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Rob Who-ggle? Exactly.
It's probably too early to be doing a Rob Riggle Fame Audit. We should probably be doing a Hey, It's That Riggle! Or a Two Robs, One Riggle.
For starters, Riggle's role in the just-released Unaccompanied Minors is listed as Head Guard Hoffman, so we're guessing it's not exactly screentime-apalooza. What screentime he does have is probably spent chasing bratty rapscallions; slipping on fluids that may or may not have been intentionally spilled for such a purpose by bratty rapscallions; and shaking his head begrudgingly at the undeniable resourcefulness -- and winsomeness! -- of said bratty rapscallions. If this is not, in fact, his role in Unaccompanied Minors, please feel free to let us know, at which point we will make fun of you for going to see Unaccompanied Minors.
Other than that, you may know Riggle as the guy who did one season of Saturday Night Live and is now the new guy on The Daily Show.
So, like we said: maybe a little early.
But we've been watching you, Rob Riggle. We've been on what you might call a RiggleWatch.
And we Rigglelike what we Rigglesee.
For example: did you know that Rob Riggle served in the Marines? In Afghanistan? In other words, as Aaron Sorkin might put it, while we were here sitting on the couch complaining about Horatio Sanz and wondering if we should get the Dirt Devil to vacuum up those Pringles crumbs now or later, Rob Riggle WAS STANDING IN A FIELD IN AFGHANISTAN!!!
Then Riggle did a blink-and-you'll-miss-it stint on SNL starting in 2004, during which time we thought three things: 1) Boy, it must be boring to play a waiter or a dad or a husband in every sketch; 2) Boy, we didn't realize how many SNL sketches involve waiters or husbands or dads; and 3) The new guy kind of looks like a heftier version of Jimmy Fallon, as if he swallowed Fallon whole and absorbed his essence. It was tough, though, to figure out if Riggle was actually, you know, funny, because like most SNL new guys his service was limited to...well, see number 1), above.
But we were tickled by his funny name and interesting backstory. Then we were fortunate enough to see him performing live at the Upright Citizen's Brigade in New York, where Amy Poehler also often appears and at which they apparently don't hold it against you if you spent a year playing waiters and dads and then Lorne Michaels found you wanting. And you know what? Riggle's funny. Very funny. And you know what else? While you were at home wondering whether that previous new guy Fred Armisen was going to stick, Rob Riggle WAS STANDING IN A FIELD IN AFGHANISTAN!!!
Also, he's on The Daily Show now. Which, after getting canned (we assume he was canned) from SNL, is kind of like getting fired from your local school board, then getting picked to serve as the White House's new Secretary of Education. And you know what? Rob Riggle's funny. Very funny. And you know what else? When you were wondering if Jason Jones and Samantha Bee are really married in real life, Rob Riggle WAS DOING A FUNNY CAMEO ON THE OFFICE!!! And also, that thing about Afghanistan.
So what does it all add up to? Well, it looks like it adds up to a very funny fellow who, we hope, will soon be doing more than chasing Wilmer Valderrama around an airport.
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