This is FRESH AIR. John Candy, the comic actor who rose to fame in the sketch comedy series "SCTV" and such films as "Stripes," "Splash" and "Spaceballs," died at age 43 in 1994. Now, 31 years later, ...

The Prime documentary remembers the 'SCTV' star through the eyes of his friends and co-stars, whose kind words add up to a uniquely shallow portrait of the beloved actor. None of them has a bad thing ...

Canadian comedians famously hate it when people mistake them for American citizens. I’m sure that, right about now, there are a few funny Canucks up in heaven who are looking down on us Yanks and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. If there’s a scene that best encapsulates the tragically abbreviated career of John Candy, it’s not necessarily ...