# What happened to Rick Moranis? \[ed. title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 7, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489 "2011-02-07T05:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489/1 "2011-02-07T05:20:16Z")
or just his career? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489/2 "2011-02-07T05:24:29Z")
From [Rick Moranis - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Moranis#Retirement) > [@](#): > > He left the film industry in 1997, six years after the 1991 loss of his wife, Anne, to liver cancer. He later explained that he "pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97. “I’m a single parent 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”. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489/3 "2011-02-07T05:31:53Z")
He works when he feels like it but that’s not often. He said on in an interview I read that- I’m paraphrasing- he got to where he didn’t enjoy making movies much anyway, then after his wife died he wanted to be there for his kids as much as possible, then after doing that for a while it occurred to him that as long as he doesn’t live in 25,000 square foot mansions and fly in Gulfstreams every other week he has enough money to live indefinitely in comfort and enjoys not working more than he enjoyed working, so… He left the business rather than the other way around it. He did a country-western album a few years ago (semi-parody) that got good reviews and he’s done his Great White North character with Dave Thomas on a couple of projects (some live appearances and a cartoon) and does something once in a while as the spirit moves him. He’s never remarried but I think he has a she-partner he’s been involved with for a number of years, so that probably keeps him happy as well. He sounds like a really cool guy. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489/4 "2011-02-07T05:32:35Z")
Good for him. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489/5 "2011-02-07T05:38:00Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > he’s done his Great White North character with Dave Thomas on a couple of projects (some live appearances and a cartoon) Moranis didn’t voice Bob on the Bob and Doug cartoon, it was Dave Coulier. Moranis was a producer of the show, but decided not to voice the character. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489/6 "2011-02-07T05:40:21Z")
Google would have answered this question for you in a nanosecond, **PSXer**. I’m changing the thread title (from “Is Rick Moranis dead?”) so you don’t confuse anyone. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489/7 "2011-02-07T05:55:13Z")
oh no someone is impersonaitng my username he is gonna get me in trouble ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489/8 "2011-02-07T05:55:15Z")
Never mind. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-rick-moranis-ed-title/570489/10 "2011-02-07T06:13:07Z")
Since we’ve heard from the man himself I guess I can close this. 😛