Some people know Dave Thomas from the sketch show “SCTV” that launched the careers of John Candy, Martin Short, Catherine O’Hara, Andrea Martin, Eugene Levy and Rick Moranis. Some people know Dave Thomas from the TV show “Arrested Development” or the movie “Rat Race.” Some people know Dave Thomas from the nineties ABC sitcom “Grace Under Fire”. Most people don’t know Dave Thomas was also one of the Writer / Producers for Fox’s TV show “Bones” or ABC’s “The Blacklist”. Or that he acted alongside Henry Fonda, Jonathan Winters, John Cleese, Richard Pryor, Zach Galifiankis, Whoopi Goldberg, Mary Louise Parker and Ashton Kutcher. Or that he co-created ABC’s “America’s Funniest People” with Vin Di Bona. Or that he directed John Travolta, Jean Stapleton and Max Von Sydow in theatrical motion pictures for Paramount and MGM. Or that he created a game show called “Family Challenge” that ran for 144 episodes on ABC and Family Channel. Or that he wrote “Spies Like Us” with Dan Aykroyd. Or that he founded an animation company in 2001 called Animax. The fact is, Dave loves TV and he’s produced, directed, written or starred in every type of television except news.
