At the risk of you really thinking that I'm taking the piss outta you: I don't know who that is either. Apparently, he starred in Billy Madison, isn't that the movie with the "what you just said was the most ..." meme?
At the risk of you really thinking that I'm taking the piss outta you: I don't know who that is either
Oh, wow. He's really one of the best American comedians of the late 80's and early 90's.
He's renowned for supremely high-energy comedy, and an unrivaled level of goofiness well past the point of being immature, giving him a kind of self-deprecating humor and cringe that goes with it.
Anyone over the age of 30 that watched movies from the 80s and early 90s has seen something he was in, and he was super visible in any of them because of his weight.
He's not obscure in any form, and its incredibly surface level to know him, but has just been dead for a long time.
Never even heard of him. Is this another instance of people being able to rattle off 1000s of celebrity names, or is he really that well known?
You never saw ANY of the films he was in?
Really now?
Sad.
I did see Home Alone. I've never even heard of the others. SAD!
Not even Space Balls. The number of references you have missed must be staggering.
So that is the "thanks for space balls" comment from Family Guy?
Dude. What the actual fuck?
YES! He's like Chris Farley! Except Farley died of an OD at 33, while Candy died of a heart attack at 43, mostly due to being very overweight.
At the risk of you really thinking that I'm taking the piss outta you: I don't know who that is either. Apparently, he starred in Billy Madison, isn't that the movie with the "what you just said was the most ..." meme?
Oh, wow. He's really one of the best American comedians of the late 80's and early 90's.
He's renowned for supremely high-energy comedy, and an unrivaled level of goofiness well past the point of being immature, giving him a kind of self-deprecating humor and cringe that goes with it.
Basically this scene from Tommy Boy
That face is pretty funny, and I assume not quite as common then as it is now.
You should honestly watch his filmography.
Anyone over the age of 30 that watched movies from the 80s and early 90s has seen something he was in, and he was super visible in any of them because of his weight.
He's not obscure in any form, and its incredibly surface level to know him, but has just been dead for a long time.
He was a Canadian star actor before a lot of the modern ones came - Jim Carrey, Ryan Reynolds, Rachel McAdams, Mike Myers, etc.
He holds a lot of sentimental value for a certain vintage of Leafs in the 80s & 90s.
He is also lionized because he was taken out midcareer like Chris Farley & James Gandolfini.
Cool Runnings and JFK define two sides of his bell curve for roles.
There were plenty making up the middle area.
You've probably seen more than a few of the movies he was in AoV. He was quite the icon.