John Candy

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  1. halfjapanese

    halfjapanese Gifs moider!

    After a couple of decades of Alice’s Restaurant, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles became our annual Thanksgiving entertainment. Still is. To hell with the NFL.
     
  2. Gramps Tom

    Gramps Tom Forum Resident

    "I haven't even heard these guys play."
     
  3. GeetarFreek

    GeetarFreek Forum Resident

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    Truly sad when he passed, most of my fond memories are him on SCTV, damn he was just so funny.
     
  4. GodShifter

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    I think I liked him best in "Stripes" though he doesn't have a huge role in that. "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" is, of course, a classic. I wasn't a big fan of "Uncle Buck" as it was a little too calculated, but it was okay. Outside of that, he didn't make a lot of great movies. Someone mentioned "The Great Outdoors" and I'd agree that that movie had its moments.

    It seems like Chris Farley kind of tried to model his personae as an actor a bit after John Candy (and, no, not because they were both heavy set). They were the same kind of goofy, awkward guys in a lot of their movies and it made them lovable. Maybe that's what I don't like about "Uncle Buck"; Candy was a little too edgy and flat out mean in some parts of it.
     
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  5. GeetarFreek

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    Johnny Larue 4ever
     
  6. Uzbeks? You lose...comrade.
     
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  7. It is a shame he didn't have much quality control, because he was a real talent who could do a lot more than the dumb comedies he usually appeared in (and one of which he was on the set of when he died). C'est la vie.
     
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  8. bekayne

    bekayne Senior Member

    The weak link on the great chain of socialism.
     
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  9. bekayne

    bekayne Senior Member

    From The New Show: "Roy's Food Repair"

     
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  10. Madness

    Madness "Hate is much too great a burden to bear."

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    "I'm Barf! Half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!"

    He was so great!
     
  11. Strat-Mangler

    Strat-Mangler Personal Survival Daily Record-Breaker

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    Isn't that cool? Even a young kid recognizes JC on two levels. Nice show of respect.
     
  12. Steve Litos

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    I talked with a guy with a Harold Ramis Film School shirt last week.

    He was a student!
     
  13. jason88cubs

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    The fact that John Candy looked that fan in the eyes and said "Thank you very much , I appreciate that" pretty muchs shows what type of person John was
     
  14. pool_of_tears

    pool_of_tears Searching For Simplicity

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    Alright...they ain’t goin’ no place!
     
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  15. Leviethan

    Leviethan Forum Resident

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    Me too. I just about crapped my pants when I saw an Orange Whip on a drink menu a couple of years ago.
     
  16. "Orange Whip?"
     
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  17. Tim S

    Tim S Senior Member

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    3-D Firing Line with host Count Floyd with clips and analysis of Midnight Cowboy II in 3-D, starring Dr. Tongue and Woody Tobias Jr. Also included panelist Pauline Kael

     
  18. Rose River Bear

    Rose River Bear Senior Member

    I love every movie JC was in. I have watched them numerous times. The Great Outdoors is at the top of the list. Lots of folks say it is a dumb movie. Well to that I say...……..XXXXXX.
     
  19. AndrewK

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    yesterday caught Summer Rental on tv :)
    love Candy's movies, always put me in a good mood..... Uncle Buck, Who's Harry Crumb, Planes Trains and Automobiles, The Great Outdoors..... and also his more dramatic role in Only the Lonely, a very good movie
     
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  20. Big Jimbo

    Big Jimbo Forum Resident

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    You know, I kind of liked the Wrigley Field bit.

    Yeah, real cute
     
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  21. kwadguy

    kwadguy Senior Member

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    I've never seen this one, I don't think...When Paul Simon appears I thought "that can't be Paul Simon, can it?"
     
  22. Tim S

    Tim S Senior Member

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    "Who's Harry Crumb" is another totally dumb Candy movie that I like a lot. Basically, I'll watch and enjoy about anything he's in.
     
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  23. Nightfly68

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    We watch Planes, Trains, and Automobiles every Thanksgiving. I read that Steve Martin said it was his favorite film that he's been in.
     
  24. stewedandkeefed

    stewedandkeefed Came Ashore In The Dead Of The Night

    I grew up on SCTV. John was great on that show. Love his comedies but also liked his short appearance as the colourful Dean Andrews in JFK - "Kennedy's deader than that crab meat".
     
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  25. Tim S

    Tim S Senior Member

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    The second I "met" Johnny LaRue I was hooked.
     
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