Jonah Ray























Jonah Ray
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Born
Jonah Ray Rodrigues


(1982-08-03) August 3, 1982 (age 36)

Kailua, Hawaii, U.S.
Occupation Actor, comedian, writer
Years active 2004–present
Spouse(s) Deanna Rooney (m. 2013)



Jonah Ray


Jonah Ray Rodrigues (born August 3, 1982) is an American actor, comedian and writer from Los Angeles. He stars as the current host of the revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000. He is one of the three hosts of The Nerdist Podcast and was the co-host of Comedy Central's The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail.




Contents






  • 1 Life and career


    • 1.1 Beginnings


    • 1.2 The Meltdown and Nerdist


    • 1.3 Jonah Raydio: The Podcast


    • 1.4 Mystery Science Theater 3000




  • 2 Releases


  • 3 Appearances


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Life and career


Originally from Kailua, Hawaii on the island of Oahu, Ray played in local Hawaii rock/punk bands and later moved to Los Angeles. Once there he first pursued opportunities in punk rock, but later started to focus on writing and performing comedy.



Beginnings


Ray started his TV career as a writer's assistant for The Andy Milonakis Show, as well as working as a writer and performer on Showtime's sketch comedy pilot The Offensive Show. He is also a frequent sketch and stand-up performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles and has made appearances on programs such as Saul of the Molemen, Crossballs, The Sarah Silverman Program, and Jimmy Kimmel Live![1] He also hosted "Joe Genius", an online program about humor and homegrown science, on Revision3.[2] Previously, he worked as a writer and occasional voice actor on Current TV's program SuperNews!. He previously wrote for Web Soup on the G4 network, and then The Soup on E!. He left The Soup in 2012.



The Meltdown and Nerdist


Ray hosts a weekly comedy show called The Meltdown with Kumail Nanjiani, produced by Nanjiani's wife, Emily Gordon, at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles.[3] In Late June 2013 Comedy Central announced a television production of the show titled The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, which debuted in July 2014.[4] The show ended after three seasons in 2016.


Ray is one of Chris Hardwick's co-hosts of The Nerdist Podcast and television show. In February 2011, Ray revealed on an episode of the podcast that "Jonah's Arcade", a video gaming-comedy pilot he created and stars in, was not picked up by Comedy Central.[5] The pilot was later released on YouTube, produced by the same producers of Web Soup.



Jonah Raydio: The Podcast


In October 2012, Ray began hosting his own podcast Jonah Raydio featuring guests from various independent music scenes. Regular contributors and guests on the show include Man Man, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Pup, and Har Mar Superstar.


On a 2014 episode of his podcast, Ray announced the launch of his own record label through ATS, Literally Figurative Records, a comedy/music label aimed to feature "a comic on one side and band they are friends with on the other."



Mystery Science Theater 3000


On November 16, 2015, Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson announced plans for Ray to host the series' upcoming continuation.[6] The series was funded through a successful Kickstarter campaign and was released internationally by Netflix on April 14, 2017. Ray plays the character Jonah Heston for seasons 11 and 12.



Releases


Ray recorded a seven-inch record of his stand-up comedy for AST Records entitled "This is Crazy Mixed-up Plumbing", released in 2006. He followed this up with his second release entitled "Hello, Mr. Magic Plane Person, Hello" on May 15, 2012, which received mixed reviews.[7][8]


Ray had several videos from South by Southwest on comedy website Super Deluxe as well as his own web-series called "The Freeloaders Guide To Easy Living with Jonah Ray".



Appearances




  • The Sarah Silverman Program


  • Saul of the Molemen[9]

  • Warner Independent's Mama's Boy


  • Comedy Central's Live At Gotham

  • Human Giant

  • Super Deluxe

  • X-Play

  • Attack of the Show

  • InfoMania

  • The Rotten Tomatoes Show

  • SuperNews!

  • The Andy Milonakis Show

  • Master of the Internet


  • Walking the Room Episode 62, August 1, 2011

  • Conan


  • Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Host, Seasons 11 & 12)

  • The Nerdist

  • The Jeselnik Offensive

  • The League

  • Drunk History

  • Garfunkel and Oates

  • Maron

  • Hidden America with Jonah Ray

  • Talking Dead

  • @midnight

  • Take My Wife

  • Victor Crowley




References





  1. ^ [1] Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.


  2. ^ [2] Archived July 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.


  3. ^ "Home – #THEMELTDOWN with Jonah and Kumail". Nerdmeltla.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  4. ^ "Comedy Central Greenlights 'The Meltdown With Jonah and Kumail' | TV By The Numbers by zap2it.com | Page 188292". Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. 2013-06-20. Retrieved 2015-12-13.


  5. ^ "Podcast #64: BURGER SALAD". Nerdist.com. Retrieved 2015-12-13.


  6. ^ "Bring Back MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 by Joel Hodgson —Kickstarter". Kickstarter.com. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2015-12-13.


  7. ^ "Saying "Hello, Mr. Magic Plane Person, Hello" with Jonah Ray". Nerdist.com. 2012-05-15. Retrieved 2015-12-13.


  8. ^ L. Ray, Austin. "Jonah Ray Hello, Mr. Magic Plane Person, Hello album review". The Spit Take. Retrieved 10 April 2013.


  9. ^ Steve Bryant (April 28, 2008). "Review: Jonah Ray on SuperDeluxe". Reep Pop. Archived from the original on April 30, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2012.




External links




  • Jonah Ray on IMDb


  • Jonah Ray: Human giant from Hawaii at thatotherpaper.com

  • Interview by Flying Coffin


  • Podcast interview on The Gentlemen's Club with Caleb Bacon


  • Jonah Ray on the WTF podcast









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