Talk:John Candy

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John was a guest on the Ontario based program Saturday Night at the Movies with Elwy Yost around 1982. John mentioned that his favorite actor was Peter Sellers. In the interview as well he mentioned Alec Guinness and spoke of his new movie It Came from Hollywood. See YouTube <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXH3FpLXbNo<ref>. JHolicky (talk) 17:59, 2 February 2020 (UTC)Reply

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I found this source [1] stating that Candy was born in Toronto and was raised in "the city's East York neighborhood," which is most likely referencing Newmarket. I think we should change his birthplace to Toronto. Iamreallygoodatcheckers (talk) 09:58, 13 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

In the death section it says his children say he was unaware of his family's genetic history. Two sentences later the article says he dieted and exercised because of his family history. Which one is it? -WarthogDemon 20:50, 9 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

This is a very unrepresentative picture of the smiling, jovial John Candy. This picture looks like he's a member of the Blues Brothers or something.Bdavid1111 (talk) Bdavid1111 (talk) 01:39, 17 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

I agree. The picture should be one where he is more recognizable. Also, dark sunglasses should be avoided in pictures like these. I'd support anyone who can find a better version that is more representative of John Candy. Adam Clark^{(User_Talk) (email)} 23:19, 16 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

I've added a new picture that I hope better represents him — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vanishedman (talk • contribs) 00:33, 19 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

The "Blues Brothers" sunglasses picture is back and he is unrecognizable in it. 69.193.99.58 (talk) 19:00, 18 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I couldn't agree more. It's a horrible picture. He looks nothing like the John Candy we all know. 1.40.148.94 (talk) 11:22, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

I think a picture of Candy at the 1988 Academy Awards will be a better image to use. 2600:6C42:5800:1602:B51D:188D:DDF:5E7C (talk) 00:34, 27 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

It's a solemn reflection of the great man and it's a calming photo, reflecting the actor is now at peace, leave it be. PeachyBum07 (talk) 12:45, 27 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Probably the worst photo that is supposed to represent a person on wikipedia I have seen. Unfortunately, I realize finding a free use image is difficult, but I think no photo would be better than this, what totally does not represent him visually. Imagine if Gary Oldman had no free use image besides an image of himself in his role for Churchill. That, in my mind, would be as representative of Gary Oldman, as this would be of John Candy to the point where no picture at all would be better than something that misleads his physical appearance. ~2025-42876-40 (talk) 04:54, 25 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

I would suggest this is a case where it would be beneficial to use a Non-free image of John Candy for identification purposes as I have long thought and agree with the above comments that the current image is not representative of how he is commonly recognized, and his face is almost 100% covered by beard and glasses and viewed from the side that it is useless for identification anyway.Darkwarriorblake (talk) 11:53, 28 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Based on the recent edit, I'd like to revive this. We do need a better main image as the one we have is not how anyone would think of John Candy in terms of appearance. The one other free image we have, of Candy with Dan Aykroyd, is of poor quality, probably just due to age. I did try to contact his daughter through social media but got no response. I believe a NFC image is worth pursuing. In this case I would suggest this or this for his most common image. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 11:41, 13 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Can we not exchange the photo with another? It still has the unrecognizable photo of Candy with the glasses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2025-40140-30 (talk) 07:28, 14 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

An image that meets fair–use guideline for images would need to be found. It is not that easy.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 23:39, 16 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

How can you say his children claim he was unaware of the genetic history yet just a few sentences later state he worked out with trainers because of his family health history? Wiki writers are left leaning biased idiots (not hard to see that) who claim to be journalists??? A sixth grader (from the 70’s or 80’s anyway)could have spotted that oxymoron. 96.45.99.168 (talk) 04:00, 4 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

1985 john candy summer rental 69.126.89.204 (talk) 05:57, 20 October 2023 (UTC)Reply

In john candys info, you have he weighed more that 300 at some points. Hebweighed MUCH MORE than that. Just sayin. 2601:541:E80:C610:47D:1C82:718E:B2C4 (talk) 23:10, 24 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

In the third paragraph of the subsection John Hughes films and final roles, it says Candy exclaimed "Who the (expletive) does she think she is?" Do we know what word he said? I read somewhere that in "John Candy's Last Stand: Ted Mico's Story" it confirms that the word he used was "fuck". I don't have access to the book currently, but can someone confirm this? If it is indeed "fuck" we should put that there per WP:NOTCENSORED. Thanks! 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (need something? Ping me!) 17:39, 13 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Do you have any details on which source was used for this statement?--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 01:02, 14 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Loriendrew Sorry, what statement do you mean? 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (need something? Ping me!) 04:57, 15 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

I cannot find a book by that name, so cannot verify that quote.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 23:26, 15 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Loriendrew Sorry about that, I don't know where I read about that (apparently non-existent) book. It's possible Google's AI overview made it up and I forgot to double-check. Sorry again, I'll keep looking for a source for the quote. 🏳️‍🌈JohnLaurens333 (need something? Ping me!) 23:39, 15 December 2025 (UTC)Reply