Bob Tischler | |
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| Born | June 12, 1946 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | July 13, 2024 (aged 78) Bodega Bay, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, television producer |
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| Children | 1 |
Robert Tischler (June 12, 1946 – July 13, 2024) was an American television writer, audio engineer and television producer. Tischler engineered the National Lampoon's first comedy album[1] and with Michael O'Donoghue co-created and produced the National Lampoon Radio Hour. A friend of John Belushi's since the Radio Hour days, Tischler produced four Blues Brothers albums, the first of which, Briefcase Full of Blues, reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and went double platinum. He later worked on Saturday Night Live as head writer from 1981 to 1985.[2]
- ^ Stein, Ellin (June 24, 2013). "Chapter 6: The Breaking of the Table". That's Not Funny, That's Sick: The National Lampoon and the Comedy Insurgents Who Captured the Mainstream. W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393084375.
- ^ Former SNL Head Writer Bob Tischler Dies