[emperor penguin]

I would think, with the exception of the over-the-top-ness and violence, the Ricky character is probably pretty close to what that guy is really like in real life. You can really see it in the outtakes and bloopers.

Really??? I mean I dont know the guy so I can't say yes or no to that but I'm kinda surprised you think he's really like that. I just never got that feeling. Like I said, I don't know for sure that you're wrong, but I'll have to watch for that in the future...next time i watch my DVDs I'll see if I can tell!

I always got the impression he was just a really good actor. The scenes where he can't even talk straight, I figured that would be hard to pull off, I thought he was just a pretty good character actor.

I read somewhere that Rob Wells the guy who plays Ricky was actually an English major in University. Him and John Paul Tremblay had their own chain of pizza shops called J.R. Capone's on P.E.I. which they sold. Barrie Dunn the guy who plays Ray is actually the producer and one of the head writers of the show.