If there’s a scene that best encapsulates the tragically abbreviated career of John Candy, it’s not necessarily from his time on the sketch-comedy series “SCTV” or from movies like “Stripes” or “Uncle ...

Few comedians have made as lasting an impact as John Candy. With his impeccable timing, larger-than-life presence and an unmatched ability to blend outrageous comedy with genuine heart, Candy became ...

An interview with Bill Murray opens “John Candy: I Like Me,” director Colin Hanks’ formulaic but richly enjoyable documentary about the late, great Canadian comedic actor. Murray apologizes for having ...

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, ...

Director Colin Hanks and producer Ryan Reynolds drove up to the Toronto debut of the film in a tribute to the destroyed Chrysler convertible from Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Candy shared ...

I fell in love with John Candy the moment I saw him serve up those shovel-sized pancakes in “Uncle Buck.” John Hughes wrote the part of Uncle Buck specifically for Candy, and the uncle’s affection for ...

The recent Amazon documentary John Candy: I Like Me painted a portrait of the Canadian comic’s enduring legacy in film and television. The wide array of larger-than-life characters he created on SCTV ...

“I wish I had more bad things to say about him,” Bill Murray says in the opening moments of the documentary “John Candy: I Like Me.” It has always been hard to find a negative word about Candy. The ...