Chevy Chase

From Saturday Night Live Wiki

Chevy Chase was a member of the original cast of SNL, back then known as The Not Ready For Primetime Players. Chevy was groomed for stardom, being the first anchor of Weekend Update. Chevy left SNL the earliest of all the castmembers, little over one year since SNL's premiere in 1975.

Contents 1 Banned! 2 Impressions and Characters 2.1 Impressions 2.2 Characters 3 SNL Career

[edit] Banned!

Chevy returned 8 times over the years to host the show, but Chevy was notorious for his highly verbally abusive treatment of the cast and crew over the years (he once suggested a sketch, In 1985, where Terry Sweeney, (an openly gay cast member), had AIDS, and the sketch showed viewers how much weight he lost every week). This behaviour had him the 12th person banned from hosting ever again on February 1997. He is also the first and only castmember banned so far.

Note: Although Chase was banned from hosting the show in 1997, he appeared on the 25th anniversary special in 1999, was interviewed for the 2005 special Live From New York: The First Five Years of Saturday Night Live, and cameoed in two episodes (one hosted by Bill Murray in 1999 and another hosted by Seann William Scott in 2001). He has also been interviewed on the "101 most Infamous SNL moments" on E!.

[edit] Impressions and Characters

[edit] SNL Career

• October/11/1975-November/27/1976: Writer
• October/11/1975-November/27/1976: Not Ready For Primetime Player
• February/18/1978: Host
• February/9/1980: Host
• April/11/1981: Special Guest/SNL NewsBreak Anchor
• September/25/1982: Host
• November/16/1985: Host
• December/6/1986: Host
• January/18/1992: Host
• October/7/1995: Host
• February/15/1997: Host (BANNED)

Preceded by: no one

Original Weekend Update Anchor (October/11/1975 - 1976)

Followed by: Jane Curtin

Preceded by: Charles Rocket

SNL NewsBreak Anchor (Special Appearance)(one-episode) (April/11/1981 - April/11/1981)

Followed by: Brian Doyle-Murray and Mary Gross