Carter Bays (b. 1975?)
is an
American television writer. Along with writing partner
Craig Thomas, he is best known as a creator, writer, and
executive producer of the
CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Like several of the main characters on the show, Bays and Thomas attended
Wesleyan University.
[List of notable Wesleyan University alumni, Wesleyan University website] The duo are also members of a band called
The Solids. Bays plays
guitar and is the
lead singer of the band, which performed the theme songs for both
Oliver Beene and
How I Met Your Mother.
[The Solids MySpace page]
Prior to the creation of
How I Met Your Mother, Bays and Thomas wrote for a number of television shows including
Oliver Beene and
Quintuplets. They also wrote part two of the
American Dad! episode "
Stan of Arabia".
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