Podcast appearances and mentions of John E Thomas

SCTV's Dave Thomas talks about making bold life choices, growing up in Canada, Shakespeare saving his ass, choosing between big money success as an ad man or being a broke improviser at Second City, becoming head writer on SCTV, Martin Short, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, John Candy, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty, Andrea Martin, Grace Under Fire, running an animation studio, turning to dramas like Bones and The Black List, going to Ukraine, Thailand, Mad Magazine, The McKenzie Brothers, Chester Hope, and how, to make it in Hollywood, you need at least two of these three things, Talent, Drive, & Luck. Bio: David William Thomas was born May 20, 1949, in St. Catharines, Ontario. He is the eldest son of British parents, Moreen Duff Muir (May 4, 1928 – May 18, 2022), a church organist for thirty years originally from Glasgow, Scotland and composer of church music, and John E. Thomas (1926–1996), a medical ethicist from Merthyr Tydfil, Wales who was head of the Philosophy Department at McMaster University, and the author of several books. Dave's younger brother, Ian Thomas, is a Canadian singer-songwriter. The family moved temporarily to Durham, North Carolina, where his father attended Duke University and earned a PhD in philosophy. The family moved back to Dundas, Ontario, in 1961, where Dave attended Dundas District high school, and later graduated with an honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.[1]  Starting his career as a copywriter at ad agency McCann Erickson in 1974, Thomas became the head writer of the Coca-Cola account in Canada within a year. After watching a Second City stage show in Toronto, and while suffering from self-described "boredom" in his advertising work, he auditioned for the Second City troupe and was chosen as a performer.[2] He was a cast member of the Toronto production of Godspell, along with Victor Garber, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, and Andrea Martin.[3] Paul Shaffer was the musical director.[3 He first achieved fame as a cast member of the Canadian TV comedy series SCTV, joining Godspell castmates Levy, Martin and later Short, plus Rick Moranis, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Catherine O'Hara and others. Notable characters on the show include Doug McKenzie of beer-swilling brothers Bob and Doug McKenzie, editorialist Bill Needle, Scottish scone-chef/bluesman Angus Crock, motor-mouthed TV ad announcer Harvey K-Tel, Lowery organist/curio pitchman Tex Boil and the "Cruising Gourmet". Thomas's first film role was in Home to Stay, directed by Delbert Mann, in which Thomas played in a scene with Hollywood legend Henry Fonda. He then wrote, co-directed, and starred in the Bob & Doug McKenzie feature film Strange Brew. Soon after, he wrote for and acted in The New Show, produced by Lorne Michaels during his hiatus from Saturday Night Live. Short-lived, this show featured a powerhouse writing staff including Thomas along with Buck Henry, George Meyer, Jack Handey, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Valri Bromfield and Steve Martin. Thomas tried his hand at network television hour-long shows in 1986 when he wrote and co-executive produced Steel Collar Man for CBS. The pilot was produced but did not go to series. He co-wrote Spies Like Us (1985) with Dan Aykroyd.  In 1988, Thomas wrote another hour long show for CBS, B Men, which was back ordered, but Thomas took a directing job at Paramount, which caused the network to drop the series. He reportedly introduced John Travolta and Kelly Preston while directing them in the Paramount film The Experts.  He wrote for, produced, and starred in The Dave Thomas Comedy Show (1990). In 1991, he starred in the Showtime comedy, Public Enemy #2. In 1992, he tried his hand at reality TV and co-executive produced ABC's America's Funniest People with Vin Di Bona, but left after thirteen weeks to appear in the film Coneheads.  In 1993, he co-starred in ABC's Grace Under Fire with Brett Butler and Tom Poston and continued with the show for 5 seasons. In 1995 Thomas starred in the ABC television film Picture Perfect with Mary Page Keller and Richard Karn. In 1995 Thomas produced a pilot of a game show called Family Challenge for ABC. When ABC did not pick up the series, Thomas sold Family Challenge to the Family Channel, where he produced 144 episodes of the show spread over 2 seasons. In 1996, Thomas played the title role in the Fox television film Mr. Foster's Field Trip aka Kidz in the Wood with Julia Duffy. In 1996, he wrote the book SCTV: Behind the Scenes (McClelland & Stewart, publishers). From 1999–2002, he voiced various roles on the animated series Mission Hill. Thomas co-starred in the Paramount feature Rat Race. As of 2001, Thomas has been the Executive Creative Director of Animax Entertainment, an animation studio based officially in Culver City, California. In 2001–2002 Thomas appeared with Eugene Levy and Martin Short on Short's show Primetime Glick as Bob Hope (an impression he had first developed for SCTV with great success). In 2002, he co-starred with Jason Priestley, Dave Foley, and Ewen Bremner in Fancy Dancing. The next year he played a lead role in Beethoven's 5th. In 2003, he directed a hospital comedy feature film entitled Whitecoats, which he also wrote. As of 2004, Thomas was on the official Advisory Committee for the Comedy program at Humber College, the only such diploma program in the world. In 2004, he and Moranis again worked together voicing Rutt and Tuke, two moose based on the McKenzie Brothers, in Disney's animated feature Brother Bear.[4]  Thomas has had a long career doing voices for animation including Animaniacs, Duckman, CatDog, The Adventures of Tarzan, Justice League and multiple roles on The Simpsons, King of the Hill and Family Guy. In 2005, he had a guest stint as Charlize Theron's "Uncle Trevor" on Fox's Arrested Development. In 2006, he reprised his voice role in Brother Bear 2 and appeared as himself in the feature film The Aristocrats. He began production on ArnoldSpeaks.com, a video blog, as the voice of Arnold Schwarzenegger; Animax Entertainment won an Emmy for a broadband animated series produced for ESPN, Off Mikes.  In 2007, Thomas and Rick Moranis reprised their roles as Bob and Doug McKenzie in a one-hour special, Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary, for CBC Television. The show featured cameos from McKenzie celeb fans like Ben Stiller, Dave Foley, Tom Green, Paul Shaffer, Andy Dick, Matt Groening, Barry Pepper, Martin Short, and Geddy Lee. Former Prime Minister of Canada Paul Martin was the host. In 2008, Thomas revived Bob and Doug McKenzie in a new animated series, Bob & Doug. While Thomas reprises the character of Doug in the new series, Moranis chose not to voice the character of Bob, which instead is voiced by Dave Coulier. Moranis is, however, involved in the series as an executive producer.[5]  In November 2009, Thomas received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from his alma mater McMaster University and gave the fall convocation speech. In 2010 Animax continued to produce branded entertainment, advertising and digital shorts for corporations like Disney, Warner Brothers, NBC Universal, and Kodak. In 2011, Thomas's company Animax produced another animated show for MTV entitled Big Box along with numerous Internet shorts such as Life With Dad.[6][7]  In 2012 and 2013 Thomas guest starred in the dramatic shows Perception and Bones as well as comedy shows Comedy Bang! Bang! and How I Met Your Mother. In addition in 2013 Thomas voiced the recurring role of Jeff Foxworthy's father Jesco in the CMT show Bounty Hunters.  Thomas joined the writing staff of the Fox crime drama television series Bones beginning in 2013. Thomas worked for two seasons on Bones, writing several episodes and working on staff as consulting producer for two seasons.[8]  In 2015 Thomas joined the writing staff of NBC's The Blacklist as a consulting producer. In 2020 life-sized statues of Thomas and Rick Moranis as their characters Bob and Doug McKenzie were put in place at the ICE District Sports Arena in Edmonton, Alberta.[9] Also in 2020, the Governor-General of Canada announced that Thomas was being appointed to the Order of Canada,[10] Canada's highest civilian award. In 2021, Thomas and Max Allan Collins teamed to write a sci-fi mystery novel, The Many Lives of Jimmy Leighton.

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A lot of you will know by now that the two of us are not speechless very often… Well that all changed with this episode of the pod! Today we had the absolute privilege of speaking with John E Thomas, who heads up Streams Ministries International, and is a husband to Dawna, a dreamer with a heart for God and has a great sense of humour!  We started talking with John about his vast experience in interpreting dreams, and the conversation led to him sharing about his life with us in a way that we know is going to really bless you as you listen. His testimony and experience is one that is filled with hope and joy, and as is the wisdom that John carries, always reflecting things back to Jesus. The Holy Spirit is moving in ways that seem unbelievable and straight up impossible, so we encourage you not to give up on the big dreams you are praying about, and trust you feel encouraged by this episode! Connect with John here

This is a very special podcast with John Thomas, including an epic, uplifting spoken word at the end! We pray you are encouraged as you continue to seek the Lord for wisdom and do what He has called you to do.

In local news, The Appalachian reports that Former Chancellor John E. Thomas' memorial service will be held on September 12th at Boone United Methodist Church. The former chancellor passed away on September 2nd at the age of 90. Thomas was chancellor of App State from 1979 to 1993. While chancellor, he established AppalCart and focused heavily on improving technology on campus. In state news, CBS17 reports that Governor Roy Cooper has signed a bill called Restrict Certain Vehicle Modifications, which would ban the “Carolina Squat” modification on trucks. Pick-up trucks can no longer have the front raised, which some claimed was a dangerous modification due to the fact that the driver can't see past the dashboard. The bill, signed last week, will go into effect December 1st. In national news, Rolling Stones reports that Americana music star Jason Isbell and Dr. Anthony Fauci held an interview on September 2nd to help promote getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Isbell has been a huge proponent of Covid precautions such as having outdoor only shows and having proof of vaccinations before entering. The interview was intended to reassure those who are vaccine hesitant how safe the vaccine can be. Your Boone weather comes from booneweather.com. Wednesday's afternoon weather is partly cloudy with a high of 77 degrees and a low of 57.

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPINGIs it possible that God may be answering the most difficult questions of life while you are snoozing? My guest today says that's a possibility. John E. Williams is the President of Streams Ministries (https://streamsministries.com/) and his passion is to see the church rise up in authority. Part of that is being able to understand if God is communicating to you during your dreams.John gives us some of his background, we begin a discussion on cessationism verses continuationism. Most of the discussion hinges upon whether a Christian accepts that God still communicates with us in modern day outside the Bible. What does this mean for the doctrine of Sola Scriptura? Glad you asked because we talk about that, too.During the second hour, John hears dreams from our listeners and applies the principles of dream interpretation to show how you can begin to vet your dreams for possible messages.WHO IS JOHN E. WILLIAMS?John and his wife, Dawna, were radically saved out of the drug culture in 1996. Personally mentored by John Paul Jackson, they have been on staff or worked alongside Streams Ministries since 2004.After John Pual passed away, John began to work more closely with the Streams leadership and in 2016 was asked to become the President of Streams Ministries International.With John's background as a pastor and minister in various settings, around the world, John has a unique perspective on prophetic ministry and the global body of Christ.Be sure to listen, share, and spread the word! Follow The Breakdown on all the socials, here: http://breakdradio.ctcin.bio/ and listen on www.mojo50.com.

Today we discuss how God speaks to us and encounters us through dreams. We reference the following ministries, which we highly recommend. John E. Thomas with Streams Ministries - https://www.youtube.com/c/StreamsMinistriesIntl/about Jamie Galloway - https://jamiegalloway.com Thank you for listening! If you like the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcast or whatever platform you listen on! Follow us for weekly Spirit Life encouragement: Instagram: @The_Mystic_Housewives | Facebook: @TheMysticHousewives | Blog: TheMysticHousewives.com | YouTube: @TheMysticHousewives | LinkTree: @TheMysticHousewives Our Goal is to encourage women to awaken to the reality of Jesus by encountering the supernatural realm of heaven in their everyday life. Tags …… christian mystic, mystichousewives, mystic, holy spirit, spirit life, christ, mom life, Jesus, podcast, blog, Bible, Inspiration, Best Friends, dreams, dream ilfe, supernatural dreams, --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/themystichousewives/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/themystichousewives/support

Does God speak to you in your dreams? If He did, would you know what He was saying? Join The Dreams Guy and explore ancient and modern dreams to learn how to understand your dreams. John E. Thomas has studied Biblical dream interpretation for over 20 years and will reveal timeless principles from the Scripture and God's activity today that will help you unravel God's metaphoric language.

Jared Laskey of Fireborn Ministries and John E. Thomas of Streams Ministries have a powerful conversation. John shares how he was saved out of the drug culture and started in prophetic ministry. He was personally mentored and is the successor to John Paul Jackson. John E. Thomas shares keys on how you can interpret dreams, symbols, metaphors and more. As you listen in you will discover new insights on how God speaks and stay grounded in knowing that in spite of world circumstances, you are part of the unshakeable Kingdom of God. Listen to Dr. Steve Greene’s in-person interview with Jared Laskey and read on Charisma News: How God Transformed a Marine Struggling with PTSD Into a Spirit-Led Prophet. Also, purchase the Spirit Empowered Journal.

  What can we say about this episode? In a word: Wow. In this power-packed conversation with the director of Streams Ministries, John E. Thomas, Kristi and Rebecca discuss what healthy prophetic looks like in the U.S. and around the world, Biblical basis for healing the land, how to live out your unique, God-designed destiny […]

Episode #104 with supernaturalist John Thomas. ---------------------------------------- Subscribe to Supernaturalist Podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/SupernaturalistYoutube Subscribe to Supernaturalist Podcast Show on iTunes: http://www.theDarrenShow.com ---------------------------------------- MEET JOHN THOMAS John and Dawna Thomas were radically saved out of the drug culture in 1996. Personally mentored by John Paul Jackson, they’ve been on staff with or have worked alongside Streams Ministries since 2004. John pastored The Bridge Metrowest (planted by John Paul) for five years before he and Dawna stepped out into full-time itinerant ministry. After John Paul passed away, John began to work more closely with the Streams leadership team and in 2016 was asked to become the president of Streams Ministries. With his background as a pastor and a minister in various settings around the world, John has a unique perspective on prophetic ministry and the global Body of Christ. He desires to see the Church rise up in her authority and in the full power of the Holy Spirit, and his passion for God’s heart undergirds everything he does. He wants to help the Bride of Christ respond with fervent devotion to the One who called her. John co-authored The Art of Praying the Scriptures: A Fresh Look at Lectio Divina with John Paul Jackson and has also written courses on prophetic ministry, dream interpretation, and the Kingdom of God. As president of Streams Ministries, he ministers internationally to help restore the awe of God to a world that has lost its wonder. He and Dawna live outside of Dallas, Texas. Resources: The Art of Praying the Scriptures by John Paul Jackson and John E. Thomas - https://amzn.to/2LGex3A ---------------------------------------- Connect with John: Web: https://www.streamsministries.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hav1luv/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hav1luv ---------------------------------------- Subscribe to Darren Stott and Supernaturalist Ministries on YouTube: https://bit.ly/SupernaturalistYoutube ---------------------------------------- Darren Stott on Social Media: Web: https://darrenstott.com Book: Pattern Interrupt - https://amzn.to/304WwjR Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedarrenstott Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedarrenstott Facebook: https://facebook.com/thedarrenstott ---------------------------------------- Seattle Revival Center on Social Media: Web: https://seattlerevivalcenter.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/seattlerevival Instagram: https://instagram.com/seattlerevival Facebook: https://facebook.com/seattlerevivalcenter

John E. Thomas John E. Thomas visits Covenant from Dallas, Tx to teach us about flowing in the prophetic annointing.