Top 10 Conan Moments

It's hard to choose a favorite Late Night character. There's the horny manatee, the fast-talkin', dangerous-product-hawkin' Traveling Salesman, and the always memorable Pimpbot 5000, who, as Conan once put it, "combines the classic sensibilities of a 1950s robot with the dynamic flair of a 1970s street pimp." Or how about the violently ill Muppet known as Vomiting Kermit, who once "dispensed" hot chocolate whilst an autoerotic grizzly dubbed The Masturbating Bear provided whipped cream (out of a can, people!).

But no other character has enjoyed as much success as the verbosely titled Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who made his first appearance on Late Night in 1997 during a skit on the Westminster Dog Show (he was banned from the event the following year...and then personally invited to return the year after that). Whether he's crashing the Republican National Convention, helping the Obamas choose the perfect pooch or suing Leona Helmsey's dog, America can't seem to get enough of him. Witness the cigar-smoking rottweiller doing what he does best, mauling a group of unsuspecting everyday folk with his biting wit (if you can describe a bunch of die-hard, costumed Star Wars fans as "everyday folk," that is).