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Frederick Alan "Rick" Moranis was born on April 18th, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a radio DJ in the 70's, and made it big on ''[[SCTV]]'' in 1979.
Originally intended to protest against government requirements for "Identifiable Canadian Content" on the show, Rick, along with ''SCTV'' cast mate Dave Thomas, thought up of Bob and Doug McKenzie, two half-wit, drunkard brothers who talk about various things on ''The Great White North''. However, despite the McKenzie Bros. being incredibly stereotypical characters, this all worked too well and made them [[Breakout Character|really popular with the audience]], so much that the U.S. version also included ''The Great White North'' skits. This also made the two comedians members of the [[Order
After ''SCTV'' and its reboot, ''SCTV Network 90'', Rick ended up in a bunch of movies throughout the 80's and for over half of the 90's. During his career, he got married to a scenery designer named Ann, and they had two kids, Ariel and Josh. In late 1990, Ann was diagnosed with liver cancer, prompting Rick to decline the offer of doing ''[[City Slickers]]'' in order to nurse her back to health. Sadly, she died 5 months later.
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