Ep 422 - I Like Me w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper

What makes John Candy such a unique figure in American pop culture? And why are we still talking about him in 2025? In this episode, Justin and I discuss the new documentary John Candy: I Like Me (dir. Colin Hanks) and reflect on Candy's outsized space in the cultural imagination, while exploring some of the darker elements of our paternal attraction to specific celebrities. Check out our previous episode all about Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (dir. John Hughes), a key work in the Candy oeuvre.

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Ep 422 - I Like Me w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper is an episode from Nostalgia Trap by David Parsons.

This episode is 01:18:28 long.

This episode was published on Jan 2, 2026.

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