Fresh Air, Robert Smigel

Writer Robert Smigel on this edition of Fresh Air. Smigel is a creator of animated comic episodes for Saturday Night Live, including "X-Presidents" and "The Ambiguously Gay Duo." His newest effort is the new Comedy Central series TV Funhouse, described as a broken kid's show for adults. The Funhouse combines real animals, puppet animals, short films, and animation. Smigel has also written a new comic book based on the X-Presidents filmed shorts. Smigel wrote for SNL from 1985-1993, and he was the original headwriter and producer of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. (Broadcast Date: December 19, 2000)