Brad Carvey

Bradley John "Brad" Carvey (born July 10, 1951 in Missoula, Montana) is an American engineer best known as the builder of the first wire-wrapped Video Toaster, a system used in the production and editing of movie and television video.[1][2]

Brad Carvey
Carvey during NAB
Born
Bradley John Carvey

July 10, 1951 (1951-07-10) (age 69)
Missoula, Montana, U.S.
OccupationEngineer

Biography

He is the brother of comedian Dana Carvey, who based the Garth Algar character (from the Wayne's World comedy sketches and movies) on his nerdy older brother Brad.[3][4][5] Brad built the first Video Toaster wire wrap prototype, and Steve Kell wrote the software for the prototype.[6] Dana wears a Video Toaster "test pattern" T-shirt during a scene in Wayne's World 2. In 1993 Dana and Brad both won Primetime Emmys. Brad's Emmy was for "Outstanding achievement in Engineering", awarded to the development team of the Video Toaster, while Dana's was for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program.[1][7]

Brad has also done visual effects for feature films and TV shows, including Men In Black, Stuart Little, Black Hawk Down, Kate & Leopold, Stargazers and Elvis Has Left The Building.[8][9]

References
  1. Jacobs, Stephen (1 May 1994). "Flying Toasters; High-flying NewTek, whose Toaster revolutionized video production, is screaming to the next level". Wired. 2.05. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on 2 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  2. Beckwith, Wes; Warner, Steve; Abraham, Gerald; Wood, Robin (2004). Lightwave 3D 8: 1001 Tips and Tricks. Wordware Publishing, Inc. pp. ix–x. ISBN 978-1-55622-090-6. Later, while at a trade show, I was asked what I was working on with NewTek. I told John Faust that I was working on a Laser Toaster, which would toast bread with hotel logos at 300 slices per minute, with an optional jelly jet printer, which could squirt sixteen shades of jelly on the toast. The joke got a lot of press and when it came time to reveal the real product, NewTek decided to call it the Video Toaster...Brad Carvey
  3. Jacobs, Stephen (May 1994). "Wired Magazine profile of Newtek". Wired. Wired.com. 2.05. Archived from the original on 6 October 1999. Retrieved 3 January 2021. NewTek received another boost in market recognition via the movie theaters. The man who built the first wire-wrapped Toaster, engineer Brad Carvey, 42, is Dana Carvey's brother. Brad was Dana's model for the character of Garth Algar, and was called in to help set-dress Garth's bedroom for Wayne's World 2. Not surprisingly, NewTek and Toaster promotional items appeared in Garth's bedroom, and Garth wore a Toaster T-shirt in several of the movie's scenes.
  4. Maron, Marc (5 December 2016). "WTF Podcast, Episode 765 – Dana Carvey" (Podcast). wtfpod.com. Event occurs at 15:30. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  5. Biography for Brad Carvey at IMDb
  6. Reimer, Jeremy (18 March 2016). "A history of the Amiga, part 9: The Video Toaster". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  7. "TV Now: Dana Carvey Biography". tv-now.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. Brad Carvey at IMDb
  9. "Brad Carvey biography". HDRI 3D. DMG Publishing (29). Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
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