Sliders Creators

(1959 – 2024) Tracy Tormé is the son of jazz musician Mel Tormé and a highly accomplished writer and producer. He attended USC and Loyola Marymount University, and during his senior year was hired by NBC to join the SCTV show as a comedic writer. He was quickly signed for a three year contract for Saturday Night Live, and went on to produce shows such as Storm Riders, Fire in the Sky, Messenger of Deception, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Odyssey 5, The Outer Limits and Sliders. However, his vision for the Sliders eventually came to a head with the Fox Network Executives, who wanted an action-based show that was void of any intellectual or satire elements. After Tormé departure the executives of Sliders developed season 3 into a barrage of action movie ripoffs. This caused the show to lose its uniqueness and eventually led to the decline of Sliders. He come up with the idea of Sliders by reading about a bullet missing George Washington during the Revolutionary War. If the bullet had hit and killed him there would have been no American revolution. He got in contact with Bob Weiss about his idea.

Robert Weiss has had a long and successful career in the entertainment industry. After graduating from Southern Illinois University, he went on to produce a number of highly successful films and television shows, including The Blues Brothers, Kentucky Fried Movie, Tommy Boy, and Scary Movie 3 and 4. He even helped direct several music videos for Weird Al Yankovic! His accomplishments don’t stop there, however; he is currently the Vice Chairman of the X-Prize Foundation, an organization that promotes innovation and supports inventors with the goal of changing the world. The X-Prize includes a number of programs to support lunar exploration, healthcare, clean oceans, food, and robotics. This foundation is revolutionizing the way people think about invention and creating a culture of innovation that is changing the world.