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[[Image:Eichler.jpg|right|frame|''Daria'' creator Glenn Eichler as a [[Real Person Fiction#Glenn Eichler|cartoon character]], seen in "Fair Enough" and "I Loathe a Parade"]]
'''Glenn Eichler''' is a comedy writer and producer. He is known as the chief writer and producer of ''[[Daria (TV series)|Daria]]''. He wrote or co-wrote fourteen episodes, wrote both ''Daria'' TV movies, wrote the bulk of [[Mystik Spiral]]'s songs, and served as story editor.
==Before ''Daria''==
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Glenn Eichler served as the managing editor of the American humor magazine ''National Lampoon''. It is not known how long he served in this capacity, but he was editor as least as early as 1983. A notice in the weddings section of ''The New York Times'' mentions his upcoming marriage to Michele Tomasik on September 24, 1983. (Ms. Tomasik was the editor of ''[[The Daria Diaries]]''.)
In addition to his work with ''National Lampoon'', Eichler was a freelance writer for ''Esquire, The Village Voice'', and ''The New York Times''. Non-''B&B'' television work from Eichler before ''Daria'' included story editor positions at UPN cartoon ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_and_the_Monster The Mouse and the Monster]'' and [[MTV Animation]] production ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maxx#TV_series The Maxx]''. He also served as the writer for the 1992 Mystery Science Theater 3000 documentary ''This is MST3K''.
==Eichler and MTV==
[[File:Glenn Eichler.jpg|thumb|right|Glenn Eichler in Daria: Behind the Scenes]]
Glenn Eichler mentions how he got started with MTV in an interview.
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While working under [[Mike Judge]] as a ''Beavis and Butt-head'' writer, Eichler is credited with three of the episodes
Furthermore, Eichler met many of the future writers of ''Daria'' who were then working as writers for ''Beavis and Butt-head'', such as [[Sam Johnson]] and [[Chris Marcil]]. [[Tracy Grandstaff]] was a voice artist on Beavis and Butt-head, voicing Daria, [[Cassandra]], and other Mike Judge characters. Grandstaff would eventually voice Daria during the run of Daria's own series.
Other writers with whom Glenn Eichler worked on ''Daria'', such as Peter Gaffney, were known through Eicher's days as a ''National Lampoon'' editor.
During his time working at Beavis and Butt-head, Eichler would edit ''[[This Book Sucks|Beavis and Butt-head: This Book Sucks]]'' and ''The Beavis and Butt-head Ensucklopedia''. He also wrote ''Bill and Hillary's 12-step Guide to Political Recovery'' in 1995 with the British comedy group Spitting Image and wrote ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Katz,_Professional_Therapist Dr. Katz's] Me at a Glance'' in 1996.
He would also write one episode of ''Married With Children'' before beginning work on ''Daria''.
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==After ''Daria''==
After Daria finished, Eichler stated that he was "just keeping busy". He worked on MTV pilots based on "Mystik Spiral" (which have never been aired) and ''Hey Joel'' (which was briefly a cartoon series). He also worked as a Creative Consultant on the animated television
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In 2009, Eichler completed writing a graphic novel with Nick Bertozzi called ''Stuffed''. Eichler followed up in 2011 with ''Mush! Sled Dogs with Issues'', with Joe Infurnari.▼
Eichler is currently a writer on ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert''.
==Interview with Kara Wild==
▲Eichler is currently a writer/producer on ''The Colbert Report'', a show mocking right-wing American news with Stephen Colbert taking on a fictional persona as a conservative blowhard. It is on the Comedy Central network in the United States.
[[Kara Wild]] did a series of interviews with Eichler over the course of 2005 and 2006, covering continuity details, creative intent, shipping, and production. The interview is [https://web.archive.org/web/20151103222903/http://www.the-wildone.com/dvdaria/glenninterviewsfull.html collected at Kara's DVDaria website (Wayback)].
▲In 2009, Eichler completed writing a graphic novel with Nick Bertozzi called ''Stuffed''.
==''Daria'' episodes written by Glenn Eichler==
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