Posted on 12/07/2023 9:41:43 AM PST by Red Badger
Chevy Chase is falling hard for the holidays, but not in a good way -- he tumbled off a stage during a 'Christmas Vacation' event, and despite Clark Griswold's smartwatch having some serious concerns ... he's doing fine.
Chevy was greeting fans Wednesday night at Shea's Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, NY ... where they screened his National Lampoon holiday classic, but as you can see in this clip we got, the Q&A sesh got off to a rocky start.
For some reason, Chevy was rolled out onstage in a wheelchair, but quickly stood up and started walking toward the crowd ... before suddenly dipping out of sight, as he stepped right off the stage!
He eventually got up and back to his seat onstage with help from his wife, Jayni, and the Q&A's host ... and the whole room had a laugh when Chevy's smartwatch called him out for his tumble!
Folks in the audience told us he ended up doing the event with an icepack on his knee but still stuck around to snap some pics with fans and answer questions.
Sources close to Chevy tell us he simply misjudged the edge of the stage when walking out -- saying the stage lights on him blacked it out ... but he's doing just fine, apart from a bruised knee.
Gerald Ford is in Heaven laughing at Chevy Chase
He is a Leftist Douchecanoe.
chevy chase has always been a cheap laugh...
i could never believe his success... lame comedian.
The best comment was:
Down goes Frasier! Down goes Frasier!
is your career officially over when you are doing events like this.. In Buffalo?
Is there also a Tire store grand opening there as well he was booked at?
This just in: Chevy Chase’s career is still dead.
When you are on-stage, you are always mindful of the edge because the lights make it disappear when you are trying to perform. It is usually taped with a “Don’t go past here” line.
His ‘career’ was over, a long time ago. These 5th tier city appearances are just amateur withdrawal symptoms from him.
Other than his Weekend Update spot, one is hard pressed to remember successful skits with the other players. His interpretation of "accident-prone" then-President Ford was stupid and makes for cringe-worthy watching today. Especially in light of the fact we have a current occupant of the White House who makes Ford look like a graceful ballet dancer - yet today's SNL doesn't even touch on it.
When he left SNL for the movies, his replacement Bill Murray was much better (and had a more successful film career).
yeah, but there is no bill murray maryland...
Stages are dangerous. I liked the reflective red tape that marked the front and side edges of a famous club I played in the past. The place is also famous for all the bras hanging from light supports over the stage.
“Gerald Ford is in Heaven laughing at Chevy Chase
-—— You sure about that?”
If the grading is on the curve, he’s in. I was around him a bit in the 80’s, good man imo. There’s a good book about him written by a former classmate of mine, title is “Write It When I’m Gone”, by Thomas M. DeFrank.
Interestingly enough, Chevy got his nickname (his actual first name is Cornelius) from an old medieval English ballad that his grandmother was fond of. So no connection to the town in Maryland at all (which was founded hundreds of years ago and also derives roots from that old English ballad).
I love trivia like this.
----- You sure about that?
Thank you for that. You made my day. It is God in Heaven Who laughs. (Psalms 2:4) Certainly whatever you do, in this case his mocking Ford for a simple trip up in 1975, comes back to mock you in return. Galatians 6:7
What goes around, comes around.
In the next election, Jimmy Carter will get more votes than Chevy Chase. No one votes for clumsy people.
Seriously, are we sure he wasn’t just doing his signature move and the audience didn’t get the joke because of his advanced age? The joke would be worth an ice pack for me, but not if I missed the punchline. LOL.
He’s always been a snide leftist. I suppose I’m glad he didn’t break his neck, but I hope he’s in pain for a while.
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