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===Recent activities=== |
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On stage, Thomas co-starred with [[Bebe Neuwirth]] and [[Paul Reiser]] in the [[Woody Allen]] written and directed play, ''Writer's Block'', at the Atlantic Theatre in NYC. He and [[Paul Shaffer]] of the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' are the national fundraisers for [[PBS television]]. {{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} |
On stage, Thomas co-starred with [[Bebe Neuwirth]] and [[Paul Reiser]] in the [[Woody Allen]] written and directed play, ''Writer's Block'', at the Atlantic Theatre in NYC. He and [[Paul Shaffer]] of the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]'' are the national fundraisers for [[PBS television]]. {{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} |
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Thomas began his career as a sports announcer for high school football and college basketball (UNC-Charlotte) while attending Gulf Coast Junior College in [[Panama City, Florida]] and [[Jacksonville University]]. His expressed goal at that time was to be a stand-up comic. He later worked the 7 p.m.-midnight shift at [[WBSR]] in [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]]. He hit the big time at [[WAPE]] ("The Big Ape") in [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] and then moved on to [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], where he was the morning drive DJ at [[WFNZ|WAYS-AM]] and [[WNKS|WROQ-FM]] in the 1970s. Thomas then worked as a radio DJ in New York City at [[WEPN-FM|WXLO 99X]] FM. While at 99X, his newsman/sidekick was sportscaster [[Charley Steiner]]. He may be best-known on radio for being the morning host on 92.3 [[WXRK|WKTU]]. He was replaced by [[Howard Stern]] when the format of WKTU was changed to classic rock and the station took on call letters WXRK and station name K-ROCK. {{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} |
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After WKTU flipped formats, Thomas was hired by then new [[Rhythmic Top 40]] [[KPWR]]/Los Angeles as their new morning host, where he enjoyed a successful run. While with KPWR, he got to sub-host ''[[American Top 40]]'' . Thomas left KPWR due to a musical shift to gansta' rap. He would return to New York in 2000 to host the morning show on [[WWPR-FM|WTJM]], which had just changed its format to "Jammin' Oldies" after many years as an adult contemporary station. He would leave the station just before it, like KPWR in Los Angeles, changed formats to hip-hop. |
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Thomas currently hosts the easiest program to call into in the history of radio, [http://www.jaythomas.com '''''The Jay Thomas Show'''''] on [[Sirius XM Stars Too]] (Sirius XM Channel 104,), a channel on the [[Sirius XM Radio|SIRIUS XM Satellite Radio]] service. He has had numerous co-hosts on his show including comics [http://kevinmeaney.com Kevin Meaney], [http://www.bachelorman.com Rodney Lee Conover], [[Shuli]], and Ira the Weatherman, Garrett Andritz, and Cristina Palumbo. On March 5, 2008 Howard Stern announced that Jay would be doing a live morning show on [[Howard 101]] from 7 AM to 10 AM on Friday mornings. |
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In 2011, Jay appeared on Disney's "Shake It Up' and CW's "Retired at 35", and in the final episode of the HBO series "[[Hung (TV series)|Hung]]", receiving a [[Guest appearance|guest star]] credit, and won best actor and best comedy as co-writer and star at the 2011 [http://itvfest.org/page.php?nid=4 LA iTV fest] for "Talker" his independent pilot with co-writer and director Perry Lang. |
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He currently resides in Southern California, but owns homes in New Orleans, one of which was destroyed by looting in the wake of [[Hurricane Katrina]], and another in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
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==References== |
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Jay Thomas | |
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 Thomas at the 1992 Emmy Awards | |
| Born | Jon Thomas Terrell July 12, 1948 Kermit, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, radio talk show host |
| Years active | 1980–present |
Jay Thomas (born July 12, 1948) is an American actor, comedian and radio talk show host.
Personal life
Thomas was born Jon Thomas Terrell in Kermit, Texas, the son of Katharine "Kathy" (née Guzzino) and T. Harry Terrell, Sr.[1] He was raised in his Italian American mother's Catholic religion (his father was Protestant).[2]
He attended Jesuit High School in New Orleans, where he grew up. He holds a masters degree in sociology from Jacksonville University. He also attended and played college football at Central Piedmont Community College. He lives in Southern California and is the father of three sons, Samuel, Jacob and J.T.
Thomas fathered J.T. in an out-of-wedlock relationship and the child was adopted by another family. Jay Thomas and his son, known as John Harding, are reunited and have spoken about their reunion on the Dr. Phil Show. John Harding is the lead singer of the band JTX.[3]
Career
Television
Following his recurring guest role on Murphy Brown, the series' creator, Diane English, would cast Thomas in two of her subsequent TV series. The first was the 1992–1995 sitcom, Love & War, and later, Thomas had a guest role on English's short-lived 1996 Ted Danson-Mary Steenburgen sitcom, Ink. In 1994, he co-hosted (alongside Lisa Hartman Black), a television special celebrating the 30th anniversary of Universal Studios called Universal Studios Summer Blast.[4]
Film
Thomas has appeared in such films as Mr. Holland's Opus, Straight Talk, Dragonfly (2002), The Santa Clause 2 and The Santa Clause 3. He starred (opposite Greg Kinnear) in A Smile Like Yours, in Labor Pains (with Lindsay Lohan), and in Monday Night Mayhem (with John Turturro) and National Lampoon's "Pool Boys".
Recent activities
On stage, Thomas co-starred with Bebe Neuwirth and Paul Reiser in the Woody Allen written and directed play, Writer's Block, at the Atlantic Theatre in NYC. He and Paul Shaffer of the Late Show with David Letterman are the national fundraisers for PBS television. [citation needed]
References
- ^ Jay Thomas Biography (1944-)
- ^ http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/54275216.html?dids=54275216:54275216&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+28%2C+1992&author=JERRY+BUCK&pub=St.+Petersburg+Times&desc=Thomas+hopes+%60Love'+will+pave+road&pqatl=google
- ^ Emmy Award-Winning Actor Discovers He Has a Son. Us Magazine. August 14, 2008
- ^ [1][dead link]