Convocation: Bob Daily

Award-winning television writer and producer Bob Daily ’82 discusses his journey from Carleton to Hollywood—a path that took him from the Nourse Little Theater to the stages of "Frasier" and "Desperate Housewives," with stops along the way at a Texas comedy club, Spy magazine, the Nickelodeon cartoon "Rugrats," and an Elvis impersonator convention. An English major at Carleton, Daily is currently developing new television series for CBS. He recently ended a six-year stint as executive producer and head writer for the hit ABC series "Desperate Housewives," where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. He also spent five seasons as a writer and producer at NBC’s "Frasier," writing fifteen episodes (one of which was included in the book The Very Best of Frasier). At "Frasier" he won two consecutive Writers Guild of America Awards in the category of "Outstanding Script—Television Comedy," and was nominated for an Emmy. Daily began his career as a journalist in Chicago, and has published six books for children. His biography Elvis Presley was named one of the year’s best books for young readers by the New York Public Library. The title of his presentation is "Adventures in Television: My Journey From Carleton to Hollywood (with Cameo Appearances by Elvis and Schiller)."