Gregory Abbott (known as Reverend Gadget) | |
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| Occupation(s) | Artist, TV Personality, Crafstman |
Gregory Abbott, known professionally as Reverend Gadget, is a steel fabrication artist, craftsman, prop builder and television personality based in Los Angeles, California. He is best known to television audiences as part of the build team on the short-lived Discovery Channel series Big! , and has more recently been part of their other series Monster House and Smash Lab . He is currently working with EarthxTV on his own series Reverend Gadget's Garage– also known as Gadget's World– in which he shows his advocation of alternative energy sources by converting gasoline-powered vehicles to electricity. [1]
Abbott took the name "Reverend Gadget" to reflect both his craftsman works and the fact that he has been an ordained minister since 1986.
Abbott was born in Torrance, California. [2] He attended one year of college at Menlo College before dropping out. More than half a decade later he returned to school to study economics and business at Santa Monica College as well as computer programming at UCLA. [3]
Abbot is the CEO and president of Left Coast EV. [2]
He currently holds 10 Guinness World Records for his works, some of which were with the Big! build team.[ citation needed ]
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