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Contents 1 Rushdie 2 Greatest Canadian? 3 2005? 4 Filmography 5 WTF? 6 Mexican flag? 7 Canadian Flag 8 Queensville question 9 John Candy's small appearance in Hercules in New York 10 Inside sleevenote?

[edit] Rushdie

I'm tempted to delete the phrase "was once compared to Salman Rushdie" but I don't want to be too hit-and-run ... but what what the heck is it supposed to mean? I mean like Elvis has been compared to Jesus, etc. etc. but so what? ;Bear 02:42, 2004 Nov 22 (UTC)

Keep it out, it's up to the guy who put it there to try and justify it--Will2k 15:41, Nov 22, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Greatest Canadian?

Why was the category removed?

[edit] 2005?

The IMBD page says that he's doing a voice for a movie to be released in 2005... What's going on? He IS dead, so... What?

Well the IMBd page is wrong then. He is dead, unfortunately. A loss of a great comedian. --69.67.229.162 03:19, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

He already did the voice acting for it before he passed away. The movie has just been in production and shelved for years. It's only just been released, if I recall correctly.

[edit] Filmography

Sorry, I changed "Filmography" to "Filmografie" in the illusion that I was working on the nl.wikipedia. Changed it back. Moribunt 20:04, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

His first film was really 1970's Hercules in New York with Arnie. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.235.160.40 (talk) 22:27, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] WTF?

I can't make heads or tails of the mechanism for reporting vandalism, so hopefully someone will read this comment or NOTICE THAT SOMEONE INSERTED A REFERENCE IN CANDY'S BIO TO HIM PARTICIPATING IN GAY ORGIES. Well, I hope someone does something about it.

[edit] Mexican flag?

Is it appropriate that we show a Mexican flag beside the name of the state where John Candy died? His link to Mexico was pretty tenuous ... not even a permanent resident. To me, the flag would only be fitting if he'd moved to Mexico or had become a citizen. In January, I deleted the Mexican flag from the article, but it has reappeared. I like flags! Should this one stay, or be deleted? Que-Can 01:35, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Canadian Flag

Replaced the Red Ensign.99DBSIMLR 19:45, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

R.I.P. john, you were a fantastic actor who brought many people and particulrly children a great deal of joy. thank you.

[edit] Queensville question

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Isn't Candy from Queensville, ON, not Toronto? He says he's from Queensville right here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61IZdSd83es&mode=related&search=

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.200.80.142 (talk • contribs)

I think Candy owned a home in Queensville at some point, but by all accounts he grew up in Toronto (Scarborough, actually), went to high school there, etc.--Vbd (talk) 05:37, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

p.s. please sign your posts in the future using ~~~~ or the signature button at the top of the edit screen.

[edit] John Candy's small appearance in Hercules in New York

According to IMDB John Candy had a small cameo in the 1970 film Hercules in New York. This seems very unlikely although the man who appears in the film does have a striking resemblance to Candy. But he looks a lot older than Candy was in 1970. Should this film be included in his filmography. Shakirfan 18:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

IMDB lists this credit as "unconfirmed." There is a whole discussion thread[1] on IMDB about whether or not it is him. Northstars.ca[2] says he did have a bit part in the film; I actually trust that site more than IMDB sometimes. But whether it's true or not, I'm not sure that it matters for the purposes of a filmography list. Then again, I am of the opinion that partial filmography lists are more appropriate in WP articles and that IMDB is a better place for complete filmographies. It might matter more in the text of the article, where an assertion is made that his first movie role was three years later, in Class of '44. I think that may have been an uncredited part, too.--Vbd (talk) 23:25, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

From what I gather the discussion--staring with a joke posting--at IMDb came before & probably gave birth to the listing, not the other way round. Some time after the discussion had begun somebody added the listing, calling it 'unconfirmed'. Later, somebody changed that to 'uncredited'. For what it's worth, the resemblance between the man in the movie & John Candy is extemely faint. The accent is also American & of an older generation. By the way, nobody seems to have noticed that this little bit of misinformation, now canonized in the IMDb, is inaccurate even on its own terms. Non-Candy appears shipboard, not in the later harbour fight scene. I would not put very much trust in the IMDb listing or the other web sites that have parroted it afterwards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.181.4.169 (talk) 08:46, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Inside sleevenote?

What does this mean? (Quoted from what's currently the last line of the article)

"Inside Sleevenote of Album FNCD314 dedicated in loving memory to John Candy (1950-1994)"

--Arteitle (talk) 00:51, 11 March 2008 (UTC)