# Is Chevy Chase On His Way Downhill? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867 "2015-02-16T23:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/1 "2015-02-16T23:25:26Z")
Saw the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary last night. Saw Chevy’s interview before the event and his brief standup during the show. He looks and sounds like he’s got some physical, if not mental issues. Does he have any know problems or is he just an older, overweight man now? ---
**Author:** ![One\_More\_Time\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@One\_More\_Time\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_More_Time_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/2 "2015-02-16T23:29:11Z")
I always thought the guy was waayyyy overrated and a not very good actor. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/3 "2015-02-16T23:35:23Z")
On his way? Dude has hit the bottom of the hill and been digging for the last few years. After he blew his gig with _Community_ he proved to everyone that his detractors were right all along. He’s an over-rated, under-talented douchebag. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/4 "2015-02-16T23:43:49Z")
The only one I have ever heard say something nice about him is Beverly D’Angelo. Apparently they really hit it off and they have been friends offset since the first Vacation. Everyone else thinks he is a miserable SOB. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/5 "2015-02-16T23:44:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > On his way? Dude has hit the bottom of the hill and been digging for the last few years. After he blew his gig with _Community_ he proved to everyone that his detractors were right all along. He’s an over-rated, under-talented douchebag. The shame is he was really good on Community. Apparently he had a hard time not being the star. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/6 "2015-02-16T23:50:59Z")
He had (has?) a real alcohol problem. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/7 "2015-02-17T00:35:19Z")
Chevy Chase is still alive?! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/8 "2015-02-17T00:51:12Z")
> [@One\_More\_Time\_Again](#): > > I always thought the guy was waayyyy overrated and a not very good actor. > [@silenus](#): > > On his way? Dude has hit the bottom of the hill and been digging for the last few years. After he blew his gig with _Community_ he proved to everyone that his detractors were right all along. He’s an over-rated, under-talented douchebag. > [@Loach](#): > > The only one I have ever heard say something nice about him is Beverly D’Angelo. Apparently they really hit it off and they have been friends offset since the first Vacation. Everyone else thinks he is a miserable SOB. It’s useful to read the content of the OP, not just the title. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/9 "2015-02-17T00:57:41Z")
Fine, have it your way: He’s an **older, over-weight** over-rated, under-talented douche-bag. Happy? ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/10 "2015-02-17T01:21:33Z")
I thought he mostly retired back in the 90s. FWIW, I didn’t see the episode but googling it a lot of articles are written asking the same thing, is Chevy Chase sick. He is 71, so probably. Not sure with what though. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/11 "2015-02-17T01:43:35Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > It’s useful to read the content of the OP, not just the title. Thanks. I’m well aware of his [assholelish behavior](http://gawker.com/5899097/hes-not-chevy-hes-an-asshole-a-history-of-chevy-chases-horrific-behavior). I was asking about [his physical/mental state](http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/02/16/chevy-chase-health-snl-40th-anniversary-special-twitter/) that he’s going downhill rather fast, even for a 71 year old. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/12 "2015-02-17T01:43:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Chevy Chase is still alive?! He’s still alive, and you’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Scholar\_Beardpig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@Scholar\_Beardpig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scholar_Beardpig)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/13 "2015-02-17T01:46:46Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > He’s still alive, and you’re not. But Francisco Franco is still dead, right? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/14 "2015-02-17T02:36:26Z")
Last night he didn’t look particularly sharp, mentally (physically he was pretty much the same Chevy we’ve seen on _Community_); but I have no idea whether he was just having an off night (and possibly inebriated), or whether age, or some problem, is catching up with him. (Some of the others from those early days, like Jane Curtin, [Steve Martin](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=749369), and Bill Murray still looked pretty spry.) ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/15 "2015-02-17T04:29:32Z")
Looks like he’s reprising his role as handyman in Hot Tub Time Machine 2 this year. He’s also in another Vacation movie coming out this year. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/16 "2015-02-17T07:26:39Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Saw the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary last night. > > Saw Chevy’s interview before the event and his brief standup during the show. He looks and sounds like he’s got some physical, if not mental issues. Does he have any know problems or is he just an older, overweight man now? According to a supermarket tabloid (so…a grain of salt, and source considering), he’s currently about 320lbs, and they predict he’ll turn into Aunt Edna[sup]\*[/sup] pretty soon. [sup]\* I was going to use “punch the moose,” but I realized that that’s how I refer to masturbation.[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/17 "2015-02-17T15:26:44Z")
I thought the same thing as the OP. I never watched \*Community \*but I thought I’d seen a not too old clip of it and he looked pretty good (?) On the SNL show he just looked out of it, and not just drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/18 "2015-02-17T15:32:11Z")
I thought he looked sick. That kind of puffy swollen weight usually points to a medical problem. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/19 "2015-02-17T18:22:29Z")
It’s one of the symptoms of congestive heart failure, but it could also be just about anything else. CHF fluid retention normally builds in the legs and feet, but that’s not set in stone. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867/20 "2015-02-17T18:24:53Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > I was asking about [his physical/mental state](http://hollywoodlife.com/2015/02/16/chevy-chase-health-snl-40th-anniversary-special-twitter/) that he’s going downhill rather fast, even for a 71 year old. Roger Ebert is looking pretty good for a guy who’s been dead for two years! What? That’s _Chevy Chase_? Oh, my. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-chevy-chase-on-his-way-downhill/712867.md?page=2)