Bob Thomas (born March 1, 1965 in Appalachia, Virginia ) is a radio personality, actor, and writer. He was one of the top radio announcers in Knoxville, Tennessee for 25 years. During his tenure at radio station WIVK, he had the highest-rated midday radio show in the United States for over 16 years. As an actor, he has appeared in many films and hundreds of commercials. He wrote several episodes of the popular TV show Lizzie McGuire. In 2004, he played "Slammin' Sammy" in the film Friday Night Lights. Bob and Knoxville radio legend Ed Brantly currently host the Ed and Bob Show on WNOX radio in Knoxville.
He is the father of young actor Jake Thomas.
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“You know, it’s a savage country, really. That’s the second one they shot in twenty years. It’s uncivilized—shooting people of substance.”
—David Webb Peoples, screenwriter. English Bob (Richard Harris)
“When committees gather, each member is necessarily an actor, uncontrollably acting out the part of himself, reading the lines that identify him, asserting his identity.... We are designed, coded, it seems, to place the highest priority on being individuals, and we must do this first, at whatever cost, even if it means disability for the group.”
—Lewis Thomas (b. 1913)