Jonathan Meath Explained

Jonathan Meath
Birth Date:16 September 1955
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education:Phillips Academy (1974)
Alma Mater:New York University (1979)
Employer:Andanzura
Children:Amelia Meath
Website:meathmedia[1]

Jonathan Meath (born September 16, 1955) is an American television producer and director.[2] [3] He was senior producer of the television game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?[4] He also was a producer of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss[5] and the 1990s' remake of Zoom.[6] [7] In addition, he is notable for having a dual career as a professional Santa Claus. He made numerous appearances in various media as Santa, including on Good Morning America,[8] at Radio City Music Hall with The Rockettes,[9] [10] on the cover of Boston Magazine, and on a Delta Air Lines' pre-flight safety demonstration. He was described by National Public Radio[11] and Time as a "top Santa".[12]

Television career

Meath attended Phillips Academy and graduated in 1974 with the school's first co - educational class.[5] He graduated from New York University in 1979. During the 1980s Meath worked at CBS, Business Times, The Creative Establishment, MTV Networks and Greenwood Productions in various capacities. During 1996 - 1998, he produced shows for the Jim Henson Company called The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss. He produced for PBS 295 half-hour episodes of Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, as well as 80 episodes of Zoom.

Career

Meath, whose beard and hair went white early in life,[13] noticed that children sometimes called him "Santa". He is slightly overweight - he has described himself as an "organic Santa"[8] - and his wife bought him a red suit.[10] He attended schools to learn the craft of being a Santa.[8] [14] He appeared in parades.[15] He is a professional vocalist.[9] In 2012, he appeared as Santa at Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Spectacular show in New York City.[8] [12] Meath uses his real beard but conditions it with a "shimmer-like shampoo known as Cowboy Magic, and uses hair gel for his mustache.[16] His role as Santa was described in numerous publications.[9] [17] [13] In 2009, he appeared in a thirty-second television commercial spot for the Boston Red Sox baseball team.[12]

Personal life

Meath has one child and lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts. His mother was activist and historian Mary Stewart Hewitt.[18] He is the great great grandson of businessman and sportsman John Malcolm Forbes and the great great great grandson of railroad industrialist John Murray Forbes.[18] Through this, Meath is distantly related to John Kerry. Meath's daughter, Amelia Randall Meath, is a member of the bands Mountain Man[19] and Sylvan Esso.

Awards

YearResultAwardCategoryNotes
2005Carnegie MedalExcellence in children's videosFableVision's The Dot[20]
Daytime EmmyOutstanding Pre-School Children's SeriesPaz[21]
2001Outstanding Children's SeriesZoom[22]
2000Zoom[23]
19971997EmmyOutstanding Children's ProgramThe Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss[24]
1996Daytime EmmyOutstanding Children's SeriesWhere in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
1993 George Foster Peabody AwardExcellence for overall showWhere in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jonathan Meath . Jonathan Meath . MeathMedia . 2010-11-13 . dead . 2010-11-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101030100309/http://www.meathmedia.com/MM/Welcome.html . 2010-10-30.
  2. News: Famous Folks from Cambridge . The Boston Globe and Boston.com . 26 March 2012 . October 17, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120613172132/http://www.boston.com/yourtown/cambridge/gallery/famous_celebrities_from_cambridge?pg=18 . June 13, 2012 . bot: unknown .
  3. News: Liam Murphy . Jonathan Meath '74 Pursued Children's Television Production After Cultivating His Interests at PA . Phillips Academy . 2009-10-23 . https://archive.today/20121209154054/http://pdf.phillipian.net/2009/10232009.pdf . 2012-12-09 . dead . 2010-11-13.
  4. News: Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time. 2010-11-13. 2010-11-13. allgame. 2014-11-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20141115201332/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=23799&tab=credits. dead.
  5. News: Liam Murphy . Jonathan Meath '74 Pursued Children's Television Production After Cultivating His Interests at PA . The Philippian . October 26, 2009 . 2010-11-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110809195942/http://phillipian.net/article/8829 . August 9, 2011.
  6. News: 2012 . Jonathan Meath . . Movies & TV Dept. . dead . 2010-11-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103090432/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1012736/Jonathan-Meath . 2012-11-03.
  7. News: 2010-11-13 . Jonathan Meath . Yahoo! TV . 2010-11-13.
  8. News: Alex E. Weaver . 'The Harvard of Santa Schools': Tracking Kris Kringle to the Classroom . BostInno . December 7, 2012 . December 12, 2012.
  9. News: Rich Whittle . Swingin' Santa Finds Singing's Big Business . Boston Herald . December 12, 2007 . 2010-11-13 . 2010-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101223094612/http://www.business-opportunities.biz/2007/12/12/swingin%E2%80%99-santa-finds-singing%E2%80%99s-big-business/ . dead .
  10. News: Mary Ann Georgantopoulos . Miracle on Mass. Ave.: City Santa takes suit seriously . The Boston Globe . December 23, 2007 . 2010-11-13.
  11. News: Win Rosenfeld . America's Next Top Santa . National Public Radio . December 25, 2007 . 2010-11-13.
  12. Olivia B. Waxman, Dec. 09, 2013, Time Magazine, These Are the 11 Best Santas in the U.S. – And where to find them, Accessed Dec. 10, 2013
  13. Web site: Why Should We Believe in Santa?. 2011-10-12.
  14. News: Santa Glen, secretary . Minutes of meeting . San Diego Chapter of F.O.R.B.S. . October 2010 . 2010-11-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101022231420/http://www.realsantasandiego.com/Minutes.htm . 2010-10-22.
  15. News: Edward B. Colby . Town in the spirit: Dedham Square to be filled with song, shopping . Dedham Transcript . December 3, 2009 . 2010-11-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721190925/http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/entertainment/x1945276785/Town-in-the-spirit-Dedham-Square-to-be-filled-with-song-shopping . July 21, 2011.
  16. News: Billy Baker . Real or fake beards? Santas split hairs . Boston Globe . December 11, 2012 . December 12, 2012.
  17. News: Santa in town for May Day parade . Seacoastonline.com . April 24, 2008 . 2010-11-13.
  18. News: Mary Stewart Hewitt . Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. January 10, 2010 . 2010-11-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100221041515/http://www.ledgertranscript.com/article/mary-stewart-hewitt . February 21, 2010 .
  19. News: New Band of the Week: Mountain Man. Lester. Paul. 2010-06-07. The Guardian.
  20. News: FableVision Recognized as 2005 Carnegie Medal Co-Recipient . FableVision Fable Flash . 2005 . 2010-11-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110710215641/http://www.fablevision.com/new/eduflash_archives_jan06.html . 2011-07-10 . dead .
  21. News: 32nd ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS . NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY . March 2, 2005 . 2010-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101122222328/http://emmyonline.org/releases/txts/32nd_daytime_nominees_final_ii.txt . November 22, 2010 . dead .
  22. News: Outstanding Children's Series . Internet Movie Database . 2001 . 2010-11-14.
  23. News: Outstanding Children's Series . Internet Movie Database . 2000 . 2010-11-13.
  24. News: 1997. Jonathan Meath. Primetime Emmy Award Database. 2010-11-14.

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