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 ...

My favorite John Candy moment is just a blink in a semiobscure skit. It’s from “SCTV,” the Canadian sketch comedy series, and Candy, wearing a suit and a fluffy blond wig, is playing drums for a gawky ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...