The Life and Times of John Candy

There has been alot of comedians that could make you laugh very easily. Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin and Robin Williams are but just a few on the long list of comedians. While I like all the comedians that I named plus some, John Candy remains one of my top favorites of all.But even his road to stardom wasn’t an easy one to do. He had to find his path just like the rest of his peers. He found his love for drama while attending a community college. He even had parts in Canadian television shows and small parts in some movies. But his break didn’t come until he was twenty seven and part of a comedy group called Second City. With Cathrine O’Hara, Eugene Levy, Rick Moranis and Harold Ramis, he was a part of a Second City TV show. It earned John a reputation for his quirky humor and uncanny ability to imitate others.

John went after that to make a Steven Spielberg flop with Dan Aykroyd again. The movie The Blues Brothers was a success for him and he once again starred with Dan Aykroyd. Stripes earned John more recognition before going back to Second City with his comedian peers. He even hosted Saturday Night Live but turned down the chance to join it staying devoted to the Second City TV show. After that he landed a role in Splash, earning him a bigger success then the last movie he was in. Its been said by many that this role in Splash was his break role and they could have been right. John playing second billing in Brewster’s Millions following that with the film Armed and Dangerous with Eugene Levy. Mel Brooks movie Spaceballs and Planes,Trains and Automobiles put John on the map for stardom even more. John quickly followed it up with The Great Outdoors with Dan Aykroyd as well as Home Alone And Uncle Buck was on his list of comedies to his name. But a slump in his career and a list of unsuccessful movie roles in the nineties had John redirecting his strategy. Taking on a more serious role, John starred in JFK and Cool Runnings. Canadian Bacon and Wagons East would be the last films that John would ever make. Canadian Bacon would be released a year after John Candy’s death.