Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chevy Chase, seen here with Gilda Radner as Emily Litella. - NBC/Getty Images Fifty years ago, weeks before the premiere of the ...

Chevy Chase began his acting career in comedy with writing for the Smothers Brothers and National Lampoon. He gained national ...

(CNN) — Fifty years ago, weeks before the premiere of the show that would become “Saturday Night Live,” Chevy Chase had a camera test. (CNN) — Fifty years ago, weeks before the premiere of the show ...

(CNN) — Fifty years ago, weeks before the premiere of the show that would become “Saturday Night Live,” Chevy Chase had a camera test. NBC execs wanted to see how the untested cast of the late-night ...

Chase ridiculed President Gerald Ford regularly in "Weekend Update" segments. Later in the season, he'd play Ford in political sketches. (CNN) — Fifty years ago, weeks before the premiere of the show ...