re: Who was greater, Chris Farley or John Candy?

I suspect the answer is generational, but Farley couldn't hold Candy's jock. And I like Farley, but Candy is one of the all-time great comic actors, who was also capable of great pathos.

Farley couldn't pull off anything like Candy's speech in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Nor was he in a movie as funny as Stripes (or at least the first half of Stripes before everyone did a bit too much cocaine). Also, Candy's SCTV stuff is flat out brilliant. Hell, even some of his lesser movies like Armed and Dangerous are just as good as Farley's best work.

I don't want to knock Farley. He was great. But John Candy was next level.