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Pamela Thomas is a Canadian-born television producer, director, and casting director. She served as a co-producer for The Kids in the Hall from 1988 to 1995 and has also served as a producer on I'm With Bugsey and Saturday Night Live , among others - including Sex and the City . In 2006, she directed an episode of Desperate Housewives . She was the first wife of Dave Thomas.

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