Thomas Duffy graduated with a degree in English from the New York City Pace University campus. He also obtained undergraduate credits at Hofstra University and Hunter College. While in college, he wrote film reviews for his school papers and the formerly published UniverCity, a publication at which he interviewed stars and directors such as Minnie Driver, Richard Dreyfuss and Tom DiCillo. Thomas, being a huge movie buff, co-managed almost every type of video store you could imagine before Netflix, Redbox and On Demand (among others) led to the end of most video stores.