Career
He has written for a number of television series, including ALF, Home Improvement and two episodes for The Simpsons (season 12"s "Simpsons Tall Tales" and season 13"s "Blame lieutenant on Lisa"). Bendetson served as a supervising producer on Coach, leaving after its fifth season to become co-producer on Home Improvement. He worked on Newhart and wrote the show"s famous final episode "The Last Newhart".
He wrote and directed the as yet unreleased film Big Bug Manitoba which contains the final performance of Marlon Brando.
He also has brother, Howard, who was Bob"s writing partner during the 1980s and early 1990s.