John Candy
American Antiques Hero Legacies In Need Of Update – Big John!
President John Kennedy followed an honor role of many Americans with leadership abilities at many levels, over many decades, in many ways. And we see some signs of that special kind of hero now ending their duty tour in some warn torn hell. And we applaud this US Army Military Intelligence to encourage this, by having an exhausted GI, man or woman, facing some bad dreams ahead, serving his or her final duty tour more as Army Peace Corps bringing in food, blankets, medical supplies and toys for the kids, even chocolate.
And the camera shows this happening right now, as smiling GI’s are climbing off aircraft from the middle east, arriving in central American villages washed away by storm or under the surging volcanic ash again reshaping the valley. They get off without guns, and immediately all pitch in, forming food lines to unload sacks of food to eager out stretched hands, smiling faces, grateful eyes, and a very happy crew of good honest GI Joes and Josephines doing good, as they had learned in Eagle Scouts and know God smiles on Armies like this. And studies show these memories will make better mid night sources of inspiration and hope than of anger and destruction.
And the news today is so topical to what JFK did by creating the Peace Corps to allow idealistic Americans and others to go help people in needy areas on earth learn how to grow their crops better, these GI’s are doing today, and we hear of what the children of 1948 Berlin called during the Berlin Blockage by Russia, all supplies that winter had to be flown in by Allied bombers, mostly American. And on the first mercy flight, an American pilot Hal Halversen stood near the Templehoff Airport fence and handed two sticks of gum to a crowd of children. He said tomorrow he would wriggle the wings of his plane and which field they should be in.
And these frightened children, knowing the occupation forces were seriously confined to bring in coal for winter heat and essential food supplies, found to their amazement that the pilot they named The Chocolate Pfluger wriggled his wings after his regular food drop, came in low, and unloaded over the course of that fall and winter, many hundreds of little parachutes. This Allied mercy mission was known as Operation Vittles, and the press named the Candy Bomber the leader of Operation Little Vittles.
And to now. The mighty mate of the mighiest aircraft carrier still in active duty, the USS Abraham Lincoln, finds it’s mate has been retired from active military duty after many fine years of bumping up against the Evil Empire more than once, never facing a larger naval foe. And we think now that the Warrior John Fizgerald Kennedy has been allowed time off from active duty, that we bring him back as the USS Peace Corp, a mercy ship for emergencies anywhere on earth.
A Kennedy legacy long overdue, with mercy to Senator Edward Kennedy: perhaps the wife of the Governor of California and her husband could be Good Will Ambassadors on the mercy mission of the newly prepared and again reborn as the good ship America. They should have a helicopter pad so the Governator and his Peace Corp Advisor can help in the rescue, and then become Chocolate Pflugers and send down parachutes of chocolates. It just seems the American way to help a people you have utterly defeated (hello, Germany, Japan) back on their feet with smiles from the kids. Bring a momento, send one, parachute or not.
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TOP 15 JOHN CANDY MOVIES
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Uncle Buck DVD John Candy Widescreen - $1.97 |
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LASERDISC~Going Berserk~the good the bad and the stupid~John Candy~ Joe Flaherty $4.00 |
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LASERDISC~It Came from Hollywood-John Candy Cheech and Chong Dan Aykrod $15.00 |
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Stripes 1981 LC #6* Bill Murray Harold Ramis John Candy $15.00 |
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Wagons East! (DVD, 2002) John Candy Richard Lewis $4.24 |
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Great Outdoors (DVD) Dan Aykroyd, John Candy $5.00 |
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Spaceballs (Widescreen) -DVD- John Candy $4.19 |
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John Carpenter: Master of Fear (DVD, 2009, 2-Disc Set, $5 Halloween Candy… $13.99 |
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JOHN CANDY SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED 8X10 PHOTO ACTOR COMEDIAN (d.1994) PSA/DNA $329.95 |
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Brewster’s Millions, Very Good DVD, Richard Pryor, John Candy, Lonette McKee, St $5.96 |
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1994 Press Photo John Candy Actor Comedian Only Lonely $24.88 |
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Armed And Dangerous 1986 LC #2 * John Candy Eugene Levy $10.00 |
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Nothing But Trouble (DVD, 1998)John Candy, Chevy Chase, Demi Moore $1.99 |
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The GREAT OUTDOORS (1988) Dan Aykroyd John Candy Annette Bening Robert Prosky $9.95 |
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Home Alone (VHS, 1991) Macaulay Culkin Joe pesci daniel stern john candy hughes $0.99 |
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VHS-CANADIAN BACON-’95′- JOHN CANDY – COMEDY $6.00 |
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VHS-COOL RUNNINGS- DISNEY’S- JOHN CANDY $5.00 |
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DVD- PLANES,TRAINS,AND AUTOMOBILES-STEVE MARTIN, JOHN CANDY – HOLIDAY CLASSIC !! $8.00 |
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UNCLE BUCK – John Candy/Jean Kelly/Amy Madigan/Macaulay Calkin — Comedy – VHS $0.99 |
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JOHN CANDY COLOR 24X36 POSTER PRINT UNCLE BUCK $24.99 |
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Once Upon a Crime (DVD, 2003) John Candy, James Belushi, Cybill Shepherd, Rare $67.50 |
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The Clown Murders, VHS, 1975, John Candy, RARE $8.70 |
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CT Chicago Tribune Photo Movie John Candy UNCLE BUCK Mo $14.99 |
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JOHN CANDY COLOR 24X36 POSTER PRINT $24.99 |
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DISNEY – COOL RUNNINGS – John Candy/Doug E. Doug/Rawle D. Lewis — Comedy – VHS $0.99 |
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1985 MOVIE Tom Hanks John Candy Poker Playing CARDS w $25.00 |
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Stripes BRAND NEW, sealed (DVD, 2005, Extended Cut) Bill Murray John Candy $6.95 |
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John Candy: Comedy Favorite Collection, 3 – Hilarious Movies (DVD, 2007, NEW) $12.99 |
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STRIPES – UK Orig 30×40 1981 – Bill Murray, John Candy $19.99 |
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HEAVY METAL – UK Orig 30 x 40 1981 – John Candy $19.99 |
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Speed Zone! JAPAN PROGRAM Brooke Shields, John Candy $9.99 |
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles LIKE NEW(DVD 2000)Steve Martin John Candy, Hughes $4.95 |
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Delirious VHS John Candy Mariel Hemingway Raymond Burr $0.99 |
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Cast Iron John Wright Candy Mold $9.99 |
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Cast Iron John Wright Candy Mold $16.06 |
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JOHN CANDY ORIGINAL AD “THE GREAT OUTDOORS” -1988-MINT $9.95 |
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John Candy Funny 3 LaserDisc LD $7.99 |
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PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES DVD (1987) Steve Martin John Candy $4.79 |
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*NOT DVDS* LOT OF 4 JOHN CANDY COLLECTIBLE BACKERCARDS SUMMER RENTAL *NOT DVDS* $4.99 |
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DR. JOHN: Candy / Short (rock & pop vinyl 12) $10.00 |
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MC PHOTO aad-012 John Candy Comedian $14.99 |
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John Candy Steve Martin 1987 Movie Photo R24 $9.99 |
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John Candy Volunteers 1985 Movie Photo R23 $9.99 |
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DVD/Spaceballs/Widescreen/John Candy-Mel Brooks-Rick Moranis $2.50 |
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The great outdoors John Candy movie poster print $2.99 |
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2006 BK# 326 John Candy $5.90 |
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SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS, WILL CLARK, JOHN BURKETT, BRETT BUTLER, CANDY MALDONADO $1.09 |
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JOHN CANDY: Comedy Favorite Collection (DVD, 2-Disc Set) New / Free Shipping $12.72 |
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Epiphone John Lennon Revolution Casino Made is USA w/OHSC and all case candy!!! $2,201.00 |
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CGC Photo JOHN CANDY Summer Rental CERTIFIED AUTHENTIC! $20.00 |
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Wrestlers and Wrestling Ring Cake Kit $7.50 Create a wrestling cake with these cake toppers…. |
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CK Products 2-1/8-Inch Tractor Chocolate Mold $2.98 CK Products chocolate molds are first quality, plastic molds. They are durable and reusable. not machine washable. Our chocolate molds are suitable for chocolate, soap making, butter molding, ice-cubes, plaster and concrete crafting. These molds are FDA approved… |
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12 ct – Pink Ladies’ John Deere Baseball Cap Cupcake Picks $2.99 From the John Deere Party Supply Collection. John Deere Pink Ball Cap Cupcake Picks. Ladies, show your true colors with these pink John Deere baseball cap cupcake picks. Each package includes 12 picks that measure 2.75″ high. Not recommended for children under 3 years of age…. |
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The Blues Brothers (Widescreen 25th Anniversary Edition) $5.93 After building up the duo’s popularity through popular recordings and several performances on Saturday Night Live, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd–as “legendary” Chicago blues brothers Jake and Elwood Blues–took their act to the big screen in this action-packed hit from 1980. As Jake and Elwood struggle to reunite their old band and save the Chicago orphanage where they were raised, they wreak enou… |
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Sesame Songs – Sing Yourself Silly! $5.24 A manic musical masterpiece featuring a slew of Sesame Street friends. Among the highlights are Oscar the Grouch singing “Everything in the Wrong Place Ball,” “Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree” by Ernie, and guest James Earl Jones performing “Jellyman Kelly.” 30 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English…. |
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John Candy: Comedy Favorite Collection (DVD) $9.23 2-Disc Set |
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The John Candy Collection: Canadian Bacon/Delirious/Spaceballs (DVD) $20.76 Description not available. |
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Who’s Harry Crumb? (DVD) $7.42 Multiple Subtitled Languages John Candy is Harry Crumb, the last in large family of private eyes. Unfortunately, b |
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Uncle Buck – Widescreen (DVD) $5.93 When Bob (Garrett M. Brown) and Cindy Russell (Elaine Bromka) have to leave town for a family emergency, they are left with no alternative but to call in Bob`s brother, Buck (John Candy), to baby-sit. A jobless, lifelong bachelor with a heart of gold, … |
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Uncle Buck – With Tech Support for Dummies Trial (Blu-ray/DVD) $11.87 When Bob (Garrett M. Brown) and Cindy Russell (Elaine Bromka) have to leave town for a family emergency, they are left with no alternative but to call in Bob`s brother, Buck (John Candy), to baby-sit. A jobless, lifelong bachelor with a heart of gold, … |