Career Chevy_Chase

1 career

1.1 career
1.2 saturday night live

1.2.1 leaving snl


1.3 film

1.3.1 later work


1.4 return television

1.4.1 television commercials

career
early career

chase member of underground comedy ensemble called channel 1 co-founded in 1967. wrote one-page spoof on mission: impossible mad magazine in 1970 , writer short-lived smothers brothers tv show comeback in spring of 1975. chase made move comedy full-time career 1973, when became cast member of national lampoon radio hour, syndicated satirical radio series. lampoon radio hour featured john belushi, gilda radner, bill murray, , brian doyle-murray, of whom later became not-ready-for-prime time players on nbc saturday night (later retitled nbc s saturday night , saturday night live). chase , belushi appeared in national lampoon s off-broadway revue lemmings, sketch , musical send-up of popular youth culture (in chase played drums , piano during musical numbers). appeared in theatrical release groove tube directed co-founder of channel one, ken shapiro, featuring several channel 1 sketches.

saturday night live

chevy chase @ private party after premiere of movie star born, december 1976

chase 1 of original cast members of saturday night live (snl), nbc s late-night comedy television show, beginning in october 1975. during first season, introduced every show except 1 with, live new york, s saturday night! remark preceded pratfall, known fall of week . chase became known skill @ physical comedy. in 1 comedy sketch, mimicked real-life incident in president gerald ford accidentally tripped while disembarking air force 1 in salzburg, austria. portrayal of president ford bumbling klutz became favorite device of chase , helped form popular concept of ford being clumsy man. in later years, chase met , became friendly president ford. chase s physical stunts led @ least 1 self-injury.

chase original anchor weekend update segment of snl, , catchphrase introduction, m chevy chase... , re not became known. trademark conclusion, night, , have pleasant tomorrow later resurrected jane curtin , tina fey. chase wrote comedy material weekend update. example, wrote , performed news hard of hearing . in skit, chase read top story of day, aided garrett morris, repeat story loudly shouting it. chase claimed version of weekend update later inspiration other news satire shows such daily show , colbert report. (weekend update later revived segment on chevy chase show, short-lived late-night talk-show produced chase , broadcast fox broadcasting company.)

chase performed in other skits on snl including recurring role land shark, parody of blockbuster movie jaws. racially charged word association skit opposite richard pryor snl s first season cited television critics 1 of funniest (and daring) skits in show s history.

chase committed contractually snl 1 year writer, , became cast member during rehearsals before show s premiere. received 2 emmy awards , golden globe award comedy writing , live comic acting on show. in rolling stone s february 2015 appraisal of 141 snl cast members date, chase ranked tenth in overall importance. strange sounds, chase might under-rated snl player, wrote. took him 1 season define franchise ... without deadpan arrogance, whole snl style of humor fall flat.

in 1975 new york magazine cover story, called him funniest man in america , nbc executives referred chase first real potential successor johnny carson , claimed begin guest-hosting tonight show starring johnny carson within 6 months of article. chase dismissed chatter next carson telling new york, d never tied down 5 years interviewing tv personalities. in fact, chase did not appear on program until may 4, 1977, when promoting prime time special nbc. carson later said of chase; couldn t ad lib fart after baked bean dinner .

chase acknowledged ernie kovacs influence on work in saturday night live, , thanked kovacs during acceptance speech emmy award. in addition, chase spoke of kovacs influence on work in appearance in 1982 documentary called ernie kovacs: television s original genius.

leaving snl

in late 1976, in middle of second season, chase became first member of original cast leave show. while landed starring roles in several films on strength of snl notoriety, asserted principal reason departure girlfriend jacqueline carlin s reluctance move new york. chase moved los angeles, married carlin, , replaced bill murray, although made few appearances on show during second season.

chase later hosted snl 8 times through 1997. appeared on show s 25th anniversary special in 1999, , interviewed 2005 nbc special on first 5 years of snl. later appearances included caddyshack skit featuring bill murray, 1997 episode guest host chris farley, land shark in weekend update segment in 2001, weekend update segment in 2007, , in justin timberlake s monologue in 2013 member of five-timers club, reunited 3 amigos co-stars steve martin , martin short. participated in 40th anniversary special in february 2015.

film

chevy chase @ premiere of movie seems old times, december 10, 1980

chase s film roles included tunnel vision, box office hit foul play, , oh! heavenly dog. role of eric otter stratton in national lampoon s animal house written chase in mind, turned role down work on foul play. role went tim matheson instead. chase said in interview chose foul play real acting first time in career instead of doing schtick . chase followed foul play successful harold ramis comedy caddyshack, in 1980. same year, reunited foul play co-star goldie hawn neil simon s seems old times , released self-titled record album, co-produced chase , tom scott, novelty , cover versions of songs randy newman, barry white, bob marley, beatles, donna summer, tennessee ernie ford, troggs, , sugarhill gang.

chase narrowly escaped death electrocution during filming of modern problems in 1980. during sequence in chase s character wears landing lights dreams airplane, lights malfunctioned , electrical current passed through chase s arm, back, , neck muscles. near-death experience caused chase experience period of deep depression, marriage jacqueline had ended prior start of filming. chase continued film career in 1983 s national lampoon s vacation, directed ramis , written john hughes. married jayni luke in 1982, , in 1985, starred in fletch, first of 2 films based on gregory mcdonald s fletch books. chase joined snl veterans steve martin , martin short in lorne michaels-produced comedy ¡three amigos! in 1986, declaring in interview making ¡three amigos! fun had making film. trio hosted snl year, time show has had 3 hosts on 1 show.

at height of career in late 1980s, chase earned around us$7 million per film , highly visible celebrity. appeared alongside paul simon, 1 of best friends, in simon s 1986 second video can call me al , in lip-syncs of simon s lyrics. chase hosted academy awards in 1987 , 1988, signing on proceedings in 1988 opener, evening, hollywood phonies! chase filmed sequel vacation, 1985 s national lampoon s european vacation , third, national lampoon s christmas vacation, in 1989, which, holiday theme, has become 1 of more durable films, airing on nbc every december. played saxophone onstage @ simon s free concert @ great lawn in central park in summer of 1991. later in 1991, helped record , appeared in music video voices care entertain , support u.s. troops involved in operation desert storm, , supported international red cross.

later work

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.

return television

chase guest-starred anti-semitic murder suspect in in vino veritas , november 3, 2006 episode of law & order. guest-starred in abc drama series brothers & sisters in 2 episodes former love interest of sally field s character. chase appeared in prominent recurring role villainous software magnate ted roark on nbc spy-comedy chuck. in 2009, chase , dan aykroyd provided voices family guy episode spies reminiscent of .

chase starred in nbc sitcom community, aging moist-towelette tycoon pierce hawthorne, starting in 2009. however, chase left show in 2012 after completing majority of episodes of season 4. returned cameo appearance in season 5 premiere. though had been involved in public disputes creator dan harmon on direction of show, role nevertheless prominent in many years.

in 2010, appeared in film hot tub time machine, short online film featuring griswold family, , in funny or die original comedy sketch presidential reunion , played president ford alongside other current , former snl president impersonators.

television commercials

chase has appeared in number of television commercials, including dollar rent-a-car (1996), doritos (1996), history channel (1999), series of commercials aami insurance (australia, 1999), aflac (2003), cola turka (2003), t-mobile (2009) , chase manhattan bank (2010).