Stardom

Candy got his start at CBC's Toronto headquarters where he appeared in the children's classics as "Coming Up Rosie" and later in "Dr.Zonk and the Zunkins."In 1977, at the age of 27, John was offered a position with Second City, a comedic improvisational team based in Chicago. Moving to Illinois he became a regular preformer, comedian and writer for the popular television show, SCTV.

During this same time, Candy auditioned for a role beside John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in the soon-to-be famous film, "The Blues Brothers." By 1981, Candy had one two emmy's for his writing work with the show SCTV, appeared in the movie "Stripes" and "Heavy Metal," and was ready for bigger things.