Full Name Robert Schiller Name Bob Schiller Relatives Tom Schiller | Years active 1950–2005 Occupation Television writer Role Economist | |
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Born November 8, 1918 (age 105) ( 1918-11-08 ) San Francisco, California, U.S. Spouse(s) Joyce Harris, 1947-1965, (her death, 2 children)
Sabrina Scharf 1966-present (2 children) Influenced by George Akerlof, John Maynard Keynes, Franco Modigliani, Irving Fisher Parents Ruth R. Shiller, Benjamin Peter Shiller Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1972), University of Michigan (1967) Awards Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Books Irrational Exuberance, Animal Spirits: How Hum, Finance and the Good Soc, The New Financial Order: Ri, The Subprime Solution Similar People Eugene Fama, George Akerlof, Lars Peter Hansen, John Y Campbell, John Maynard Keynes | ||
The Writer Speaks: Robert Schiller and Robert Weiskopf
Bob Schiller (born November 8, 1918) is an American screenwriter. He worked extensively with fellow producer/screenwriter Bob Weiskopf on numerous television shows in the United States, including I Love Lucy (1955–1957) and All in the Family (1977–1979) on the CBS network. For the latter series, he received an Emmy Award in 1978 as one of the writers of the episode "Cousin Liz".
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- The Writer Speaks Robert Schiller and Robert Weiskopf
- Creative partnership with Bob Weiskopf
- Personal and family life
- References
Schiller, born in San Francisco, California, began writing for television in 1950. His credits include the 1955 CBS sitcom Professional Father, starring Stephen Dunne as a child psychologist and Barbara Billingsley as his wife. That same year, he wrote for two competing series, NBC's The Jimmy Durante Show and CBS's It's Always Jan, starring Janis Paige as a widowed single mother in New York City. During 1954–1955, Schiller was one of the writers for the CBS sitcom That's My Boy, starring Eddie Mayehoff and Gil Stratton. Schiller's producing credits include the CBS sitcoms The Good Guys and All's Fair.
Schiller also penned radio scripts for such classic shows as Duffy's Tavern, Abbott and Costello, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Mel Blanc Show, Sweeney and March, The Jimmy Durante Show, and December Bride, and then for TV stars such as Danny Thomas, Ed Wynn, Garry Moore, and Red Buttons.
Creative partnership with Bob Weiskopf
The creative partnership and friendship with Bob Weiskopf began in 1953. Weiskopf, also a comedy writer, had just relocated to Los Angeles from New York City. Schiller's first wife recommended a school to his Weiskopf's wife, and also mentioned that Schiller was looking for a partner. The two writers first collaborated on a radio script for the Our Miss Brooks show before delving into the new medium of network television. They wrote for popular 1950s shows such as Make Room for Daddy, The Bob Cummings Show, I Love Lucy, the TV adaptation of the popular radio series My Favorite Husband, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Ann Sothern Show (which they co-created), and Pete and Gladys.
Further success would continue into the 1960s and 1970s with such series as The Lucy Show, The Red Skelton Show, The Good Guys (where they were also co-producers), The Phyllis Diller Show, The Carol Burnett Show, The Flip Wilson Show, Maude (which they also co-produced), All in the Family and its spinoff series, Archie Bunker's Place. Schiller and Weiskopf were honored with two Emmy Awards, a pair of Peabody Awards, a Golden Globe, and the Writers’ Guild of America's Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television Achievement.
Personal and family life
Schiller's first wife, Joyce Harris, died in 1965. He has been married to second wife, actress Sabrina Scharf (née Trentman) since May 25, 1968. They have two children. Schiller also has two children with his first wife, one of whom is director Tom Schiller.