Jake Thomas Credit: Disney/ABC

Cute, dark-haired Jake Thomas plays nerdy, dressed-for-success Jason Stickler on the Disney Channel series "Cory in the House" ( Friday nights, 8:30/7:30 central time). When we saw him at an all-star party for ABC and Disney TV, the actor looked totally unlike his character, wearing a cute hat and a much more casual outfit. Jake and his co-star and pal Jason Dolley who plays surfer dude Newt Livingston, were hitting the buffet when we grabbed a brief chat. Tall, blonde Jason is adorable and really doesn't speak with surferboy lingo in person and both actors were very friendly and ready to spill all on their fun show; a spin-off of the popular "That's So Raven".

TeenTelevision: Can you tell us about the show? (Jake decides to talk in a New York hood accent so I can tell the two guys apart as I try to transcribe the interview later...)

Cute Jake plays nerdy Jason on "Cory In The House". Credit: Disney/ABC

Jake: I'm tryin' to say on the show.. this guy comes from San Francisco and he's movin' to Washington D.C. He's got a dad who is a chef see (okay, enough with the tuff guy New York accent) My character Jason is the son of the head of the CIA so he's the nemesis in the show. I cause trouble. I'm trying to get the Kyle Massey character out of the picture because I've got the hots for some girl that he's got the hots for.. (Maiara Walsh. She plays Meena). I get to play with all these CIA gadgets and gizmos and spoil his plans. I made my character a combo of Jim Carrey and Mr. Smith from The Matrix. We're shooting our last episode of the season 21 episodes.