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Thomas Joseph Martin is an American television writer. He grew up in Southern California and attended
Rolling Hills High School Palos Verdes Peninsula High School is a public high school in Rolling Hills Estates, California, United States. History The school was formed in 1991 when Miraleste High School, Palos Verdes High School, and Rolling Hills High School were merge ...
and Indio High School. He graduated from
University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...
in 1987 with degrees in Economics and Political Science. While at
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he ran on the Track and Cross Country teams. He has written for ''
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'' (as a guest writer), ''
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,'' and is a former standup comedian. He co-created ''
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'', and is currently executive producer on the ''
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'' inspired series ''Clash-a-Rama!''.


Writing credits


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*" Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" (1999, with
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, and
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" (1999) *"
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" (2001)


'' Talking Tom & Friends (TV series)''

* 2014 - 2016, first season only


Movies

*''
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie ''It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie'' is a 2002 American musical fantasy comedy television film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher and written by Tom Martin and Jim Lewis. The film premiered November 29, 2002 on NBC and the first film to be ...
'' (2002, with Jim Lewis) *''
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz ''The Muppets' Wizard of Oz'' is a 2005 musical fantasy television film directed by Kirk R. Thatcher. It is the second film to be made for television in ''The Muppets'' franchise. The film stars Ashanti, Jeffrey Tambor, Quentin Tarantino, David ...
'' (2005, Screenplay, with Debra Frank, Steve Hayes, and Adam F. Goldberg)


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* Living people American television writers American male television writers Writers from Chicago University of California, Irvine alumni Screenwriters from California Screenwriters from Illinois Year of birth missing (living people) {{Simpsons-stub