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Dec 2023
14m 28s

Robert Smigel (Extended)

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Comedy legend Robert Smigel, who wrote and directed the new animated musical “Leo,” has known Stephen Colbert for decades and once scouted a young Colbert at Chicago’s famed Second City improv. “Leo,” starring Adam Sandler, is available now on Netflix.

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