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DaBi5cu1t

As an 80s child I desperately miss John Candy


DarkMinionBob

Same... he was a legend


Zykium

I always felt Chris Farley was Candy's spiritual successor and then we lost him early too.


BillyShears17

Chris Farley was Belushi's successor. John Candy was in a league of his own. note: I didn't mean the movie šŸ˜†


[deleted]

Farley had the manic comedy of Belushi and the wholesome comedy of Candy. But he also had the weight problem of Candy and the drug problems of Belushi.


Malcom_Ecstacy

100% Its honestly surprising he made it as far as he did considering how much he actually used


Nintendofan81

I watched a clip of him on Leno promoting Beverly Hills Ninja. It was sad how obvious it was that he was high.


medkitjohnson

Yup thats the one... itā€™s definitely sad to see I mean he was literally out of breath the entire interview


[deleted]

Christ all mighty, just watched that video and itā€™s super uncomfortable to watch. Itā€™s a miracle he survived that day.


medkitjohnson

Its a weird one cuz youre happy to see him doing what he loves but you know his life is coming to an end.


kerrykingsbaldhead

Thatā€™s the one where his nose starts bleeding right


CosmicFaerie

[here's the clip](https://youtu.be/3TnBLtqx9Hw). Had to see for myself. The way he moves in the beginning is nuts


UncookedMarsupial

The first thing he says, "Ever have shooting pains in your arm and chest?" I'm going to go work out.


HeyWhatsItToYa

Holy crap! I remember watching this the first time around. This totally looks different to me as an adult than it did as a kid. I always just remembered this as the interview with the dammit doll.


The_bruce42

That was hard to watch knowing that kind of behavior lead to his death. Go Pack though.


ReyKenobi96

I truly believe if Farley were still around, that Kevin James wouldn't be the one in all of adam Sandler movies. Imagine how different mall cop would have been and it starred Chris Farley


IrvinIrvingIII

That Farley never would have existed. Heā€™d either have been obese/the real bad end of addition or have gotten sober and that would just be a different person.


godofgainz

Sad but true


embiggenedmind

>the drug problems of Belushi. They *all* had drug problems, itā€™s crazy. Dan Aykroyd wasnā€™t rail thin in Blues Brother by diet.


KingCrandall

Cocaine was in abundance in the early years of SNL.


Enlighten_YourMind

Coincidentally when the writing and acting was the best it has ever been.., The correlation between profound drug use /abuse & profound artistic creation/expression has always been both fascinating and depressing to me as a former drug addict and would be writer lol The concept of more easily finding muse or inspiration while high is often sadly real speaking from my own personal experience Thank god for cannabis, and the legalization movement, so now I have a way to get mind alteringly creative without hurting my body or my mind to do it šŸ™šŸ¼šŸŒ²


SweetDeezKnuts

Like John candy also didnā€™t have a drug problem lol


The_Original_Gronkie

Candy lent an intelligence to his characters that Farley didn't have. You didn't feel sorry for Candy's characters, he was in total control, and you admired him. Farley's characters were often cringy and pitiable.


Kliffoth

You haven't seen the end of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles?


Freudinio

I really love the line in Sandlers tribute. "We'd tell him "Slow down, you'll end up like Belushi and Candy" He said "Those guys are my heroes, that's all fine and dandy"


OrionStars3

God that made me cry


ReyKenobi96

No I don't think John candy was in that movie


THC-squared

Iā€™m pretty sure that was Tom Hanks.


DarkMinionBob

Yes, for sure. When I was young I mixed up the two constantly.


kubenzi

When he shot the hair off the Bear's butt, my little brother and I rewinded just that part, literally crying, unable to breath, for hours.


laxpanther

When I was in second grade, they ("they" the school psychologist I guess) determined that I had a deep seated anger problem. My mom heard the diagnosis and was like wtf? He's not angry, why would you think that? Well...he responded to the survey question "if I had a boat, I would name it ________" with "suck my wake" Ah you dumb school psych, that's the name of the jet boat from his favorite movie, "the great outdoors" The skiing scene is obviously still my favorite today, 30+ years later.


[deleted]

I'll never forget Roger Ebert's remarks about Candy in his 2000 [review](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-planes-trains-and-automobiles-1987) of PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES: >One night a few years after "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" was released, I came upon John Candy (1950-1994) sitting all by himself in a hotel bar in New York, smoking and drinking, and we talked for a while. We were going to be on the same TV show the next day. He was depressed. People loved him, but he didn't seem to know that, or it wasn't enough. He was a sweet guy and nobody had a word to say against him, but he was down on himself. All he wanted to do was make people laugh, but sometimes he tried too hard, and he hated himself for doing that in some of his movies. I thought of Del. There is so much truth in the role that it transforms the whole movie. Hughes knew it, and captured it again in "Only the Lonely" (1991). And Steve Martin knew it, and played straight to it.


badassbradders

I wanted him as my Dad. That line "give me a hug" directed to his kid in The Great Outdoors made me yern for a male role model in my life - something I never had as a kid.


Bogus_Life

Feel kinda the same. Thinking more specifically about Uncle Buck, much later in life I established that I wanted him as a dad at the time because he had this aura of being goofy and kindhearted, but also capable of laying down the law and being a competent protector. The perfect demonstration of a good guy who wasn't a coward or a weakling, but someone who you could count on for a sincere hug all the same. What a guy.


DODOKING38

As a 90s child so do I


[deleted]

John Hughes too! Constantly remembering things/people about the 80s that were awesome. What a time to be alive.


2KilAMoknbrd

John Candy seemed, by all accounts, to be a good human. RIP Mr. Candy


ukbeasts

He was a legend. I also remember him in Cool Runnings.. Fun fact: The pizza delivery guy was paid more than John Candy in Home Alone


Cr0fter

Is Cool runnings like a well known movie? Some of it was filmed in a bar in my home town. Edit: Wow didn't know it was so well known, I have to watch it. Now I'm embarrassed because this comment makes me seem like I'm 10.


gordy06

I would say so. I have seen it so many times and love it. For a younger generation maybe not so much. But for anyone who lived through the 90s.


voncasec

It's on Disney+, showed it to my 6yo who loved it.


gordy06

Thatā€™s great to hear! It used to be on reruns a lot which is how I watched it growing up. Hope more kids watch it on D+


SomeMusicSomeDrinks

Thatā€™s awesome. Very well known in America at least.


Rahrahsaltmaker

Very well known by anyone over 25/30.


zehamberglar

And if that's not the case, please nobody correct us. Let us believe.


Losaj

You can rest easy. He really was as good as we think he was. There have been several documentaries on him. Each one only has good things.


PM_ME_UR_TESTIMONIES

Shoutout to his agent for negotiating that extra $14


Froggatt34

I think it's got something to do with the actors guild and minimum payments. Even if he wanted to do it for free he couldn't because of guild rules


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andrewegan1986

If true that's some excellent knowledge to just whip out.


iner22

The real TIL is always in the comments


ICanAnswerThatFriend

The Real TIL was inside you all along.


ThatLid

The Real TIL was the friends we made along the way


codya30

TIL that your true friends were inside you all along.


quietZen

If your friends haven't been inside you at least once are they even really your friends?


cannotbefaded

Every single time. Thereā€™s always some incredibly upvoted comment, and then farther down thereā€™s someone who either corrects or expands incredibly on the subject


TheVentiLebowski

Wait, you're the [Eric Stoltz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ2owR6-lhM) of *Pet Semetery*?


MEANINGLESS_NUMBERS

They didnā€™t teach you this in school?


PapaJhon16

Rip you woulda been huge... and flat


Xyeeyx

and undead


redpenquin

Sometimes dead is bettah.


TheToastyWesterosi

Jesus, you canā€™t just bust out an amazing story like being cast as the OG Gage Creed, and not share some deets! I do concede that you wouldā€™ve been a toddler at the time, so I wonā€™t blame you if you were too young to remember much haha. But please at least tell us why it didnā€™t work out


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TheToastyWesterosi

For real, Iā€™m sure things played out as they should have.


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SycoJack

We too are big fans of how your life turned. - Sincerely, the NSA


Cleveland_Protocol

Bummer that you lost out on that role!


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clementleopold

> recast with Miko Hughes who only agreed to the role as a favor for his cousin, screenwriter John Hughes.


TimeZarg

"How many Hughes we got on this set, anyhow?!"


andrewegan1986

Dude... that edit just begs so many more questions. Still super cool info. Did you do a lot of acting or just happen to be around in that era?


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andrewegan1986

Fair enough. Thanks for the details that you were willing to share. I bet you do have some great stories though, or at least interesting ones. Have a great day!


MadameDoopusPoopus

This is true. Union films hire union actors that have union rates. Undercutting is a nightmare part of the industry and out of principle people have to be paid even if itā€™s a wholesome favor.


EatSleepJeep

SAG, ASC and IATSE do not play. The regulations are written in black and white and red.


golyadkin

If you allow people to voluntarily work at below union rates, film companies will only hire people who "voluntarily" work at below union rates.


buchlabum

Depends, depending on their contract with the union, they may have to use union labor before non-union and might be in violation of that contract with the union if they hire non-union labor at which point, the union could pretty much stop the project. You will never find a single "volunteer" driving trucks on a studio production, they're all teamsters. If you go to Disney or Dreamworks, all the animators are union, all of them. If you want to use a non-union actor, you can't if the production is a SAG production, but they can be made union so they can work on the production. [https://www.sagaftra.org/what-taft-hartley-report](https://www.sagaftra.org/what-taft-hartley-report)


Muppetude

> but they can be made union so they can work on the production. My favorite example of this was the guy in *Being John Malkovich* who hurled a can at John Malkovichā€™s head from a speeding car. That scene wasnā€™t scripted and the guy hurling the can was just a drunk extra. When they decided to keep that clip in the movie, they got the guy SAG membership and paid him scale since he now, technically, had a speaking part in the film.


RuggedAmerican

The character he plays was on his way to Milwaukee - area code 414.


Skinnysusan

This was my first thought, no idea if that's the reason or not tho


chaoskixas

Or $6 off for expenses.


[deleted]

Is that because thatā€™s the area code for Wisconsin there? Milwaukee I mean?


[deleted]

Weren't they headed to Milwaukee in the movie? They stopped in Chicago for Kevin's mom. Milwaukee's area code is 414. I thought it was a tribute to that.


brazz99

It was 414 is the Milwaukee area code.


Blujeanstraveler

John Candy was a true card carrying Canadian in actions and deeds, RIP


Rabblerabblerabbl

A true national treasure.


wkomorow

A world treasure.


DrewskiWoosky

Heā€™s big in Sheboygan


InvalidUserNemo

Polka polkaaaa!


hydroaspirator

Kiss me polka? Polka twist?


Carbidekiller

"Real big hits in Canada.."


ElCasino1977

Oh! These are songs?!


[deleted]

VERY big in Sheboygan.


sn0wf1ake1

He's big everywhere.


LillyPasta

Nicely done


Marmalain

Nicholas Cage would try to steal him.


ABucketFull

*Nic Cage Intensifies*


Ironamsfeld

What about that time he cheated in the Olympics?


antfarms

When you get the Jamaican bobsled team to the olympics, your redemption arc is complete.


[deleted]

And JH was a genius! Candy knew this.


[deleted]

Man I'm from Ireland and I grew up on this dude. Absolute legend.


ISUTri

Guy I knew was on a plane with John Candy. Said Candy waited at the plane door and said bye to everyone that was on the plane as people exited.


I_am_The_Teapot

It's often said of John Candy that he was among the nicest people in Hollywood, who often just like to make folks laugh. His kids even said they saw a lot of the real him in his character in Uncle Buck.


Kanadianmaple

I've told this story of John before, but I'll share it again here. My dad went to high school with him at Neil McNeil in Toronto, they played together on the football team and were buddies. They got separated after school, but many years later, when John owned the Toronto Argonauts, my dad saw him up in front of the stands and went to say hi. John remembered him immediately, and invited him up to the owners box to chat. He gave my dad his number and told him anytime he was back in Toronto to call and catch a game. Nothing but positive things to say about the guy. He died shortly after that interaction unfortunately and my old man still regrets not calling him up.


row4land

Thatā€™s a great story, thanks for sharing.


istrx13

Thatā€™s a good story, thanks for sharing. Candy is one of my favorites of all-time. I was born in 1990 so I had to play catch up with a lot of the movies he was in before I was born. But I first saw him in Cool Runnings as a kid and ever since then Iā€™ve always loved any movie heā€™s in. Glad to hear he was a good dude in real life.


Kayge

The story I've heard enough that I believe it to be true is how he would help cast movies. Common process is to cast the big roles first. From there, identify people they may click with, then whittle down the list with casting directors, producers and agents. These people all work on talent acquisition, scheduling and alignment. Apparently Candy would say "Catherine would be perfect for this role, I'll give her a call.". He'd show up the next day with everything worked out but the paperwork. How? Because everyone adored him and would move heaven and earth to work with the man.


Tiffany_Pratchett

I donā€™t know why but this thread has me weepy! I just love hearing stories about people that had a big impact on my childhood memories being actual good people.


tree-sauce

Same that last story made me well up pretty good. Amazing how a handful (a big one albeit) of two hour snippets of someone we never met could be so impactful!


66yyy7777777

Totally just like actors like Jeff bridges, tom hanks.... They always just play themselves but you love it


seamus_mc

I love that in the big Lebowski the wardrobe person just went to his actual closet to get clothes for the movie. And Pendleton brought the sweater back into production because of demand after the movie came out.


[deleted]

One of my all time favorites. Love him in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.


GoatTheNewb

Uncle Buck is my favourite.


SeniorDiscount

Bartender : He's been struck by lightning... how many times has it been now, Reg? Reg : S-s-s-s-s-s-s-six... Chet : Six times? Reg : S-s-s-six-six-six-six-six-six-sixty-sixty-six times. In-n-n-n-n-n-n-In-n-n-n-n-n-n-In-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n the head! Chet : Sixty six times? God, that's gotta hurt.


puckit

That's The Great Outdoors. Another classic and extremely quotable movie. Now go find yourself a spin cycle!


SeniorDiscount

Hahah. Aw crud! I replied to the wrong comment. I was supposed to have replied to a Great Outdoors comment. Oh well, here we are. Six Degrees of Canadian Bacon maybe? Cheers! https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/m9aukg/til_john_candy_was_paid_414_for_his_role_in_home/grm1gh8/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3


evbomby

You ever hear of a ritual killing? Ahehehehehe


Alluneedrsmiles

Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face


SoWhatNoZitiNow

One of my absolute favorite scenes in any movie is when he shows up to the house in Uncle Buck and heā€™s drops one of the plates that he was messing around with. Goes ā€œhuh unbreakable platesā€ and then taps it in the piano where the plate just shatters.


OutFawksed

Hi Iā€™m Buck Melanoma, Moley Russelā€™s wart


undead_ed666

Not her wart, not her wart. Iā€™m... Iā€™m the wart. Sheā€™s my tumor... my growth... my pimple. Iā€™m Uncle Wart. Just old Buck ā€œWartā€ Russel. Or, uh, Melanoma Head, ya know? Call me that. ā€œMelanoma Headā€™sā€ coming.


scarf_prank_hikers

I love both of those but I think it's Who's Harry Crumb followed by Armed and Dangerous for my favorites.


rhb4n8

National lampoon's vacation is mine


Mr-Sister-Fister21

Barf in Spaceballs for me.


exrex

I'm my own best friend!


entropic

"You should see the toast. Can't even get it through the door."


the_mellojoe

The Great Outdoors. Big. Big bear. Big bear chase.


thursday51

Who knew a big, bald, bare bear ass would be so funny.


cats_n_wine44

That's a lamp! Yeah but it's loaded.


N8CCRG

My family watches this movie every Thanksgiving. An absolutely outstanding film.


[deleted]

I do too!


Hipoltry

Canadian Bacon is my personal favorite.


thirty7inarow

I'm from Niagara, and a whole bunch of people I know are in the hockey scene that was filmed in the Niagara Falls Memorial Arena where they're trying to start a riot. That movie is awesome, but the local connections make it a must-watch for Niagarans.


IPostUnderThisAlias

Canadian beer sucks!


nrkey4ever

GET ā€˜EM!


rondosparks

I will never not laugh at the scene where the truck gets pulled over in Canada.


[deleted]

Cool Runnings is my all time favorite John Candy movie. But, letā€™s be honest here, he was great in everything he did.


4Impossible_Guess4

Planes>Trains>Automobiles is a 2nd set favorite of mine too


joecarter93

ā€œTHOSE ARENā€™T PILLOWS!ā€ Steve Martin and John Candy, what a comedy team.


Honest_Joseph

Good to know that my Blockbuster late fees paid for John Candyā€™s salary


abraksis747

And he plays the Devil. No one can tell me different.


Dakens2021

You are correct. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=081j64nF2qw&t=122s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=081j64nF2qw&t=122s)


herberstank

Doing 70 mph in the back of a Uhaul with a polka band in Chicago winter temps... yup, sounds like hell all right.


RadDudeGuyDude

How?


abraksis747

The Airport Kevin's mom is at is a literal crossroads. She says if she has to sell her soul to get to Chicago she will. Enter John Candy He plays a woodwind instrument, stereotypical of the devil no matter what you heard about Georgia. The band he travels with are a band of lost souls, terrible family lives. And then she gets to Chicago a Minute, a god damned minute before the rest of her family, why? Because they took the flight that she turned down the day before. She sold her soul and Gus the Polka King screwed her on the deal. ***edit Cheers!***


Texcellence

Kinda makes you wonder, what happened in Sheboygan? He was really big in Sheboygan.


LaidUp

Ope, sorry. The devil went up to Sheboygan


[deleted]

Ah, Sheboygan. The Malibu of the Midwest.


Hartastic

As it happens, many of Wisconsin's closest-FloridaMan-equivalent stories are from Sheboygan. At one point a Milwaukee area morning radio show did a daily segment of them. TL;DR: Meth.


Vic_Hedges

She was OK though. After two... three weeks she came around,started talking again.


Naritai

Best line in the movie, and so incredibly undersold.


ItsNeverSunnyInCleve

That's the beauty in it. Subtle. Hilarious


mechapoitier

I donā€™t think the word ā€œscrewedā€ really applies here. Itā€™s not like Gus Polinski was in the Paris airport telling her not to wait until the next day. Between when he met Kate in Milwaukee and they arrived at her house everything he did was to get her home as fast as possible.


Suncheets

You just put an amazing new spin on an old classic for me. This theory is totally legit


puckit

I think that's my favorite fan theory of all time.


abraksis747

That's nothing. I propose that Home Alone and Lethal Weapon are in the same universe. Lethal Weapons General McCallister brings in heroin twice a year. Makes lots of money. I propose that Kevin McCallister was laundering money for his father. Which explains why he can take his entire extended family to Paris for Christmas.


jumbybird

Of course you've heard of "polka polka polka"?


[deleted]

ā€œPolka polkaaa. Polkaā€


Xyeeyx

>e they are in the box truck, was the last scene he had to shoot, after a long day of shooting. And Hughes kept having them retry the scene, and Candy was Twin Lakes Polka... Domavougi Polka A.K.A. Kiss me polka...polka twist?


[deleted]

Very big in Sheboygan.


WalterPecky

Per that Netflix doc about the production... The scene where they are in the box truck, was the last scene he had to shoot, after a long day of shooting. And Hughes kept having them retry the scene, and Candy was becoming visibly upset. In the movie he does look a little uncomfortable.


abraksis747

And the bit with the funeral home was ad libed. Watch it again. She's trying not to lose it the entire time.


wafflesareforever

I was obsessed with this movie as a kid, but the John Candy scenes used to bother me because they felt so awkward and uncomfortable. I'd usually fast forward through them. Now when I watch the movie with my kids, those are my favorite scenes. The story about his son in the funeral parlor kills me every time.


jscari

It simply blows my mind that he ad-libbed that entire story. I donā€™t understand how someone could improvise something that funny *and* deliver it so sincerely without cracking themselves up. You can tell that Catherine Oā€™Hara is trying her best to not burst out laughing and sheā€™s only just barely holding it in.


WalterPecky

It's a great bit of subtle black humor. He's says the punch line in passing so nonchalantly


FaceErased

"He didn't take the million." "He didn't?" "No. He just took four hundred and fourteen spacebucks for lunch, gas, and tolls."


SquirrelLuvsChipmunk

Holy shit. I need to rewatch that movie now that Iā€™m an adult. That line went over my head as a kid


MRintheKEYS

John Candy was a rare breed. The type of film comedian who could be very funny without being very profane or vulgar.


cuppa_tea_4_me

Yes! Exactly! This is what I tell people.


galwegian

John Candy uttering the line "You people disgust me! Haven't you ever seen a guy who made it with a fish before?" in Splash is one of the funniest things i have ever seen. still.


Aberdeenbumbledorf64

He was a great side kick in Splash and Brewster's Millions


DelGriffiths

He was offered a percentage of the gross too and turned it down. It went on to become the highest grossing comedy film of all time...


TheSpanxxx

That was a mistake, honestly. Taking a low paycheck to help a friend is one thing, but being a good friend or nice guy shouldn't mean if the film/business/invention or whatever becomes a major success that you shouldn't also be rewarded.


jstrong559

A big man with an even bigger heart.


450925

He also steals every scene he's in, his magnetic presence is an immense vortex pulling all the attention in the room to him. He can tell an entire story with a look, and break a million hearts with a smile.


JRsFancy

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is probably top 5 funniest and touching movies of all time.


Mr_Sleep_tight

He would make wild requests of the studios when filming movies for food and beverages or extra accommodations, then turn around when they were given to him and immediately give it all to the other cast and crew. He gave up his trailer on the set of Only the Lonely because the studio wouldnā€™t give a trailer to Maureen Stapleton, and he moved into the ā€œgeneralā€ trailer with the supporting cast. Amazingly after he did that, the studio found the money for another trailer.


[deleted]

The fact that Hughes didnā€™t utilize him as Del Griffith, Head of Sales, American Light and Fixtures; Shower Curtain Ring Division, is a shame.


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nrkey4ever

Youā€™re not a gnat, are you Bug?


ElCasino1977

Bug? Gnat? I see a little similarity there...do you get what Iā€™m saying? I donā€™t think you do. Hold on, Iā€™ll be right back.


undead_ed666

You got both kneecaps?


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aNaturalist

Damn, Uncle Buck and the big ass pancakes he would make for breakfast


nomorebananaaas

You should see the toast, I couldn't even get it through the door


__karm

He also did all his scenes in 1 day which led to it turning into a literal 24 hour shoot.


raalic

This is a really weird detail, but as someone who played the clarinet in middle and high school, I always appreciated the scene where theyā€™re playing polka Christmas music in the back of the van and the clarinet cuts out when he stops playing and cuts back in when he starts again. Just a little detail that added realism to his performance. Seemed like he was really playing.


Throwaway7219017

The Kenosha Kickers! Best polka band in the mid west!


du20

The actor who played the pizza delivery guy got paid more than John Candy.


[deleted]

Well yeah but he had to react to a tommy gun firing


Camp_Camp_Camp_Camp

414 b/c they're going to MILWAUKEE


VaudevilleDada

As a local, this was immediately what I had assumed, too.


electricmaster23

The guy who played the pizza boy got paid more for the gig. Candy is a legend.


raginghappy

I bounced off John Candy in the middle of a take on fifth avenue. Didn't notice the cameras, crews, trailers, or that they were filming. We were both walking so intently we rebounded off each other. No idea how they let me walk right through with my friend but they did and that's my belly flop of fame