Bob Tischler, former head writer for Saturday Night Live, has died at the age of 78.
His son Zeke told him The New York Times His father died after a battle with pancreatic cancer on July 13 at his home in Bodega Bay, California.
The Times notes that Tischler played a role in reviving Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s after the variety show suffered a slump.
The show went through what the publication noted was widely regarded as its “worst season” from November 1980 to April 1981.
Tischer was hired as a producer in the spring of 1981 before becoming the show’s head writer the following year.
Bob Tischler, former head writer for Saturday Night Live, has died at 78
The show went through what the publication noted was widely regarded as its “worst season” from November 1980 to April 1981. Tischer was hired as a producer in the spring of 1981 before becoming the show’s head writer the following year.
Tischler had also produced notable projects such as The National Lampoon Radio Hour, as well as albums by the Blues Brothers, composed by Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi.
Tischler said in the 2002 book Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live: “I produced a lot of comedy and wrote, but I wasn’t a union member or anything.”
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