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Jonah Ray Rodrigues (born August 3, 1982) is an American actor, comedian and writer from Los Angeles. 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''. ==Life and career== Originally from Kailua, Hawaii on the island of Oahu, Ray played in local Hawaii rock / punk bands and later moved to Los Angeles. Once there he first pursued opportunities in punk rock, but later started to focus on writing and performing comedy. Ray started his TV 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!''〔(Jonah Ray Biography, Bio, Tour Dates ) Comedians.Jokes.com, Retrieved June 02, 2010〕 He also hosted "Joe Genius", an online program about humor and homegrown science, on Revision3.〔(Joe Genius on Revision3 ) Retrieved July 15, 2010〕 Previously, he worked as a writer and occasional voice actor on Current TV's program SuperNews!. He previously wrote for ''Web Soup'' on the G4 network, and then ''The Soup'' on ''E!''. As of October 2012, he has left ''The Soup''. Ray hosts a weekly comedy show called The Meltdown with Kumail Nanjiani, produced by Nanjiani's wife, Emily Gordon, at Meltdown Comics in 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.〔(Nerdist Podcast #64: Burger Salad ), 25 February 2011, 49 minute mark〕 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.〔https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mst3k/bringbackmst3k/posts/1415162〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jonah Ray」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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