Insult dog Triumph, fake Roger Ailes star in Hulu special
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A Roger Ailes lookalike smoothed the way for Triumph, the Comic Insult Dog, at the Republican National Convention.
Robert Smigel, the writer-comedian who brings the Triumph puppet to life, worked the Republican and Democratic conventions for “Triumph’s Summer Election Special 2016,” debuting Aug. 11 on Hulu. He brought an Ailes impersonator to the Republican event in Cleveland.
“‘I’m with Roger Ailes,’” Smigel said he told gatekeepers at the Republican convention, pointing to the impostor. “And they literally let me in. He’s a gift that keeps on giving,” he said of the recently ousted Fox News Channel chief.
Triumph punked convention reporters as well. Among his tricks: holding up a “no photobombs” sign behind TV journalist Jake Tapper.