Glenn Eichler: Difference between revisions

'''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.

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 EicherEichler before ''Daria'' included a story editor positionpositions onat UPN cartoon ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_and_the_Monster The Mouse and the Monster]'' and episodes[[MTV Animation]] ofproduction ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RugratsThe_Maxx#TV_series RugratsThe Maxx]''. He also served as the writer for the 1992 Mystery Science Theater 3000 documentary ''This is MST3K''.

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 programs ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.I.T.C.H._%28TV_series%29 W.I.T.C.H.]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O'Grady O'Grady]''. He wrote episodes for programs such as ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_&_Small Big & Small]'' and ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_School The Emperor's New School]''.

Eichler isthen currentlyserved as 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. The show's writing team, including Eichler, wrote the book ''I Am America (And So Can You!)'', credited to Colbert's character. Eichler has won two Emmy Awards as part of ''The Colbert Report'''s writing team.

[[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)].