At my new job there is a tradition of putting up movie quotes on the whiteboard for people to identify. For the past week, the following quote has attracted my attention:
‘You should see the toast! I couldn’t get it through the kitchen door!’
It is, of course, John Candy’s line from Uncle Buck, a John Hughes film from the late ’80’s. Seeing it every day has reminded me how talented John Candy really was.
I loved the scene where his character and Macaulay Culkin bantered back in forth in rapid-fire, one-word responses. You could tell he got along well with kids.
Then there’s his movie Cool Runnings, where he played a down-on-his-luck coach trying to get his team to the Olympics. His skills as an actor were at their peak then. He brought so much humanity to the role that you couldn’t help but want to cheer him on.
John is gone now. He has been for almost ten years now. But his work lives on; he continues to make people laugh. I’m sure that puts a smile on his face, whereever he may be.
Thanks for the laughs, John. We truly did hardly knew ye.
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A Tribute To John Candy
Internet Movie Database: John Candy
The Best of John Candy on SCTV
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