My favourite TV show growing up in the 1980s was an
independently produced, syndicated Canadian show called S.C.T.V. The show gave rise to many famous actors, but
none were more talented than the late great, John Candy.
No other actor could play a slime ball better than Candy,
and my all-time favourite character of his was Johnny La Rue.
La Rue was not the kind of person you would want to
meet. To put it bluntly, the character
was sexist, egotistical, mean spirited, greedy, a bully, etc,etc,etc. Because he was played by the charming John Candy, I could not
stop laughing at all of his faults as a human being, which he so bravely bared
to the rest of the world.
Candy was one of the most likeable actors I’ve ever seen
perform, and this is why he could play such a horrible character, like Johnny
La Rue, and still make him human. I always
wanted to root for him, even if I knew he didn’t want to do anything good.
One of my favourite bits that he did was called, Dining Avec
La Rue. Most of the time it was called
Dining with La Rue, but in one episode La Rue went to a French restaurant and
they changed the name.
Of course he doesn’t have a reservation so he tries to bribe his way in. The waiter makes a big scene, but La Rue still gets his table. He orders the cheapest bottle of wine and meal they have. He ends up with a bottle of Thunderbird, and a cheeseburger and french fries.
Two women are sitting next to him and so of course he has to
act a little bit sexist towards them.
After he asks them for a manage-a-trio, they throw bread at him.
He ends up not having enough money for the bill and so the
waiter and another guy end up beating him.
It was classic John Candy.
cheers,
rymr
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