Why Chevy Chase Was Banned From Hosting SNL

Even as a young man, Chevy Chase was allegedly difficult to work with, and that seemed to be the case in the early days of Saturday Night Live; when he left in late 1976, there were few tears shed over his departure. Despite that, he returned to the late-night show for a guest-hosting spot in

Even as a young man, Chevy Chase was allegedly tricky to work with, and that seemed to be the case in the early days of “Saturday Night Live”; when he left in late 1976, there have been few tears shed over his departure. Despite that, he returned to the late-night display for a guest-hosting spot in 1978, and had a notable incident with his replacement, Bill Murray, who was a newcomer to “SNL” however nonetheless familiar with Chase because of their time running together on “The National Lampoon Radio Hour.” 

According to Decider, Chase took exception to Murray telling him that everybody on “SNL” hated him, and things quickly heated up between the two comics, who shouted cruel jokes and personal insults at every other till Chase challenged Murray to a combat right before the display was about to move on air. The males exchanged punches till John Belushi stepped in and broke it up, and the episode went on air as scheduled, with Chase doing his opening monologue as though he wasn’t brawling with the fellow who replaced him just mins prior.

Chase would move on to guest-host “Saturday Night Live” several extra instances in the following years, and in 1985, he were given into every other incident of varieties with solid member Terry Sweeney, who is brazenly homosexual (by the use of Rolling Stone). As Chase allegedly bullied Sweeney by way of making a sequence of homophobic comments in opposition to him, he would later refer to Chase as a “monster.”

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