Known for his big smile and even bigger heart, actor John Candy was beloved for his role in family favorites like “Splash!” and Home Alone.” Candy’s joy-filled performances inspired generations of ...

My favorite John Candy moment is just a blink in a semi-obscure skit. It’s from “SCTV,” the Canadian sketch comedy series, and Candy, wearing a suit and a fluffy blond wig, is playing drums for a ...

This is FRESH AIR. John Candy, the comic actor who rose to fame in the sketch comedy series "SCTV" and such films as "Stripes," "Splash" and "Spaceballs," died at age 43 in 1994. Now, 31 years later, ...

Ryan Reynolds, who produced the new documentary John Candy: I Like Me, says he sees many similar "elements" between himself and the late comedian “Beyond the obvious ones, he’s Canadian and he owned a ...

"What comes across onscreen is a good-natured humor about himself, which I think is a very Canadian trait," Reynolds tells PEOPLE about Candy Lizzie Hyman is a Writer-Reporter for PEOPLE, where she ...

The late funnyman and actor John Candy was the mascot of laughter and fun in Hollywood comedies before his unexpected death in 1994. But Colin Hanks, in directing his feature documentary John Candy: I ...

An interview with Bill Murray opens “John Candy: I Like Me,” director Colin Hanks’ formulaic but richly enjoyable documentary about the late, great Canadian comedic actor. Murray apologizes for having ...

Among the many players that John Anderson coached in his 43-years leading the University of Minnesota baseball program was current Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson. Anderson spoke this week with ...