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John Candy

posted 19 years ago by mlp00
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I was the location manager for "Armed and Dangerous" and I would like to tell a story about John. We were filming at the mansion in Bel Air and two blond Swedish girls came to the set to see what we were doing. I told them we were doing a movie with John Candy, they said "he likes Sweds can we take his picture?" They went home to get their camera and I asked John if he would take a picture with two Swedish blond girls. He had a big smile on his face. When they returned I pointed them out, he said come with me. John walked up to the girls they were so happy to see him. He said "Do you want to take my picture? before they could answer he grabed the camera from her hands. They had this shocked look on their faces, he turned around handed me the camera walked up to the girls put his arms around them and said "Larry take our picture" The girls were so happy. John was such a wonderful man he loved people and he loved to make us laugh. He is missed.

[–] germz818 19 years ago

That's really cool. It's nice to hear great stories about people who were great entertainers. I know I sure miss him being in movies.

[–] yellatashabee 19 years ago

I am a huge John Candy fan. He was a great comedian. He is truly missed.

[–] dubaijohn 18 years ago

The only celeb's death to make me shed a tear. Respect. YNWA.

[–] blackencrocdile 18 years ago

i always remeber him as a very nice guy like a uncle ....very missed everytime i see him in movies i get very sad rip john candy we will be missed very much

[–] SoulOnFire 18 years ago

That's a great story. Although I have never met him he always seemed like a very nice and welcoming person. I've heard many stories about how he would never turn down a fan for autographs or pictures. One of the funniest and kindest people around, I miss him a lot.

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[–] NHDragon 16 years ago

Great story. John is a legend. One of a kind.

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[–] bluestrat70 16 years ago

It's great to hear stories like this - John Candy never disappoints in is performance and it's great to see he didn't disappoint here - Sounds like he agreed to the picture without seeing if they were really hot or not too.

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[–] RobBase086-1 16 years ago

Hey thanks for the great story! I miss watching a lot of his movies especially Who Is Harry Crumb! That is so hilarious to watch!

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[–] mam13143 11 years ago

Loved him in all his movies - a great comedian and obviously a very nice person. RIP John Candy.

[–] ronaldisaac 10 years ago

This movie was hands down my favorite movie John starred in. I wish he was still around today, I miss seeing him headline films. Rest in peace John!

[–] thepartydjz 10 years ago

He was one of the very few comedic actors that was ALWAYS funny. I loved Richard Pryor but his movie roles always seemed dissapointing. John Candy could make a simple slap stick comedy movie worth watching, he was golden.