# Chevy Chase on Stern **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 19, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase-on-stern/464287 "2008-09-19T10:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase-on-stern/464287/1 "2008-09-19T10:56:30Z")
I forgot to post this yesterday, but I grew up loving Chevy Chase. To this day when my sister and I see a bush of a certain shape, we burst into “Oh Susanna” or “Dixieland”. Then in the late 90s a series of interviews and articles on Chase (during his failed late-night show?) made him into this humourless fiasco, and painted him to be a self-absorbed prick. I lost interest in him as a person, but still liked his movies. Yesterday he was on Howard Stern’s show on Sirius. They had beef a few years ago but he came across as very warm, very nice. I was listening to him with sympathy until an exchange discussing childhood abuse from his stepfather to his mother that followed along these lines. Stern: Did you ever try to confront him, or did you just say I can’t do anything about this, I’m just a kid or what? Chase: Oh no, I confronted him. Stern: You did? What did you say, hey lay off my mother? Chase: I blew him. (Shocked silence, followed by hysterical laughter) Yeah, I figured if I kept him busy… The sheer deviousness and excellent timing of that comment made me react in the exact same way as those in studio. I listened to the whole thing and remembered why I liked him. People may talk crap about Stern, but I doubt anyone else could have had that exchange with him. Great interview. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase-on-stern/464287/2 "2008-09-19T13:55:25Z")
Yeah, Howard is one of the best interviewers around. I NEVER thought Chevy would be in studio. And I agree, he sounded human, not like a prick in sentient form like he used to. Joe ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase-on-stern/464287/3 "2008-09-19T14:08:16Z")
Prior to this, the main Stern/Chase connection I remember was Stuttering John asking Chevy, “Do you actually READ the scripts you receive, or do you just go Eeny Meeny Miney Moe?” ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chevy-chase-on-stern/464287/4 "2008-09-19T15:08:49Z")
I liked the interview and I’m not even a CC fan. He was on SNL before my time and I don’t think I’ve seen any of his movies. It was a funny segment, though, and he came across really witty and quick on his feet.