Bob Schiller Biography

Fast Facts

• Won a Laurel Award from the Writers Guild of America for TV Writing Achievement in 1988
• Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Episodic Comedy for "Maude" in 1974
• Graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a degree in Economics in 1939, where he wrote for the humor column "Bob's Tales" in the school newspaper
• Worked on radio scripts for shows like "Duffy's Tavern," "Abbott and Costello," and "The Mel Blanc Show․"
• First began collaborating with Bob Weiskopf on a script for the sitcom "Make Room for Daddy․"
• Started out as a writer on the 1945 musical comedy sketch "Duffy's Tavern," which was based on a radio show by the same name
• Worked for an advertising agency, but had trouble writing non-humorous copy; for a dentist client he wrote "Come in, before THEY come out․"
• Wrote and produced several television shows with Bob Weiskopf, including "I Love Lucy" and its spin-off shows, "All in the Family," and "The Carol Burnett Show․"
• Best known as a writer of "I Love Lucy" and a script consultant and writer of "All in the Family․"
• Began writing for "I Love Lucy" after he and Bob Weiskopf ran into Weiskopf's old roommate, show creator Jess Oppenheimer, on the lot where the show was being filmed