Rob Thomas (II)

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Recent Role:
on 90210
Gender:
Male
Born:
8-15-1965
Birthplace:
Sunnyside, Washington, USA
This Rob Thomas is the executive producer and creator of two favorite edgy dramedies, Veronica Mars and 1998's Cupid. Thomas manages to write in a witty, yet natural, unlike some of his much lauded counterparts, like Aaron Sorkin. Sorry to diss Sorkin, but Thomas' dialog puts the More href="http://www.tv.com/the-west-wing/show/189/summary.html">West Wing's and Sports Night's to shame.

Thomas' self-confessed career goal is to be a "critical darling, commercial failure". With Veronica Mars, he may fall short of his goal. His Hollywood Hills manse lies between the former homes of Richard Simmons and Jan-Michael Vincent. Oh what stories those walls could tell.

Born in Washington state in 1965, he moved to Texas in 1975 and graduated from San Marcos High School in 1983 and the University of Texas at Austin in 1987 with a BA in History.

First attended college at Texas Christian University, this TCU horned frog intercepted a fake punt attempt by Kansas State, but quit football, and transferred when it was credited to another Thomas, Sean. He was once arrested in an anti-apartheid demonstration on the UT campus in 1986.

Rob taught high school journalism for five years starting in 1988 and advised the UT student magazine, Utmost, before the bright lights of Hollywood beckoned in 1994.

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    Rob Thomas is a superb writer! hide show

    Rob Thomas is the creater/writer of the television show Veronica Mars. He just does such a great job with the dialogue and the interactions with the characters. You couldn't ask for a better writer. He gets the characters and the viewer sinks into the characters so much, you can almost feel their pain. The witty lines him and his team give Veronica are amazing! I'm really looking forward to see him write other television shows in the future. I'm also very interested in reading his books. He's a very intellectual kinda guy, or so I assume. He's crazy and he's definitely not the guy from Matchbox 20! I look up to him in so many ways. He's very dedicated to his work and anything he touches turns to gold.

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    ok im gonna say it... "the new joss whedon!" not that we're done with the old one yet.... hide show

    This guy is a great writer. He's been around for a while but he's gone un-noticed. his show, veronica mars is great. he has a great team of writers and unlike many other creators like for example, amy sherman palladino, he lets his staff write. this makes for great varied tv. he really has chosen the right cast and writers... and his own writing aint too shabby either! give this man and his show a chance. i suspect special things for this guy and i dont hand out praise easy. for some reason i keep coming back for veronica mars and i gave up on lost ages ago. im gonna track rob thomas now, you do it too... why arent you doing it. go, now!

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