John Candy: a Life in Comedy

 

There's a really great documentary on John Candy on one of the 1,000,000 streaming services I subscribe to that I enjoyed watching. Of course none of the aforementioned 1,000,000 streaming services have any of John Candy's movies (at least, not without paying even more than I already do), so that's useful and not the slightest bit frustrating /s.  

At any rate, John Candy. What a treasure he was. I still have the People magazine from when he passed away in March of 1994. "Uncle Buck" was one of my dad's favorite movies, we used to watch it all the time. I also really loved him in "Summer Rental" and of course his amazing cameo in "Home Alone". Myers talked to a lot of his old pals from SCTV (which, again, not streaming anywhere. In this day and age!), many of whom remained friends with John his whole life. They worked together on projects whenever they could. It was such a shock when he died, so young, just 43. I remember watching the funeral procession on TV where they shut down the 405 for him. Everyone loved John and it sounds like they had good reason to, he was a genuinely nice guy who was always looking out for everyone. It was a lovely tribute to a man taken much too soon.