Thomas co-starred in the Paramount feature "Rat Race". As of 2001, Thomas has been the Executive Creative Director of Animax Entertainment, an animation studio based officially in Culver City, California. In 2001-2002 Thomas appeared with Eugene Levy and Martin Short on Short's show "Primetime Glick" as Bob Hope (an impression he had first developed for "SCTV" with great success). In 2002, he co-starred with Jason Priestley, Dave Foley and Ewen Bremner in "Fancy Dancing". The next year he played a lead role in "Beethoven's Fifth". In 2003, he directed a hospital comedy feature film entitled "Whitecoats", which he also wrote. As of 2004, Thomas was on the official Advisory Committee for the at Humber College, the only such diploma program in the world. In 2004, he and Moranis reprised the voices of the McKenzie Brothers in Disney's animated feature "Brother Bear".