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Encyclopedia > Fred Norris
Fred Norris

Born July 9, 1955 (1955-07-09) (age 52)
Flag of the United States Willimantic, Connecticut
Occupation Radio personality, Disc jockey
Website www.howardstern.com

Eric Fred Norris (born Fred Leo Nukis on July 9, 1955) is an American radio personality on The Howard Stern Show. Norris is a comedic writer, musician and mimic, and has worked with Stern longer than any other staff member. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Willimantics town hall sports a Victorian-era clock tower. ... a Radio Personality is the modern incarnation of the disk jockey, or DJ. In the 1990s, successful radio stations began to focus less on the musical expertise of their hosts and more on the individual hosts personalities. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the radio show hosted by Howard Stern. ... This article is a biography of Howard Stern as an individual; for information regarding his radio show see The Howard Stern Show. ...

Contents

Biography

Early life

Norris was born in Willimantic, Connecticut to Valija and Henry Nukis, Latvian immigrants.[1] He was raised in Manchester, Connecticut. Willimantics town hall sports a Victorian-era clock tower. ... Nickname: Motto: City of Village Charm Location in Hartford County, Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Hartford Region Capitol Region Founded 1672 Incorporated 1823 Government  - Type Council-manager  - General Manager Scott Shanley  - Board of directors Josh Howroyd (D), Mayor Joseph S. Hachey (D) Lisa Paggioli ONeill (D) Matt Peak (R) Cheri Ann...


Career

Norris began working with Stern on the radio station WCCC-FM in Hartford in the late 1970s. Fred began playing guitar as a student at Dubaldo Music. In 1995, Norris married Allison Ferman, a woman he originally met on the "Dial-A-Date" segment of Stern's radio show. The couple has one daughter, Tess.[2] Norris owns a Triumph motorcycle, which he rides on a regular basis, and likes to box. A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... The Rock 106. ... Nickname: Location in Hartford County, Connecticut Coordinates: , Country United States State Connecticut NECTA Hartford Region Capitol Region Named 1637 Incorporated (city) 1784 Consolidated 1896 Government  - Type Mayor-council  - Mayor Eddie Perez Area  - City  18. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Triumph Motorcycles is an English motorcycle manufacturer, originally based in Coventry. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left, throwing a left uppercut) versus Rafael Ortiz Boxing, also referred to as pugilism is a combat sport in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds. ...


Norris is very smart. A regular bit on the show is "Win Fred's Money" where Fred and another contestant answer rapid-fire trivia questions. Fred usually wins these contests handily. However, his primary role on the show is playing sound clips that comically coincide with the current discussion, writing song parodies and skits and contributing jokes during the course of the show. Otherwise, he's mostly silent, painting the show with soundbites and timing commercial breaks. Stern occasionally teases Norris for "sleepwalking" through the show (as he had had a more prominent role when the show had a smaller cast). Look up Trivia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... Sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes, or sketches, commonly between one and ten minutes long. ... A joke is a short story or series of words spoken or communicated with the intent of causing laughter or being found humorous by either listener/reader or performer/writer. ... In film and broadcasting, a soundbite is a very short piece of footage taken from a longer speech or an interview in which someone with authority says something which is considered by those who edit the speech or interview to be a most important point. ... Advertising is nothing but just waste of money. ...


Memorable Stern Show events

In January 2006, Norris revealed on Stern's Sirius Radio show that he has a half-sister during a bit where cast members revealed secrets about themselves (his father had an illegitimate child with Norris' godmother). He has stated that he doesn't want to meet this person due to his strong grudge against his father as well as his godmother. Fred also revealed that his godmother gave him the middle name "Leo", which is why he changed his name. Norris has served as a writer on the Stern Show for many years and has helped write most of the show's bits. Particularly memorable events specifically involving Norris include: January 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses European nations of trying to complete the Holocaust by creating a Jewish camp Israel in the Middle East. ... Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ... Somebodys half-sister is a female sibling with one shared parent. ... A godparent, in Christianity, is someone who sponsors a childs baptism. ...

  • Stern goofing on him for buying a Cookie Puss cake for his mother on Mother's Day
  • Norris drunkenly cuddling with show intern Gay Rich at Scores for his bachelor party, then falling down stairs and landing on his head - requiring a trip to the emergency room.
  • The on-air discussion of a fight between Norris and his wife at NBC's Rainbow Room
  • Norris' frequently denies model Carol Alt a "supermodel" status, vigorously asserting that she has never attained that rare professional level. He also questions that she is a legitimate actress as she has not had a starring role in any Hollywood productions.

Norris, to his chagrin, is often mocked by Stern during the show for what he perceives as Norris' oddness, for example saying he is 'from Mars'. Cookie Puss is a character created by Carvel in the 1970s as an expansion of its line of ice cream cake characters freshly made and sold only in its stores, which also includes Hug-Me Bear and Fudgie the Whale. ... Mothers Day is a holiday honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. ... Score can mean one of several things: A score is a group of twenty things; four score means eighty. ... The Rainbow Room is a well-known upscale restaurant on the sixty-fifth floor of the GE Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. ... Carol Alt (born December 1, 1960 in East Williston, Long Island, New York) is an American supermodel. ... Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bündchen. ...


Norris was also regularly mocked on the Stern show roasts for his oddness and on-air silence. Jackie Martling referred to him as an alien and Colin Quinn told BaBa Booey that he was "uglier then Fred's thoughts".


Name change

In 1993 Norris legally changed his name from Fred Leo Nukis to Eric Fred Norris,[1] a change which was not widely known until several years later when the cast of the Stern Show saw Norris' new name signed in a log kept to comply with the FCC. Regardless, the cast has still referred to him mostly as Fred. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City...


Most recently, Fred was confronted about his name on November 13, 2006. Fred revealed that the last name Norris is that of his kindly stepfather. Nukis was his biological father's name and Fred wished to remove that father from his life with the name change. Fred claimed that his mother wanted to name him Eric at birth, but that his natural father had not allowed it because "Eric" was the name of his mother's former boyfriend. The name Leo was selected by his maternal aunt - the same woman who eventually eloped with his natural father. Fred says he hates both the names Fred and Leo - though Norris' wife, Alison, calls him Fred. is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A stepfamily is the family one acquires when a parent marries someone new. ...


Impressions

Fred is a talented impressionist. Voices in his repertoire include: An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the impression of being someone else by imitating the other persons voice and mannerisms. ...

  • Artie Lange, a fellow Stern Show staff member, who shares the most talent at impressions among show regulars with Fred
  • Benjy Bronk, a fellow Stern Show writer
  • Chyna, former WWE wrestler
  • Dominic Barbara, lawyer, friend of The Howard Stern Show
  • Don Imus, elder radio personality and longtime personal enemy of Norris and Stern dating back to when both of them and Imus worked at the same radio station, WNBC. During Imus's controversy with the Rutgers' Women's Basketball team Fred provided an excellent portrayal of the talk show host. He, Howard and Robin were all witnesses when Imus called a black worker, and Robin herself, a nigger.
  • Eric the Midget, a member of Stern's Wack Pack who's impression has also been done by close to every Stern Show cast member and by many callers to the show
  • Gary Dell'Abate, the Howard Stern Radio Show's producer
  • Herman Munster, a voice which Fred will use to impersonate numerous other people of varying degrees of closeness to the actual Herman Munster voice, most commonly with women Fred or others deem to be manly, such as Nicole Bass
  • Jackie Martling, former Stern Show writer
  • Jason Kaplan, Stern Show producer
  • JD Harmeyer, Stern Show media producer
  • Jim Florentine, Comedian and friend of the show
  • Jeff the Drunk, a member of Stern's Wack Pack
  • John the Stutterer, a member of Stern's Wack Pack
  • Richard Christy, a fellow Stern Show staff member and
    • Richards father, Tom Christy, a farmer in Kansas whose mundane phone messages to his son are often played on the show
  • Robin Quivers, a fellow Stern Show staff member
  • Sal the Stockbroker, a fellow Stern Show staff member
  • Scott Salem Stern show engineer
  • Siobhan the Transsexual, a member of Stern's Wack Pack
  • Stuttering John, a former Stern Show staff member
  • Sour Shoes, a frequent caller

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King Norris

King Norris is a band founded by Norris. Norris plugs upcoming shows at the end of each Stern show on Sirius Satellite Radio. The band is made up of: Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ...

  • Fred Norris: Guitar
  • Rob Boyd: Bass Guitar
  • Frank Fallon: Drums

See also

Howard 100 is the name of the primary station that Howard Stern has been programming on Sirius Satellite Radio since October 2005. ... Sirius Satellite Radio NASDAQ: SIRI is one of two satellite radio (SDARS) services operating in the United States and Canada, along with XM Satellite Radio. ...

Footnotes

External links

The Howard Stern Show
Cast Howard SternRobin QuiversArtie LangeFred NorrisGary Dell'AbateBenjy BronkRichard ChristySal the StockbrokerScott SalemJon HeinRonnie MundGeorge Takei
Former Cast Billy WestJackie MartlingStuttering JohnK. C. ArmstrongA. J. Benza
The Wack Pack BeetlejuiceCaptain JanksDaniel CarverEric the MidgetHank the Angry Drunken DwarfNicole BassRiley MartinSiobhan MeowMore...
Howard Channels Bubba the Love Sponge ShowScott FerrallThe Wrap-Up ShowHoward 100 NewsSuperfan RoundtableMore...
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