Chevy Chase: Coolest Motherfucker on the Planet!
phatmoneysack
Melbourne 1,124 Posts
OK so we already know that the Fletch films are fucking funny. And Caddyshack is fucking awesome. And hey, Spies like us is the bomb. Three Amigos? Awesome, despite the presence of Martin Short. Vacation also run shit. So basically it's more than a coincidence that these movies are all awesome, funny and star Chevy Chase. This alone makes him a cool dude. But what could make him even cooler? Well hey, how's about this little tidbit? "Chase did not enter medical school, and instead played drums for a time with the college band The Leather Canary, headed by school chums Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. At the time, Chase called the group "a bad jazz band," but Becker and Fagen went on to success after they changed their band's name to STEELY DAN. "[/b] Yes, Chevy Chase is a smooth as fuck yacht rocker who was in Steely Dan! Fucking king shit! Also this; "Chase is gifted with absolute pitch.." Woah! What a rad cunt. So basically not only is Chevy Chase about the funniest man on earth (tied with Bill Murray of course) but he could also sing better than your favourite singer if he so chose... And he chooses not to coz he's not an arrogant fuckwit. What a cool guy!
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funny actor...sometimes, but not a funny person at ALL. also, when was the last time he was even in a funny movie? My guess is Fletch.
Fletch was cool but that's it.
Chevy was in the Chameleons, a psych band.
Hi.
I caught an interview with Chevy sometime in the past year. I don't remember what show it was on but dude was not funny and was so incredibly bitter about his lack of success post-"Nothing But Trouble" (with 2Pac-era Digital Underground cameo). Plus, he said some very distasteful stuff about his own daughter. It was pretty bad.
or was that stern?
imho chase was at his peak falling off a ladder miming geriatric gerald ford /doing the news on SNL
vacation and caddyshack were his apex professionally
so what does that say?
and the winner is..........Bill Murray for being cool and diverse and a big tipper
an ex gf got a Benjamin from him at the oyster bar waiting on his table
in the early years of SNL, when he blew up, he was being a diva on some skit. Fed up with this, Bill Murray walked up to him, got about 2 inches from his face and just said:
"MEDIUM. TALENT."
And walked away.
Pretty much sums it up.
Bill Murray does the Dudley Death Drop on Chevy Chase. By himself.
That being said, who likes the Chameleon Church album?
Oh, and "Spies Like Us" is the shit though. And "Fletch".
"Is that a 357?" "357, 358. Whatever it takes." I may have butchered that quote.
this is pretty right on though. I think Chevy's unfunny funny came off well in the first season of SNL, but to even say that he "fell off" after that would be giving him a bit too much credit.
SPOT ON
And you guys who are all about Spies like us and shit - have you seen these movies since you were like 8 years old? I mean, I though they were funny back then too, but if these movies have withstood the test of time for you, then you really need to consider watching better movies.
cosign....
Bill Murray owns Chevy and that whole OG cast including Belushi. Another medium talent who gained more notoriety for his self destructive persona than for actually being funny.
Chase also came off horribly during that Howard Stern episode and let us not forget his crucial failure as a late night show host. That lasted what, about 10 episodes? Not even? C'mon dude....
plus Dan pitched in on the We Are the World joint. where were you Chevy?
Uhhhh, WHAT?!
Martin Short is light years funnier than Chase could ever be.
Are you feeling ok, dude?
BIG
Spies Like Us was never the really in my opinion.
Fletch, Vacation and Caddy Shack, on the other hand, have definitely withstood the test of time. I have watched all of them recently. Sure, they all had great supporting actors and funny scripts. But Chevy did his part as well.
One of my favorite scenes from Caddy Shack:
Lacey: Who does your decorating, Benihana?
Ty: Most of that stuff is from Vietnam.
Lacey: Were you in the war?
Ty: [indicating his leg] No...homo.
I'm shocked too, Mr. Steve.
Seriously. Of the 3 leads in Three Amigos Chevy chase is the least funny.
Oh and someone mentioned Dane Cook who is the worst over hyped person in the world of comedy.
His 15 minutes should of been up before the 60 second mark.
Yes he has done his share of coke-induced shite movies and has not done a damn thing notable since 1990, but I got to give the man credit for a few comedy classics in my book Fletch, Vacation , and the best of all Christmas Vacation which my wife and I have worked into the Smith Family Christmas tradition every year.
on the great late night talk show he hosted on fox
for about a minute
up staged by a fish tank i tellz ya
bill murray could have made those unfunny chase flix watchable
belushi's worse was better than most of chases'
vacation was the only movie he carried
and that was straight up lampoon writing
dude peaked on nat lamp radio & first season of snl
i didn't like fletch as much as some of ya'll
Seriously man, I thought Dane was funny on his first Comedy Central special. Then he kinda disappeared for a minute and made a potent comeback with his cd's and subsequent SNL host spot. It was during the SNL episode that I realized he's really not that funny. The awful unfunny movies and HBO reality show stint just erased any shadow of a doubt I had concerning his mediocrity.
He's just mildly amusing at this point. So overrated.
I agree with you on the X-Mas Vacation flick. Also a holiday staple w/ my family. However, I don't think Chase is solely responsible for its greatness. Randy Quaid (IMO) steals the show in all those flicks. Beverly D also plays a great role. The kids in this one are pretty much pointless but the relatives, the yuppie neighbors feat. Julia Louis Dreyfus and the asshole cheapskate boss are all key factors in this movie's enduring charm.