47-484: Gravedale High (also known as Rick Moranis in Gravedale High ) is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera for NBC Productions (the latter company owns all rights to the series). The series premiered in the fall of 1990 on NBC as part of its Saturday morning children's lineup and lasted thirteen episodes. The show was developed as an animated vehicle for Moranis, building on his star appearances in
94-533: A legacy sequel to the original trilogy. With The Walt Disney Studios developing the film for theatrical release, Josh Gad was announced to star as Nick Szalinski. The plot will reportedly center around Nick following in Wayne's footsteps and becoming a scientist and inventor. In the film, he accidentally shrinks his son and two daughters to five inches tall, leaving them to cope with their new sizes. By December, Joe Johnston had entered early negotiations to return to
141-526: A "suburb" of Midtown, although few humans seem to know of its existence. In addition to the students' homes, it is known to include a doctor's office (which is run by a medical version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as seen in "Fear of Flying") and a literal body shop where people can purchase parts to assemble monsters. The existence of a charitable organization known as the United Monster Fund (dedicated to helping schools like Gravedale High "around
188-695: A 1993 music video, "Tomorrow's Girls" by Donald Fagen , in which he played a man married to an extraterrestrial woman. Disney's final film in the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids franchise is 1997's direct-to-video film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves , in which Moranis is the final remaining original cast member. The series Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show also launched in 1997 but without Moranis; it concluded in 2000. He worked for Disney twice more (with his fellow SCTV alumnus Dave Thomas ), voicing Rutt
235-403: A June 2013 interview, Moranis talked about reprising his role as Louis Tully in a third Ghostbusters film and his disappointment with the sequel. Moranis said, "I haven't talked to Dan Aykroyd about it. Somebody he's associated with called me and I said, 'I wouldn't not do it, but it's got to be good.' You know, I'm not interested in doing anything I've already done, and I thought the second one
282-526: A benefit concert in Toronto. Proceeds from the benefit went toward caring for Jake Thomas, Dave's nephew, who suffered a spinal cord injury that has left him paralyzed from the waist down. On May 9, 2018, Moranis returned as the character Pannakin Crybaby / Lord Dark Helmet from Spaceballs in an episode of The Goldbergs , albeit as a voice. He also appeared in an episode of Prop Culture discussing
329-475: A busy career in feature films that lasted over a decade, most notably Ghostbusters (1984) and its sequel, Ghostbusters II (1989); Brewster's Millions (1985); Little Shop of Horrors (1986); Spaceballs (1987); Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) and its 1992 and 1997 sequels; Parenthood (1989); My Blue Heaven (1990); and Barney Rubble in The Flintstones (1994). He also did
376-443: A camaraderie with him as the overall story arc develops) to help him out. Like Schneider, each teacher oversees a specific class of students. Gravedale High's staff include: Rick Moranis Frederick Allan Moranis ( / m ə ˈ r æ n ɪ s / ; born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, producer, songwriter and writer. Moranis appeared in the sketch comedy series Second City Television ( SCTV ) in
423-586: A commercial for Mint Mobile alongside Ryan Reynolds . Moranis married make-up designer Ann Belsky in 1986; together they had two children, a son and a daughter. Belsky died of cancer in February 1991. Moranis then slowly left public life to become a full-time single father. On October 1, 2020, Moranis was assaulted in New York City , in the vicinity of West 70th Street, Manhattan . He suffered minor injuries to his head, back, and hip. He reported
470-565: A concept created by Stuart Gordon and Brian Yuzna , and an original story co-written by Gordon, Yuzna, and Ed Naha . Following the release of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), and its subsequent financial and critical success, two sequels and a television series followed; titled Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992), Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (1997), and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show , respectively. Another sequel titled Shrunk entered development in 2019. The film series expanded into
517-612: A disc jockey who presented music clips on television. The sketch aired before the debut of MTV in the United States, leading both Sound & Vision and Martin Short to dub Moranis as the creator of the video jockey . "There had been no such thing" up until that point, recalled Short, so "the joke was that there would be such a thing." After his SCTV work, and the Strange Brew and Streets of Fire movies, Moranis had
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#1732787572098564-486: A franchise with the addition of a TV show. This continued in 1999 when the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids films, along with a number of other Disney film series, were combined into a franchise as a part of Disney Parks ' attractions where elements from each movie were included. Rick Moranis stars as Wayne Szalinski, an eccentric inventor who accidentally shrinks his kids, Amy ( Amy O'Neill ) and Nick ( Robert Oliveri ) as well as
611-553: A full-length video or a movie. But, boy, I had a good time doing that." On December 8, 2005, The Agoraphobic Cowboy was nominated for the 2006 Grammy for Best Comedy Album. On February 3, 2006, Moranis performed "Press Pound" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and discussed the development of his music career. In November 2007, Moranis reunited with Dave Thomas for a 24th anniversary special of Bob and Doug McKenzie, titled Bob and Doug McKenzie's 2–4 Anniversary . The duo shot new footage for this special. Thomas subsequently created
658-548: A joint-production between Plymouth Productions, St. Clare Entertainment , and Walt Disney Television ; while Buena Vista Television distributed the show through Disney Channel. A 4-D movie -ride attraction titled Honey, I Shrunk the Audience debuted at Epcot in 1994 and featured at the Disney theme parks until 2010. Rick Moranis , Marcia Strassman , Robert Oliveri , and Daniel and Joshua Shalikar reprise their roles from
705-634: A joint-venture production between Walt Disney Pictures and Mandeville Films , with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures as the distributing company. Principal photography was scheduled to begin in early 2020, with filming taking place in Toronto , as well as Atlanta, Georgia . In March of the same year, filming on all Disney projects were halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and industry restrictions worldwide. In November, Disney CEO Bob Chapek announced that filming on all movies that had been postponed by
752-448: A long break from acting to dedicate his time to his two children as a widower. He has not appeared in a live-action film for over 25 years, although he provided voice-over work for a few animated films, including Disney's Brother Bear (2003). He also released comedy albums and made appearances at fan conventions. In 2020, after a hiatus of nearly 23 years from live-action films, Moranis signed to reprise his role of Wayne Szalinski in
799-406: A new animated Bob and Doug McKenzie series, Bob & Doug , for his company Animax Entertainment . Moranis declined to voice the role of Bob, which was taken over by Dave Coulier , but remained involved in the series as an executive producer. On June 18, 2013, Moranis released the comedy album titled My Mother's Brisket & Other Love Songs , his first album in eight years. Moranis said of
846-463: A new sequel to Honey, I Shrunk the Kids , called Shrunk before the project was put on hold. Moranis was born on April 18, 1953, in Toronto , Ontario , to a Jewish family. He attended elementary school with Geddy Lee , frontman of the rock band Rush . His career as an entertainer began as a radio disc jockey in the mid-1970s, using the on-air name "Rick Allan" at Toronto radio stations CFTR , CKFH , 1050 CHUM and CHUM-FM . In
893-501: A series of irreverent sketches, including an early mockumentary sketch featuring Moranis as a Canadian movie producer, and another featuring the dubbed-in voiceovers of Nazi war criminals as they appear to be discussing their Hollywood agents and the money one can earn being interviewed on major documentary series like The World at War . In 1980, Moranis was persuaded to join the third-season cast of Second City Television (SCTV) by friend and SCTV writer/performer Dave Thomas . At
940-658: A single parent and I just found that it was too difficult to manage to raise my kids and to do 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." After having declined an invitation to make a cameo appearance in 2016's Ghostbusters , Moranis clarified in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that despite his hiatus he had not, in fact, retired from acting in films, but instead had become selective about future roles. In 2001, Moranis received his first film credit since 1997 when he provided voice work in
987-454: Is now a teenager and Amy is heading off to college. Wayne has given up his shrink ray days and invented an alternative which makes objects grow in size. One day when Adam is exposed to its effects, he mistakes Nick and his crush, Mandy Park ( Keri Russell ), as toys and wanders into Las Vegas. While Wayne and Diane race to reverse his effects, Wayne's insolent coworker, Dr. Charles Hendrickson ( John Shea ), has overpowered Sterling Labs, rounded up
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#17327875720981034-547: The Imagination Institute . The story states that his grandfather established the institute, while the area features references to Wayne Szalinski, as well as Dr. Philip Brainard from Flubber and Dean Higgins (Joe Flynn's role in the Dexter Riley films). Walt Disney and Thomas Edison also make an appearance. The attraction was a playground area at Disney's Hollywood Studios , designed to look like
1081-428: The 1980s and starred afterward in several Hollywood films, including Strange Brew (1983), Streets of Fire (1984), Ghostbusters (1984) and its sequel Ghostbusters II (1989), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989, and its 1992 and 1997 sequels), Parenthood (1989), My Blue Heaven (1990), and The Flintstones (1994). In 1997, Moranis began
1128-456: The McKenzies that the network requested the duo have a sketch in every show. Bob and Doug became a pop-culture phenomenon, which led to a top-selling and Grammy-nominated album, Great White North , and the 1983 movie Strange Brew , Moranis's first major film role. He followed that up with the 1984 movie Streets of Fire . Another notable Moranis character on SCTV was Gerry Todd,
1175-485: The United States), Moranis and Thomas were challenged to fill two additional minutes with "identifiable Canadian content ", and created a sketch called The Great White North featuring the characters Bob and Doug McKenzie , a couple of Canadian buffoons. By the time NBC ordered 90-minute programs for the U.S. in 1981 (the fourth season of SCTV overall), there had been such favourable feedback from affiliates on
1222-635: The animated film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys . As of 2004 , Moranis was on the Advisory Committee for the comedy program at Humber College . In 2005, Moranis released an album titled The Agoraphobic Cowboy , featuring country songs with lyrics that Moranis says follow in the comic tradition of songwriters / singers such as Roger Miller , Kinky Friedman , and Jim Stafford . The album
1269-679: The class is generally considered disreputable if not uncontrollable (not unlike "the Sweathogs" in Welcome Back, Kotter ), the implication being Schneider was hired to teach the class because no monster teacher would take the job. The actual "town" of Gravedale is occasionally seen and consists primarily of various cemeteries including the Eastside Cemetery and the Midtown Mausoleum. It can thus arguably be considered
1316-417: The coronavirus had resumed. In June 2021, Gad stated that filming had not yet started and that he was hoping the shoot would begin in early 2022. In January 2022, Gad stated that he and Moranis had once again started collaborating in preparation for the sequel. In June 2023, Gad revealed on Twitter that the project has been put on hold indefinitely, although he expressed hope that production would resume in
1363-409: The feature-length films. While being given an award by Dr. Nigel Channing ( Eric Idle ) about his shrink ray, Wayne accidentally shrinks the audience and sends them on an adventure with rats, snakes, and babies. In 1999, the theme of Journey into Imagination was changed and retitled to include Figment . It features Dr. Nigel Channing, from Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! , who "hosts" an area known as
1410-566: The film. Moranis appears in the Martin Scorsese –directed Second City TV reunion documentary, titled An Afternoon with SCTV , set to premiere on Netflix . In 2020, Moranis signed on to reprise his role as Wayne Szalinski in Shrunk , a new sequel in the Honey, I Shrunk the Kids series. When completed, it will mark a return to live-action films for Moranis after a hiatus of over two decades. Later that same year, he appeared in
1457-402: The film. Moranis presented the departure as a mutual decision and hoped to work with Hughes in the future. Moranis was originally cast as Phil Berquist in the 1991 film City Slickers , but later dropped out due to his wife's illness. Moranis's last film roles were the box-office flops Little Giants (1994) and Big Bully (1996). By the mid-1990s, his only appearance in the genre was
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1504-475: The franchise as director. In January 2020, Rick Moranis entered early negotiations to come out of his acting retirement, and reprise his role as Wayne Szalinski. Johnston was confirmed to direct, with Todd Rosenberg set to write the script, from an original story by Gad, Ryan Dixon, Ian Helfer, and Jay Reiss. By February, Moranis had officially signed onto the project to reprise his role. David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman will serve as producers. The film will be
1551-461: The future. The television series, exclusive to Disney Channel , expanded upon the original film's concept where a shrinking experiment had gone wrong, to include a variety of experiments malfunctioning and causing unfortunate circumstances for the Szalinskis. It debuted on September 1, 1997, and ran for three consecutive seasons. It concluded after the 66th episode aired on May 20, 2000. It was
1598-590: The incident to the New York Police Department who posted security footage from the attack. The alleged perpetrator was arrested a month later in New York City on November 14. Bob and Doug McKenzie Other soundtrack appearances Shrunk (film) Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is an American media franchise consisting of a series of family - science fiction - comedy films and a television adaptation, among other works, based on
1645-722: The mid-1970s, Moranis and comedy partner Rob Cowan, also a budding young radio announcer, performed on CBC-TV. Their spoof of Hockey Night in Canada was popular, and they periodically performed it on the road, including a charity sports dinner in Sarnia, Ontario . In 1977, he teamed up with Winnipeg-born writer/director and performer Ken Finkleman on a series of live performances on CBC 's 90 Minutes Live ; comedy radio specials; and television comedy pilots, including one called Midweek and another called 1980 (produced at CBC Toronto in 1979). Both pilots starred Finkleman and Moranis in
1692-561: The military, and ordered Adam to be stopped at all costs. Wayne is now banned from using his shrink ray by the committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Diane ( Eve Gordon ). Nick is now away at college and Adam ( Bug Hall ) is ten years old. Diane is planning a vacation with her sister-in-law, Patti ( Robin Bartlett ), while Wayne and his brother, Gordon ( Stuart Pankin ), watch Adam and his cousins, Jenny and Mitch ( Allison Mack and Jake Richardson ). While tampering with
1739-411: The moose in the 2003 animated film Brother Bear and its 2006 direct-to-video sequel . In a 2004 interview, Moranis talked about his favourite kinds of films: On the last couple of movies I made—big-budget Hollywood movies—I really missed being able to create my own material. In the early movies I did, I was brought in to basically rewrite my stuff, whether it was Ghostbusters or Spaceballs . By
1786-462: The next-door neighbor's sons, Russ Jr. ( Thomas Wilson Brown ) and Ron Thompson ( Jared Rushton ). Marcia Strassman portrays his wife, Diane, to whom he delivers the titular line. Matt Frewer and Kristine Sutherland also star as Russ and Mae Thompson, Russ Jr. and Ron's parents. Three years after the events of the first film, the Szalinskis have moved to a new neighborhood and given birth to their third child, Adam (Joshua and Daniel Shalikar). Nick
1833-517: The release, "When I first began writing jokes and sketches with various Jewish partners one of us would inevitably stop at some point and announce, 'Too Jewish!' Too Jewish for the star, the show, the network, or the audience. The songs on this album are all in that category. I grew up hearing the Allan Sherman and the You Don't Have to Be Jewish albums in the '60s. Now I am in my 60s." In
1880-518: The series of Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids film franchises. The show revolves around the misadventures of human teacher Max Schneider who has unwittingly taken a job at Gravedale High, a school for monsters, near the city of Midtown. Schneider, the only human in the school, presides over a group of ghoulish teenagers that are latest-generation versions of classic movie monsters. Most of Schneider's students are either disruptive, uninterested, and/or unduly self-preoccupied in school, and
1927-412: The shrink ray, Wayne accidentally shrinks himself, Diane, Gordon, and Patti. The kids have a party in the house after thinking they have it to themselves. The adults struggle to get their attention before disaster strikes among them. In February 2018, a reboot film was in development, with the project being courted for a Disney+ exclusive. By March 2019, this changed when the project was announced to be
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1974-402: The time I got to the point where I was "starring" in movies, and I had executives telling me what lines to say, that wasn't for me. I'm really not an actor. I'm a guy who comes out of comedy, and my impetus was always to rewrite the line to make it funnier, not to try to make somebody's precious words work. In 1997, Moranis took a hiatus from working in the film industry. He later explained, "I'm
2021-472: The time, Moranis was the only cast member not to have come from a Second City stage troupe. He became especially noted for his impressions of celebrities ranging from pop culture icons like Woody Allen , Merv Griffin , and David Brinkley to somewhat lower-level stars such as comedian George Carlin and musician Michael McDonald , and even to the marginally notable Teri Shields (mother of Brooke ). With SCTV moving to CBC in 1980 (and syndicated in
2068-416: The voice-over for a short-lived cartoon series on NBC called Gravedale High (1990). Moranis was also slated to appear (as the janitor) in the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club . After a week or so of filming, Moranis was released by producer Ned Tanen because he felt Moranis's interpretation of the role as an over-the-top Russian caricature was not appropriate for the serious nature of
2115-453: The world") indicates Gravedale is part of an entire monster subculture. Other recurring students include: There are also some unidentified students resembling the monsters from The Brain from Planet Arous , The Crawling Eye , and other films. The bespectacled Mr. Schneider has his hands full with his new students, but he has Gravedale's spooky staff (where some of them initially do not trust Schneider due to his human status but develop
2162-478: Was a disappointment. But I guess I'm interested in where that guy is now. I sort of see him as being Bernie Madoff 's cellmate in jail. Both of them being so orderly that they race to get up and make their beds." In 2015, regarding an offer for a brief appearance in the 2016 film, he concluded, " Ghostbusters didn't appeal to me. I wish them well, but it just makes no sense to me." In July 2017, Moranis and Dave Thomas reprised their Bob and Doug characters at
2209-433: Was produced by Tony Scherr and is distributed through ArtistShare , as well as Moranis's official website. Commenting on the origins of the songs, he said that in 2003, "Out of the blue, I just wrote a bunch of songs. For lack of a better explanation, they're more country than anything. And I actually demoed four or five of them, and I'm not sure at this point what I'm going to do with them—whether I'm going to fold them into
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