15 Canadian things America should trade for to form a pop culture super team

15. Wil Wheaton for Rick Moranis

Many of you may know Rick Moranis from his comedic films of the 1980s. There’s Ghostbusters (1984), of course, where Moranis plays the nerdy, whining Louis Tully. That was soon followed by roles in Spaceballs (1987), Little Shop of Horrors (1986) and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989).

Before all of that, Moranis’ comedy star began to rise thanks to his time on SCTV, a Canadian sketch show. Along with fellow comedian Dave Thomas, Moranis played one-half of Bob and Doug McKenzie. The fictional brother hosted the “Great White North” sketch, originally meant to satirize Canadian culture. The sketch has since become a cultural touchstone both in Canada and beyond.

However, Moranis dropped off the scene following his wife Anne’s death from cancer in 1991. “ I just found that it was too difficult to manage raising my kids and doing the traveling involved in making movies,” he said in a 2005 interview. “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”.

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Since then, Moranis has done a fair amount of voice acting and has released some well-reviewed country albums, including a 200 release, The Agoraphobic Cowboy.

Meanwhile, we’d really miss Wheaton. At first, it seemed as if poor Wil was going to bet yet another child actor casualty of the 1990s. He appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation as the annoyingly precocious Wesley Crusher, the wunderkind son of ship’s doctor Beverly Crusher. However, he’s since become something of a nerd deity, what with his popular TV appearances and social media fame. Maybe Wheaton would understand the importance of this trade most of all.