Chevy Chase

July, 1976

We don't know how you like your current events, but we take ours with a twist, via the "Weekend Update" spot on NBC's hit show Saturday Night. "Hello, I'm Chevy Chase and you're not. Our top story tonight: Gerald Ford pierced his left hand with a salad fork at a luncheon celebrating Tuna Salad Day at the White House. Alert Secret Service agents seized the fork and wrestled it to the ground." Outrageous, but credible. Chase was originally hired as a writer for the show, but he...