Best john candy movie or role

[killer_carlson]

I love john candy movies. He is still my favorite comedian of all time and still to this day -nearly 20 years after his death - his stuff is still funny.

My favorite john candy role on tv is from sctv, cooking with johnny larue, and an episode where the producers make him cook for poor people.

In films, it's tough. The steak scene in Great outdoors is gold. The pillow scene in plains and trains is gold, the security guard scene in vacation still makes me laugh. Probably for me it's from Armed and dangerous when he gets in theyruk with the rocket fuel.

There are so many good scenes though.

[Dion]

Del Griffith

Neal: Del... Why did you kiss my ear?
Del: Why are you holding my hand?
Neal: [frowns] Where's your other hand?
Del: Between two pillows...
Neal: Those aren't pillows!

[DownhillGoat]

Not necessarily for his role, but the John Candy movie I always enjoyed the most was Cool Runnings.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

[Super Nintendo Chalmers]

"We're in a truck!"

[1stLand]

Favorite Movies of his:

The Great Outdoors
Summer Rental

[icarus]

He was a neighbour and close friend of my aunt and uncle north of Toronto. A great, generous and warm man in real life by all accounts. Totally down to earth and not 'Hollywood' at all. I never met him because he died when I was still rather young but I have met his widow and his kids at my cousin's wedding--all really lovely people. My aunt and uncle recently attended his daughter's wedding in LA.

I only found out in recent years that he was planning to turn up at my birthday party one year when he was filming Cool Runnings in Calgary but got stuck filming late.

I do love his tongue-in-cheek role in Canadian Bacon.

[Regulator75]

Uncle Buck is probably my favourite.

[psyang]

In TV, I still remember his role as Jorgie (?) in "Hey Jorgie!"

Villager: Hey Jorgie! I bet the townspeople that I could make you say 3 words!
Jorgie: You lose
(townspeople cheer, villager groans)
Jorgie: ...comrades

Funny what you remember. Can't comment on movies as I've only ever seen Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, but he was great in that.

[dissentowner]

For me it will always be this skit.


HOW ABOUT YOUR PET GOLDFISH MOBY....ON A CRACKER!!!

[gargamel]

IMDB tells me that I'm misremembering how good this was, but I loved Brewster's Millions.

[Bigtime]

I have to give it to "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" followed by "The Great Outdoors".

Special mention goes to Spaceballs.

[psyang]

Must resist wasting today watching old SCTV episodes...

[MRCboicgy]

"Polka, Polka, Polka" from Home Alone.

[Sainters7]

How could I forget about Spaceballs and Uncle Buck??? Easily my 2 favourites of his, unless I'm forgetting another one..

I can see how Planes, Trains is most people's fav, but I didn't see it until 5-6 years ago so I don't have the built in nostalgia for it like his others.

Speaking of which (since I was the perfect age for it), I'll throw Cool Runnings into the mix.

[MrMastodonFarm]

His ten minutes of screen time in Home Alone are legendary.

[bigtmac19]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The Great Outdoors
Uncle Buck

[para transit fellow]

a real test: does anyone remember him and Dan Akroyd in "Coming up Rosie" ?

[rd_aaron]

Uncle Buck and Great Outdoors have to be my favorites.

I don't remember the movie very well, but I think I liked Canadian Bacon as well. I actually own it on DVD but I haven't watched it in forever.

[1stLand]

Carl Winslow (of Family Matters fame) reminds me of John Candy.

I wish Carl Winslow made more movies. He was great as the limo driver in Crocodile Dundee
lol