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Rick Moranis Talks ‘Little Shop of Horrors” on The Nerdist Podcast
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In the video Rick Moranis Talks ‘Little Shop of Horrors” on The Nerdist Podcast, Bob and Doug McKenzie are a pair of fictional Canadian brothers who created “Great White North”, a improv which was introduced on SCTV for the show’s most popular season when it moved to CBC Television in the 1980s. Bob’s character is acted by actor Rick Moranis and Doug is created by actor Dave Thomas. It was created originally as a sketch to both fulfill and laugh about non sensical Canadian content laws, the characters grew up to be a pop culture phenomenon in both Canada and across the border. The brothers enetually would become the focus of a hit comedy album, The Great White North, in 1981.
Here is Rick Moranis briefly discussing the special effects of The Plant in the 1986 film adaptation of “Little Shop of Horrors” during the June 12, 2013 episode of The Nerdist Podcast, hosted by Chris Hardwick. The episode also features regular co-host Jonah Ray.
A brief correction: To my knowledge, the final Audrey II was not, as Rick says in this clip, a smaller puppet in a scaled down plant shop and was a full-sized puppet in a full-sized shop. However, that trick was still used in the film. Though a full-sized puppet was built for the “Suppertime” scene. it could only open and close its mouth for the feeding section. The “Feed Me (Get It)” Plant, put in a scaled down shop, was used instead for the singing section.
I believe this brief clip is the only part of the interview that features discussion on “Little Shop of Horrors.” If I’m wrong, let me know in the comments and I’ll upload any other sections as well.
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Ok I’m asking big Little Shop fans here. I’m playing Seymour for my high school’s show in November. What defining traits do I need to make sure I put on display? I have been studying Seymour and what he does, but I wanna hear the opinion of people who love the show even more than I do. I wanna do this role all the justice it deserves. Thanks for any advice!
I just showed Little Shop to a friend who hadn't seen it in maybe 30 years and we talked after about how incredible the puppetry was. Also spoke with her about how I just watched the 2020 version of The Witches and similar to what Rick was saying, it's just not nearly as good as the makeup and puppetry of the Angelica Huston version. There really is something terribly lacking in the way movies are made now.
We’ve missed you Rick
they couldnt be more right, when you can tell its a puppet your amazed by it, when its CGI its 'meh' they can do anything with that now
Love him in the ‘Honey’ movies.
The Jim Henson workshop did wonders back in the day.
You can't poo-poo all CGI. King Kong even back in 2005 looked astonishingly real.
I love Rick he’s my all time favorite actor
Is Moranis a Greek name?
Legend
I know that the movie was based on the off Broadway play (Ellen Greene played Audrey in both) buy have any of you ever seen the original low budget 2 days to film movie that that movie was based on. It was from 1960 and it was called The Little Shop Of Horrors. It's budget was $27,000 and Jack Nicholson (yes, the same Jack Nicholson who played the Joker) played the part Bill Murray played in the movie. It's a good movie.
Where is that picture from?
If he were still acting, I think a sequel when they have kids and they discover the audrey ll in the yard and it all begins again.
I think Rick has mis-remembered this. You can clearly see that the 20 foot Mean Green Mother plant is physically sharing the space with the actors. It was enormously heavy and needed a pole arm out the back to support its weight. But the 8 foot Suppertime plant does not lip-sync with any human actors. So when it's singing, it's the 4 foot plant reskinned and on a half-scale set. The 8 foot version had a device to support mechanical Mushnik legs but couldn't do lip-syncing.
Audrey 2: Seymour is that you?
Funny how he retired years ago, but he's still loved and respected by everyone.
It’s sad this man doesn’t understand how much he is missed and loved.
Oh Rick Moranis, please come back to acting! Movies today need you!!
People who say CGI is bad don't know much about CGI. It's bad when you notice it. But look at a film like Mad Maz: Fury Road and tell me CGI didn't enhance that experience greatly.
Jurassic Park was the zenith of FX.
My man
I'm from the future! … they just announced a Little Shop of Horror remake…
It's even more real (however more fake-looking) in the broadway musical). You're literally in the same room, but it doesn't look as real.
Oh god, I want to see Rick Moranis play Mushnik
Yes, have some
Rick moranis kinda sounds like James Rolfe
its great to hear Ricks voice again.
2:29 Chris wondering how long after it’s blown up before he can have sex with it
He was amazing
One of the greatest films of all time.
It's impossible not to miss him if you grew up in the 80s
https://youtu.be/Pz1_5_VHXjc
Rick Moranis has a normal voice?
He's one of the few actors I really want to see make a comeback, although I'm worried he'll do a Steve Martin and not be very funny anymore.
This is what passion in a film is. Dedication to building these puppets and the actors interacting with it. I agree that this film wouldn't look nearly as good as it would today
They're remaking the movie. In a perfect world there would be a nice balance of puppetry and cgi, but this isn't a perfect world and we're probably just gonna get a bunch of cgi.
Little shop is being remade now, I'm sure there will be a lot of cgi. let's just hope for the best.
That about covers the problem with these films today. Puppets are brilliant but cgi isn't. Use more puppets!! It's faaaaar better. If you want to future it up a little… MAKE BETTER PUPPETS!!
They could not be more right. Audrey II would NOT look NEARLY as good if it was done today.
awesome
Rick sounds different.
Excellent interview, thanks for posting this.