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Wouldn't help: Chevy Chase was the first celebrity identified what's now called the CCS (Chevy Chase Syndrome), where a celebrity overestimates their talent and displays a personality of douchbaggery that transcends real life and spills into their on-screen characters.

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No I get it. He isn't funny. His failed talk show proved it. There's a fascinating piece:

https://gawker.com/5899097/hes-not-chevy-hes-an-asshole-a-history-of-chevy-chases-horrific-behavior

But he was a movie star at one point. In the 1980's.

It happened...for awhile.

This was a very big deal. He won an emmy (the first for SNL)

And everyone wanted him to be a movie star.

Then he left for the movies...

...

Nostalgia is king.

Throw a wig on him and lose 30 pounds, he'd still be Chevy Chase.

Give him a "comeback".

I never understood how he couldn't understand the impact of "Christmas Vacation".

There was a nice moment on his talk show, when he asked a child pilot what her favorite movie featuring him was.

She answered, the scene with the squirrel.

He quickly answered, "Oh, Funny Farm"...

...she interjected the one with the Christmas tree.

There's to much to write here and I'm not good enough to do it...

The audience applauds

...Chevy seemed confused.

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But he was a movie star at one point. In the 1980's.


Absolutely, but I should have made that point in that first post. When I think of some of my favorite characters over the years, Chase forged many of them. I love the Vacation series, Caddy Shack, both Fletch films and his work on SNL.

But like many others, their egos overpower their talent and they stop being funny, but don't realize it. That's the CCS that has afflicted others.

Eddie Murphy, Arsenio Hall, Crispin Glover, etc. all have it.

I think it's possible that it might be reversible - Eddie Murphy seems to have it more under control now.

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