Later_work Chevy_Chase

gerald ford chase before conference on humor , presidency held @ gerald r. ford museum in 1986

chase s career took downturn in 1990s. chase had 3 consecutive film flops — 1991 s razzie award-nominated nothing trouble, 1992 s memoirs of invisible man, , 1994 s cops & robbersons. 3 releases had combined gross of $34 million in united states. durable vacation series ground halt, following 1997 s vegas vacation installment. of more recent movies starring chase (e.g., vacuums, rent-a-husband, goose!) have not been released in united states. returned mainstream movie-making in 2006, co-starring tim allen , courteney cox in comedy zoom, though both critical , commercial failure.

in september 1993, chase hosted chevy chase show, weeknight talk show, fox broadcasting company. though had high commercial expectations, show cancelled fox after 5 weeks. chase later appeared in commercial doritos, airing during super bowl, in made humorous reference show s failure.

chase hasty pudding s 1993 man of year, , received star on hollywood walk of fame in 1994. after having starred farrah fawcett in relatively successful man of house in 1995, received harvard lampoon s lifetime achievement award in 1996.

in 1998, golden palm star on palm springs, california, walk of stars dedicated him.

he roasted new york friars club comedy central television special in 2002. roast noted being unusually vitriolic. cast members of saturday night live s first season appeared @ roast laraine newman (one of actors on show), al franken, bit player , writer on show , u.s. senator, , paul shaffer (a band leader on snl in 1970s , host of roast).

in 2005, chase keynote speaker @ princeton university s class day, part of commencement activities.

on march 20, 2012, dan aykroyd announced through facebook page working chase on script new comedy star 2 actors.

in 2015, chase reprised role clark griswold in fifth vacation installment, titled vacation. unlike previous 4 films in clark main protagonist, has brief though pivotal cameo appearance. in spite of largely negative critical reception, film has proven financial success grossing on $104 million worldwide, making highest grossing entry date.