Rob Schrab


Robby Christopher Schrab is an American comic book creator, actor, comedian, writer, and film and television producer. He is the creator of the comic book , co-writer of the feature film Monster House, co-creator of the competitive film festival Channel 101, and the co-creator of Comedy Central's The Sarah Silverman Program.
He is a graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.
He has directed three seasons of The Sarah Silverman Program and episodes of Childrens Hospital, Blue Mountain State, Community, Parks and Recreation, The Mindy Project, Workaholics and the second season of the Netflix reboot of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Film and television

Schrab and long-time writing partner Dan Harmon wrote the 2006 feature film Monster House, later rewritten by Pamela Pettler. They wrote the film based on a pitch they had originally made in 1998. It was Harmon and Schrab's first feature deal and launched their career in the movie business. He continued to collaborate with Dan Harmon, directing multiple episodes of Community.
Schrab worked as a writer and producer on three seasons of The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central. He also played the cross-dressing host of Cookie Party, Miniature "Mini" Coffee. Silverman wanted Schrab to play the character in the show after she saw him in "Thriller Chiller Theatre".
Schrab was to mark his feature directorial debut with but he left the project in February 2017. He was replaced by Mike Mitchell as director in the same month. He co-directed Mystery Science Theater 3000s season 12 along with Joel Hodgson, directed an episode of the Creep Show reboot for Shudder, and is currently at work with longtime friend and collaborator Dan Harmon on Rick and Morty for Adult Swim.

Other

Schrab is also a regular guest on the podcast Fear Initiative and appeared regularly on the podcast Harmontown before it ended in late 2019.
"Schrabbing", the social media practice of deliberately asking "moronic and profoundly unnecessary questions", was named after Schrab by the comedy podcast "Harmontown".
Schrab won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2009 for for the 81st Annual Academy Awards.