Frederick Alan "Rick" Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian and musician best known for his comedy work on SCTV and appeared in several Hollywood films including Ghostbusters, Little Shop of Horrors, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs, and My Blue Heaven. He is known in the movie business as "Slick Rick," due to his ability to play the lovable dork to perfection in every movie. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... For the documentary about Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film). ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... For the documentary about Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film). ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. ... ... For other uses, see Ghostbusters (disambiguation). ... Little Shop of Horrors is a 1986 screen adaptation of the off-Broadway stage musical of the same name. ... Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 comedy film released through Walt Disney Pictures. ... Bold text Spaceballs is a 1987 science fiction parody film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks. ... DVD cover My Blue Heaven is a 1990 film starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and Joan Cusack. ... Look up Dork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Biography

Early life

Moranis was born Frederick Alan Moranis in Toronto, Ontario. In the 1970s, he worked (using the stage name Rick Allen) as a disc jockey at various radio stations in Toronto, including CFTR, CKFH, and CHUM-FM. Together with Ken Finkleman, he tried his hand at stand-up and did some comedy for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... A stage name, also called a screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, comedians, musicians, djs, clowns, and professional wrestlers. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... CFTR, broadcasting under the brand 680 News, is an all-news radio station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which broadcasts live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 680 kHz on the AM dial. ... CJCL is a Canadian sports radio station in Toronto, Ontario. ... CHUM-FM is a Canadian radio station licensed to Toronto, Ontario and operated by CHUM Limited. ... Ken Finkleman (born 1946 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian television and film writer, producer and actor. ... Radio-Canada redirects here. ...

SCTV

Main article: Second City Television

He followed that with his work at SCTV, enjoying particular success portraying "Bob" of Bob and Doug McKenzie. Doug was played by Canadian actor Dave Thomas. Second City Television, or SCTV, was a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from the Toronto troupe of The Second City. ... Great White North album cover with Bob (left) and Doug McKenzie (right) Bob and Doug McKenzie were a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who hosted The Great White North, a sketch which was introduced on SCTV for the shows third season when it moved to the CBC in 1980. ... See the David Thomas disambiguation page for other people with this name. ...

His other memorable SCTV characterizations include motor-mouthed film producer Larry Siegel, terminally-ill rock star Clay Collins, smooth-voiced video deejay Gerry Todd, cool Leutonian pop star Linsk Minyk, kid-brother amateur comic Skip Bittman, head cheese butcher Carl Scutz, and morning homily intellect Rabbi Karlov. A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... For the documentary about Jerry Seinfeld, see Comedian (film). ... Head cheese is in fact not a cheese, but rather a terrine made of meat taken from the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow) that would not otherwise be considered appealing. ... Butcher shop in Valencia A butcher is someone who prepares various meats and other related goods for sale. ... In the Roman Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church, a homily is usually given during Mass (or Divine Liturgy for Orthodox) at the end of the Liturgy of the Word. ... Intelligence is a general mental capability that involves the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn. ... For the town in Italy, see Rabbi, Italy. ...

SCTV Impressions Done by Moranis

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Film career

After his SCTV work, Moranis had a busy film career which lasted over a decade. In an August 2004 interview with Sound & Vision magazine, Moranis talked about the kinds of films he enjoyed the most: Sound & Vision magazine claims to be the worlds largest entertainment equipment magazine and deals with matters of home theater, audio, video and multimedia products aimed at the consumer market. ...

The films he worked on include:

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Recent activities

As of 2004, Moranis was on the Advisory Committee for the comedy program at Humber College, the only such diploma program in the world. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning (generally referred to as Humber) is a college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Diploma from Mexico City College, 1948 (in Latin) A diploma (from Greek δίπλωµα diploma) is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study, or confers an academic degree. ...

In an October 2005 interview in USA Today, Moranis talked about backing away from the movie business: USA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. ...

"I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97. I'm a single parent (Moranis' wife died in 1991 of liver cancer), and I just found that it was too difficult to manage raising my kids and doing the traveling involved in making movies. So I took a little bit of a break. And the little bit of a break turned into a longer break, and then I found that I really didn't miss it." Hepatic tumors are tumors or growths on or in the liver (medical terms pertaining to the liver often start in hepato- or hepatic from the Greek word for liver, hepar). ...

In 2005, Moranis released an album entitled The Agoraphobic Cowboy, featuring country songs with lyrics which Moranis says follow in the comic tradition of songwriters/singers such as Roger Miller and Jim Stafford. The album was produced by Tony Scherr, and is distributed through ArtistShare, as well as Moranis' official Web site. In the Sound & Vision interview done before he decided to release the album, he commented on the origins of some of the songs: An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... Country music, once known as Country and Western music, is a popular musical form developed in the southern United States, with roots in traditional folk music, spirituals, and the blues. ... Look up lyrics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Tradition (disambiguation). ... A songwriter is someone who writes either the lyrics or the music for songs. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A section of the album jacket for Golden Hits Roger Dean Miller (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. ... Jim Stafford (born 16 January 1944 in Eloise, Florida) was a comedian and musician in the 1970s and had a couple of semi-novelty hits with four songs, Spiders and Snakes, Swamp Witch Hattie, Wildwood Weed and the controversial My Girl, Bill, and one called Turn Lose Of My Leg... Tony Sherr is a jazz bassist and guitarist. ... ArtistShare is a service for musicians to fund their projects outside the normal recording industry. ... A website, Web site or WWW site (often shortened to just site) is a collection of webpages, that is, HTML/XHTML documents accessible via HTTP on the Internet; all publicly accessible websites in existence comprise the World Wide Web. ...

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(A previous album by Moranis was entitled You, Me, The Music, and Me (1989).

On February 3, 2006, Moranis performed "Press Pound" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and discussed the development of his music career. Late Night with Conan OBrien is an Emmy Award-winning American late night talk show that is syndicated worldwide. ...

External links

• Official website
• Rick Moranis at the Internet Movie Database
• Rick Moranis at Northern Stars
• His ArtistShare projects
• Rick Moranis, Singing 'Cowboy', a December 2005 story from Weekend Edition
• Rock Radio Scrapbook 1973, with a RealAudio clip of Rick Allen from June 1973
• Review of The Agoraphobic Cowboy from the Country Music Television website
• An Hour with SCTV's Rick Moranis, an August 2004 interview with Sound & Vision magazine
• October 2005 Interview with Moranis from the USA Today website
• OpEd Piece by Moranis from the NY Times website
• Rick Moranis Radio Interview with Chris Comer & Rob Ervin April 18, 2006
• Rick Moranis Interview Proton Charging May 27, 2006