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Truimph The Insult Dog
Triumph The Insult Comic Dog has had a turbulent career
that has spanned 63 dog years, dog years of struggle, faith, hope, spite,
contempt, and now, at last, actual triumph. Few today are likely to remember
Triumph's early television appearances on the "Steve Allen Show,"
where network censors forced him to say, "for me to go to the bathroom
on." Triumph overcame this and was an emerging star until his controversial
1968 appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show," from which he was
barred after his unfortunate ass-raping of Topo Gigio.
Banned from the airwaves following this incident, Triumph returned to
his Catskill roots, dabbling behind the scenes as a comedy writer, crafting
quips for everyone from Mr. Ed to Dick Gregory. Unhappily, Gregory fired
him upon discovering Triumph was selling the same jokes to both.
In the '70s and '80s, aside from appearances on "The Love Boat"
and "Donny and Marie," Triumph was best known as part of a modern
"Rat Pack" that included himself, Robert Goulet, Merv Griffin
and the Chuck Wagon dog. Today, as a regular on "Late Night,"
Triumph is adored by a whole new audience of not overly discerning young
people. But Come Poop With Me, his first album in many years (the classic
Songs In The Key of Poop may yet be re-released) reveals a lifelong passion.
For Triumph grew up with music; it is as much a part of him as his tail
or his pink thing. His father, a toy Rottweiler, sang in Yiddish Theater,
and his mother, a sleek Afghan, looks like Celine Dion. (Triumph's sister
isn't musical, but she smells like Christina Aguilera.)
Music is a companion on the lonely road, where Triumph lives year-round,
away from his wife Erma, his mistress, Ladyfluff, and his 284 illegitimate
children. Triumph has toured worldwide, from Alaska to Morocco, and has
acquired gonorrhea from Pekingese, Chihuahuas, Lhasa Apsos, and an Amazon
howler monkey, among many others. It is no surprise then, that his album
encompasses a wide variety of musical styles, from the Caribbean calypso
of "Underage Bichon," to the traditional Irish drinking song
"Lick Myself," to the harder-edged anti-spaying diatribe, "Bob
Barker," Triumph's venomous attack on the castration-happy quizmaster,
howled with the aid of Jack Black.
But Come Poop With Me, his lateast release, is more than simply a collection
of bawdy songs, rude phone calls, and coarse exchanges with Blevel notables.
It is also an album of surprising heart (as well as bowel). Marvel as
Triumph picks at the last scraps of the "Dell Guy's" dignity,
then slips seamlessly into his poignant rendition of the Yiddish classic
"My Mama," an emotional plea to an aroused fellow canine on
behalf of his aging mother. Here is the tender Triumph, and on the bonus
track (a contemporary "rap" for the younger set), "I Keed"
is Triumph's way of reminding us that even while attacking many of music's
biggest names, he keeds. His so-called feud with Eminem, for example,
is in fact merely light-hearted badinage between mutually admiring show
business peers with much in common. Both are fearless mavericks. Both
use humor to make their points. And both have had sex with Mariah Carey.
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Triumph The Insult Dog to appear at your next corporate,
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