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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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==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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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.
 
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==
 
[[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)].
 
 
 
==''Daria'' episodes written by Glenn Eichler==
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