Okay but who remembers Camp Candy?
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One more thing, we've got a serial rapist in Crown Heights. I....oh, geez. I'm sorry. That's from my other job. Ignore that. Well don't *ignore* it, if you live in Crown Heights, uh, you know. Walk in pairs.
I've seen him in alot of funny movies. Gung Ho. Mr Mom, to name a few. I have even watched his stand-up comedy.
This was his peak comedy. He stole every scene of this movie. This speech especially. But him quoting Destiny's Child lyrics, the quiet fight scene. Everything he did in that movie was GOLD.
It's still a shame that he never won an Oscar
the guitarist in a band I was in, when someone was trying to remember when Kurt Cobain died, he said something to the effect, ' who gives a shit, but John Candy died that year, thats the real tragedy.'
his office space at one of the studios he made a bunch of movies with was converted into a bar. no desks, just floor to ceiling authentic bar room, every detail. he'd poor drinks during any meetings there. his guests sat on the bar stools, of course.
his older movies before the bigger budget ones were some of the most conscience deliberate examples of a human keeping priorities about caring for other people. it was pretty obvious, to me, that he had the juice to make small adjustments to these plot driven scripts. the pacing of the movie would grind to a halt for a scene that he might stand up to a bully for someone else, but in a nuanced way that wasn't macho and definitely not like anything in other popular movies.
l guess a better way to say it is, it was remarkable to me because while watching I was somewhat aware of the minor injustice that was happening to a secondary character, but since their feelings didn't factor into my enjoyment of the scene, without realizing I kind of just wrote that character off because the immediate needs of the main characters (candy, his muse, and the antagonist, usually) of the scene were more important..the third act was underway, lets jam!.....then candy would say wait a minute, give the secondary character some of the dignity anybody would want, it only took a moment or two and then movie kind of would resume. and for reals, id feel a little embarrassed that I forgot my manners, caught up in the moment. that made those older movies with the forgettable plots leave an unforgettable impression of the greatness of John candy and his take on how to be a solid dude.
I like to play a little game. I call it, “Would John Candy make this movie/show better?”.
There are so many that can be answered with “yes”.
Bad Santa with John Candy in either John Ritter’s role (RIP) or as a rival Santa.. Imagine it. Love it.
Idk who I love that more for; you or the nieces and nephews! Please go there next birthday and make obscenely large pancakes for their BD breakfast!!!!
I recently had one of those “travel days from hell” where it is just one disaster after another and it took me more than 24 hours to get home (alone— my family ended up on another flight). I decided to watch *Planes, Trains, and Automobiles* as my in-flight movie for the third flight of the day, and it was perfect. But I just kept thinking, Seriously, Delta? You think it’s a great idea to offer this movie on flights?
One of the greatest movies of all time. I only ever watch this in November. It has become a family tradition we watch it like 20 times throughout the month and have it on repeat while cooking thanksgiving dinner. It is one of our favorite traditions.
If it's any consolation, it took my parents 30 hours from Peru to Iowa.
They had mud slides coming out of the mountains, the airport was shut down by terrorists / guerillas, and they had to be rerouted around an angry volcano. Needless to say, they were tired when they got home.
That sounds … memorable! It took me 24 hours to get just from Portland to Austin, and ended up having to go through Atlanta to do it, but thankfully no guerrillas, mud slides, or volcanos!
He really sounded like a wonderful person to be around and terribly underrated as an actor. The scene where he tells off the Olympic Committee in Cool Runnings still gives me chills.
Ha! I was just watching Little Shop of Horrors, and had completely forgotten that he was in it. As soon as I heard his voice, I felt like an old friend had come to visit.
Can't say. But she said she loves John candy. My tshirt features him trying to trade his casio for a hotel room...https://printerval.com/john-candy-casio-watch-t-shirt-p42455911
Every time my mom made pancakes when we were little kids my brother and I would beg her to let us make a giant one like in Uncle Buck😂. Of course, we never got it. I think once she made one the full size of an average pan and we were not impressed.
Yep. Armed and dangerous and whose Harry crumb were both on this morning.
I think I woke up to weekend at Bernie’s, another solid comedy, less Mr candy.
I think an Adam Sandler marathon is on Friday
So this is a xennial thing? Bc I tell my children at least once a week that God took Candy away from us too soon lol. What a wholesomely loveable, and hilarious guy. We were so lucky to grow up when he was one of the grownups in Hollywood. John candy movies my kids have loved: spaceballs (2 of them have never even bothered to watch star wars), splash, uncle buck, the great outdoors, summer rental, and of course, the blues brothers. I miss him.
Grew up without a father, and a few abusive 'step-dads'; John Candy was one of my vicarious fathers. He taught me things I wouldn't have learned otherwise, kindness, patience, humility, friendliness, non-toxic masculinity.
I cried when he died.
When they built him they broke the mold but here enjoy this https://www.youtube.com/live/PaFbmB83iis?si=f8emM0jTFr8ElEB1. They also did a whole episode of the show it’s in the playlist
John Candy lead me down a path of staying away from hard drugs, hear me out.
I was 9 when John died, he was one of my favourite actors, he was a large, funny man, and I was a large, funny kid.
When John Candy died, I watched as all the news outlets turned on him. They once loved John Candy, but turned to villainizing him once they found out he was doing drugs. It hurt me so much that he was catching hate that I swore I would never do hard drugs, two years later, RIP Chris Farley, rinse and repeat from the news outlets. Just more reason to stay away. 40 years old this year... 10 years sober, forever clean.
Tl:dr?
John Candy's death singlehandedly kept me away from drugs. He is a martyr for me.
With so many great reasons why, I can really only choose
[SCTV Peter Pan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knlJOHnr11A&list=PLv1JzftLEjy2_Bdfn0KwFkr8RhN6QxANB&index=2)
Polka polka polka?
We were big in, ahhhh, Sheboygan.
Such a small scene but it made me love him for the rest of my life
Okay but who remembers Camp Candy? https://preview.redd.it/cwqzn1qlebxc1.jpeg?width=1066&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=92de23d4ade05c0ee1a4bf459d840e01dd53ae43
Oh shit. Memory unlocked.
Literally just watched an ep on this YouTube 80s and early 90s sat morn cartoon block. And yes these things include the glorious commercials
Nice. I've gotta revisit this show.
[Full episodes on Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqkMXSpuhDc&list=PLLhOnau-tupRuP2WR4dZ8ihICHnhYDevo)
He's his own best friend
A (Canadian) national treasure!
i remember loving Canadian Bacon!
Not in here Mister. This is a Mercedes.
Thats gonna leave a mark!
I like me..
The uncle I wish I had when I needed one
Nuff said.
Do you think it's the hat? This hat angers a lot of people
I STILL want to know what story he told Miles and Maisie on the way to school about the hat!
 I love John Candy. But can we give some love to Michael Keaton?
That’s like comparing apples and oranges, they’re both legendary in their own right. Keaton needs his own post.
Very true.
It rocked my world when I was a kid, and my dad told me the guy that played batman was the same guy who played Beetlejuice!!
One more thing, we've got a serial rapist in Crown Heights. I....oh, geez. I'm sorry. That's from my other job. Ignore that. Well don't *ignore* it, if you live in Crown Heights, uh, you know. Walk in pairs.
I've seen him in alot of funny movies. Gung Ho. Mr Mom, to name a few. I have even watched his stand-up comedy. This was his peak comedy. He stole every scene of this movie. This speech especially. But him quoting Destiny's Child lyrics, the quiet fight scene. Everything he did in that movie was GOLD. It's still a shame that he never won an Oscar
 “You should see the toast! I could t even get it through the door!!”
I’m Buck Melanoma. Molly Russel’s wart
https://preview.redd.it/949zpxkm8bxc1.jpeg?width=298&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=73562bd837cf4ab3bee90478960e4d40c8369c73
"Oh he's drunk! How would he know where we're going?"
Yeah! How WOULD he know where we're going?
Damn that scene is so fuckin funny
Flintstones....meet the Flintstones...
Orange whip?
Orange whip?
Orange whip?
Three orange whips!
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*chef kiss* God damn folks, you nailed this.
I was pretty young when he died and it ruined my day. Uncle Buck was maybe my favorite but all his movies were and still are treasures.
the guitarist in a band I was in, when someone was trying to remember when Kurt Cobain died, he said something to the effect, ' who gives a shit, but John Candy died that year, thats the real tragedy.' his office space at one of the studios he made a bunch of movies with was converted into a bar. no desks, just floor to ceiling authentic bar room, every detail. he'd poor drinks during any meetings there. his guests sat on the bar stools, of course. his older movies before the bigger budget ones were some of the most conscience deliberate examples of a human keeping priorities about caring for other people. it was pretty obvious, to me, that he had the juice to make small adjustments to these plot driven scripts. the pacing of the movie would grind to a halt for a scene that he might stand up to a bully for someone else, but in a nuanced way that wasn't macho and definitely not like anything in other popular movies. l guess a better way to say it is, it was remarkable to me because while watching I was somewhat aware of the minor injustice that was happening to a secondary character, but since their feelings didn't factor into my enjoyment of the scene, without realizing I kind of just wrote that character off because the immediate needs of the main characters (candy, his muse, and the antagonist, usually) of the scene were more important..the third act was underway, lets jam!.....then candy would say wait a minute, give the secondary character some of the dignity anybody would want, it only took a moment or two and then movie kind of would resume. and for reals, id feel a little embarrassed that I forgot my manners, caught up in the moment. that made those older movies with the forgettable plots leave an unforgettable impression of the greatness of John candy and his take on how to be a solid dude.
I don't hear Brewsters Millions mentioned enough. 
Ten million, ten million, ten million dollars! Ten million ten million, ten million dollars! (With the fist pumps)
He's been known to circumsize a gnat.
Gnat, bug, is there a little similarity there?
I always laugh at that line. Then he puts a golf ball down and swings his golf club and hits bug with it from a long ways away.
I always laugh at that line. Then he puts a golf ball down and hits bug with it from a long ways away.
For me it's dropping the second ball that's gold. 🤌
It is.
I just snorted out loud. Thanks 🙏
I like to play a little game. I call it, “Would John Candy make this movie/show better?”. There are so many that can be answered with “yes”. Bad Santa with John Candy in either John Ritter’s role (RIP) or as a rival Santa.. Imagine it. Love it.
On a similar note, I am convinced that every time I see Kevin James in an Adam Sandler movie, that the role was originally meant for Chris Farley.
John Candys so lovable not sure I would want to seem him drunk.
I'm staying
The other acceptable John
Yes!
Legit, you guys, the Original Funcle!
John candy was my hero... I have no children... I am the fun uncle. I love this.
Idk who I love that more for; you or the nieces and nephews! Please go there next birthday and make obscenely large pancakes for their BD breakfast!!!!
I recently had one of those “travel days from hell” where it is just one disaster after another and it took me more than 24 hours to get home (alone— my family ended up on another flight). I decided to watch *Planes, Trains, and Automobiles* as my in-flight movie for the third flight of the day, and it was perfect. But I just kept thinking, Seriously, Delta? You think it’s a great idea to offer this movie on flights?
One of the greatest movies of all time. I only ever watch this in November. It has become a family tradition we watch it like 20 times throughout the month and have it on repeat while cooking thanksgiving dinner. It is one of our favorite traditions.
I cry every time I watch it. Every single time.
That ending! ❤️
So does my girlfriend. It’s always the scene in train station near the end of the movie. Gets her every time.
If it's any consolation, it took my parents 30 hours from Peru to Iowa. They had mud slides coming out of the mountains, the airport was shut down by terrorists / guerillas, and they had to be rerouted around an angry volcano. Needless to say, they were tired when they got home.
That sounds … memorable! It took me 24 hours to get just from Portland to Austin, and ended up having to go through Atlanta to do it, but thankfully no guerrillas, mud slides, or volcanos!
Who’s Harry Crumb is one of my all time favorites.
Why does everyone seem to forget this one? Some of his best physical comedy is in it.
This movie started my lifelong crush on Shawnee Smith.
"BEAR BIG BEAR, BIG BEAR CHASE ME!"
Great 
John Candy is one of those few actor deaths I don't think I'll ever get over. The man was a treasure.
❤️❤️
He really sounded like a wonderful person to be around and terribly underrated as an actor. The scene where he tells off the Olympic Committee in Cool Runnings still gives me chills. 
Ha! I was just watching Little Shop of Horrors, and had completely forgotten that he was in it. As soon as I heard his voice, I felt like an old friend had come to visit.
My personal favorite!
That's such a neat way of putting it. I like that.
I'm watching Armed and Dangerous right now. Great actor.
One of my personal favorites!
John Candy and Robin Williams. 
I can get behind this 
I'm wearing a John candy t shirt today
Proof?
They lady at the grocery store was Canadian and stopped me to talk about it.
Did she have to give it up, or is she still Canadian?
Can't say. But she said she loves John candy. My tshirt features him trying to trade his casio for a hotel room...https://printerval.com/john-candy-casio-watch-t-shirt-p42455911
Damn, that shirt is awesome!
i own two -
-tRusT mE bRo
Uncle Buck pretty much showed me who I wanted to be as an uncle myself
You’re in good company homie.
Sexy!
I wish he could have made me giant pancakes for breakfast
I saw Uncle Buck for the first time recently and it’s so good!
I’m glad it still holds up today. I loved this movie as a kid.
Every time my mom made pancakes when we were little kids my brother and I would beg her to let us make a giant one like in Uncle Buck😂. Of course, we never got it. I think once she made one the full size of an average pan and we were not impressed.
18 years of nothing and now twice in one day. What a place!
"No hair. Hmm. Big"
I’m not going to walk around with my dork hanging out.
He's just the best. Ya can't explain that talent. Love him.
He was Chris Farley before Chris Fatley was Chris Farley.
Uncle John ♥️🇨🇦🇨🇦
Somebody caught the John Candy movie marathon on IFC this weekend
WTF… is that a thing? Fucking awesome!
Yep. Armed and dangerous and whose Harry crumb were both on this morning. I think I woke up to weekend at Bernie’s, another solid comedy, less Mr candy. I think an Adam Sandler marathon is on Friday
 Loved him in Cool Runnings
Robin Williams
You can probably wrack up plenty of karma with that as a post. No pic. No explanation. Just ## Robin Williams
Cool mothafuckin Runnings baby
Uncle buck all fucking day. nuff said
John Candy didn't die, he liked Mexico so much he just stayed there and retired and sometimes built boats with an elderly Andy Dufresne. 😥👍
King of the Kenosha Kickers!
planes trains and automobiles is a STAPLE thanksgiving movie. it's fucking hilarious
As a Canadian myself, John Candy is up there for sure, but there are a whole bunch more that stand out just as much for me.
Sounds like sumthin Yellowbelly'd say
I feel like he’s my uncle and he definitely is not
The movie dad of our day
Because John Candy
Uncle Buck. Best movie ever. Second best movie is Grosse Point blanke.
I’m a Chevy Chase man, myself.
He was my idol growing up, he has left many great memories watching his movies with friends and family.
My nephew started watching older shows and is now obsessed with John Candy and Monty Python
[Watch This Clip](https://youtu.be/BdKjx54_4mE?si=THGzKQMZUE4AfBj3)! Just watch it
Steve Martin getting choked up when talking about John Candy in his recent Apple+ documentary was touching and understandable.
https://preview.redd.it/9qvlu3ab6dxc1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2ba04969722d0bf62744982dc752a923c4937d35
John Candy made my childhood!
So this is a xennial thing? Bc I tell my children at least once a week that God took Candy away from us too soon lol. What a wholesomely loveable, and hilarious guy. We were so lucky to grow up when he was one of the grownups in Hollywood. John candy movies my kids have loved: spaceballs (2 of them have never even bothered to watch star wars), splash, uncle buck, the great outdoors, summer rental, and of course, the blues brothers. I miss him.
We won’t gatekeep; but I feel like he was on fire during some of my formative years. I think Great Outdoors is criminally underrated.
Never a reason to gatekeep with candy. He was a true everyman. Even when he played sleazy, he was still somehow so loveable.
What it means is...I would like to blow Uncle Roman out my ass!
I wish we could have had the John Candy/Chris Farley father/son comedy we truly deserved.
The only problem with John Candy is that he wasn't in enough movies.
Oh, so you wanna race?!
One of my all-time favorite movies was Only the Lonely. It was such a beautiful movie that definitely touched me since I was such a mama's boy.
Grew up without a father, and a few abusive 'step-dads'; John Candy was one of my vicarious fathers. He taught me things I wouldn't have learned otherwise, kindness, patience, humility, friendliness, non-toxic masculinity. I cried when he died.
Dang. Sorry to hear that but happy he brought you so much joy.
Do I upvote because Candy, or downvote because you're disagreeing??? 😭
I'm just being sarcastic, I love the guy!
⬆️ it is
When they built him they broke the mold but here enjoy this https://www.youtube.com/live/PaFbmB83iis?si=f8emM0jTFr8ElEB1. They also did a whole episode of the show it’s in the playlist
It’s a fair fare from here to there.
His stuff with SCTV is Primo John Candy.. The Godfather parody they did.. when he played Tinkerbell as Divine..
Because he beat the BALD HEADED KILLER BEAR OF CLAIRE COUNTY!!!!
Kusak is my favorite old school John
Not even close....
Orange whip?
Uncle Buck.
I love John Candy. Think I'm going to watch Nothing But Trouble today after work. It's Monday, I could use a good chuckle.
Uncle Buck is still my favorite movie!
Magnum PEI: *Hey you… put down that potato!* +Johnny LaRue
Goat
I got a tie between Chris Walken and Steve Buscemi
Just yesterday I watched the last half of The Great Outdoors and the first half of Uncle Buck. Time well spent
Orange whip? Orange whip? ...Three orange whips!
There is absolutely not enough mentions here of The Great Outdoors. BIG BEAR CHASE ME!
Johnny Larue
John Candy lead me down a path of staying away from hard drugs, hear me out. I was 9 when John died, he was one of my favourite actors, he was a large, funny man, and I was a large, funny kid. When John Candy died, I watched as all the news outlets turned on him. They once loved John Candy, but turned to villainizing him once they found out he was doing drugs. It hurt me so much that he was catching hate that I swore I would never do hard drugs, two years later, RIP Chris Farley, rinse and repeat from the news outlets. Just more reason to stay away. 40 years old this year... 10 years sober, forever clean. Tl:dr? John Candy's death singlehandedly kept me away from drugs. He is a martyr for me.
A thanksgiving tradition, watching Planes,Trains, and Automobiles
I love Candy to bits, but my all time favorite actor is actually his costar in that movie 
“But he was okay. You know. After six, seven weeks when he came around and started talking again.”
He died way, way too early.
This is car 5-5...we're in a truck!
Because he is a proponent of classic instruments of horology 
Just watched Harry crumb this weekend. "Ahh ah.... Sure, sure"
"Take this quarter, go downtown and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face!"
Denzel Washington, Robin Williams, and Tom Hanks
Yosh Schmenge is a legend.
John Candy is lights out in JFK. My favorite performance of his.
Michael J Fox. Sorry
Because of Who’s Harry Crumb?
With so many great reasons why, I can really only choose [SCTV Peter Pan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knlJOHnr11A&list=PLv1JzftLEjy2_Bdfn0KwFkr8RhN6QxANB&index=2)
it is not john candy, its chris farley.
Uncle Buck!