John Candy.

[Beausoir]

I loved the guy. HBO is running a Candy-a-thon. The Great Outdoors. Uncle Buck.

Two of my favorite movies.

[Lex]

1. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

A great movie, imho. Still love to watch it when I catch it on cable.

[Mojambo]

2. I've seen that movie more than any other movie

LOVE it.

I used to sit around the college cafeteria and literally recite the movie beginning to end.

No. I didn't get a lot of dates.

[Kutjara]

4. Fantastic movie.

I watch it at least three times a year.

"Those aren't pillows."

[DerekG]

11. One of the truly great comedies of the past 30 years

I thought Roger Ebert had gone daffy when he included it in his "Great Movies" compilation. Yet after a second viewing, I realized he was absolutely spot on.

Besides CITY LIGHTS, it's the only comedy that gets a tear out of me.

[krispos42]

12. "I've never seen a man picked up by his testicles before."

"Besides, how would he know where we're heading anyway?"

"She may be small, but she's strong. She had a baby, it came out sideways. She didn't scream or nothin'."

[Fenris]

3. "Sorry folks! Park's closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya."

[hedgehog]

16. Which movie is that from ? It's one I haven't seen.

[Beausoir]

18. National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase. A classic.

[Lautremont]

5. A Good Canadian.

Have you guys seen him in "The Clown Murders"? If not, check it out. A very atypical role.

[NanceGreggs]

6. Back in the '80s ...

... my ex and I moved from the city to a small town north of Toronto (which explains why he's my ex, but that's another story).

We'd been told that John Candy lived not far from us, on a country road just south of our place.

As I was driving along that road one day, I noticed a house up on a hill, with two mailboxes at the end of the driveway, on the roadside. One was on a wooden pole about four feet high, a metal mailbox painted with the words "Regular Mail".

Alongside it was another pole, this one about eighteen feet high, with a similar metal mailbox - painted with the words "Air Mail".

So I knew I'd located John Candy's house ...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Lol!

That's a good one, my dear Nance!

:rofl:

[NanceGreggs]

8. He was later on a talk-show ...

... (Carson perhaps) talking about that house. It sat at the top of a rather substantial hill. But apparently he and his wife constantly had problems with the basement flooding.

He did an incredible ten-minute diatribe about how water apparently ran uphill in his little corner of Ontario, and went on to explain his theories of how that could come to be. It was absolutely hysterical!

[Beausoir]

13. I've got to try and find that clip. Lol.

[Inchworm]

9. He ruled!

good holesome funnies!

:hi:

[hfojvt]

10. I have him in Splash, Only the Lonely, and Brewster's Millions

"Most people will never be that happy. I will never be that happy!"

"Sometimes it's good to be a cop."

[eyepaddle]

14. It looks a little dated now, but "Going Berserk" is absolutley

hysterical. I wish they'd release it on DVD.

The Leave it to Beaver/Father Know's Best sned up is worth price alone! :rofl:

[blondeatlast]

15. Guess I'll watch movies today. I loved him ever since "SCTV."

Nothing wrong with movies that just make ya feel good!

[KitchenWitch]

17. I miss him!

:cry: