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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 82 Comments

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 39 Comments

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.

This Looks Terrible, John Candy MonthNathan RabinNovember 27, 2023John Candy, John Candy Month, Jeffrey Jones, Annie Potts, comedy, detectives, detective movies, Film 125 Comments

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.

This Looks Amazing!, John Candy MonthNathan RabinAugust 21, 2023Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy Month, John Candy, horror, Saturday Night Live 106 Comments

This Looks Terrible! Once Upon a Crime (1992)

Eugene Levy made his directorial debut in a Dino De Laurentis produced light mystery comedy with John Candy that got a Zero Rating on Rotten Tomatoes but is actually pretty funny.

This Looks Terrible, John Candy MonthNathan RabinApril 9, 2020John Candy, Film, John Candy Month, Eugene Levy, Sean Young, James Belushi, Dino De Laurentis, Richard Lewis, flop 118 Comments