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...Chase said that he came up with the "Weekend Update" portion of SNL specifically so that he could mockingly comment upon the political situations...
...Parodies came about because Mr. Ford was actually one of the better athletes of our presidents...but he continually had physical accidents...he was an easy target for me. The main idea was to get people laughing," Chase said. "All preconceptions when you laugh go out the window. Laughter kills it. Unfortunately for Ford, [the sketches] made people laugh...
...Chase, political humor was about commenting on the issues and getting laughs. "I got the laughs. That was the result I looked for," Chase said. He also never regretted any of his satirical comments: "As to political humor, [the politician] is already in the public domain, and so everything is fair game...
...Chase's concluding comments included advice to aspiring political humorists: " Be Funny. Be naturally funny. If you're not, get out of the business. Be compassionate. Take drugs...
Students who attended the speech said they thought Chase was funny and inspirational...