Triumph the Weather Dog?

Advertiser Staff

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog proved he was no Sharie Shima when he did the Monday late-night weather forecast for KHNL News8, the local NBC affiliate.

After informing viewers there was "light wind," he barely skipped a beat before adding, "I'm from New York. Get over it!"

Triumph, aka Robert Smigel (also creator of the animated "Ex-Presidents" segments on "Saturday Night Live"), stepped in for Shima on her day off after his job covering the "American Idol" auditions took an unexpected turn. Actually, the hand puppet made famous on "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" (also on NBC) was kicked out of Aloha Stadium.

"If you wanted a comment, you're barking up the wrong tree," said KHNL news director Sue Levine.

Pressed for news of Triumph's future as an insult comic weather dog, Levine laughed.

"Let's say the forecast is cloudy," she said.