It's the F-Time Show With Chevy Chase [He was warm-up for Tom Daschle!]

Washington Post ^ | December 16, 2004 | By Richard Leiby

[MomwithHope]

He's just trying to get some work..........
There's the political casting couch don'tcha know?

[ko_kyi]

He hurt his back jumping the shark in Christmas Vacation

[Armedanddangerous]

Is that really his name?

[Semper Paratus]

He's Chevy Chase and I'm not!

[reagan_fanatic]

Chevy Chase has all the appeal and relevance of a pet rock.

Nothing but an aging, bitter, washed-up, has-been actor whose best days are behind him.

[Finalapproach29er]

They live in a different universe. They are both blind and deaf to real life.

[opus86]

Gotta love them classy leftists.

After actors Alec Baldwin and Susan Sarandon delivered speeches accepting their Defender of Democracy awards.

I'm not sure whether this is pathetic or funny. Two actors. Defenders of democracy. Right.

[racnpartsales4u]

I have a 57 Chevy. He should change his name as to not soil my classic.

[finnigan2]

Chase built a career on Saturday Night Live by being able to walk onto a set and do a realistic pratfall over a piece of furniture a la Gerald Ford. That's it. That's what he became famous for. He went to Hollywood and starred in a series of minor box office successes and flops which never seemed to dent his sense of self importance or make him realize that his own talents were limited. He's a dork who is now too old to fall over furniture without seriously hurting himself. What's left for him? Minor roles as father of the bride or curmudgeonly old gramps types would be my guess.

[opus86]

Interesting final paragraph...

Meanwhile, the other host of the evening, the newly blond Cynthia Nixon, told us she had a more gracious message for Bush: "Don't just listen to people who are telling you yes, listen to the people who are telling you no!"

I couldn't agree more. The president should listen to the people who are telling him 'no'. Like those who are saying, "No more porous borders, no more confiscatory taxes, no more coddling Kofi & company, and no more nicey-nice with the congressional leftists."

[SuziQ]

The more these people do this, the more it just cements in people's minds that George W. Bush was the RIGHT CHOICE in this year's election. It may also help those who 'held their nose' and voted for Kerry to wonder if they made the right decision, after all.

[Brett66]

"This is the heart and soul of America" John Kerry-September 2004

[johnny7]

I was floored when he said that.

I don't know if it was just trying to 'bond' with them or if he actually believed it!

[pikachu]

Commedy Central had a roast of Mr. Chase. One comic (Jeffery Ross?) nailed him right on the head:

I wonder what killed Chevy's acting career? Was it the drugs? Was it the drinking? I think it was the acting.

[Lazamataz]

People Fellow Travellers for the American Communist Way

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[Lijahsbubbe]

Well, what else does this one note Johnny have to do? He certainly isn't on the wanted list for movies or TV.

[Savage Beast]

Just keep these people talking, and make sure they get plenty of exposure. The more they reveal of themselves, the more the American people recoil in disgust.

[RayChuang88]

And you wonder why the entertainment industry can't figure out why their influence in elections are waning and how inappropriate statements can harm a career in no time flat (read: Dixie Chicks).

[Hildy]

Chevy Chase has had a problem in the past with addiction. I wonder if he's back on something. Sounds really inappropriate, even for them.