Rick Moranis . . . . country music star

[Cowperson]

Here's one hoser who's taking a step back from fame eh . . . .

Remembered and respected for his versatility and sharp wit as a writer and performer on SCTV, and as an engaging movie star in big-budget Hollywood movies such as Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Toronto-born Moranis is one of those rare entertainment-world celebrities who seemed to simply stop being celebrity-ish. Where did he go?

As strange and un-Ashton Kutcher-ish as it seems, he just stayed home -- in New York -- to raise his two kids. And now, about 10 years since he last appeared on the big screen, Moranis, 51, has written, sung and recorded -- in friend Tony Scherr's basement in Brooklyn, using an eight-track analog tape machine -- a hilarious, sometimes touching and perfectly crafted country album, The Agoraphobic Cowboy. For someone who declares that he wasn't interested in performing any more (just for the record, one of his fan sites was forced to squelch a maliciously spread rumour several years ago that he was dead), he certainly seems to be having a lot of fun performing on this one. He's also not actually agoraphobic, and I'm pretty certain he's not a cowboy, for that matter.

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Cowperson