I have yet to hear a live performance by Big Star that isn’t catastrophically awful. They were a broken band long before they hung it up. Such a shame. They sound like they rehearsed every year whether they needed it or not.

Big Star was so far ahead of there time, in the 70s they were playing 90s pop, 20 years ahead of there time. And Alex Chilton going from "The Letter" to any song by Big Star is still unbelievable to me due to difference in his tone.

Chris Bell Wrote and Sang this originally. Bell WAS the Sonic element in Big Star. Chilton was the Mellow Reflective one.

Welles outlived Candy in age. Should have laid off the junk food, John. Orson only ate gourmet.

He will always be my uncle buck

John was so great. Billy Crystal has never been funny.

So brilliant.

I saw Alex play at the Overton shell in 1999

Lear ed something new… Chris Bell and Alex Chilton wrote this song. I always knew it from cheap trick.

Had a crush on him when he was younger

Loved John Candy in any movie he was in.

Very nice and fitting intro by Jay leno. They were the link from many bands to many bands. The road from the Beatles to college rock did go through Memphis stopping by Ardent records.

Never got Billy Crystal, but loved John Candy.

Big Star are American legends!!!! What a band!!!!

Thanks for this!

Jody Stephens' drum fills - awesome!

Kind off interesting that Billy and John worked together.

Nice they sang the infamous couplet: "Wish we had/A joint so bad", which was NOT used on "That 70s Show".

“All dressed up like an Elvis from Hell”…New York Rocker cover caption for JLP circa 1981

“Food?” *walks off stage in a hurry*

When I act goofy , I do the john candy shocked look. Big eyes and dramatic head turn . Like in Planes ,trains and automobiles.

Agh!! John Candy! It's bloody Orson. What a guy. RIP sweetheart.

"Now, you wouldn't happen to have a bottle of Paul Masson Chardonnay in the green room, would you?"

Orson Welles had such gravitas bordering on self-importance. John Candy conveyed that perfectly. I can only imagine the clash of egos when Welles encountered Hemingway.

great impersonation by candy

Only good thing that Leno's Tonight Show ever did, but of Leno seemed not to realize it.

Oh, how I miss him.

87621 his prison number in Hell

R.I.P. John Candy. You are sorely missed 😟❤

Candy was a dead ringer for Wells. "Well" done, sir!

THAT is a director?

John Candy, a guy I would want on my team.

Thank you Alex.

Holy this is golden

Move your camera

How many of us chased that rogue frame at 1:12, before discovering it was a misplaced title card?

Just in case someone notices, at 1:12, there’s this blip where something comes across the screen. It’s on for only a split second. Don’t bother looking at it. It’s just a shot of Billy crystal with his mouth wide open like he’s yelling; next to the image of his face is the title of the show “the Billy crystal comedy hour”. I spent five minutes trying to pause to figure out what it was. Trust me, it’s not worth the time lol.

The Candyman gave Maurice LaMarche a run for his money

Yep INDEED ❗👍🏼❤️😂😹😋❤️

There really haven't been that many true comic geniuses in history. But we are watching one of them.

Alex was truly one of the greats of Rock 'n' Roll.

I like to think that this was a kind of revenge for Crystal since Orson once told him to 'go fuck yourself' when Crystal tried to introduce himself.

Loved him as Johnny La Rue.

What a comedy genius. I sure miss John.

At first glance it looks and sounds exactly like Orson Welles until you realize it's John Candy

First time John Candy has been funny!

Ray Davies book Americana brought me here. Will be exploring the work of Alex Chilton more moving forward. Wow this is good.

Big Star just wasn’t very good live.

Thank you for posting this. Such a rare chance to see the two originals live. Kudos to the whole band.

The flash at about 1:11 is the break to commercial placard that says: " The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour. "