Chris Candy is here

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🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

We like us! This week on TOAP, Damian sits down with a producer of not one but two of his favourite recent documentaries: Chris Candy. Listen in as Chris talks about: making the new documentary about his father: "John Candy: I Like Me", "The Secret Lives Of Bill Bartel" and all things punk. From hangin' with the Skafather: Mike Park, to wild times on the Warped Tour, to unpacking the secret lives of Bill Bartel, to Mike Watt's love of SCTV and so much more: don't miss this one!

Also, don't miss Chris in "John Candy: I Like Me"! See it in theatres or stream it on Prime as of October 10.

Also, don't miss Chris playing in Bull Shannon!

Also, don't miss "The Secret Lives Of Bill Bartell"!!!!!

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hey, everyone, welcome to turn out of punk. My name is Damien, and today on the show, my new pal, Chris Candy is here.
0:36.4	Chris plays in Bull Shannon, a fun band with three bass players,
0:41.4	an awesome new band, but also he has helped produce two of my favorite documentaries that
0:45.9	came out this last year. First, the Bill Bartell documentary, which if you need to find out more
0:51.6	information, you can take on the episode with Jordan Schwartz and Dave Markey.
0:55.3	Thank you to Jordan Schwartz for actually connecting us for this episode.
0:59.5	It's an amazing movie.
1:00.8	We'll talk about it.
1:01.2	We talk about it a lot on this episode.
1:03.2	But also he has produced a new, or helped produce a new documentary about his late father, John Candy, I Like Me.
1:12.3	Man, this documentary is a beautiful tribute to one of my favorite comedians, actors of all time.
1:19.7	I cried, I cried like a baby watching this thing, and I'm sure some of you will too.
1:24.3	It will be premiering on Amazon October the 10th. And it's also going to be doing a run of
1:29.8	theatrical shows coming up. So hopefully it's playing in a town near you. Go and see this movie.
1:35.1	If you get the chance or stream it or go to someone's house who has it and just watch it there.
1:40.4	Just see this movie. It is a great film open the Toronto film festival and
1:45.3	Chris while he was in town was kind enough to come over to the chaos that is the
1:50.4	turned out of punk studio and put up with my weird shoddy video set up he definitely
1:57.4	wound up holding the camera for part of it. And we had a great conversation.
2:02.3	And Chris is someone who loves punk rock was deeply,
2:05.6	deeply affected by this music, as you'll hear on this episode.
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