Since today seems to have sort of turned into an unofficial John Candy Day of Remembrance, let’s close things out with John’s unbelievably on-point Orson Welles impression on the old Billy Crystal show:
He’s terrifying, isn’t he? There is none of the John Candy light in his eyes, just dazed imperiousness. “I’m always on my mark. Move your camera.” The voice isn’t perfect, of course, but he nails the gestures and the clipped intonations and the eyebrows and the blazing contempt for indifferent camerawork, and that’s really what makes it.
Tags: impersonations, john candy, orson welles, the billy crystal show
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I am extremely upset that no one has commented on this! Orson Welles impressions, especially when done right, are a thing of beauty and majesty.
My favourites, aside from this one, are:
Maurice LaMarche on The Critic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i7ycxiog40
…and one performed by an actor friend of mine, a radio show in which he reviews Toy Story 3: http://hearwaxmedia.com/orson-welless-touch-geniu…
I’ve just been saying “SON, I AM ON MY MARK” to everyone in my family alllll day.
Oh it’s only my two favourite people all rolled into one. Thank you for this, I’d completely forgotten about it!
Never seen this before. Happy now. Very happy now.
Stern John Candy is just Even More Lovable John Candy.