Craig Thomas (screenwriter)

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Craig Thomas
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Craig Thomas in 2022
Born
Craig David Thomas
Alma mater Wesleyan University
Occupation(s)Television writer, producer, musician
Years active1998–present
Notable work How I Met Your Mother
Website https://www.craigthomaswriter.com/

Craig David Thomas [1] is an American television writer who, along with writing partner Carter Bays, has written episodes of American Dad! , Oliver Beene , Quintuplets and the hit CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother , which they created in 2005. [2] In 2012 How I Met Your Mother won a People's Choice Awards.

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Along with Carter Bays he is a member of The Solids, who perform the theme song to How I Met Your Mother. He has been nominated for seven primetime Emmy Awards, including Best Original Song for "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit". [3]

After graduating from Wesleyan University in 1997, [4] Thomas wrote for the Late Show with David Letterman for 5 years.

In 2014, he shot a pilot for the show How I Met Your Dad with his partner Carter Bays, Emily Spivey and Greta Gerwig, but CBS asked them to do a second pilot, and they refused.

On April 15, 2019, Thomas joined a host of other writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging. [5]

In addition to his writing, Thomas has fundraised extensively for Dr. Paul Grossfeld's lab at the Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego. [6] Grossfeld's lab conducts research into the genetic causes of congenital heart disease, particularly Jacobsen syndrome, a rare genetic disorder caused by the loss of a part of the 11th human chromosome.

Works

How I Met Your Mother

Songwriting

The Solids

How I Met Your Mother

Sesame Street

The Solids

In 1996, Thomas and Carter Bays (with whom he would later create How I Met Your Mother) formed the power pop band The Solids with fellow Wesleyan University students Patrick Butler and Nick Coleman. The band went on to write the theme songs for two television shows: Oliver Beene and How I Met Your Mother.

Other Writing

In addition to writing for television, Thomas has been published in the New Yorker's Shouts & Murmurs column five times (Bad Reviews of Beloved Classics, RE: The Asteroid, Studio Notes on Your Rom-Com Screenplay, One Writer's Year in Pandemic Think Pieces, A Look Back at March 12, 2020), McSweeney's, the Boston Globe, and the Iowa Review.

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i> American sitcom (2005–2014)

How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for CBS. The series, which aired from September 2005 to March 2014, follows main character Ted Mosby and his group of friends in New York City's Manhattan. As a frame story, Ted recounts to his daughter Penny and son Luke the events from September 2005 to May 2013 that led to him meeting their mother.

The Solids are a power pop band from Middletown, Connecticut. The band consists of Carter Bays, Craig Thomas (drums), Patrick Butler (keyboards), Doug Derryberry and Josh Suniewick (bass). They have been writing, recording, and performing music since 1996. The Solids first became popular for their song "The Future Is Now," which was the theme song for the Fox television program Oliver Beene. A 12-second clip from their song "Hey, Beautiful" is the theme song for another show, the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother which was created by band members Bays and Thomas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lily Aldrin</span> Fictional character on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robin Scherbatsky</span> Fictional character on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother

Robin Charles Scherbatsky Jr. is a fictional character created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Cobie Smulders.

"Pilot" is the pilot episode and the first episode of the first season of the American television sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Written by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and directed by Pamela Fryman, the episode originally aired on CBS on September 19, 2005. The episode takes place in 2030, as a future Ted Mosby is telling his kids the story of how he met their mother. It flashes back to 2005 to a younger Ted who meets Robin Scherbatsky, a reporter who he becomes smitten for. Meanwhile, Ted's lawyer friend Marshall Eriksen plans on proposing to his girlfriend Lily Aldrin, a kindergarten teacher.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carter Bays</span> American television showrunner, writer and producer

Carter Loard Bays is an American author, composer and television showrunner.

In popular culture, the Bro Code is a friendship etiquette to be followed among men or, more specifically, among members of the bro subculture. The term was invented and popularized by Barney Stinson, a character from the television show How I Met Your Mother. Katherine Connor Martin, head of content creation at Oxford Dictionaries, recognized Stinson as "the quintessence of a certain iteration of the contemporary bro".

"Girls Versus Suits" is the 12th episode of the fifth season of the American situation comedy television series How I Met Your Mother and the 100th episode overall. Written by series creators Carter Bays & Craig Thomas and directed by Pamela Fryman, the episode originally aired on CBS on January 11, 2010.

<i>How I Met Your Mother</i> season 1 Season of television series

The first season of How I Met Your Mother, an American sitcom created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, premiered on CBS in the United States on September 19, 2005, and concluded on May 15, 2006. The season was directed by Pamela Fryman and produced by Bays & Thomas Productions and 20th Century Fox Television. It consists of 22 episodes, each running approximately 22 minutes in length.

Barnabus Stinson is a fictional character portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris and created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit</span> 2010 single by Neil Patrick Harris and the cast of How I Met Your Mother

"Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit" is a song performed by Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson and the cast of the comedy series How I Met Your Mother from the 100th episode "Girls Versus Suits (2010)". Carter Bays and Craig Thomas were nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for writing the song.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ted Mosby</span> Fictional character on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother

Theodore Evelyn Mosby is a fictional character and the protagonist in the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother, portrayed by Josh Radnor. He serves as the show's narrator from the future, voiced by Bob Saget, as he tells his children the "long version" of how he met their mother.

"Legendaddy" is the 19th episode of the sixth season of the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother and the 131st episode overall. It aired on CBS on March 21, 2011, to an audience of 8.03 million viewers.

"Challenge Accepted" is the 24th and final episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and the 136th episode overall. It aired on May 16, 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Let's Go to the Mall</span> 2007 single by Robin Sparkles

"Let's Go to the Mall" is a song written by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for the CBS television series How I Met Your Mother. The song was performed by Canadian actress Cobie Smulders in the role of Robin Scherbatsky, who has a secret past of being a teenage Canadian pop star and adopted the stage name Robin Sparkles. Thomas and Bays originally came up with the idea and spent weeks developing the story with writer Kourtney Kang. The song was first featured in the form of a faux music video in the episode "Slap Bet" that aired on November 20, 2006, before the song was digitally released as a single on September 4, 2007. The track later appeared on the soundtrack album How I Met Your Music (2012).

The Mother (<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>) Fictional character on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother

Tracy Mosby is the title character from the CBS television sitcom How I Met Your Mother. The show, narrated by Future Ted, tells the story of how Ted Mosby met his children's mother. Tracy McConnell appears in eight episodes, from "Lucky Penny" to "The Time Travelers", as an unseen character; she was first seen fully in season 8 finale "Something New" and was promoted to a main character in season 9. She is played by Cristin Milioti.

"Mom and Dad" is the tenth episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 194th episode overall.

How I Met Your Dad is a television pilot of a TV series to serve as a spin-off of How I Met Your Mother, created by original series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, with Emily Spivey. This series was expected to debut 2014, but was shelved indefinitely. 20th Television opted not to order How I Met Your Dad to series. The plot focuses on Sally on the journey of how she met her daughter's father. She lives in New York with her friends, is getting divorced from her first husband, and has no idea what she is doing with her life.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Last Forever</span> 23rd and 24th episodes of the 9th season of How I Met Your Mother

"Last Forever" parts 1 and 2 are the 23rd and 24th and final episodes of the ninth season of the American sitcom television series How I Met Your Mother, and the series finale of the show as a whole. The episode, written by series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and directed by Pamela Fryman. The episodes are the 207th and 208th overall. It originally aired in the United States on CBS on March 31, 2014, and was watched by 13.13 million viewers in the United States.

References

  1. "How I Met Your Mother Boss on Barney's Bride: "It Had to Be Her"". TV Guide. Retrieved 2012-05-15.
  2. "Hot List: Craig Thomas & Carter Bays". TVWeek. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2009-04-15.
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063215/ Retrieved on 2009-15-04 [ user-generated source ]
  4. "An Evening with Carter Bays '97 and Craig Thomas '97". wesleyan.edu. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. "Damon Lindelof, Hart Hanson Among Top Showrunners Posting Termination Letters In Wake Of Failed WGA-ATA Negotiations". Deadline. 13 April 2019.
  6. https://craigthomaswriter.com/lhbh Retrieved on 2023-03-13 [ user-generated source ]