Career
He is one of the three hosts of The Nerdist Podcast and the co-host of Comedy Central"s The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail. In November 2015, it was announced that Joel Hodgson had selected Ray to be the new host of the revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Originally from Kailua, Hawaii on the island of Oahu, Ray played in local Hawaii rock / punk bands and later moved to Los Los Angeles
Once there he first pursued opportunities in punk rock, but later started to focus on writing and performing comedy.
Ray started his television career as a writer"s assistant for The Andy Milonakis Show, as well as working as a writer and performer on Showtime"s sketch comedy pilot "The Offensive Show". He is also a frequent sketch and stand-up performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles and has made appearances on programs such as Saul of the Molemen, Crossballs, The Sarah Silverman Program, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! He also hosted "Joe Genius", an online program about humor and homegrown science, on Revision3.
Previously, he worked as a writer and occasional voice actor on Current television"s program SuperNews!. He previously wrote for Web Soup on the G4 network, and then The Soup on East!.
He left The Soup in 2012.
Ray hosts a weekly comedy show called The Meltdown with Kumail Nanjiani, produced by Nanjiani"s wife, Emily Gordon, at Meltdown Comics in Los Los Angeles In Late June 2013 Comedy Central announced a television production of the show titled The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, which debuted in July 2014. Ray is one of Chris Hardwick"s co-hosts of The Nerdist Podcast and television show.
In February 2011, Ray revealed on an episode of the podcast that "Jonah"s Arcade", a video gaming-comedy pilot he created and stars in, was not picked up by Comedy Central.
The pilot was later released on YouTube, produced by the same producers of Web Soup. In October 2012, Ray premiered his own podcast Jonah Raydio featuring himself as a character based on Jimmy Pardo"s stage persona.
On November 16th, 2015, Mystery Science Theater 3000 creator Joel Hodgson announced plans for Ray to host the series" upcoming continuation. Ray recorded a seven-inch record of his stand-up comedy for Air Service Training Records entitled "This is Crazy Mixed-up Plumbing", released in 2006.
He followed this up with his second release entitled "Hello, Mr.
Magic Plane Person, Hello" on May 15, 2012, which received mixed reviews. Ray had several videos from South by Southwest on comedy website Super Deluxe as well as his own web-series called "The Freeloaders Guide To Easy Living with Jonah Ray". The Sarah Silverman Program
Saul of the Molemen
Warner Independent"s Mama"s Boy
Comedy Central"s Live At Gotham
Human Giant
Super Deluxe
X-Play
Attack of the Show
Infomania
The Rotten Tomatoes Show
SuperNews! The Andy Milonakis Show
Master Of The Internet
Walking the Room Episode 62, August 1, 2011
Conan
The Nerdist
The Jeselnik Offensive
The League
Drunk History
Garfunkel and Oates
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