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[[File:RickMoranis02_6794.jpg|frame|Rick Moranis in 1990]]
 
{{quote|''The average American home now has more television sets than people ... according to Nielsen Media Research. There are 2.73 TV sets in the typical home and 2.55 people, the researchers said.''
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* [[Older Than They Look]]: In his 20's and 30's, he looked about a decade or two younger than he actually was. Plus, he portrayed the comic book character Henry (a young boy) in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1og-2Doxs0 this ''SCTV'' sketch].
* [[The Short Guy with Glasses]]: He is exactly 163 cm, or 5'4'', in height, making him shorter than most of his co-stars in movies and on T.V.
* [[Song Parody]]: "I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" off ''The Agoraphobic Cowboy'' is a straight-on parody of <s>[[Johnny Cash]]'s</s> <s>Rolf Harris's</s> [[Covered Up|Geoff Mack]]'s "I've Been Everywhere".
* [[The Southpaw]]
* [[Typecasting]]: [http://rickmoranisfanpage.com/Articles/underglass.html His characters range between nerds, sleazes, weasels, geeks, and goofs]. Keep in mind that the roles are more versatile than you think (in ''[[Streets of Fire]]'', for example, he got to play a [[Badass]] sleazy nerd).