Many of Candy’s most popular and famous characters have a charm that makes the viewer feel like he’s your own father. “I think he kind of was recreating the relationship that he might not have had ...
Rome wasn’t built in a day — but legendary late comedian John Candy was able to craft his entire hilarious Home Alone cameo and film it in less than 24 hours. Director Chris Columbus was dying for ...
This is FRESH AIR. John Candy, the comic actor who rose to fame in the sketch comedy series "SCTV" and such films as "Stripes," "Splash" and "Spaceballs," died at age 43 in 1994. Now, 31 years later, ...
Moriarty took a lot of inspiration from Candy and the film, and he drew from Pete’s own personality as well. Not only did it ...
The comedian often spoke of being doomed to the same fate of his father, who died at 35. What he and my father felt wasn't ...
I Like Me" is putting the late comedy actor back in the news as readers check out the documentary on his life using their ...
Early in the new documentary John Candy: I Like Me, there's an excerpt from Candy's 1994 funeral. Saturday Night Live alum Dan Aykroyd eulogized his friend and collaborator. "This is no meager life we ...
Fans remember him as Del Griffith or Uncle Buck, but John Candy’s children remember him simply as dad. Decades after his death, Chris Candy and Jennifer Candy-Sullivan say they see their father’s ...