Jovi, Whoopie Goldberg, Kathie Lee Gifford, Gilbert Godfried, Simon Cowell, Christina Aguillera, Bruce Villanch, Puff Daddy and others as themselves.This is one of the funniest things ever!! The actual feature contains 8 of Triumphs funniest moments including Hollywood Squares, Star Wars premiere, Bon Jovi concert and Westiminister dog shows. The feature is hilarious and amazingly, there is so many special features on this disc and here they are......Special Features:Triumph Christmas Special 8 Nipples(8 Miles spoof) trailer A 10 minute long Guest Insult Montage featuring Don Rickles Outtakes for Bon Jovi Concert Outtakes for Star Wars Premiere Outtakes for Triumph's trip to Quebec American Idol with Triumph outtakes I Keed music video Come Poop with Me TV Spot Triumph's first appearance Triumph's 12 minute long Pets.com Conferrence Triumph's tour of Hollywood featuring John Tesh American Idol auditions with Triumph Triumph's weather report on Hawaiian news American Idol auditions with Triumph part 2 Triumph's other trip to the Westminister Dog Show VH1 music Awards with Triumph Triumph's and Conan O'Brien's TV Sitcom Pilot-a Couple of Mutts Special Opening with Triumph and last and least-it has subtitlesWhat a DVD this is. Go buy it for it's value of $14.99Actual Program: 64 minutes. Not Rated but contains non-stop crude and sexual humor, some brief drug use and content(Bon Jovi segment) and some language.
flight0001
This DVD is a gem in my collection. Never before gathered in one spot can a man using a puppet as a venue be so insulting and degrading to all men and women, celebrities or no. It's one of the great pieces of comedy art ever created. Being a Star Wars fan, I was delighted to see Triumph mocking and jeering at all of the nerds in their little Ewok and Jedi costumes waiting in line to see Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. I particularly laughed at Triumph talking to contestants auditioning for American Idol. He is brutal. Too bad it was on Late Night with Conan O'Brien instead of cable. The network censored too many things in my opinion. Cable TV is where Triumph would really flourish. I'm not claiming to be a hater or one who enjoys slinging slurs, but living vicariously through a cigar smoking dog puppet with Robert Smigel's hand shoved up its rear-end really means a lot to me. It means I don't have to do it. It's all about the comedy in my opinion. Smigel does a great job with improvisation while his prepared shtick is also good. This DVD caters to a certain demographic; I guess one that I fall into. It may not be for the pure of heart. I'm crude but a goodly kind of crude. Rent or buy it today. Do it! Or you can borrow mine.It's good for a laugh.
Blueghost
Normally when a Triumph skit would come on Conan O'Brien's Late Night show I'd watch it for a few seconds until the routine got really distasteful, then I'd flip the channel. I'm kind of sorry I did that now, because I actually saw the beginnings of a lot of the routines that are on this fantastically funny DVD. Like I said in my one line summary, it's the funniest thing I've seen since seeing "Used Cars," or "Undercover Brother," and the humor is ten times more crude (though sometimes needlessly).The highlights are numerous. It's almost impossible to pick out my favorite routine, but I'll go with Conan O'Brien's personal favorite the "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones" premier, as being the funniest ten minutes of television ever aired. Myself, being a fairly mature sci-fi fan, one who doesn't go to Star Wars premiers on opening day (much less dressed up in costume), who doesn't live with his parents and has a sex-life, but who has a healthy respect for fans who really get into the whole experience, and himself likes those kinds of films, I have to say I never laughed so hard in my entire life as when I witnessed Triumph venture into Star Wars fandom, and take on the fans standing in line outside the Zigfeld theatre a couple of years back. Ironically enough, and this should be a lesson to Triumph's creator, Robert Smigel, even though Triumph's noted for being crude, this was not only the funniest bit on the DVD, but also his cleanest. Triumph doesn't always need to be crude to be funny, just honest with his observations and insults. What also made that routine work and really stand out is that sci-fi fans, and particularly Star Wars fans, have a real sense of humor about themselves. They know they're "geeks" and relish it. They appreciate how people perceive them, but indulge in their fantasy anyway because they want to have a good time. And if that means being ridiculed by a rubber dog puppet, then so be it. :-)SPOILER ALERT The MTV awards, Bon Jovi, and the rest were all pretty good. I thought Smigel man handling the dogs at the dog show was a little much. If you're going to comment and/or humiliate people for manhandling dog owners, then why would you, as a performer, do it yourself, even though you had a rubber dog puppet over your hand? Ah well. I also think going after that French guy in a snowman costume, one clearly meant for kids, was too much. Even though Smigel said in his interview with Terry Gross on "Fresh Air" that it's not necessary for Triumph to "ambush" his victims to be funny, that one felt like an ambush; one that was really undeserved. However the rest of it was excruciatingly funny. SPOILER ALERT OFFI hesitated seeing this video, and I wish I hadn't, but I couldn't find it anywhere to rent, and so I finally broke down and bought a copy. And I don't regret it. It's one of the best DVD purchases I've ever made since I switching over from VHS (and Beta). If you're broad minded about your comedy, don't mind lude references and an exhibitionist puppet that swears up a storm, then do yourself a favor and go buy or rent a copy of this outstanding DVD! Again, warning, this is "adult" oriented humor. Unless your kid is reasonably mature, don't show it to them.Enjoy! :-)