Bob Schiller(1918-2017)

Writer
Script and Continuity Department
Producer

Bob Schiller was born on 8 November 1918 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Maude (1972), All in the family (1971) and Flip (1970). He was married to Sabrina Scharf and Joyce Gloria Harris. He died on 10 October 2017 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.

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Won 2 Primetime Emmys
- 4 wins & 6 nominations total

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Known for

Maude

7.3

TV Series

Writer

All in the family

8.4

TV Series

Writer

Flip

7.4

TV Series

Writer

I Love Lucy

8.5

TV Series

Writer

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Writer

Will & Grace
7.4
TV Series
- written by (segment ": "Lucy's Italian Movie")
- 2020
The Boys
TV Series
- writer
- 1988–1989
He's the Mayor
6.1
TV Series
- written by
- 1986
Comedy Factory
4.9
TV Series
- writer
- 1985
W*A*L*T*E*R
4.7
TV Movie
- story
- teleplay
- 1984
Sanford
6.7
TV Series
- teleplay by
- 1981
Checking In
6.2
TV Series
- written by
- 1981
Living in Paradise
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1981
Archie Bunker's Place
6.4
TV Series
- written by
- 1979–1980
But Mother!
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1979
All in the family
8.4
TV Series
- story by
- teleplay by
- written by
- 1977–1979
All's Fair
6.8
TV Series
- created by
- written by (creator)
- 1976–1977
Maude
7.3
TV Series
- teleplay by
- written by
- story editor
- 1972–1974
Flip
7.4
TV Series
- writer
- 1970–1973
The Carol Burnett Show
8.7
TV Series
- writer
- 1970

Script and Continuity Department

Trivia
Served in the the U.S. Army in Europe where he penned a column for Stars and Stripes and produced comedy variety shows for the troops.

Quotes
Getting the story line is the toughest part - once you get a story line, hanging the jokes on it is easy for a comedy writer. It's a process that, on I Love Lucy (1951), we did backward. We would think of a funny last scene and work backward to make it logical. If it's not logical, people are going to say, 'That's silly'. The whole thing falls apart.