Cornelius Crane Chase (born October 8, 1943), better known as Chevy Chase, is an Emmy Award-winning American comedian, writer, and television and film actor. Born into a prominent family, Chase became a sensation as a cast member in the inaugural season of Saturday Night Live. He also hosted the Academy Awards twice (1987 and 1988) and briefly had his own late-night talk show, The Chevy Chase Show. He is also known for his portrayal of the character Clark Griswold in four National Lampoon films, the investigative reporter Irwin M."Fletch" Fletcher in two Fletch movies, and Pierce Hawthorne in the television sitcom Community.
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- [Chevy falls down, and gets up]LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT!
- "It was my understanding that there would be no math."
- From the Saturday Night Live sketch, Presidential Debate in 1976 (Chase played Gerald Ford).
- I'm Chevy Chase - and you're not.
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