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Writer Bob Schiller was interviewed along with longtime collaborator Bob Weiskopf (1914-2001). Individually, they each explained how they got their respective starts in the entertainment industry, and about the many famed radio shows and performers that they were associated with in their early careers, including Duffy's Tavern (Schiller) and The Fred Allen Show (Weiskopf). Together, they remembered how they came to form their partnership, and the many early television projects for which they wrote. The duo spent a great deal of time recalling their years as staff writers on I Love Lucy (later The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour), and their collaboration on that show with Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh Davis... [More] [Less]
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