Saturday Night Live legend Bob Tischler dies aged 78
SNL legend Bob Tischler has died aged 78.
The writer and producer was famed for reviving Saturday Night Live after its unsuccessful season in 1980.
Tischler's son Zeke confirmed his death to The New York Times, sharing that the cause of death was pancreatic cancer.
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Bob Tischler was known for bringing SNL into its glory days. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via
The writer died on July 13 at his Bodega Bay, California home.
Tischler was born on June 12, 1946, in Englewood, New Jersey, and began his career in the early '60s as a sound engineer in radio and television.
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The star is known for producing The National Lampoon Radio Hour and music by the Blues Brothers.
He also produced Radio Dinner (1972), Gold Turkey (1975), and That's Not Funny, That's Sick (1977).
The Blues Brother's first album, 1978's Briefcase Full of Blues, was produced by Tischler and topped the Billboard album chart.
Tischler told James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales about his career for their book Live From New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live.
Bob Tischler is known for producing The National Lampoon Radio Hour and music by the Blues Brothers. Sound On Sound via Facebook
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"I produced a lot of comedy, and I did writing, but I wasn't a member of the union or anything," he shared.
Tischler and the rest of the world knew SNL was in trouble when he began as the show's supervising producer in 1981.
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Jean Doumanian ran the comedy show for season 6, which is widely known as the show's least successful season.
Within a year, Tischler was promoted to head writer, where he revived the show and stayed until he left in 1985.
Tischler is also well-known for writing for Empty Nest, Something So Right, and Boy Meets World.
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