John Candy was born 1950, seven years before me.

Like pretty much every Canadian, I was a huge fan of SCTV, the low budget, super hilarious, Canadian television sketch comedy show about a fictional TV station.

Many of those comics went on to have great careers, including John Candy.

John Candy: I Like Me is the 2025 documentary on Prime about his all too short life. He died age-43 while filming a movie in Mexico.

I saw most of his TV bits and films, but — looking back — it’s Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) that I remember best.

Some feel that Uncle Buck (1989) was even better at portraying John the man.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.