Camp Candy - A Look Back at John Candy's Saturday Morning Show
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- Camp Candy was John Candy’s Saturday Morning Kids Show that aired from 1989 - 1992. This is a look back at this seemingly forgotten, yet wonderful little show.
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My aunt met John Candy at a bar during the 1980s, and said he was one of the most genuinely nice and fun people she's ever met. No pretense at all.
Cool =)
I'm not surprised. That seems to be his reputation and it's well deserved from what I have seen
Thanks for sharing.
The only person I know that has their own character is my friend who created the mordeo and yes he actually proved it to me that he did create it with sketches, videos, and other things.
Everyone who met him off-screen had the same things to say about him. My uncle and aunt met him and said that he was a thorough gentleman.
The fact that John Candy was so invested in this show gives it a personal charm that I think is really lacking in stuff today. This wasn’t something like Hammer Man where M.C. Hammer was basically doing a kid’s show to make money, this feel’s like Candy wanting to be the Uncle Buck to the world we all imagined him to be. God, I miss him.
Damn you for reminding me of "Hammerman"!
That bit where he talks about recycling is so wholesome 🥰
HAMMERMAN!
The 80s was the era of cartoon versions of R rated movies, the 90s the era of Stand up comedian and celebrity led cartoons..
I liked Hammerman! I mean Hammer has always been heavily involved with the church & at the end of each episode Hammer himself would give a life lesson to the kids, just saying…
I miss John Candy. He passed way before his time.
John dying it literally the one thing that makes me not want to live in the world. That's not meant as a suicide warning.
I really do miss John Candy.
@@andywinslow9638 at least he left us with some much entertainment before he passed.
@@andywinslow9638 really as much as we miss our favorite actors when they pass its best just to let them go. because they would want us to continue living our lifes not sad all the time and to the best. even without them.
Nobody dies before their time. Everybody dies at the precise time God chose.
The title theme is a duet between John Candy and Harry Nilsson (two stars we sadly both lost in 1994 only a couple months separate). A shame Candy didn't live longer to bless us with more animated roles.
John had a couple of animated roles that were never released. One was a turkey named Redfeather in Disney's Pocahontas which ended up being cut both due to John's death and a decision to make all of the animal characters mute.
Candy also did voice work for a lead role in the unreleased animated film "The Magic 7".
I love John candy and Harry nilsson. Very talented gentlemen.
Finding out the Saved by the Bell cast did a promo with John candy is very weird to me. It's two things you wouldn't expect to ever interact.
It was s thirty minute show, though John Candy only had a scene.
It was one of those prime time shows, they use to do to promote the Saturday morning programs.
This one acted as a Saved by the Bell special to promote its premiere.
Though a full version doesn't exist.
That's how NBC promoted its Saturday morning lineups back in the day. One big network family
My mind was actually blown today
Yep. ABC used to have it's TGIF stars promote the yearly saturday morning lineups.
I actually remember the "Saved by the Bell" cast promo for "Camp Candy", they not only did "Camp Candy" I remember them doing other promos for other cartoons that were to appear on NBC like "Captain Nintendo" etc. I was in junior high at the time, I watched the cartoons but was more interested in Kelly. LOL!
The Era of Actors getting Cartoons based on then will always be a fascinating.
There's really two eras. Hanna-Barbera did a lot of it in the 60s-70s. The Harlem Globetrotters cartoon isn't really any better or worse than ProStars.
Especially Howie Mandel's show, Bobby's World.
@@gnbman I remember I hated that show, the voice acting was grating. I did like Camp Candy though.
@@singaporesammy they still do it today and have done it since the beginning of cartoons.
@@vservo1149 Yep, Mike Tyson Mysteries is a recent example.
40 episodes for a kids show is pretty damn good.
it is now. but back then that was a C-minus. 65 was what you shot for, and if you were good you'd get a couple more dozen til you hit 100, the ideal number for syndication.
@@KairuHakubi The only cartoon I can remember getting 100 episodes was Hey, Arnold!
@@KairuHakubi I think it likely got the ax when NBC took a Nintendo Switch to live action shows.
They also axed Wish Kid starring Macaulay Caulkin.
Pro Stars whoch starred Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson and Wayne Gretsky.
Captain N featuring various video game characters along with Super Mario World.
So I'm sure it wasn't a lack of popularity for Camp Candy but a Rural Purge thing for anything animated.
@@SonofTiamat Hey, I recognize you from Academic Agents comment section. Small world.
@@SirPumpkinSlice ahhh those are some good references. The nintendo one goes right over my head (or were you just riffing on the word switch). you know your TV.
those other cartoons were pretty garbage by comparison though. they're mostly remembered now for kitsch value. Come to think of it, the majority of celebrity toons were pretty crummy. Videogame tie-ins usually were too, but that's a very separate thing.. except I imagine at the time the mindset was indeed similar, just 'this is a thing people like, give it a show'
Three seasons is actually pretty impressive for a celebrity tie in cartoon. Most of these are one and dones.
Damn, he really poured a lot of love in this. Every bit of John Candy he could give you could really see it.
You'd expect a big star celebrity like John Candy at the time would have just signed the rights to the cartoon and been done with it, instead he voiced each and every episode and poured his heart into a Saturday morning kids cartoon while he was a huge draw.
Shows his character. Imagine Sylvester Stallone voicing Rambo in the Rambo cartoon.
Chuck Norris voiced himself in his cartoon
Holy crap. That snippet from Little Rosy unearthed a memory I forgot I had.
And gawd...I think I speak for everyone when I say I miss John Candy. He was the 80's and 90s for me.
I'm seriously glad I never heard of it until this video. Glad I was never forced to watch it as a kid.
John Candy definitely seems like he was a good person. With most people only having positive things to say about him. He had his demons but I think everyone does, I had read that his prior cocaine use helped lead to the heart attack that killed him. Such a shame.
Despite having been born in 87, I didn’t know about Little Rosey until 2004, when then-new cartoon channel Pop happened to be airing it!
John Candy knew how to take the "Celebrity gets a Cartoon" craze that happened in the 80's/90's and used it to make an actual good show.
SCTV now that’s a show that needs to be remastered and put on a streaming service.
Oh, and thanks for being so nice to John. He was truly beloved in his time. We lost a huge talent when we lost John.
_Coming from someone from England_ John Candy is, and will continually will be, sorely missed
He was great.
We feel that here in Australia too.
I'm from England too and I also love John Candy.
Better than Robbie Coltrane
Knowing how Marvel used to do things, that Camp Candy comic is probably considered canon to Earth-616.
I was thinking the same thing. He would have been a great Avenger. Just him working his charm and even Thanos would be like whelp
@@pfcodensos84 "You mean if I go through with it, there's a 50/50 chance I kill him? Whelp, back to doing it manually then"
Thanos got the Infinity Gauntlet just so he can bring John Candy back.
Oh wow. Not only do I remember this, Life with Louie AND Little Rosie, but also Gravedale High with Rick Moranis and The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley. The 90s were wild times
And Bobby’s World with Howie Mandell
I remember those. Hanna Barbera put out a DVD set of the Ed Grimley show a few years ago.
You're speaking my language Sarah!!! Loved all of the amazing cartoons from the late 80's and early 90's.
I miss them so much.
And in between both worlds we had Hey Vern, It's Ernest!
I think it’s the reason why I always liked Baloo from Talespin he always reminded me of John Candy. A alternate version of Earth may have actually got a Baloo played by John. 🖖
I was literally thinking of this show yesterday for no reason.
i was hunting down episodes. but yea this show is iconic Candy candy
As opposed to figuratively thinking of it?
Me too. I vividly remembered the theme song even though I hadn’t heard it in like 29 years.
@@SonofTiamat No because people will say they were thinking about something yesterday and they mean recently, I literally was thinking about this show yesterday, got it?
@@micahjohnsonboxing6409 I think you need to look up the definition of "literally."
30+ years later & that theme song was still buried in the back of my 🧠. Amazing that I still remembered the majority of the words to it & sang right along just like I was 8-11 years old during that original run from ‘89-‘92.
I miss that cartoon. I remember sitting in the living room every Saturday and watching it.
If I'm not mistaken, the lineup was Kissyfur, Camp Candy, Gravedale High, Captain N, Super Mario 3, Saved by the Bell.
Saved by the Bell was always when I changed the channel to CBS. I miss those times too. I actually remember playing the Bayou Billy game RIGHT after the Bayou Billy Captain N episode.
I loved this show so much as a kid, it was just fun without having it be a blatant toy ad like most of the other cartoons at the time. That theme song is a classic too.
Some cartoons that were toy ads were surprisingly good, like Mighty Max
@@SonofTiamat The Mighty Max cartoon was awesome, and I loved that Tony Jay got to play an actual good guy instead of the villainous roles he usually ended up with.
@@EricHeidenAuthor Also David Warner and Tim Curry. It was dark for a kid's show
I had no idea about this show. John Candy was a big part of my childhood from uncle buck, space balls, little shop of horrors and who's Harry crumb
Little Shop of Horrors was also a cartoon.
I knew this show existed but I never knew enough of its history. I thought it was one of those 13 episodes 1 season shows that just was made and that’s it. Boy does it feel good to be wrong in this case.
This is how I met John. We miss you, John! (BTW...Rick Morranis, John's friend and fellow actor did a cartoon too, in the '90s! "Rick Morranis in: Gravedale High"!
Me too 😁
I do not remember that. I'll have to.look it up
I was about to post about the Moranis show
Out of all the celebrity cartoons, this was one of best. I watched it when it was new on NBC, and reruns on Fox Family, though I don't really remember the live-action Jon Candy bits.Also, I have to say that Saturday morning preview shows has become a lost art, then again so are Saturday morning cartoons.
Thank you for loving John as much as you do. You've really helped an entire new generation come to appreciate who he was. For that you are awesome.
I agree =)
You can still see the typical small Saban quality dips, like how what the voice over describes and what the animation shows don't even try to match, but its nowhere near what Saban was cranking out by the 2000s in terms of obvious errors and mistakes, and Candy's influence really makes it shine. I wish I'd watched it back in the day
Saban didn't take over completely until Season 3. DIC did the first 2 seasons from 89-90 and Saban was only an executive producer on those.
@@lutherheggs451 Oh, that makes a lot of sense. Cool!
I also really liked Life With Louie, although I don’t remember Little Rosie at all.
We had an episode of Camp Candy recorded off tv along with Sword and the Stone and James Bond Jr all on the same tape and I watched it a BUNCH growing up.
Would that be James Bond Jr? I remember that one. Louis was funnier because of the dad and such, but candy has a purer story to pass down, i love his last movie, Wagons east
I loved this show as a kid. I didn't appreciate the SCTV connections then as I didn't know about the show. I'm sure I'd enjoy them immensely now. That 3-D gag had me laughing way too hard!
Me too XD
Opposite for me - first time watching these, I had seen SCTV in reruns in the mid-80’s . The references were pretty funny here , especially Dr Tongue and Bobby Bittman😂 . Great job on this video !
I loved this show. Anyone else remember the Super Dave: Daredevil for Hire show? I loved that one too.
Super Dave was the best.
I do, very funny show. Watched it recently.
I remember Super Dave, just barely, though. I remember watching that and Eek the Cat
@@SonofTiamat That and his Showtime show are all on CZcams. Go check them out, you won't regret it
I had completely forgotten about Super Dave.
John Candy was such a wonderful, talented guy. He was such a huge part of my childhood growing up in the 80's. Gone way too soon. Thanks for the nostalgia rush. Camp Candy was one of my favorites!
Camp Candy brings back great memories. I watched it every week.
I was (and still am) a HUGE "The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley" fan. Only 13 episodes, but manically funny. They basically gave the SCTV gang (and Jonathan Winters) a license to make their own cartoon. And it was brilliant.
@@matthewdaley746 I appreciate your input. And so does NBC.
Remastered, yeah definitely, I'd love to watch it again.
I loved this and Life with Louie. This time period had some stinkers, but it had some great cartoons. It's a shame that so many fun shows got forgotten over the more legendary shows.
I lived this show growing up... I loved John Candy and all of his movies that I saw as a kid. You may have been one of the first celebrities that I felt deeply saddened when he passed away. I remember having a dream as a kid that I saw him somewhere and gave him a hug, telling him that, "you died where i come from"
Ah man, as soon as that theme song started it brought me right back.
Candy was an amazing human being. We lost him too early.
I used to watch this show every Saturday. I'd completely forgotten it until now. So many good memories. ❤️❤️❤️
I don't remember much of this show but I do remember the special with the Saved By The Bell kids introducing new Saturday programs and of course the theme song. I haven't heard it in years and it just brought the nostalgia right back.
This was at the top of my saturday morning Must Watch list back in the early 90s. It's always held a special spot in my media heart.
Beyond your phemonemal narration, explanations and editing- there’s one thing that clearly shines through about your persona and channel. And that is that John Candy is your favorite person.
The way you convey that has made Candy one of my favorite people too.
I loved everything about this. John Candy was my hero as a kid, I loved this show so much. Also I got older loved the SCTV and pretty much everything else he was ever in.
Hi there Joe. As a long time fan of yours since your Ernest video, I’m happy to announce that I finally understand why I love your videos so much. The way you narrate these pieces opens up this empathetic door in my brain that allows me to feel the same nostalgia you felt. Your wholesome presentation of many things I wish I had the joy of watching growing up, it brings tears to my eyes. Thank you for what you do and allowing us to live vicariously through you every once in a while.
Thanks so much for the support!
I watched this every Saturday morning as a kid. It was one of the earlier cartoons in the morning. My brother and I knew we’d get to see all of our favorite shows, if we were early enough to see Camp Candy, because Captain N came on soon after, if I remember right.
I always assumed the bear in the cartoon was the Bald Headed Bear from American Outdoors, but he’d finally grown his hair back.
Man...the 80’s and 90’s really were the best for cartoons. I STILL, to this day, sing the song sung when channels were announcing they were breaking for commercial, as dumb as that sounds. It’s crazy how this stuff was seared into our brains.
One cartoon I miss that no one seems to remember is Foofur. I even bought a 30+ year old licensed stuffed Foofur for my daughter and it’s one of her favorite toys, which gives me the warm and fuzzies :D
I still vividly remember watching 'Camp Candy' in 1992 at my Great Grandparent's house on a console TV in Sun City, Arizona. John Candy was a great comedian, and sorely missed.
Watched it weekly 1988-1990 or so...So weird at how it hits peak nostalgia and yet I remember almost nothing about it other than John himself. Looking back on it, it's surprising how earnest it is, especially for the mass-marketing era it was released during. RIP John.
John candy was awesome, still missed
Anyone remembers Rick Moranis's Saturday Morning show? It was quite a monster.
Of course I remember it! The cast was dying to meet ya.
Nope. I have never heard of it. Would like to see it, what is it called ? Here's hoping Rick Moranis returns to acting, I'm a big fan.
@@matthewdaley746 He stopped acting to take care of his kids after his wife died. His kids are now grown up. Ryan Reynolds was trying to get him acting again and I think he was in a commercial somewhat recently. I've heard rumors that he is coming back. Hope they are true.
@@Gatorade69 He was recently attacked and punched in New York but apparently he's doing ok.
Boooooo
I have good memories of this show. Good times. 💜
I had no idea he was Soo wholesome...that polka stuff reminded me of his character in home alone lol I loved his scenes and most in that movie I must say..
Loved his voice in a cartoon as a kid and always wanted them to make a movie, loved this as a kid
I miss when networks used to have those promo specials for their Saturday morning lineup. Sure, it's just a thirty minute commercial for whatever cartoons they were plugging at the time, but as a kid it always got me hyped to see all the new shows in one place.
Thanks for the look back.
I was near adulthood in the late 80's but still watched cartoons.
One of the best
I remember watching this back on Fox Family (until later titled ABC Family and now called Freeform!)
Fox Family back in 1998-2001 aired a lot of shows from the late 80s and early 90s. Kinda like a precursor to “The Hub” back in 2010.
I watched Life with Louie regularly on Saturday morning and was aware of Camp Candy but had no idea Little Rosie existed until now.
Life with Loiue was great.
Little Rosie? The woman on Rosanne?
@@leonishikino6873
Yep.
I was more of a Bobby's World kid. If you forgot Little Rosey, you probably forgot those Edith Ann specials too.
@@hellishhybrid1839 no, it was Rosie O'Donnell. It might have been better if it was Roseanne though.
Wonderful memories! When Saturday mornings were something for kids to look forward to!
Never heard of it and J.Candy was my childhood hero!Thank you for this one.
John Candy was a legend I remember a lot of his work from SCTV and boy was it funny this show I do kind of remember and I have to say that John Candy was truly loved by many rest in peace.
This was an excellent tribute to both John Candy and Camp Candy. I vaguely remember it coming on back in the early 90s when I was very little but everybody at that time knew who John Candy was. That guy was a legend.
How did I miss this? Since I was 21 when the show first aired I was never up to watch TV( I never watched TV in my 20's) on a Saturday morning. I have always loved John Candy.
Every few years this cartoons opening song pops I my head.
🎵 ....at CAMMMMP CAAAAAANNNNDYYYY 🎵
God bless John Candy. What an amazing talent, and a wonderful person
I LOVED this show!
There’s something comforting about John Candy’s presence. As a kid, I remember being thrilled to see him show up in movies like Follow That Bird or Home Alone. His warmth and good humor always seemed genuine.
Say what you will John Candy was larger than life, I was so devastated when he died in 1994 he was my most favorite actor when I was a kid I wish they would put this show on DVD/Blu-Ray or Streaming I would scoop it up in a heartbeat so many happy memories came pouring back with this video thanks for making it
John candy is a national treasure. I have been such a big fan my whole life. Such a loss at a young age but he gave us all wile he was here.
I miss there being a little distance between ourselves and celebs, social media has not made me like many people more.
The world was made just a little bit better, because John Candy was part of it. We lost so many funny people in the 90s, John Candy, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman. RIP.
I own a few animation cels from camp candy and I was literally this close 👌 from buying that lunchbox. I had Been looking for it for a while and it recently popped up on eBay recently...I’m Glad it went to you.
I grew up with Bobby's world and life with louie and i even remember Little Rosie, but ive never even heard of Camp candy till just now. Idk how that is possible.
I grew up watching Camp Candy every Saturday Morning. I'd watch it at my Grandparents house as they made me breakfast, I'd watch the show through static on an old TV, and right afterwards came Captain N.
Ed Grimley, Gravedale High, and Camp Candy were all really cool shows, and my uncle actually bought a talking Ed Grimley doll for me this year. He knew I wanted one as a kid, and when I brought up the memory, he sought it out for me.
His birthday is tomorrow. Happy birthday Craig.
I remember watching this show and I knew my SCTV at that age. I have no memory of Dr Tongue or Bobby Bittman. Turns out those episodes were all in the 3rd season, after NBC had cancelled it and it went to syndication. Dagnabbit! I would have loved that as a kid. God only knows what else I missed in those episodes, and they're nowhere to be found.
I loved Camp Candy during it's original airing. Had I know it was in reruns I would have enjoyed the rewatch.
The cartoon is why John Candy was one of the few stars I loved as a kid.
Man i know its been a long time, but i miss John Candy, i was born in 88...so i had just a few years (about 92-94) to appreciate him as a kid when he was alive, (home alone, splash, uncle buck, lampoon's vacation) were always on in my house and i instantly recognized john's voice when i heard it, i even remember the day we found out he died i was like 6 years old playing snes, and my brother told me.smh rip john
Now you're talking! I aways watched this as a kid and loved it. Thanks for bringing it back if only for a moment.
That transition from the little rosie theme and John candys face as he yells shit was to perfect. Im dying 😂
Loved this show (and Mr. Candy) as a child. Still do.
Not one bad thing has ever been said about the Legend,not one.Just like Johnathan Winters.What an unbelievable loss ,I miss you John your forever remembered.
If an outstanding retrospective of one of my favorite comedic actors in cartoon form wasn’t reason enough, any video that mentions Count Floyd gets a thumbs up from me 😁👍🏼
Hearing the theme song made memories dawn!
I used get up early every Saturday morning back in the late 80s to catch this show! So many memories.
My introduction to John Candy is Spaceballs, I really come to love his sense of humor and his sweet demeanor. It sucks that he died way too soon especially when I was a kid at the time but I'll always love his movies like the ones I saw recently like Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains and Automobiles and The Great Outdoors. I can't wait to check out his other films.
John Candy was my favorite actor/comedian. Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains and Automobiles were major influences on my sense of humor from a ridiculously young age.
I completely forgot about these... All of them. And I used to watch them from time to time. Guess they made that much of an impression...
I am sooo happy I grew up during this era of camp candy , life with Louie and Bobby's world
I definitely would’ve loved watching this as a kid if I had known about it. But I consider it a treat as an adult to see more of John Candy’s work.
For Forgotten Failures can you talk about the horrible 2016 MAD TV revival attempt? Also for Almost Cult Classics can you make a video on the Francis The Talking Mule film series? It was like Mister Ed before Mister Ed was a thing and apparently was a big deal back in the day but it´s mostly forgotten nowadays.
Thank you for reminding me of this show. I watched it as a kid on its original network but had forgotten about it until you did this video.
I cannot remember a second of this show, but that theme song...pure nostalgia
I didn't remember this show at all...and then you played the intro. That music just made me go "I know this!". Thanks for another great video.
I doubt kid shows have this much heart these days. We miss you John !
I had forgotten completely about this show til I saw the recommendation. A lot of forgotten nostalgia hearing that theme song, and seeing the animation, and as soon as that clip of the preview show with the Saved By the Bell cast same thing.
This is a show I remember existing as a wee child, especially gravitating toward the name, but not actually remember watching, sort of like a fever dream.
And I was at the age when I didnt quite get that a man named "John Candy" wasnt just a kids performer, maybe getting that this was the man from the second half of Home Alone. I appreciate you filling in some blanks.
🎶🎵... little Rosey... 🕊️🌺🎶
"Shit!"
🤣😂😁
I watched CC religiously as a kid, as well as reading the tie-in comic...was a fun show, and nice to see how much involvement John Candy personally had in it, as well as getting his family AND former co-stars involved!
While I didn't see much of the syndicated season (1992-93), I also thought it was nice how Candy filmed those live-action segments bookending each episode, much like how Mr. T did with his own animated series a few years earlier.
I like camp candy it's still a excellent cartoon show and RIP John candy he was a funny guy.
This was one of my favorite cartoons. Especially the theme song!
Man I've saw this cartoon on russian Fox Kids, always thought it was a fever dream
Russian fox kids?
@@jonathanwright8025 да
I really appreciate you tracking down & finding an old early 90s lunch box and thermos for a 2-second cameo
I remember Life with Louie.