I guess, but if those days were more cordial it wasn't because of Chevy, but because entertainers couldn't get away with what they can today.
Chase certainly did his bit to sink Ford, and he was never in the running for any humanitarian awards.
Chevy Chase forever branded Gerald Ford as the clumsiest President in history which was a negative branding caricature with no friendly or endearing humor in it and it wasn’t even based on any truth or reality.
Guess who was the best athlete to ever be President.