Robert Smigel's recurring "TV Funhouse" characters actually originated on another former SNL cast member's show.

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The Best of TV Funhouse special The characters were created by Robert Smigel for The Dana Carvey Show Back before Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell were known worldwide as hilarious performers ...