Ricky Tahoe is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 on the US

United States

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 TV series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was an American dramedy television series created and written by Aaron Sorkin. It ran for 22 episodes.The series takes place behind the scenes of a live sketch comedy show on the fictional television network NBS , whose format is similar to that of NBC's...

, played by Evan Handler

Evan Handler

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Personal history

Ricky came to Studio 60 in the late 90's with his writing partner Ron Oswald

Ron Oswald

Ron Oswald is a fictional character on the US TV series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, played by Carlos Jacott.-Personal history:Ron came to Studio 60 in the late 90's with his writing partner Ricky Tahoe. The duo have written many sketches together and have worked with each other all their careers...

. Ricky's relationship with Matt Albie

Matt Albie

Matthew Albie is a fictional character on the U.S. TV series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, played by Matthew Perry.-Personal history:Matt began working at Studio 60 in 1997, but remained largely anonymous until 1999, when Harriet Hayes joined the cast...

 can be described as brittle. Matt has referred to the duo as "Beavis and Hackboy", implying their style of writing. Shortly after the September 11, 2001 attacks

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 occurred, Matt lent his support for Bill Maher after his controversial on-air remark

Politically Incorrect

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. Ricky Tahoe later released a statement stating "Matt Albie certainly doesn't speak for the cast, crew and staff of Studio 60 whose thoughts and prayers are with the brave men and women who lost their lives on September 11th", which Danny is aware of and understands Matt's antipathy toward them.

When their contract came up for renewal, it's discovered that the two have been writing a sitcom for FOX based on a character that they created for Studio 60, "Peripheral Vision Man" and threaten to take the entire writing staff with them except for two new writers.

Finally after a long period of arguing and heated words between Matt and Ricky, the two sides part ways.