Fred Norris
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| Born: | July 9, 1955 (age 51) Willimantic, Connecticut |
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| Occupation: | Radio personality, Disc jockey |
| Website: | www.howardstern.com |
Eric Fred Norris (born Fred Leo Nukis on July 9, 1955 in Willimantic, Connecticut) is an American radio personality on the Howard Stern Show.
Norris was raised in Manchester, Connecticut. Norris began working with Stern on the radio station WCCC-FM in Hartford in the late 1970s. Besides doing work for the Howard Stern show, Fred is involved with the band he formed, King Norris. In 1995, Norris married Allison Ferman, a woman he originally met on the "Dial-A-Date" segment of Stern's radio show. The couple has one daughter. [1]
Norris is generally regarded by others on the show as very intelligent. A regular bit on the show is "Win Fred's Money" wherein Fred and another contestant answer rapid-fire trivia questions. Fred usually wins these contests handily. However, his primary role on the show is playing sound clips that comically coincide with the current discussion, writing song parodies and skits and contributing jokes during the course of the show. Otherwise, he's mostly silent, painting the show with soundbites and timing commercial breaks.
In January of 2006, it was revealed on Stern's Sirius Radio Show (during a bit where cast members revealed secrets about themselves) that Norris has a half-sister (his father had an illegitimate child with Norris' godmother). He has stated that he doesn't want to meet this person due to his strong grudge against his father as well as his godmother. Fred also revealed that his godmother gave him the middle name "Leo", which is why he changed his name.
Fred is an arguably very talented impressionist. Voices in his repertoire include:
- Artie Lange, who shares the most talent at impressions among show regulars with Fred
- Benjy Bronk
- Dominic Barbara, lawyer , friend of the Howard Stern Show
- Don Imus
- Gary Dell'Abate
- Herman Munster, a voice which Fred will use to impersonate numerous other people of varying degrees of closeness to the actual Herman Munster voice, most commonly with women Fred or others deem to be manly, such as Nicole Bass.
- Jackie Martling
- John the Stutterer
- Richard Christy and Christy's father
- Robin Quivers
- Sal the Stockbroker
- Siobhan the Transsexual
- Stuttering John
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[edit] Name change
In 1993 Norris legally changed his name from Fred Leo Nukis to Eric Fred Norris, a change which was not widely known until several years later. For several years, the cast believed that Norris had changed his name to Eric because he signed his name that way in an office log, but the cast still referred to him mostly as Fred. Fred has never fully opened up to his personal life on the show. Most recently, Fred was confronted about his name on November 13, 2006 and was asked, "Is it Fred Eric Norris?" in which Fred replied, "Sure." This should be taken as Fred refusing to inform the show of his personal life and to quickly change the subject. The last name Norris is that of his kindly stepfather. The last name Nukis was his natural father's name and Fred wished to remove that father from his life with the name change. Fred claims that his mother wanted to name him Eric at birth, but that his natural father had prevented that because "Eric" was the name a former boyfriend of his mother. The name Leo was selected by his maternal aunt - the same woman who eventually ran off with his natural father. Fred hates both the names Fred and Leo. Norris's wife, Alison, calls him Fred.
[edit] Trivia
- Doesn't think Carol Alt is actually a supermodel.
- Isn't circumcised.
- Is of Latvian heritage.
- Subject of Howard's submission to the first ever Howard Stern Film Festival. The short film was titled "Fred".
- Memorable bits include Howard goofing on him for buying a Cookie Puss cake for his mother on Mother's Day and drunkenly cuddling with Gay Rich at Scores for his bachelor party, then falling and cracking his skull open.
- Of all the current Stern show personalities, Fred has known Howard the longest.
- Is a user of Wikipedia, as evidenced by him citing it as a reference during different discussions he's been involved with on the show.
- Has a home in The Hamptons where his wife stays during the summer (without him).
- Owns a Triumph motorcycle which he rides on a regular basis.
- Likes to Box.
- Was referred to as "Earth Dog Fred" by Howard and Robin during the WWDC 101 days in Washington, DC in 1980's.
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| Cast | Howard Stern • Robin Quivers • Artie Lange • Fred Norris • Gary Dell'Abate • Benjy Bronk • Richard Christy • Sal the Stockbroker • J. D. Harmeyer • Scott Salem • Will Murray • George Takei |
| Former Cast | Billy West • Jackie Martling • Stuttering John • K. C. Armstrong • Tom Chiusano • A. J. Benza |
| The Wack Pack | Beetlejuice • Eric the Midget • Miss Howard Stern • High Pitch Eric • Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf • Riley Martin • Siobhan Meow • Jeff the Drunk • More... |
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| See Also | Show Celebrity Guests • Show Games and Bits • Sirius Satellite Radio • Sirius Canada • Ronnie Mund |
