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Jay Rath performed as skating Bart Simpson to promote the Ice Capades. (Really.) He's also a cartoonist and writer, known for his contributions The Onion and MAD magazine. Besides Disney, Fantagraphics and MTV, he's worked in indie film and theater. He cofounded The Radio Pirates comedy troupe and created comedy-variety series for public radio.
Rath is a recipient of the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In his free time he researches and blogs about Los Angeles' earliest movie studios, in the Edendale district.