Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis

Born: April 18, 1953
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Frederick Allan "Rick" Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a retired Canadian comedian, actor and musician. He came to prominence in the 1980s on Second City Television, before moving on to appearances in several Hollywood films, including Strange Brew; Ghostbusters; Spaceballs; Little Shop of Horrors; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Little Giants; Parenthood; The Flintstones, and My Blue Heaven. In 1996–1997, Moranis announced that he would retire from acting due to family commitments, though he occasionally does voice-over work.

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Title: The Movies That Made Us
Character: Louis Tully (archive footage)
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: TV
These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.
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Howard
Title: Howard
Character: Seymour Krelborn (archive footage)
Released: April 22, 2018
Type: Movie
Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.
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Title: The Goldbergs
Character: Dark Helmet (voice)
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Title: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 20, 2013
Type: Movie
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.
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Title: Bob & Doug
Character: Bob McKenzie
Released: April 19, 2009
Type: TV
Bob and Doug is a Canadian animated sitcom, which premiered on Global on April 19, 2009. The series is a revival of the SCTV sketch characters Bob and Doug McKenzie. The first season consisted of 10 episodes. The show was produced by Animax Entertainment. The first season premiered on April 19, 2009 and held the first season finale on June 29, 2009. A short second season of "five secret episodes" has since aired in sporadic form. The show was originally planned for development by Fox in the United States.
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Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
Title: Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
Character: Bob McKenzie
Released: May 20, 2007
Type: Movie
In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but Bob and Doug became so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of how the McKenzie Brothers became a sensation that would become a cherished part of Canada's self identity.
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Brother Bear 2
Title: Brother Bear 2
Character: Rutt (voice)
Released: August 17, 2006
Type: Movie
Kenai finds his childhood human friend Nita and the two embark on a journey to burn the amulet he gave to her before he was a bear, much to Koda's dismay.
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Christmas with SCTV
Title: Christmas with SCTV
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
Spend the holidays with the hilarious and beloved SCTV crew, starring John Candy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and many others as they play Liberace, Mayor Tommy Shanks, Dusty Towne, Johnnie LaRue and a host of their famous characters!
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Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way
Title: Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way
Character: Rutt (voice)
Released: October 28, 2003
Type: Movie
Join hosts Rutt and Tuke for musical numbers from Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmations II, and Stitch! The Movie.
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Brother Bear
Title: Brother Bear
Character: Rutt (voice)
Released: October 23, 2003
Type: Movie
When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.
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Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
Title: Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
Character: Holley (voice)
Released: March 31, 2003
Type: Movie
The spiders Miss Spider and Holley marry and hatch five spiderlings. When one of them, Squirt, discovers a lost chicken egg, he goes on adventure to return it to his mother.
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Title: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Character: Toy Taker / Mr. Cuddles the Teddy Bear (voice)
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: Movie
When the mysterious Toy Taker grabs all of Santa's toys, it looks like the children will miss out on Christmas. But everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, comes to the rescue with his lovable friends: Hermey the elf, Yukon Cornelius the grizzly prospector, the abominable snow monster Bumbles and Rudolph's very special friend Clarice. Together, they promise Santa they'll track down Toy Taker and rescue Santa's toy. Their incredible quest takes them on a wild adventure with Rudolph's red nose leading the way!
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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
Title: Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
Character: Wayne Szalinski
Released: March 18, 1997
Type: Movie
The joke's on absent-minded scientist Wayne Szalinski when his troublesome invention shrinks him, his brother and their wives so effectively that their children think they've completely disappeared. Of course, this gives the kids free rein to do anything they want, unaware that their parents are watching every move.
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Title: Muppets Tonight
Character: Himself
Released: March 8, 1996
Type: TV
Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, set in a television studio, rather than a theater. It ran on ABC from 1996 to 1998 and reruns ran on Disney Channel from 1997 to 2002. As of 2013, it is the last television series to star The Muppets characters.
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Big Bully
Title: Big Bully
Character: David Leary
Released: January 26, 1996
Type: Movie
A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.
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Little Giants
Title: Little Giants
Character: Danny O'Shea
Released: October 14, 1994
Type: Movie
When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?
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The Flintstones
Title: The Flintstones
Character: Barney Rubble
Released: May 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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Splitting Heirs
Title: Splitting Heirs
Character: Henry Bullock
Released: April 2, 1993
Type: Movie
A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.
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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Title: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Character: Wayne Szalinski
Released: July 16, 1992
Type: Movie
Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny.
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Title: Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
Character: Narrator (Voice)
Released: April 21, 1992
Type: TV
Actress Shelley Duvall presents charming animated versions of some of the most beloved children's stories in this superb Emmy-nominated collection featuring 26 tales narrated by famous actors and musicians. The stories by Mercer Mayer, Virginia Lee Burton, Marilyn Sadler and others are voiced by Bette Midler, James Earl Jones, Morgan Freeman, Candice Bergen, Ringo Starr, Michael J. Fox, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Kathy Bates and many more.
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L.A. Story
Title: L.A. Story
Character: Gravedigger (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1991
Type: Movie
With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
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Title: Gravedale High
Character: Max Schneider
Released: September 8, 1990
Type: TV
Gravedale High is an animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera for NBC Productions. The series premiered in the fall of 1990 on NBC and lasted thirteen episodes. The show was developed as an animated vehicle for Moranis, who had star appearances in the Ghostbusters movies and the popular film series, Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, and would later appear in the 1994 live-action film adaptation of another Hanna-Barbera series, The Flintstones.
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My Blue Heaven
Title: My Blue Heaven
Character: Barney Coopersmith
Released: August 17, 1990
Type: Movie
FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...
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The Earth Day Special
Title: The Earth Day Special
Character: Vic's Buddy
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: Movie
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.
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Parenthood
Title: Parenthood
Character: Nathan Huffner
Released: July 31, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Title: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Character: Wayne Szalinski
Released: June 23, 1989
Type: Movie
The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
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Ghostbusters II
Title: Ghostbusters II
Character: Louis Tully
Released: June 16, 1989
Type: Movie
Five years after they defeated Gozer, the Ghostbusters are out of business. When Dana begins to have ghost problems again, the boys come out of retirement to aid her and hopefully save New York City from a new paranormal threat.
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The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Title: The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Character: Self - Host
Released: June 9, 1989
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes television documentary of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,
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Rocket Boy
Title: Rocket Boy
Released: June 1, 1989
Type: Movie
In this Sci-fi Comedy a gentle video clerk has a secret double life as an intergalactic crime-fighter who must stop an evil alien from stealing the hair off human heads.
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The Best of SCTV
Title: The Best of SCTV
Released: September 5, 1988
Type: Movie
Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.
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Title: Going Live!
Released: September 26, 1987
Type: TV
Going Live! was a Saturday morning magazine show, broadcast on BBC1 between 1987 and 1993. It was presented by Phillip Schofield and Sarah Greene. Other presenters included Trevor and Simon, Peter Simon, Emma Forbes, and puppet Gordon the Gopher. The show was broadcast during the autumn to spring seasons, with other shows such as the 8:15 from Manchester and Parallel 9 taking over during the summer months. It was preceded by Saturday Superstore, and succeeded by Live & Kicking. In 1988, when the second series started, Greene was hurt in a helicopter crash with her then boyfriend, Mike Smith. Guest presenters stood in for her including T'Pau's Carol Decker. Similarly, in 1992-93 during the final series, Schofield was starring in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and was unable to present the show. A third presenter took his place. Originally, Neighbours actor Kristian Schmid took the role but soon left after problems with his work permit. Various other celebrities to stand in included Shane Richie and Robbie Williams during his Take That days.
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Spaceballs
Title: Spaceballs
Character: Dark Helmet
Released: June 24, 1987
Type: Movie
When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
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Little Shop of Horrors
Title: Little Shop of Horrors
Character: Seymour Krelborn
Released: December 19, 1986
Type: Movie
Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's, a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
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Club Paradise
Title: Club Paradise
Character: Barry Nye
Released: July 11, 1986
Type: Movie
When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they renovate the resort and lure tourists to Club Paradise in an effort to fight off corrupt officials and businessmen who want to claim the resort as their own.
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Head Office
Title: Head Office
Character: Howard Gross
Released: June 6, 1985
Type: Movie
In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices.
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Brewster's Millions
Title: Brewster's Millions
Character: Morty King
Released: May 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
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The Last Polka
Title: The Last Polka
Character: Linsk Minyk
Released: April 15, 1985
Type: Movie
A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.
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Hockey Night
Title: Hockey Night
Character: Coach
Released: December 14, 1984
Type: Movie
When a young girl wants to join her high school's hockey team as goalie, she meets with resistence, but also gets support, especially from the star forward of the team.
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The Wild Life
Title: The Wild Life
Character: Harry
Released: September 28, 1984
Type: Movie
Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
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Ghostbusters
Title: Ghostbusters
Character: Louis Tully
Released: June 8, 1984
Type: Movie
After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
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Streets of Fire
Title: Streets of Fire
Character: Billy Fish
Released: June 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
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Strange Brew
Title: Strange Brew
Character: Bob McKenzie
Released: August 26, 1983
Type: Movie
Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.
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Twilight Theatre
Title: Twilight Theatre
Released: July 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance by Riders in the Sky & Devo's "Beautiful World" music video. Also, excerpts from Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" video, & QUASI AT THE QUACKADERO.
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Title: The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour
Character: Himself
Released: January 30, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: SCTV Network 90
Released: May 16, 1981
Type: TV
After a successful Canadian run as Second City TV on Global and SCTV on CBC, the cast packed up and moved to America (theoretically) when NBC offered them a timeslot under the title SCTV Network 90. With them, they brought their unique, quirky characters, their personalities, and the shows they had appeared on. Dick Blasucci had begun writing for the cast in their second series, SCTV, and joined them here, serving as a recurring straight man for the characters. Tony Rosato and Robin Duke wrote scripts at the beginning of the show as they had before, until quickly leaving to write and perform for Saturday Night Live. The appeal of SCTV Network 90, however, doesn't only come from the writing, but from the sheer wit of its legendary stars.
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1980
Title: 1980
Released: December 31, 1979
Type: Movie
Unseen for decades, 1980 is Ken Finkleman and Rick Moranis’ enormously funny CBC pilot that was way ahead of its time. A send up of a current-affairs show, 1980 pokes fun at subjects ranging from the current state of the Canadian film industry, academics, the student radicals of the 60s to Hollywood depictions of the Holocaust. Steven Kampmann stars along with Finkleman and Moranis. Also featuring Toronto salesman Phil Givner, Andrew Gilles, Caroline Yeager and the late comedy producer, Joe Bodolai. 1980 shown courtesy of CBC.
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Title: Second City Television
Released: September 21, 1976
Type: TV
Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: Sesame Street
Character: Self
Released: November 10, 1969
Type: TV
On a special inner city street, the inhabitants—human and muppet—teach preschoolers basic educational and social concepts using comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.
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Shrunk
Title: Shrunk
Character: Wayne Szalinski
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
After three decades since the 1989 film, Wayne Szalinski’s son, Nick Szalinski, accidentally shrinks his kids.