{"id":3074,"date":"2012-08-20T16:31:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T21:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=3074"},"modified":"2012-08-21T12:36:45","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T17:36:45","slug":"wtf-news-candyland-too-coming-to-holly-springs-tlv-satire-by-sherman-smithers-from-issue-162","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wtf-news-candyland-too-coming-to-holly-springs-tlv-satire-by-sherman-smithers-from-issue-162\/","title":{"rendered":"WTF News: &#8220;Candyland Too Coming To Holly Springs&#8221; (TLV SATIRE by Sherman Smithers, from issue #162)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3075\" title=\"CandylandImg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/CandylandImg.jpg?resize=500%2C231\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/CandylandImg.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/CandylandImg.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><br \/>\nHolly Springs, Miss. (WTF) &#8211; Residents of Holly Springs, Mississippi, will soon be greeted by another tourist trap: <span style=\"color: #2216ab; font-size: 18px;\"><strong>Candyland Too<\/strong><\/span>. The house cum museum will be filled with memorabilia celebrating the career of the late comic actor, <strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">John Candy<\/span><\/strong>. The north and south wings of the house will be painted red while the center will be painted white, mimicking the Canadian national flag. Owner, <strong>Pete McLeod<\/strong>, brother of <strong>Graceland Too<\/strong> owner <strong>Paul McLeod<\/strong>, says the similarities between his two-story shrine devoted to a dead celebrity and his brother\u2019s are purely coincidental.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-874\" title=\"WTF News Stacked Column Header\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ShermanSmithers1.jpg?resize=174%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"300\" \/>\u201cFor one thing, Candy was Canadian,\u201d Pete McLeod said with a shrug.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">Pete claims that he worked for Zamboni for 20 years while living in the great white north and met Candy during a charity hockey match. The pair became great friends, allowing McLeod to travel and work for the family while the actor was filming on location. Along the way, McLeod also obtained props from some of the movies Candy appeared in, including a bobsled from <strong><em>Cool Runnings<\/em><\/strong> and his costume from <em><strong>Spaceballs<\/strong><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">\u201cTrue fans are gonna love <em><strong>The Great Outdoors<\/strong><\/em>-inspired attic, featuring the actual bear from the movie,\u201d McLeod said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">Each room in the house will feature never-before-seen items from Candy\u2019s past, including a mustache he once wore during an <strong>SCTV<\/strong> sketch and a napkin he once dropped on the pavement outside a deli in Toronto. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">\u201cThis place will have everything, including pictures of my son, John Candy McLeod who looks eerily like the greatest comedic actor of our time.\u201d McLeod boasted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">Despite the fanfare surrounding the opening of <strong>Candyland Too<\/strong>, Paul McLeod is suspicious of Pete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s obvious that he is cashing in on my fame and hoping to build a cult following like myself. Besides, I never knew I had a brother named Pete,\u201d Paul said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;\">Locals do question whether Paul McLeod, who is <strong>white<\/strong>, is related to Pete McLeod, who is <strong>Korean<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Holly Springs, Miss. 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