John Candy — Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

There Are Probably More Respectful Ways to Remember Dabney Coleman Than By Re-Running This Piece on Hot to Trot But We're Doing So All The Same

The talking horse comedy Hot to Trot is like my ex-wife’s Meatloaf Surprise: not good!

1986's Armed and Dangerous Was Written for Aykroyd and Belushi but Bombed with John Candy and Eugene Levy as Its Leads

John Candy and Eugene Levy ended up playing roles intended for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in a misfiring buddy cop movie screenwriter Harold Ramis tried to get his name taken off of for reasons that are very easy to understand.

Rando!, John Candy MonthNathan RabinDecember 12, 2023John Candy, John Candy Month, Eugene Levy, Meg Ryan, Harold Ramis, action comedy, buddy cop, Film

The 1985 John Candy Vehicle Summer Rental Would Be a Lazy Mediocrity Even if a Lame Boat Race Subplot Didn't Dominate Its Third Act

John Candy made his starring debut in 1985’s Summer Rental, a big screen Summer sitcom that’s also, perversely, semi-secretly a boat racing underdog buddy comedy pairing Candy with Magic Pirate Dream Guru Rip Torn.

Rando!, John Candy MonthNathan RabinDecember 6, 2023John Candy, John Candy Month, Richard Crenna, Rip Torn, Carl Reiner, Vacation

1989's Who's Harry Crumb? Is Sadly Indicative of the Kind of Rancid Garbage John Candy Wasted His Extraordinary Talent On

John Candy Month kicks off with a fond look back at 1989’s Who’s Harry Crumb, a stupid movie for dumb babies.

God Help Me, I Love Nothing But Trouble Now

It took three viewings and twenty-nine years but I kind of fucking love the otherwise universally reviled 1991 horror-comedy Nothing But Trouble.

The Little Loved 1991 John Candy Vehicle Delirious is a Pleasant Surprise

Sometimes movies surprise you by not being terrible. The 1991 flop Delirious is one such non-stinker.

The Impossibly Long Tail of My Day at the Blues Brothers Convention

I only spent a single day at the first and possibly last Blues Brothers Convention but I got more out of it professionally and emotionally than I ever could have imagined.

The Big WhoopNathan RabinMarch 7, 2023The Joy of Trash, James Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, The Blues Brothers, John Candy

The Riveting 1978 Thriller The Silent Partner Has A Lot to Offer Beyond One of John Candy's First Film Appearances

One of you lovely folks had me write about the wonderful 1978 thriller The Silent Partner, with Elliott Gould and Christopher Plummer and John Candy in one of his first film performances.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #233 JFK (1991)

Back, and to the left.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 #224 Heavy Metal (1981)

My patron-funded exploration of the films of Blue Oyster Cult ends on a high note (in more ways than one) with a fond look back at the cult classic 1981 Canadian animated stoner film Heavy Metal, from Ivan Reitman and the screenwriters of Meatballs and Stripes.