Craig Thomas (screenwriter)

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Craig Thomas
Craig Thomas in 2022
Born	Craig David Thomas
Alma mater	Wesleyan University
Occupation(s)	Television writer, producer, musician
Years active	1998–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.

Along with Carter Bays he is a member of

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

• "Soap On Your Skin"
• "You Don't Know What You've Begun"
• "Dishwasher"
• "Guns"
• "Clowns Like Candy"
• "Across The Overpass"
• "My Best Year"
• "Hey Good News"
• "Second Coat"
• "Noisemaker"
• "Page for the Kid"
• "February Graffiti"
• "Webb Pierce Song"
• "Widow to a Haircut"
• "The Wrong Man"
• "If Anything"
• "The Future is Now"

How I Met Your Mother

• "Nothing Suits Me Like A Suit" (Emmy Nomination)
• "You Just Got Slapped"
• "Let's Go to the Mall"
• "Hey Beautiful"
• "Sandcastles in the Sand"
• "PS I Love You"
• "Barney Stinson, That Guy's Awesome"
• "Ted Mosby is a Jerk"
• "Best Night Ever"
• "Superdate"
• "Shame on You"
• "Food Delivery / Cat Sitting / Cat Funeral"
• "Ode to Virginia"
• "Murder Train"
• "The Bro Chant"
• "Mosbius Designs Have Failed"
• "Marshall vs the Machines"
• "Hey Beautiful (Barney Version)"
• "Two Beavers are Better Than One"
• "Puzzles Theme Song"
• "Bang Bang Bangity Bang"
• "Night Night Little Marvin"
• "On the House"
• Asking Out Lily Pts 1 & 2"
• "Soul Bang"
• "And There She was" (Featuring John Swihart)
• "Barney Makes 3 Its 1 & 2"

Sesame Street

• Look for the Slime (Season 46, Episode 2)
• The Vet Song (Season 49, Episode 1)
• Packing PJ's (Season 50, Episode 1)
• I Wonder (Season 51, Episode 23)
• How Do You Build a Robot Dog? (Season 52, Episode 1)

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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