Camp Candy
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| Genre | Animated series |
| Created by | Joel Andryc Ellen Levy Phil Harnage |
| Directed by |
Scott Shaw! (season 1) Dan Thompson (season 2) Winston Richard (season 3) Animation Directors: Robert Alvarez (Season 1) |
| Starring |
John Candy Lewis Arquette Valri Bromfield Danny Mann Cree Summer |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Andy Heyward (seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4) Haim Saban (seasons 1–2) John Candy (season 3) Robby London (season 4) David Campbell (season 4) |
| Producer(s) |
Scott Shaw! (seasons 1–2) Winston Richard (season 3) |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
DIC Entertainment Saban Entertainment Worldvision Enterprises |
| Distributor |
DHX Media Viacom |
| Release | |
| Original network |
NBC (1989–91) Syndication (1992) The Christian Channel (1993–94) |
| Original release | September 9, 1989 – Fall 1992 |
Camp Candy is a 1989–1992 animated television series produced by DIC Entertainment, Saban International Services and Worldvision Enterprises (1992), in association with Frostbacks Productions, with comedian John Candy providing the voice for an animated version of himself.
The show is set in a fictional summer camp run by John Candy. 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.
Twenty-seven episodes of the series aired during the 1989 and 1990 television seasons on the NBC television network. Thirteen new episodes ran in syndication in the 1992 season, distributed by Worldvision Enterprises (Now CBS Television Distribution), along with repeats of the previous episodes. The series was later rerun on the Fox Family cable channel in 1998.
Harry Nilsson wrote the series' theme song, which Candy sang.
The later syndicated broadcasts 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.
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 McClain - a nature-loving African-American girl; Alex Dawson - a redheaded tomboy; Vanessa Van Pelt - a rich & snobbish fashionista; Iggy Jones - a spectacled hypochondriac; his more adventurous younger brother George "Binky" Jones - the youngest member of the gang and Rick Quimby - an arrogant prankster. Adult characters included Nurse Molly, a nurse, 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.
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