A PODCAST THAT GETS LOST IN THOSE MOVIES THAT ARE TOO MUCH IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.
AS THE SON OF VETERAN COMEDIC ACTOR JOHN CANDY, HUMOR RUNS IN CHRIS CANDY’S BLOOD. THE CANADIAN-BORN ACTOR TRAINED AT GROUNDLINGS, SECOND CITY, AND UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE, AND CURRENTLY PERFORMS WITH SECOND CITY HOLLYWOOD AS PART OF THE IMPROV TEAM DAZL AND THE MONTHLY VARIETY SHOW LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD ROOM. HE HOSTS THE WEEKLY MUSIC PROGRAM NEUZ POLLUTION FOR KXLU 88.9, AND IS THE CO-HOST AND CREATOR OF BUMPER 2 BUMPER, AN INTERVIEW PODCAST THAT TAKES PLACE DURING RUSH HOUR IN L.A. HIS ACTING CREDITS INCLUDE ROLES IN MATTHEW JACOBS’ AWARD-WINNING FEATURE BAR AMERICA AND THE FUNNY OR DIE SERIES MYSTIC COSMIC PATROL. IN 2019 ALONG WITH CO-CREATOR GUERRIN GARDNER, CANDY WROTE AND STARRED IN RICK DARGE’S CHOWCHILLA, WHICH SCREENED AT THE RAINDANCE AND CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS.
CHICAGO BORN AND BRED, ROB BELUSHI IS AN ACTOR, WRITER, AND HOST, WHO CAN BE SEEN ON THE GSN SERIES GET A CLUE. ROB’S CREDITS INCLUDE RECURRING ROLES ON MAYANS (FX), BALLERS (HBO), CHICAGO PD (NBC), HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS), THE MENTALIST (CBS), AGENTS OF SHIELD (ABC), SIDE HUSTLE (NICK), THE GOODWIN GAMES (FOX) AND THE OFF SEASON (ABC). ROB GRADUATED WITH AN HONORS B.A. IN FILM STUDIES FROM WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (CT) AND IS AN ALUMNUS OF SECOND CITY IN CHICAGO. ROB NEXT APPEARS AS CALVIN IN THE FEATURE FILM BODY LANGUAGE, WHICH HE CO-WROTE BASED ON AN ORIGINAL IDEA, AND ON WHICH HE IS A PRODUCER WITH MAR VISTA AND CHAD AND CAREY HAYES (THE CONJURING).
Backdraft
FOR THE FOURTH EPISODE OF THIS ALL-NEW MONTHLY PODCAST, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD TALK ABOUT RON HOWARD’S ACTION-MELODRAMA BACKDRAFT. THE THREE ‘PROBEES’ DISCUSS HOW THE SAME FIVE MOMENTS MAKE US UGLY CRY, HOW DONALD SUTHERLAND IS DOING AN ARSONIST HANNIBAL LECTOR A YEAR BEFORE ANTHONY HOPKINS AND HOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO CHECK THE DOOR FOR HEAT, TIM.