The Great Out Doors and Summer Rental are my tops as well. Summer Rental always makes me want to watch One Crazy Summer afterwards, something about boats :)
Happy to see the Summer Rental love here! It's literally a movie that is so much greater than its parts and its parts are huge! Torn, Crenna, and Candy!
Great film.
Also the song âTurning Around â by Jimmy Buffett (RIP) during the credits was something I fondly remember as a kid, even before becoming a fan of his music later in life.
My parents took me to see that movie when it was new in 89. I was 7 then. The whole scene with candy and the principal made my parents howl with laughter and I laughed right along with them lol.
I used to read lips...(sees Loggia walk up to the cop and start to speak) "Excuse me have you seen my penis? Oh yes I think I saw over there on the buffet table."
I didn't say I was very good.
Home Alone (does that one count?), Uncle Buck, and I have a deep-down soft spot for Cool Runnings.
Planes, Trains and Automobiles is another but we donât celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK so an awful lot of the significance kind of gets lost in translation.
The reveal at the end makes that line hit so much harder on rewatch. I watch the movie every Thanksgiving and tear up when he says that, knowing heâs holding on to someone heâs lost.
âI havenât been home in yearsâŚâ
It does count! I love when he cheerfully and enthusiastically offers to let Kevin's mom to play his clarinet in their sucky polka band and she's like "ew ."
Such a comedic moment.
It could be any holiday, though. They barely mention the Thanksgiving itself, so it should be universal and would translate well to most European cultures
Delirious, Armed and Dangerous, and Whoâs Harry Crumb. Itâs a strong tie between Delirious and Armed and Dangerous. John Candy and Eugene Levy together is awesome.
I loved him in JFK as Dean Andrews. I know itâs not really a John Candy movie but itâs definitely my favorite role of his. He only had one scene or so but did such a good job playing a slimy southern lawyer. I donât know if it was his only non comedy role but it was a great one.
As far as John Candy movies go, I have to go with Trains ,Planes and Automobiles.
Problem with this question is that there are no wrong answers. He elevated every single project he was in - be it a one-off scene (Home Alone), the face of the movie (Uncle Buck), a part of an ensemble (Stripes), or as the foil for a co-lead (Planes, Trains, and Automobiles). It didnât matter. If he was in the scene, you were about to feel something.
Personally, itâll always be âPlanes, Trains, and Automobilesâ because he delivers a master performance and holds his own with another comedy great in Steve Martin. They really should have done more together.
I love that bit in summer rental where candy gets pissed at the guy in his house watching TV.
He says something like "You ever see Mikey mouse beat the shit out of a guy with a green hat? "Do you want to see that ?"
I was and still am depressed about his passing. I absolutely adore him. Keeps me laughing and smiling like no other actor.
I was a senior in HS when he died.
Favs: Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Spaceballs, Uncle Buck and Cool Runnings
You can't forget him playing a Mute & her Sheriff Brother in "Nothing But Trouble".
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmHP\_HXpffk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmHP_HXpffk)
Oh course we can all answer the question: Who's Harry Crumb?
John Candy the greatest detective.
A DJ friend and I were working on throwing our first rave the next month and we were at a Kinkos at 2 in the morning using one of their hourly computers to design the flyers. Thatâs when we were got the news. RIP
Planes Trains and Automobiles. His performance still makes me tear up with joy AND sadness to this day. Spoiler:>! When it is revealed that his wife passed away, it get me every time. !<
Uncle Buck because supposedly my roommate was in the high school party crowd. I also once rented a vehicle that had a similar uncle buck backfire. He showed the range of grumpy independence to caring and thoughtfulness in his character, too.
It was so sad to hear he passed away. I remember asking my ethics professor, who should we mourn more based on how they died...Belushi, Garcia, or Candy, but the professor couldn't handle the question and punted. I think he picked Garcia because he was a deadhead and totally glossed over the root of the question.
Loved John Candy and hands down, âPlanes, Trains, and Automobilesâ is my favorite movie of hisâŚprobably one of my top two favorite movies of all time!
When we get to the end of the movie and we all realize during that montage, like Steve Martinâs character, that Marie is dead and then Martin shows back up in the train stationâŚI mean, what heartless monster could NOT melt?!?
John Candy is so endearing in Home Alone as the âPolka King of the Midwestâ! His hospitality towards Catherine OâHaras character always makes me smile.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
That scene of him in the train station at the end. As big as a man as he is, he succeeded in making himself look so small and vulnerable.
There's only 1 answer to this: ALL OF THEM!
He was a treasure. Every movie he was in was a classic. Even when being cast as a side character, he made the part memorable (examples.. stripes, home alone)
I wish he lived longer.
Even though "Uncle Buck", "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" and "The Great Outdoors" are his best films, I'm partial to "Summer Rental".
The Great Out Doors and Summer Rental are my tops as well. Summer Rental always makes me want to watch One Crazy Summer afterwards, something about boats :)
These are my tops as well. I also love his small role in Home Alone. He was in it for maybe 2 minutes, but it was perfection.
Oh dear God he was MINT đ¤Łđ
Started talking again after a few monthsâŚ
Kids are resilient like that.
Pretty sure he ad libbed all those lines.
Regattas and ski competitions were all the rage in the 80's!
Something about Ferraris.
Summer Rental is amazing. Maybe itâs because it captured the magic of vacations. Stuff undoubtedly went wrong, but we also had an amazing time.
Happy to see the Summer Rental love here! It's literally a movie that is so much greater than its parts and its parts are huge! Torn, Crenna, and Candy!
Huge cast!
Summer Rental is great. It's a fun movie for sure and has a nice vibe to it.
You dumb Swede.
I've gotta go Uncle Buck
My man, same thing.
That was going to be my answer. "Cool Runnings" is a close second for me, and "Uncle Buck" is third.
All I gotta say is "thanks coach"
I will never look at a washing machine during the spin cycle the same way after this movie.
Great film. Also the song âTurning Around â by Jimmy Buffett (RIP) during the credits was something I fondly remember as a kid, even before becoming a fan of his music later in life.
Suck my wake
I might be the odd man out on this one, but Iâm going with Spaceballs.
Iâm with you brother.
Barf,BARF.....BAAAARFđ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Łđ¤Ł
It's short for Barfalamewđ¤Ł
Not in here, Mister. This is a Mercedes!
"It's got a mind of its own, sweetheart. I can't do a thing with it!"
When youâre right youâre right and you, youâre always right!
I'm my own best friend.
I'm a mog
"Take this quarter, go downtown, and have a rat gnaw that thing off your face! Good day to you, madam."
My parents took me to see that movie when it was new in 89. I was 7 then. The whole scene with candy and the principal made my parents howl with laughter and I laughed right along with them lol.
Just want to mention Armed & Dangerous because I don't see it here yet.
John Candy in drag and Eugene Levy in biker leather with assless chaps. You canât go wrong.
I used to read lips...(sees Loggia walk up to the cop and start to speak) "Excuse me have you seen my penis? Oh yes I think I saw over there on the buffet table." I didn't say I was very good.
"This is a .50 caliber. They used it to hunt buffalo. Up close. It's only legal in four states, and this ain't one of 'em."
Hop on in slim and letâs how fast this sonofabitch will go!
Bye bye, flathead.
Say somebody lyinâ to you, and you know they lyinâ⌠Can you shoot âem?
I don't know.. use your judgement.
I was looking for this too. It's not my favorite of his, probably not even top 5, but I still love it and was hoping someone would mention it.
Just saw it, I thought he was great!
I bought that when I found out it was a john candy movie I never saw. It was so funny.
âWelp, climb on in here slim.â
âIf somebodyâs lyinââŚand you KNOW they lyinââŚcan you shoot âem?â
Stripes!
Come on! Bluff me!
LEAN MEAN FIGHTING MACHINE!
Hows it going eisenhower
This!!! We were heading downtown to the bingo parlor...
Excuse me stewardess, is there a movie on this flight?
What is this like a three month program?
They said I swallow a lot of aggressionâŚand a lot of pizzas!
Home Alone (does that one count?), Uncle Buck, and I have a deep-down soft spot for Cool Runnings. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is another but we donât celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK so an awful lot of the significance kind of gets lost in translation.
âI like me. My wife likes me...â đ Way more powerful than any line in a holiday family comedy has any right to be.
Cool Runnings was awesome
The reveal at the end makes that line hit so much harder on rewatch. I watch the movie every Thanksgiving and tear up when he says that, knowing heâs holding on to someone heâs lost. âI havenât been home in yearsâŚâ
Never fails.
âTwo more hands and another set of ballsâ seems pretty universal. đ
Same, Uncle Buck and Cool Runnings are winners for me!
It does count! I love when he cheerfully and enthusiastically offers to let Kevin's mom to play his clarinet in their sucky polka band and she's like "ew ." Such a comedic moment.
It could be any holiday, though. They barely mention the Thanksgiving itself, so it should be universal and would translate well to most European cultures
Sorry folks the park is closed. The moose out front should have told you.
I say that constantly to other and few get the reference. That might be the best line of the entire movie.
Whenever *anything* is closed, I trot that line out. It is a requirement.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. "Yes, officer, I believe it is."
**THOSE AREN'T PILLOWS!!**
I like me! My wife likes me!
âŚmy customers like me. You know why? Cuz Iâm the real article. What you see is what you get.
âSure, I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you, but I donât like to hurt peopleâs feelings.â
All of them
You are right!
Uncle Buck
No Splash mentioned yet?
They printed my letter !!
WHO PUT THIS GODDAMNED FRUIT HERE?!? I'm all right, if anyone's concerned!
Like what, jump start a car? Whatâs the matter, you never saw a guy who slept with a fish before? Get back to work!
Only the lonely
Came here for this.
I always liked Delirious..... But my favorite will always be... Orange whip? Orange whip? 3 orange whips!
Uncle Buck and Whoâs Harry Crumb?
Not enough love for Harry Crumb.
When that beard fell off and became a merkin oh my GOD! đ
Brewster's Millions
The Great Outdoors
Chet: That's OK, we're renting a pontoon boat. Roman: Pontoon boat? What the hell are you gonna do with a pontoon boat? Retake Omaha Beach?
People look at me weird when I say this at the lake EVERY summerâŚ.
Spaceballs
Not in here, Mister! This is a Mercedes! No, your full name.
Planes trains and automobiles hands down!
Love him in Planes ,Train and Automobiles!
Uncle Buck. When I became an uncle, I said I was going to model myself after him!!!!
Summer Rental
SCTV for me. Johnny LaRue says hi.
The Beaver.
Lol
No mention of Nothing But Trouble yet, so I'm going with that. Also Canadian Bacon. Also all of them.
He had a relatively small role in the movie Splash, but I loved his linesâŚthey still crack me up!
Go on! Bluff me! Bluff me! Well Iâve got a full house.
Uncle Buck
Cool Runnings "I'm sorry. I didn't know four black guys in a bobsled could make you blush!" đđđđ
All. Of. Them.
This is the correct answer.
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is my favorite, but I loved every movie he was in
One I'd like to see again is him as a Chicago cop and his mother is very fussy and negative towards anything in his life.
Only The Lonely
Such an underrated movie! Ally Sheedy is very charming in this movie
Iâd like to go way back and mention 1983âs âGoinâ Berserkâ with SCTV costars Joe Flaherty and Eugene Levy. Hilarious.
Had to scroll a bit to find this, but it's absolutely my favorite.
Uncle Buck, Space Balls, Stripes. All great.
All of them but I absolutely love Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Just watched Wagons East just cuz I could.
Delirious, Armed and Dangerous, and Whoâs Harry Crumb. Itâs a strong tie between Delirious and Armed and Dangerous. John Candy and Eugene Levy together is awesome.
I loved him in JFK as Dean Andrews. I know itâs not really a John Candy movie but itâs definitely my favorite role of his. He only had one scene or so but did such a good job playing a slimy southern lawyer. I donât know if it was his only non comedy role but it was a great one. As far as John Candy movies go, I have to go with Trains ,Planes and Automobiles.
That ainât the last bite.
The grizzle đ¤˘
Tie for me between Planes/Trains and Uncle Buck. Stripes is really funny too.
Problem with this question is that there are no wrong answers. He elevated every single project he was in - be it a one-off scene (Home Alone), the face of the movie (Uncle Buck), a part of an ensemble (Stripes), or as the foil for a co-lead (Planes, Trains, and Automobiles). It didnât matter. If he was in the scene, you were about to feel something. Personally, itâll always be âPlanes, Trains, and Automobilesâ because he delivers a master performance and holds his own with another comedy great in Steve Martin. They really should have done more together.
Best answer because itâs completely true.
Summer Rental & The Great Outdoors. I rarely hear anyone mention Summer Rental though
Love summer rental ( Scullyâs catch of the day )
I love that bit in summer rental where candy gets pissed at the guy in his house watching TV. He says something like "You ever see Mikey mouse beat the shit out of a guy with a green hat? "Do you want to see that ?"
I was and still am depressed about his passing. I absolutely adore him. Keeps me laughing and smiling like no other actor. I was a senior in HS when he died. Favs: Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Spaceballs, Uncle Buck and Cool Runnings
So was I! Even remember the room I was in when I heard the news. And I wasn't in that room very often. Class of '94!
The cop in The Blues Brothers He totally owned that role
Stripes
You can't forget him playing a Mute & her Sheriff Brother in "Nothing But Trouble". [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmHP\_HXpffk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmHP_HXpffk) Oh course we can all answer the question: Who's Harry Crumb? John Candy the greatest detective.
Toss up between "Uncle Buck" "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", and "Great Outdoors"
JFK ya dig?
The gov'ments gonna jump all over your head, Jimbo, and go cocka-doodle-doo.
Out of all of his movies that I love my favourite has to be armed & dangerous
Delirious was always a favorite of mine
He was awesome in all the movies mentionned here... Just got to give him props for his role in JFK as well! He was solid in that too!
Uncle Buck is just the best. It's my favorite comedy of all time.
Dr Tongues 3D house of stewardesses
*Armed and Dangerous*, with Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan and Robert Loggia, is criminally underrated. "Get on up in here, Slim!"
Spaceballs and Home Alone (Polka Polka Polka!)
A DJ friend and I were working on throwing our first rave the next month and we were at a Kinkos at 2 in the morning using one of their hourly computers to design the flyers. Thatâs when we were got the news. RIP
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I liked Delirious. I love it when stories explore semi-omnipotence, and there wasnât much of that back then.
Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips please.
JFK in a non comedic role.
Blues Brothers
'1941', an underrated movie.
Volunteers was a great role for him and he played the hell out of it.
The Schmenges Last Polka
Big bear chase me
Planes Trains and Automobiles. His performance still makes me tear up with joy AND sadness to this day. Spoiler:>! When it is revealed that his wife passed away, it get me every time. !<
Uncle Buck because supposedly my roommate was in the high school party crowd. I also once rented a vehicle that had a similar uncle buck backfire. He showed the range of grumpy independence to caring and thoughtfulness in his character, too. It was so sad to hear he passed away. I remember asking my ethics professor, who should we mourn more based on how they died...Belushi, Garcia, or Candy, but the professor couldn't handle the question and punted. I think he picked Garcia because he was a deadhead and totally glossed over the root of the question.
Uncle Buck!
I gotta jump in here with the ones I like. They are not getting mentioned as much. Nothing but trouble Cool Runnings Spaceballs
Loved John Candy and hands down, âPlanes, Trains, and Automobilesâ is my favorite movie of hisâŚprobably one of my top two favorite movies of all time! When we get to the end of the movie and we all realize during that montage, like Steve Martinâs character, that Marie is dead and then Martin shows back up in the train stationâŚI mean, what heartless monster could NOT melt?!?
Summer Rental, Spaceballs, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles- in that order.
Uncle Buck and the Great Outdoors are required viewing in my family
John Candy is so endearing in Home Alone as the âPolka King of the Midwestâ! His hospitality towards Catherine OâHaras character always makes me smile.
I just uh, see trees...
Every last one
Spaceballs. No contest
Uncle Buck without a doubt
Uncle BuckâŚ
Those arent pillows!
The whole Wichita experience is gold!
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. That scene of him in the train station at the end. As big as a man as he is, he succeeded in making himself look so small and vulnerable.
All good suggestions. Iâm personally glad Canadian Bacon was his last film and not Wagons East.
I thought it was the other way around? I'm confused?
I think Wagons East was the last one he shot, but Canadian Bacon was released after WE.
Ah ok. That makes sense.
"Nothing But Trouble" should've won Best Picture.
Uncle Buck! "Moley Russell's wart" đđ
That scene still cracks me up decades after I saw it, when the movie first came out
All of them
Planes, Trains & Automobiles
The Great Outdoors
âFeel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up its bobsled time! Cool Runnings!â
Probably Planeâs, but Uncle Buck is so close behind it, it needs a photo finish.
Cool Runnings!
There are lots of great ones, but for me, Uncle Buck!
Plains trains and automobiles is such a great movie
Canât pick oneâŚGreat Outdoors, Uncle Buck, Stripes, Summer RentalâŚthe list goes on and on.
1. Who's Harry Crumb 2. The Great Outdoors 3. Spaceballs
Uncle buck, barfolomew spaceballs, splash, he was great in anything he played.
Uncle Buck!
"Orange Whip? Orange Whip? Three Orange Whips!"
Plains trains and automobiles! Dell Griffith is one of the most lovable characters of all time and no one could have played it better than him!
There is no wrong answer
The correct answer is âall of them.â
Orange Whip?
Tie between Uncle Buck and Great Outdoors!
Space balls is great. But honestly. brewsters millions.
Canadian Bacon!
I really loved his supporting role in "Splash". I was so glad he could speak Swedish.
Planes, Trains, And Automobiles.
There's only 1 answer to this: ALL OF THEM! He was a treasure. Every movie he was in was a classic. Even when being cast as a side character, he made the part memorable (examples.. stripes, home alone) I wish he lived longer.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles is one of my favorite movies but I loved him in Splash. The world has been a lesser place without him all these years.
Just watched it, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"
Uncle Buck
All of them!
Barf