This bit of John Candy improv from the filming of 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' still makes Steve Martin cry
Photo: Paramount/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock After producing anarchic and explicitly boundary-pushing comedy in the ’70s — early Saturday Night Live, Animal House, the National Lampoon — many of the era’s biggest breakout stars established themselves as the definers of 1980s mainstream comedy films. They refined their styles, toned down their impulses, and appeared in the decade’s most popular if not definitive movies like Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, and Strange Brew among others.
The story wasn’t just a procession of mishaps, though. It was a touching portrayal of a friendship slowly gestating between two polar opposites: control-freak executive Neal and a slobbish, jolly, but deep-down-sad salesman of shower-curtain rings called Del. Martin and Candy, clad in a topcoat and parka, respectively, were freezing their butts off. But they knew they were making gold. Between takes, Candy would crack up Martin by pretending to act out a cheesy gladiator movie, moving his lips in a way that made it sound like he was dubbed.
Once Candy arrived, the grilling began. Martin was quizzed on his use of the word “fuck” in the film, responding, deadpan, “I only used it nineteen times.” Candy was told that he looked like a sumo wrestler by a tactless Japanese reporter, who then added, “We admire big people because we are a nation of small people … Do you plan to diet?”
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