John Candy was a big strong guy who got annoyed with little guys....
Justin Pate
George Hiebert
"Justin Pate" <JP5...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Damn, Candy would've broken me like a twig.
He was a big big man, getting bigger all the time.
Vince Macek
I don't know the specifics of the legendary party incident where he
kept Chevy Chase in a headlock - but I can picture him cheerfully,
casually making the rounds all the while (and I'll bet the farm CC had
it coming; he is purported to be quite the a-hole).
VMacek
Dimitri Rotov
Bill Murray:
"I got into a [fist] fight with Chevy (Chase) the night he came back
to host [SNL]. That was because I was the new guy, and it was sort of
like it was my job to do that. It would have been too petty for
someone else to do that."
http://ronmwangaguhunga.blogspot.com/2004/06/bill-murray-versus-chevy-chase-from.html
Book review:
"Still, most "SNL" veterans do agree on some things: Chiefly, Chevy
Chase is among the worst people to work with."
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1000860/posts
Slate ("Chevy Chase, humiliated again"):
"On Sunday night, Comedy Central broadcast September's notoriously
scorching roast of Chevy Chase at the Friars Club in New York City.
Witnesses at the time had called the roast relentless, and, sure
enough, the night's vituperation, a third of it deleted by the
censor's screech, recalled Lord of the Flies. Even by roast standards,
this night was venomous."
http://slate.msn.com//?id=2074752
John's headlock was no accident...
Dimitri Rotov
I should add to my previous response to this message these SC-flavored
notes:
{See previous for Murray/Chase boxing.)
Bill Murray:
"I think they resented Chevy for leaving (SNL), and leaving and making
his own career go. Everybody else was from the improvisational world,
where you don't make it about you. You were an ensemble, you were a
company. So when he left, there was resentment about that. It was a
shock."
http://ronmwangaguhunga.blogspot.com/2004/06/bill-murray-versus-chevy-chase-from.html
Bill Murray:
"So I enjoyed playing Blume because I really believe an actor's job is
to serve."
http://www.lawnwranglers.com/articles/funnymen.html
One Candy/Murray link is through Del Close:
"On Wednesday, March 3rd [1999] and at his request, a going away
party/wake/memorial service was held in his honor at the hospital.
Nearly a hundred friends, students and former students crowded in to
pay their last respects, listening as Del flung his oxygen mask aside
to tell stories and share his final thoughts. Guests flew in from
across the country, several with only a few hours' notice, and Harold
Ramis canceled part of the publicity tour for his new film to be
there. A Comedy Central camera crew filmed the party, which included a
pagan ceremony, a lavish buffet and jazz saxophone players, and master
of ceremonies Bill Murray served Del a final martini."
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Pointe/2765/KimHowardJohnson/khjdelcl.html
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G222harpo
>
Now, there is no way I'm going to be draawn into a fight about Chevy's comedy
career, because with the exception of maybe three films his films suck ass. But
in his prime, his first year with SNL, his years with the touring company of
National Lampoon's Lemmings was undoubtedly funny. I know the guy's an asshole,
but you can't deny that at one time he was was actually quite funny.
Stiller's Wheel of Filler
> kept Chevy Chase in a headlock - but I can picture him cheerfully,
> casually making the rounds all the while (and I'll bet the farm CC had
> it coming; he is purported to be quite the a-hole).
>
> VMacek
That guy is a can of ass beans with ass corn and ass-sauce on the
side. His entire contribution to the big SNL book is basically a Jerry
Springeresque "YOU DON'T KNOW ME! You cain't judge me! Cause you don't
know me!!". How...nice. I heard he was a fucktard to the female cast
members, too.
Also, I said hi to him once. He gave me an intense look of "Shut up,
plebian". Nobody who stars opposite of Jonathan Taylor Thomas is
allowed to think of anybody else as lower than them.
Take THAT, you...you car company, you.
~Heidi
Lan...@webtv.net
{{Now, there is no way I'm going to be draawn into a fight about Chevy's
I just recently bought the special edition dvd of "National Lampoons
Vacation" (first one) and found it ironic that one of his best comedic
roles on disc also contains undeniable proof of what a humorless jerk
he's become. On the cast/crew commentary,he constantly interrupted the
rest of the participants(some of whom were telling really interesting
anecdotes they never got to finish) just so Ol Chev could throw in his
outdated schtick and bring it all to a screeching halt.I had always
heard what an ass this guy was,and after hearing this,I'm a believer...
Lola
Oh, c'mon, Heidi. Tell us what you REALLY think.
--Lola
Dimitri Rotov
I saw him in a recent (?) Norm MacDonald movie and he was the
highlight. He was a physician behind on his payments to mafia
loansharks and he kept earnestly asking other characters questions
like,
"So if they hurt you for nonpayment, doesn't that take care of the
loan?"
and
"If they broke my arm, why do I still owe them money?"
He was enjoyable in Caddyshack too.
Stiller's Wheel of Filler
> > Take THAT, you...you car company, you.
> >
> > ~Heidi
>
> Oh, c'mon, Heidi. Tell us what you REALLY think.
>
> --Lola
I would, but the appropriate swear word has not yet been invented.
~Heidi
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over the years....compared to all the SCTV people we enjoy
Mpoconnor7
He was better as a comic straight man than trying to go for the laughs. I
thought he was well cast in Caddyshack, and Foul Play was pretty good also. I
never cared for the Vacation movies, but one movie I really liked him in was
Memoirs of an Invisible Man.
Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man
"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".
Justin Pate
"Stiller's Wheel of Filler" <supertramp_...@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> That guy is a can of ass beans with ass corn and ass-sauce on the
> side.
So does that then make him ass succotash?
Vince Macek
> >>Chevy Chase was never funny.
> >>
> >
> >Now, there is no way I'm going to be draawn into a fight about Chevy's comedy
> >career, because with the exception of maybe three films his films suck ass.
> >But
> >in his prime, his first year with SNL, his years with the touring company of
> >National Lampoon's Lemmings was undoubtedly funny. I know the guy's an
> >asshole,
> >but you can't deny that at one time he was was actually quite funny.
> >
>
> He was better as a comic straight man than trying to go for the laughs. I
> thought he was well cast in Caddyshack, and Foul Play was pretty good also. I
> never cared for the Vacation movies, but one movie I really liked him in was
> Memoirs of an Invisible Man.
>
(there's a movie that catches the *real* mood of the holiday) and find
Fletch pretty enjoyable. And his SNL stuff could be pretty funny. And
I am so glad I don't have any personal contact with him.
VMacek