Videomania 1985 - Brewster's Millions

Here's another nice item from my collection; an issue of Videomania from fall 1985, Canada's Number 1 Video Magazine.

Besides the wonderful photo of John on the cover, this magazine offers an article on the movie 'Brewster's Millions' to promote the MCA Home Video Release. For the most part it concentrates on Richard Pryor's career and the movie itself. However, John definitely gets positive attention in a paragraph too. He is praised for his work in 'SCTV' and his moviework. A wonderful photo of Richard and John accompanies this article.

61 years ago today...

61 years ago today our beloved John Candy was born. He left us much too early on March 4, 1994. Since then the world has become a less funny place.

Let's hope the interest in John will continue to grow. He deserves it, being a comedian and actor on par with all the other greats.

Jim Candy (1947-2011)

Jim Candy, John's older brother, passed away suddenly on April 16, 2011 at Toronto East General Hospital after a short battle with cancer. He was 64.

May Jim be reunited with his brother John and his other loved ones.

With thanks to Kevin Ducket. Source: Dignity Memorial.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter to all followers and visitors of this blog. May John be in your thoughts and / or prayers this Easter.

Remembering John

Today marks the 17th anniversary of John's passing. A sad day, ofcourse. I find comfort in the fact that it has been wonderful to receive so much e-mails the last two years from John Candy fans from all over the world! And from all ages too!

I had the honor to talk about John in an interview with Joe Burima from CJSW, an independent radiostation in Calgary, Canada. The interview is part of the program 'Today in Canadian History'. It will air today and you can listen to it on CJSW.com or on the Facebook page Today in Canadian History.

The best thing you could do today as a John Candy fan is to grab a bear and some chips and watch one of his movies or some SCTV episodes. Well, what are you waiting for?! You're on a plane? "Is there a movie on this flight?!"

John Candy, Christmas correspondent

On Dec. 2, 1976 John Candy appeared as Christmas correspondent on the Canadian television program '90 Minutes Live'. We see John at the shopping mall Brentwood Plaza in Burnaby, B. C. where he does a gift wrapping contest with shoppers Samuel Kowalsek, Marilyn Lewyk and Karen Martelli.

But given the prize money at stake John decides that wrapping boxes is too easy and supplies the contestants with more challenging objects. The people in the mall witnissing all this really have a great time as does the host of the show, Peter Gzowski, who is in the studio. Especially note John's reactions to those funny kids starting to get a little bit annoying.

A clip from this show can be seen through this link and comes from the website CBC Digital Archives. John appears at least two times more live from Brentwood Plaza but this clip only covers the gift wrapping contest.

Nevertheless, I was thrilled to have a new find. It's always great to see John in something that was previously unseen.

Source screenshot: The Runagates Club.

Merry Christmas

Hi! I wish all visitors of this blog a merry and blessed Christmas and a good, prosperous 2011. During the holidays I would recommend you watch 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' (if you didn't already during Thanksgiving), 'Christmas with SCTV' (DVD), 'Only the Lonely', 'Home Alone', or 'Kavik The Wolf Dog'. 'The Unexpected' from 1981, the rather grim episode of the series 'Tales of the Klondike', is a possibility too.

In the new year I hope to be able to post more interesting stuff about John than I did this year. I still have many wonderful articles and photos. So please, stay tuned!

Source screenshot: IGN.com.