# Help finding a movie scene, wrecked candle fan **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 28, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650 "2022-11-28T00:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tilt-A-Whirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/1 "2022-11-28T00:53:59Z")
My apologies for the vagueness of my description, which mirrors the vagueness of my memory. I’m looking for a scene, which may have been from an 80’s comedy, maybe a John Hughes one, and the actor may have been John Candy. In any case, there’s one of those wooden windmill decorations, the kind that’s powered by the rising heat of a candle. A guest in the house pokes at it and it collapses. Ring a bell for anybody? Bonus points if you can tell me the actual name of the candle fan thingy. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/2 "2022-11-28T01:00:57Z")
Christmas carousel or candle windmill. A particular variety is called angel chimes. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/3 "2022-11-28T01:03:42Z")
[German Christmas Pyramid?](https://www.google.com/search?q=candle+powered+windmill+christmas&oq=candle+powered+windmill&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i512j0i22i30l3j0i390l5.11504j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8) We have a small brass one with flying angels ringing bells. I’m working on the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/4 "2022-11-28T01:04:46Z")
I haven’t seen the movie but we’ve got one of those doohickeys. Never knew what to call it but it’s really cool. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/5 "2022-11-28T01:08:27Z")
> [@](#): > > the actor may have been John Candy. Could it have been Randy Quaid, in [National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKncYRJQRC8)? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/6 "2022-11-28T01:10:30Z")
Here’s the clip: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fKncYRJQRC8/maxresdefault.jpg "Cousin Eddie and Snot - Christmas Vacation (5/10) Movie CLIP (1989) HD") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKncYRJQRC8) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/7 "2022-11-28T01:31:05Z")
We always called them angel chimes, and ours were smaller and made of brass. Although friends families had the bigger wooden ones, so they weren’t strange. ---
**Author:** ![Tilt-A-Whirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/8 "2022-11-28T03:01:42Z")
That’s it! Thank you all! ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/9 "2022-11-28T03:03:04Z")
> [@Tilt-A-Whirl](#): > > That’s it! Thank you all! - And Quaid even mentions your username! ---
**Author:** ![Tilt-A-Whirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@Tilt-A-Whirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tilt-A-Whirl)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-movie-scene-wrecked-candle-fan/975650/10 "2022-11-28T04:26:38Z")
Ha! Didn’t even catch that!