Thomas B. Krajewski (born April 2, 1977) is an American television writer and

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producer/host. He is known for his work on '' YooHoo & Friends'', ''

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'', ''Hello Kitty Stump Village'' and '' Action Dad'' and then as Tom “Super Volcano” Krajewski on the "Half Hour Happy Hour" podcast with Alison and Alex.

Early life

In 1987 at the age of 10, Tom decided he wanted to act after seeing

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in ''

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''. Tom's mother, Ann, suggested the Winchester Cooperative Theatre. Tom memorized the

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in order to audition for

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and he won a small role. The following year, he was chosen to play the lead role of

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, at the same theater. Tom continued to audition for a number of roles including a young John F. Kennedy Jr. for a miniseries on the Kennedy family, and was offered the role.

Career

Following graduation from Winchester High School, 1995, he attended

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, receiving a itle of degreein film, in 1999. He moved to

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, for an internship on "Talk Soup" and "

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." . He got a job at

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as a producer's assistant followed by a similar position at

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. While at Nickelodeon, he began writing scripts for the ''

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'' and ''

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''. Tom went on to work on '' YooHoo & Friends'' (2012), '' Action Dad'' (2012), ''

'' (2017), ''

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'' (2018), and ''

Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese ''Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese'' ( French: '' Boy Girl, etc.'') is an animated television series based on an original concept by Jeff Harter and Cloudco Entertainment, and directed by Jérémy Guiter for Season 1 and Matthieu Giner for Seaso ...

'' (2019). In June of 2020, the new graphic novel ''Primer'' was published by

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and cowritten by Tom and Jennifer Muro.

BID

Since 2015, Tom has been a member of the "Half Hour Happy Hour" podcast, a weekly podcast.

References

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