Glenn Eichler (born ) is an American comedy writer. He started out as an editor for '' National Lampoon'' magazine. He then worked as story editor for the MTV television shows '' Beavis and Butt-head'' and ''

The Maxx ''The Maxx'' is an American comic book series created by Sam Kieth in 1993 and originally published monthly until 1998 by Image Comics for 35 issues, before being collected in trade paperback by DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint. The first appearance ...

''. He was later responsible for co-creating and producing the television show ''

Daria ''Daria'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Glenn Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn. The series ran from March 3, 1997, to January 21, 2002, on MTV. It focuses on the title character, Daria Morgendorffer, an intelligent, cynical high ...

'', a spinoff from ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', for MTV as well as ''

Hey Joel ''Hey Joel'' is an American adult animation, adult animated television series that aired on VH1 in 2003. It is about Joel Stein, the host of a three-minute rock-star interview show on VH1 called "3 minutes with Joel". However, he is anything but r ...

'' for VH1. He has also written for such shows as ''

Rugrats ''Rugrats'' is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The show focuses on a group of toddlers; most prominently— Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, and twins Phil and Lil, a ...

'', ''Bratz'', '' Married... with Children'', and ''

The Wrong Coast ''The Wrong Coast'' is a stop-motion adult animated television series. The series emulates a Hollywood gossip show with fake news and features, and includes many parodies on Hollywood movies, often utilizing the voices of real stars. It was produ ...

'', a stop-action animation mini-series for the

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cable channel. He currently writes for ''

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ''The Late Show with Stephen Colbert'' is an American late-night news and liberal political satire talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, which premiered on September 8, 2015. Produced by Spartina Productions and CBS Studios, it is the second ...

'' on

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...

after also writing for

Stephen Colbert Stephen Tyrone Colbert ( ; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He is best known for hosting the satirical Comedy Central program '' The Colbert Report'' from 2005 ...

Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel is geared towards young adults aged 18–34 and carries comedy programmin ...

's ''

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''. Eichler is the author of the humor books ''Mush!: Sled Dogs with Issues'', ''Stuffed!'', '' Bill and Hillary's Twelve-Step Guide to Recovery'' (a political satire), and '' Dr. Katz's Me At a Glance''. Because he was executive producer of ''Daria'', he is sometimes claimed to be the creator of the character

Daria Morgendorffer Daria Morgendorffer is a fictional character from the MTV animated series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' and its spin-off ''Daria''. She was voiced in both productions by Tracy Grandstaff. In 2002, Daria placed at number 41 on the list of the ''Top 50 ...

; this was actually the work of ''Beavis and Butt-head'' writer David Felton, with some input from Mike Judge.

Personal life

Born in

The Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

and raised in New Rochelle, New York, Eichler produced a four-page joke newspaper as a pre-teen called the ''Wykagyl Wombat''. He graduated from American University, where he majored in American literature and worked as a writer for a trade publication before finding work at the ''National Lampoon''. Since 2000, he and his family have been residents of

Montclair, New Jersey Montclair () is a township in Essex County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Situated on the cliffs of the Watchung Mountains, Montclair is a wealthy and diverse commuter town and suburb of New York City within the New York metropolitan area. ...

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