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The 1985 comedy classic 'Fletch' (Photo by Universal/Getty Images) The Classic Chevy Chase Series Kevin Smith Almost Rebooted With Ben Affleck
The ‘Clerks’ director spent years trying to get the movie made, and at one point, Chase himself was attached
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Chevy Chase (Photo: NBC/NBCU Photo Bank) Chevy Chase Ended Up on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Because of a Monty Python Movie
Had the ‘Caddyshack’ star not attended a midnight screening of one of the British comedy troupe’s films, his career might’ve been—to coin a phrase—completely different
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The roast of…. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images) The Comedy Central Roast That Was So Brutal It Only Aired Once
The network supposedly struggled to even get people on the dais
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Rodney Dangerfield (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/IMAGES/Getty Images) How 10 Famous Comedians Got Their Goofy Stage Names
An examination of some of the stranger pseudonyms in comedy history
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Bill Murray (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Bill Murray Once Tried to Choke a Comedian for Talking During a Show
Chevy Chase wasn’t the only celebrity to feel Murray’s wrath back in the day
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Chevy Chase on 'SNL' (Photo by NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) Chevy Chase Faked Being Gay to Get Out of Being Drafted
The ‘Caddyshack’ star avoided serving in Vietnam by saying that he liked boys
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Chevy Chase (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images) That Time Chevy Chase Almost Died on the Set of a Movie
The 1981 film ‘Modern Problems’ nearly cost Chase his life
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Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, with Martin Short in the middle (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images) How Chevy Chase Broke the Ice With Bill Murray After Their Feud
The ‘Caddyshack’ stars buried the hatchet in an appropriately hilarious way
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Though not pictured here, an iconic rapper had a small, but notable role in this film (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images) The Iconic Rapper Whose First Movie Role Was in a Dan Aykroyd Flop
The soon-to-be legend shared the screen with some comedy heavyweights
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Chevy Chase in 2025 (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images) What’s Up With Chevy Chase Not Being on ‘Only Murders in the Building’?
One of the ‘Three Amigos’ is noticeably absent from the hit Hulu series
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Sam Kinison doing his trademark scream (Photo by Darlene Hammond/Getty Images) The Classic Comedy That Sam Kinison Was Cut Out Of
We apparently missed out on a scream or two
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Jordan Peele has directed a number of horror and comedy films 4 Horror Directors Who Also Made Comedies
Subverting expectations isn’t just for comedy directors
