Bob Tischler

Bob Tischler
Born(1946-06-12)June 12, 1946
DiedJuly 13, 2024(2024-07-13) (aged 78)
Occupation(s)Writer, television producer
Spouses
  • Belinda Horowitz (divorced)
  • Judith English
Children1

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Former SNL Head Writer Bob Tischler Dies