Word: chases
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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before deciding my lengthy battle with athlete's foot and root rot left my sole too scarred for a frisky chase through the thorny maze of iamb, anapest and trochee...
...Chase is going after movie fame...
Another of Chase's idols was Comedian Ernie Kovacs, the 1950s master of surrealism whose shows are finally being rebroadcast in a series now on public television. Says Saturday Night producer Lome Michaels: "Kovacs was the consummate television comic, and Chevy has that same sense of how to use the medium. I don't think he'll ever leave it completely." Chase does plan to limit his own tube time, hinting at one reason for abandoning his weekly act on SN: "I certainly don't want to get so overexposed on TV that people...
Another incentive for Chase's departure from SN may have been his growing celebrity. In a show that insisted on being a collaboration of equals, Chevy was singled out fast. The other Not Ready For Prime Timers got sick of being asked questions like, "Hey, you're on 'Chevy Chase,' right?" Jokes Comedienne Gilda Radner: "It even reached a point where my own mother would ask me what Chevy had for dinner, not what I had. Then when he got really famous, she began to doubt that I really knew...
These days, relations are fine between Chevy and his old SN gang. The show's audience has actually grown since Chase's leavetaking. What's more, Chevy's controversial fame may prove to be a burden. "You're always on," he sighs, explaining why he now avoids Hollywood parties. "You keep saying, 'Thank you very much,' when maybe you just want to sit down and look at your sunglasses." Paul Wolmuth