I remember those days. The cast members were all great especially Ackroyd, Belushi, Murray, Ratner and Chase. Chase got all this attention when he left and started making movies.
Chevy was indeed a SNL star and well liked by the public but he was not even close to the level of Ackroyd and Belushi IMO.
From what I understand, they never liked each other but went on to conduct themselves professionally when working together.
John Belushi jumped in between them
Interesting.
I never thought Chase was that funny. I do like Murray, he’s got a great delivery that works for my sense of humor. A greatly under rated film of his is “The Razor’s Edge”.
Chase was an unfunny douche. I could never understand his appeal. Murray, on the other hand, could be quite funny.
We thought that Dan Ackroyd and Gilda Radner were the big stars of that show.
I like Chevy Chase just fine (actually re-watched the “You Can Call Me Al” vid with Paul Simon last night, it’s hilarious), but he does seem to be quite a bit of a jerk.
I saw him on Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect. There was always a bunch of people on that, and one of the other folks was Steven Spielberg. Not sure what the topic was, but at one point Chase (who I am sure was drunk) accused Steven Spielberg of helping to ruin the culture, something like that.
Spielberg was really shocked. I don’t think it was a set-up. He said: Me, Me?! I’ve ruined culture? YOU made National Lampoon’s Vacation!
Chase was unabashed and just sat there smirking. Like I said, pretty sure he was three sheets to the wind!
This just in: Chevy Chase’s career is still dead.
Fabulous article. Amazing I knew every name every reference. Fun to read.
Murry did great as an announcer at a Cub’s game. Dan Ackroyd always seemed to be the best one to be stuck in an elevator with (and later Norm McDonnell).
Out of the top 25 Weekend Update jokes, one was delivered by Chevy Chase and 24 were delivered by Norm MacDonald.