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Fox’s Let’s Be Real sketch comedy returns tonight with four new episodes featuring new puppets from entertainment and politics.

Chris Farley’s most famous “SNL” sketch was proof of his comedic talent.

Robert Smigel on Wednesday dropped by The Howard Stern Show, where he defended a classic Saturday Night Live sketch he wrote, which starred the late Chris Farley. Stern brought up that the Chippendales sketch — which featured Farley and the latePatrick Swayze dueling for a spot in the male striptease show — has come under fire in recent years for perhaps adding to Farley's self-destructive behavior.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog has a new victim to poop on: “Weird Al” Yankovic.

Will Thorne Staff WriterFox’s election puppet special “Let’s Be Real” didn’t exactly draw a massive crowd.The special scored a 0.5 rating among adults 18-49 and drew only 1.8 million total viewers at 9 p.m. on Thursday night, losing out the other three major networks in the time slot.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe Fox show Let’s Be Real is an all-new election-themed puppet special executive-produced by Robert Smigel, the satirist best-known for Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and his Saturday Night Live cartoons.The new comedy covers politics, pop culture and the 2020 election through topical sketches featuring puppets, celebrity cameos and remote pieces.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog returned to Wednesday’s “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” ahead of the U.S. presidential election.

candidates’ first debate.The half-hour satirical sketch show “Let’s Be Real” will cover politics and pop culture using puppets — including of Trump and Biden — and is also set to feature celebrity cameos and remote pieces, according to Deadline.It’s being spearheaded by Robert Smigel, the voice behind Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who’s also known for his Saturday Night Live “TV Funhouse” cartoon shorts.“Robert Smigel is a uniquely gifted creator, and, as the election approaches, we are so

Will Thorne Staff WriterDonald Trump and Joe Biden are getting the puppet treatment.Fox has ordered a satirical special called “Let’s Be Real,” which will cover politics, pop culture and the 2020 election (specifically the two candidates) through puppets, celebrity cameos and remote pieces.The special, set to air Oct. 1 on the network, hails from “Triumph the Insult Comic Dog” creator and renowned puppeteer Robert Smigel.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVFox Entertainment has slated Let’s Be Real, a half-hour election-themed satirical puppet special executive produced by Robert Smigel. Airing Oct.