Camp Candy

Camp Candy
Genre	Animated series
Created by	Joel Andryc Phil Harnage Ellen Levy
Directed by	Winston Richard
Starring	John Candy Lewis Arquette Danny Mann George Coe
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	19
Production
Executive producer(s)	John Candy Andy Heyward Haim Saban
Producer(s)	Winston Richard
Running time	23 Minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	September 16, 1989 – October 27, 1990

Camp Candy was a 1989-1990 animated television series produced by DiC Entertainment, with comedian John Candy providing the voice for an animated version of himself.

Overview

The show was set in a fictional summer camp run by Candy. It also featured his children, Jennifer and Christopher Candy, in supporting roles. The animated series spawned a brief comic book series based on the show; also entitled Camp Candy, it was published by Marvel Comics' Star Comics imprint.

Nineteen episodes of the series aired during the 1989 and 1990 television seasons on the NBC television network. Repeats ran in syndication, and on the Fox Family cable channel in 1998.

Harry Nilsson wrote the series' theme song, which Candy sang.

The later syndicated rebroadcast featured live action segments featuring Candy.

In both versions, the closing credits featured songs about Camp Candy that were sung to the tune of various traditional "campfire" songs.

Episode formula

Almost all episodes would begin where John Candy would be trying to show an outdoor skill to some kids, to which he would then say it reminded him of a story, where he would tell of the episode in narration. John was a dedicated leader of Camp Candy, a summer camp that is presumably built by him, and he tries to get various kids to get along.

The children included Robin - a nature-loving girl (voiced by Cree Summer), Alex - a tomboy, Vanessa - a fashionista, Iggy - a hypochondriac and his more adventurous younger brother Binky, and Rick - an arrogant prankster. Adult characters also included Nurse Molly, who had a crush on John but he never seemed to take notice as he was interested in an attractive redheaded receptionist called Miss Sweetingham.

John's main antagonists were Rex DeForest III, a man who seeks to demolish Camp Candy in order to make way for a condominium, and Chester, a dimwitted greaser employed by DeForest. Another antagonist included Hob Nayles, a strict disciplinarian who headed the rival Camp Kickboot and sought to humiliate John, but was really a coward at heart.

List of Camp Candy episodes

Season One

1. The Forest’s Prime Evil (9/16/1989)
2. Small Foot, Big Trouble (9/23/1989)
3. The Katchatoree Creature (9/30/1989)
4. Tough as Nayles (10/7/1989)
5. Getting the Bird (10/14/1989)
6. Best Behavior (10/21/1989)
7. Fools Gold (10/28/1989)
8. Slight of Hand (11/4/1989)
9. Thanks, But No Pranks (11/11/1989)
10. Mind Over Matter (11/18/1989)
11. The Brat Pact (11/25/1989)
12. May the Best Parents Win (12/2/1989)
13. Not So Brave Brave (12/9/1989)

Season Two

1. Opposites Attract (9/22/1990)
2. Indian Love Call (9/29/1990)
3. Rick Gets the Picture (10/6/1990)
4. Spoiled Sports (10/13/1990)
5. Poor Little Rich Girl (10/20/1990)
6. Christmas in July (10/27/1990)

External links

• Camp Candy at the Internet Movie Database
• Camp Candy at TV.com
• The Big cartoon Database's list of Camp Candy episodes

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