Richard Allen Moranis is a comedian
and actor.
He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and first
achieved fame as a cast member of the Canadian syndicated
comedy show SCTV, where he portrayed, among other characters, "Bob" of
Bob & Doug McKenzie fame.
In June of 2004, a rumor began heavily circulating
on the Internet that Moranis had been killed in an
incident involving a train. This proved to be false;
apparently a private (if not cruel) joke posted on
a private web address spiraled out of control and was
taken as fact. The rumour has continued to surface
and is currently (April 2005) experiencing a mild resurgence.
As of 2004, Moranis was on the Advisory Committee
for the Comedy program at Humber College, the only
such diploma program in the world. |