Carter Bays

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Carter Bays
Bays at the 2013 Comic-Con
Born	Carter Loard Bays (1975-08-12) August 12, 1975 (age 46) Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.
Alma mater	Wesleyan University
Occupation	Television showrunner, writer, producer, musician
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Denise Cox

Carter F Bays (born August 12, 1975)^[1] is an American television showrunner, writer and producer. He is best known as co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. His show has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Best Original Song for "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit."^[2]

Bays also co-founded the band The Solids, who perform the theme song to How I Met Your Mother, "Hey Beautiful".^[3]

Early life[]

Bays was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, James C. Bays, is a retired corporate lawyer, and his mother, Martha Bays, is a minister in the United Church of Christ.^[4] He has a younger sister Abigail Bays.

While at Shaker Heights High School, Bays' play Five Visits From Mr. Whitcomb was selected for the Stephen Sondheim founded Young Playwrights Inc. 1993 Young Playwrights Festival produced at Playwrights Horizon's in New York City.

Bays graduated from Wesleyan University in 1997. In the summer of 1996 Bays and Craig Thomas were interns in the Development department of MTV.^[5]

Bays became an intern at MTV in the Fall of 1996, which would later influence his writing.^[6]

Career[]

After graduating from Wesleyan in 1997, Bays and Craig Thomas became writing partners, writing for the Late Show With David Letterman.

Bays also wrote for American Dad!,^[7] Quintuplets^[8] and Oliver Beene.^[9]

In 2014 he shot a pilot for the show How I Met Your Dad with his partner Craig Thomas, Emily Spivey and Greta Gerwig, but CBS asked them to do a second pilot, and they refused.

Personal life[]

Bays lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Denise Cox Bays, and their three children. One of his daughters appeared at the end of "Trilogy Time", the other one at the end of "Unpause".

Bays serves on the Board of the Armed Services Arts Partnership.^[10]

Works[]

How I Met Your Mother[]

• "Pilot"
• "Purple Giraffe"
• "The Pineapple Incident"
• "Life Among the Gorillas"
• "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M."
• "Milk"
• "Come On"
• "Where Were We?"
• "Monday Night Football"
• "Bachelor Party"
• "Something Blue"
• "Wait for It"
• "The Platinum Rule"
• "No Tomorrow"
• "Ten Sessions"
• "The Chain of Screaming"
• "Miracles"
• "Do I Know You?"
• "The Best Burger in New York"
• "Woooo!"
• "The Stinsons"
• "As Fast as She Can"
• "The Leap"
• "Definitions"
• "Robin 101"
• "The Playbook"
• "Girls Versus Suits"
• "Rabbit or Duck"
• "Doppelgangers"
• "Big Days"
• "Architect of Destruction"
• "Natural History"
• "Last Words"
• "Oh Honey"
• "Landmarks"
• "Challenge Accepted"
• "The Best Man"
• "Ducky Tie"
• "The Rebound Girl"
• "Tailgate"
• "The Burning Beekeeper"
• "The Broath"
• "Good Crazy"
• "The Magician's Code"
• "Farhampton"
• "The Pre-Nup"
• "The Final Page"
• "Band or DJ?"
• "P.S. I Love You"
• "Bad Crazy"
• "The Ashtray"
• "The Time Travelers"
• "Something Old"
• "Something New"
• "The Locket"
• "Coming Back"
• "Mom And Dad"
• "Bedtime Stories"
• "Bass Player Wanted"
• "Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra"
• "How Your Mother Met Me"
• "Sunrise"
• "Rally"
• "Daisy"
• "The End of the Aisle"
• "Last Forever"

Oliver Beene[]

• "Dancing Beene"
• "The Nudie Mag"
• "X-Ray Specs"
• "A Trip To Coney Island"
• "Oliver & The Otters"

The Goodwin Games[]

• "Pilot"
• "Hamletta"

American Dad![]

• "Stan of Arabia: Part 2"

Notes[]

References[]

• Carter Bays at IMDb