Bob Weiskopf

Birth Name:

Robert Jerome Weiskopf

Birth Place:

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession

Writer, Producer, Script department

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
Attended the University of Chicago, but dropped out in his sophomore year to begin working
First began collaborating with Bob Weiskopf on a script for the sitcom "Make Room for Daddy․"
Started out as an auditor at the Olympia Fields Country Club and as ad writer for newspapers
Worked on radio scripts for shows like "The Bob Hope Show," "The Rudy Vallee Show," and "The Fred Allen Show․"
Best known as a writer of "I Love Lucy" and a script consultant and writer of "All in the Family․"
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․"
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
His first professional humor material to appear on-air was two jokes he sold to Bob Hope, who used them in a New Years Eve show

1956Primetime Emmy - Best Comedy Writing:Nominated
1960WGA Award (TV) - Comedy/Variety, Any Length:Nominated
1971Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music:Winner
1972Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety or Music:Nominated
1974WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Winner
1978Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:Winner
1978Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
1979Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Comedy or Comedy-Variety or Music Series:Nominated
1979WGA Award (TV) - Episodic Comedy:Nominated

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