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    Robert Smigel on the unusually naturalistic Adam Sandler Netflix comedy 'The Week Of'

    by Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times May 07, 2018 5 minutes

    Even as he makes his feature directing debut with the recent release of "The Week Of" on Netflix, Robert Smigel already has a long legacy in the world of comedy.

    He was a writer for "Saturday Night Live" - including the "Saturday TV Funhouse" cartoons - created and performed the Triumph the Insult Comic Dog character while the original head writer and producer at "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" and co-wrote and executive produced Adam Sandler's "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" along with two animated "Hotel Transylvania" films.

    Co-written by Smigel and Sandler, "The Week Of" stars Sandler along with Chris Rock as two parents whose children are about to get married. Sandler, father of the bride, is a Long Island contractor struggling to foot the bill for the wedding. Rock, father of the groom, is a successful Beverly Hills surgeon who

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