Jim Fyfe

Jim Fyfe
Born James Michael Fyfe
Occupation Actor, writer, director, TV host, acting coach, school teacher, school admissions director, assistant headmaster, operations administrator
Years active 1986–present
Title Assistant Headmaster, Upper Division Head
Spouse(s) Leslie Klein
Sarah Weeks
Children 1

James Michael Fyfe is an American actor, writer[1] TV host,[2] theatre director,[3][4] and acting coach[4][5] from Piermont, New York. Since 2003, he worked at Rockland Country Day School in Congers, New York. He started as a history teacher before becoming the school's Admissions Director, later its Assistant Headmaster, Upper Division Head, and then the school's Operations Administrator while continuing to teach History.[4] In 2015, he began working alongside comedic television host Stephen Colbert, as a producer on the CBS program The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Full Grown MenNight Manager
2004Tanner on TannerEmile Berkoff2 episodes
Red Dead RevolverEarl Weatherby, Fitch, Verne WigginsVideogame
2004Phantom ForceIvan CutlerTV Movie
2002Law & Order: Criminal IntentBillEpisode: "Tuxedo Hill"
1999Kill the ManGuy
1998Walking to the WaterlineAnthony, the B&B Clerk
1997The Real BlondeRoy
1996The FrightenersStuart
1993The ProgramNichols
1991A Kiss before DyingTerry Dieter
Dark ShadowsWillie Loomis/Ben Loomis12 episodes
1988EncyclopediaVariousUnknown episodes
Tanner '88Emile Berkoff10 episodes

Buy Me That! A Kids' Survival Guide to TV Advertising

Jim Fyfe starred as himself in the "Buy Me That!" series. The videos can be found on YouTube. Each one teaches the child audience about commercials, and if you can trust them or not.

The first video talks about toy commercials. What you see isn't what you get. For example, a GIJoe plastic toy cannot fly, but the commercial shows you that it can. It turns out, they string the toy with a motor to make it appear as if it's spinning, then they take a stick and maneuver the helicopter around.

The sounds are also fake. During a commercial for potato chips, the sound crew tears up cardboard to make it sound loud, crunchy, and delicious. For a commercial for fake plastic swords, they remove the original "boring" sound, and replace it with real metal swords clashing with each other on the right timing.

Buy Me That Too

This is the sequel to "Buy Me That". The video talks about food commercials. Is Coca-Cola actually the same as Pepsi? This video hosts a contest to decide. They tested 70 kids, 35 Coca-Cola fans, 35 Pepsi fans. They filled one cup with Coca-Cola, one cup Pepsi, and one cup neither, but similar taste, and one cup water to clear up the previous taste so that the contestants can focus. The kids did not know which cup was which, except for the water. They then had to guess which one was their favorite beverage. In the end, the results was that there was no difference at all.

Another one is "Which orange juice can you trust?". You need to be careful what you read. Look for %100 Orange Juice on the label. If it doesn't say that, don't buy it.

The first few ingredients are the main ones. If the first few ends with "ose", it has a lot of sugar. You can go without cereal for breakfast.

Sometimes, food companies will pay movies and games to secretly advertise.

References

  1. ↑ Jim Fyfe on IMDb
  2. ↑ Other works for Jim Fyfe, IMDb.com
  3. ↑ 1987/1988 Show Overviews: HEAVY BREATHING, Directed by Jim Fyfe at primarystages.org
  4. 1 2 3 "Faculty and Staff - Administration: Bio for Jim Fyfe". Rockland Country Day School. Archived from the original on 2012-12-13.
  5. ↑ "Two Broadway vets teach adult classes". NorthJersey.com. 2011-03-24.



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