Ira Glass

I did.

But it was all I was ever good at.

When did you first know you were funny or could at least be funny?

Wait a minute.

You know, I'm seven years old.

I'm trying to make my friends laugh.

Give me a break.

For those who don't know, I want to turn to Triumph, your alter ego.

Again, I just found out this week that apparently you and your wife discovered Triumph or the first version of Triumph at some sort of knick-knack shop or antique store.

My wife and I, we were newlyweds, or actually, we were at furniture shopping, and there was this quaint little store called Mabel's in Manhattan, and they had an even quainter rack of puppets, rubber puppets, that were just animal heads.

There were dogs and cats, and there was a sheep, and there was an owl.

Yeah, well, as you would, as he would.

In the middle of the store.

And, of course, she laughed, and that's why we're still married all these years.

So you've been doing Triumph for so long.

Does he have, like, his own personality?

They're like, are there things that, like, Triumph will say but you could never bring yourself to say?

Well, I mean, he would probably insult your show, even though I'm a big fan.

Right.

For example... Oh, my God!