Jonathan Meath

Jonathan Meath
Jonathan Meath
	Meath as Santa Claus in 2010
Born	September 16, 1955 (age 69); Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Education	Phillips Academy (1974)
Alma mater	New York University (1979)
Occupations	Television producer; director; Santa Claus;
Years active	1980s–present (television career); 2007–present (as Santa Claus);
Employer	Andanzura
Children	Amelia Meath
Awards	Peabody Award; Emmy nominations; Carnegie Medal 2005;
Website	meathmedia

Jonathan Meath (born September 16, 1955) is an American television producer and director.^[5]^[6] He was senior producer of the television game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?^[7] He also was a producer of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss^[6]^[8] and the 1990s' remake of Zoom.^[9]^[10] 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,^[11] at Radio City Music Hall with The Rockettes,^[11]^[12]^[13] on the cover of Boston Magazine, and on a Delta Air Lines' pre-flight safety demonstration.^[14] He was described by National Public Radio^[15]^[16] and Time as a "top Santa".^[14]

Television career

Meath attended Phillips Academy and graduated in 1974 with the school's first co–educational class.^[8] 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.^{[citation needed]} 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,^[17] noticed that children sometimes called him "Santa". He is slightly overweight — he has described himself as an "organic Santa"^[11] — and his wife bought him a red suit.^[13] He attended schools to learn the craft of being a Santa.^[11]^[18] He appeared in parades.^[19] He is a professional vocalist.^[12] In 2012, he appeared as Santa at Radio City Music Hall for the Christmas Spectacular show in New York City.^[11]^[14] Meath uses his real beard but conditions it with a "shimmer-like shampoo known as Cowboy Magic, and uses hair gel for his mustache.^[20] His role as Santa was described in numerous publications.^[12]^[16]^[17] In 2009, he appeared in a thirty-second television commercial spot for the Boston Red Sox baseball team.^[14]

Personal life

Meath has one child and lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts. His mother was activist and historian Mary Stewart Hewitt.^[21] 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.^[21] Through this, Meath is distantly related to John Kerry. Meath's daughter, Amelia Randall Meath, is a member of the bands Mountain Man^[22] and Sylvan Esso.

Awards

Year	Result	Award	Category	Notes
2005	Won	Carnegie Medal	Excellence in children's videos	FableVision's The Dot^[2]^[23]
2005	Nominated	Daytime Emmy	Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series	Paz^[24]
2001	Nominated		Outstanding Children's Series	Zoom^[25]
2000	Nominated		Outstanding Children's Series	Zoom^[26]
1997	Nominated	Emmy	Outstanding Children's Program	The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss^[1]^[25]
1996	Nominated	Daytime Emmy	Outstanding Children's Series	Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?^[25]
1993	Won	George Foster Peabody Award	Excellence for overall show	Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

References

^ ^a ^b "Jonathan Meath". Primetime Emmy Award Database. 1997. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
^ ^a ^b "Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video winners, 1991 to present". Association for Library Service for Children. 2005. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ "Awards for Jonathan G. Meath". IMDb Internet Movie Database. 2001. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ Jonathan Meath (2010-11-13). "Jonathan Meath". MeathMedia. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ "Famous Folks from Cambridge". The Boston Globe and Boston.com. 26 March 2012. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ ^a ^b Liam Murphy (2009-10-23). "Jonathan Meath '74 Pursued Children's Television Production After Cultivating His Interests at PA" (PDF). Phillips Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ "Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time". allgame. 2010-11-13. Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ ^a ^b Liam Murphy (October 26, 2009). "Jonathan Meath '74 Pursued Children's Television Production After Cultivating His Interests at PA". The Philippian. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ "Jonathan Meath". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ "Jonathan Meath". Yahoo! TV. 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Alex E. Weaver (December 7, 2012). "'The Harvard of Santa Schools': Tracking Kris Kringle to the Classroom". BostInno. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rich Whittle (December 12, 2007). "Swingin' Santa Finds Singing's Big Business". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ ^a ^b Mary Ann Georgantopoulos (December 23, 2007). "Miracle on Mass. Ave.: City Santa takes suit seriously". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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
^ Win Rosenfeld (December 25, 2007). "America's Next Top Santa". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ ^a ^b "Santa in town for May Day parade". Seacoastonline.com. April 24, 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ ^a ^b "Why Should We Believe in Santa?". 2011-10-12.
^ Santa Glen, secretary (October 2010). "Minutes of meeting". San Diego Chapter of F.O.R.B.S. Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ Edward B. Colby (December 3, 2009). "Town in the spirit: Dedham Square to be filled with song, shopping". Dedham Transcript. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ Billy Baker (December 11, 2012). "Real or fake beards? Santas split hairs". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mary Stewart Hewitt". Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. January 10, 2010. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
^ Lester, Paul (2010-06-07). "New Band of the Week: Mountain Man". The Guardian.
^ "FableVision Recognized as 2005 Carnegie Medal Co-Recipient". FableVision Fable Flash. 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
^ "32nd ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS". NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY. March 2, 2005. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Outstanding Children's Series". Internet Movie Database. 2001. Retrieved 2010-11-14.
^ "Outstanding Children's Series". Internet Movie Database. 2000. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

External links

[twsNovMjkj-1] "Jonathan Meath". Primetime Emmy Award Database. 1997. Retrieved 2010-11-14.

[twsNovM23-2] "Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video winners, 1991 to present". Association for Library Service for Children. 2005. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovM13-3] "Awards for Jonathan G. Meath". IMDb Internet Movie Database. 2001. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovM12-4] Jonathan Meath (2010-11-13). "Jonathan Meath". MeathMedia. Archived from the original on 2010-10-30. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[tws2octoeieo-5] "Famous Folks from Cambridge". The Boston Globe and Boston.com. 26 March 2012. Archived from the original on June 13, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[twsNovM22-6] Liam Murphy (2009-10-23). "Jonathan Meath '74 Pursued Children's Television Production After Cultivating His Interests at PA" (PDF). Phillips Academy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovM25-7] "Carmen Sandiego's Great Chase Through Time". allgame. 2010-11-13. Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovM31-8] Liam Murphy (October 26, 2009). "Jonathan Meath '74 Pursued Children's Television Production After Cultivating His Interests at PA". The Philippian. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovM11-9] "Jonathan Meath". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-11-03. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovM15-10] "Jonathan Meath". Yahoo! TV. 2010-11-13. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[tws2DecL112-11] Alex E. Weaver (December 7, 2012). "'The Harvard of Santa Schools': Tracking Kris Kringle to the Classroom". BostInno. Retrieved December 12, 2012.

[twsNovM21-12] Rich Whittle (December 12, 2007). "Swingin' Santa Finds Singing's Big Business". Boston Herald. Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovM32-13] Mary Ann Georgantopoulos (December 23, 2007). "Miracle on Mass. Ave.: City Santa takes suit seriously". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[TimeMagazine-14] 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

[twsNovM-15] Win Rosenfeld (December 25, 2007). "America's Next Top Santa". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovMd-16] "Santa in town for May Day parade". Seacoastonline.com. April 24, 2008. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[yankee-17] "Why Should We Believe in Santa?". 2011-10-12.

[twsNovM24-18] Santa Glen, secretary (October 2010). "Minutes of meeting". San Diego Chapter of F.O.R.B.S. Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovMc-19] Edward B. Colby (December 3, 2009). "Town in the spirit: Dedham Square to be filled with song, shopping". Dedham Transcript. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[tws2DecL111-20] Billy Baker (December 11, 2012). "Real or fake beards? Santas split hairs". Boston Globe. Retrieved December 12, 2012.

[twsNovMw223-21] "Mary Stewart Hewitt". Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. January 10, 2010. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-14.

[22] Lester, Paul (2010-06-07). "New Band of the Week: Mountain Man". The Guardian.

[twsNovMb-23] "FableVision Recognized as 2005 Carnegie Medal Co-Recipient". FableVision Fable Flash. 2005. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

[twsNovMvxxc-24] "32nd ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS". NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY. March 2, 2005. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-14.

[twsNovMf494-25] "Outstanding Children's Series". Internet Movie Database. 2001. Retrieved 2010-11-14.

[twsNovMfsss-26] "Outstanding Children's Series". Internet Movie Database. 2000. Retrieved 2010-11-13.

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Jonathan Meath

Television career

Career

Personal life

Awards

References

External links

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