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Bob Tischler Dies: ‘Saturday Night Live’ & National Lampoon Producer Was 78
After SNL creator Lorne Michaels handed the reins to Jean Doumanian, the show suffered until Dick Ebersol replaced her and brought on Bob Tischler.
The former SNL head writer, who is largely credited with helping revive the NBC sketch comedy show after its infamously panned 1980-81 season, died on July 13 at his home in Bodega Bay, California. Saturday Night Live Producer Dick Ebersol, writers Bob Tischler and Michael O’Donoghue and improvisation expert Del Close. After SNL creator Lorne Michaels handed the reins to Jean Doumanian for Season 6, the show suffered until Dick Ebersol replaced her and brought on Tischler as a supervising producer.
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