Jeans-Mas Vacation w/ Chevy Chase | Your Mom's House Ep. 841

Summary

Podcast Summary: Your Mom's House Ep. 841 – "Jeans-Mas Vacation w/ Chevy Chase"

Date: December 24, 2025
Hosts: Christina Pazsitzky and Tom Segura
Guest: Chevy Chase
Studio: YMH Studios

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Episode Overview

In this special Christmas episode, comedians and hosts Christina P. and Tom Segura welcome legendary comedy icon Chevy Chase to "Your Mom's House." The discussion flows through holiday memories, favorite Christmas traditions, reflections on classic comedy films, behind-the-scenes stories from Chevy’s storied career, and deeper insights into comedy itself. Along the way, the tone is irreverent and playful—with plenty of candid moments, nostalgia, and absurdity. The episode also celebrates the release of the new CNN documentary "I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not" (premiering January 1st), and gives devoted fans a firsthand look at the man behind the myth.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Holiday Banter & Christmas Traditions

[00:41–04:47]

• Tom and Christina begin by riffing on Christmas celebrations, Jewish holidays, and reminisce about childhood traditions.
• Christina shares a personal story about her Hungarian and German heritage—her father's penchant for playing German Christmas albums, much to the chagrin of her stepmother.
  • “She just hated German music and the language and stuff. ...he would play the whole album and just drink more and more, and I would get to watch that dynamic play out.” – Christina [04:34]
• Tom describes differences between American and European ways of doing Christmas, such as gift-opening practices and midnight mass.
  • “The whole thing is that you wait for Sandy Claus to come down the chimney on the night of the 24th, and on the 25th, you wake up and you're like, holy shit. And you have presents under the tree. That's how we do it here.” – Tom [06:51]

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2. Observations on Internet & Social Media

[09:08–10:36]

• The hosts reflect on the evolution of internet humor, noting an uptick in women participating in gross-out or absurd content.

• Tom comments on trends he sees on Threads (Instagram’s Twitter competitor): comedians complaining about the business and people obsessing about their post engagement.

  • “Twitter’s undefeated because it’s got pornography, it’s got hate, it’s got racism, it’s got crazy shit.” – Christina [10:20]

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3. TV & Movie Recommendations

[13:05–16:32]

• Tom raves about the Peacock series "Day of the Jackal," praising its production values and recommending it for the holiday break.
  • “If you want something to watch this holiday break...I would highly recommend the Day of The Jackal.” – Tom [15:55]
• Both gush about Timothy Chalamet’s performance in the new "Willy Wonka" and discuss his surprisingly winning charm ("He just melted my cold ice heart." – Christina [16:35])
• Sincere, if unserious, debate over which celebrity women Chalamet 'should' be dating.

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4. Safety Tips for the Holidays (w/ Larry)

[21:21–23:33]

• Inserted safety PSA from Larry: importance of “situational awareness,” particularly for international travel and elevators after showing a dangerous elevator video.
  • “Cars are coffins when they aren’t moving.” [23:33, quoting Larry’s book]

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5. Feature Interview: Chevy Chase Joins the Show

[26:40–65:12]

The Roots of Comedy Taste

• Tom and Christina thank Chevy for inspiring their passion for comedy:
  • “The foundation of why you fall in love with comedy is...when you're a kid...you are a huge reason why we fell in love with comedy.” – Tom [27:00]

Behind the Scenes: Favorite Films and Improv

• Chevy’s favorite film is "Three Amigos" because it included his close friends Steve Martin and Martin Short.
  • “I think that is my favorite. Even Fletch doesn't quite come up.” – Chevy [27:51]
• Improvisation was central to his work. Classic bits such as calling for “Russ,” Clark Griswold’s recurring line, were ad-libbed:
  • “I've been doing that since the very, very first one. Oh, there you are. He's always right next to me when I do it.” – Chevy [29:45]
• Chevy asserts that “all comedy is physical,” from eyebrow raises to pratfalls:
  • “It has to do with a certain amount of athleticism and timing, and that's kind of how comedy comes about.” – Chevy [30:14]

Candid Reflections: SNL, Career Choices, and Regrets

• Addresses SNL Departure and Hindsight
  • “In retrospect, yeah, I've always felt that it was too soon.” – Chevy [31:27]
• Misses the energy and thrill of live TV:
  • “I missed being that guy who said, live from New York...” – Chevy [31:48]
• When asked which SNL cast members he enjoys since, he playfully refuses to choose but finally praises Kate McKinnon and Kenan Thompson.
• He shares the story of writing the iconic “word association” sketch with Richard Pryor:
  • “We wrote that thing where I said all the bad words...and he just played it so well.” – Chevy [51:31]
• On turning down roles, reveals he passed on “Forrest Gump,” a part written with him in mind, but never felt it fit:
  • “No, that was written for me...But I just didn’t think I was the guy...I’m too smart.” – Chevy [40:46 & 41:09]

Industry & Comedy Commentary

• On the decline of big studio comedies:
  • “You guys were putting out really funny movies and then something happened in the last 15 years...they're not putting out funny stuff.” – Tom [37:25]
  • “Make me laugh. And I'm not an easy laugher...It's got to be a surprise, for one thing.” – Chevy [36:48]
• Credits writing as the heart of SNL and comedy, explaining his own journey from writer to performer.

Fond Memories & Fan Interaction

• Recounts being close to President Ford, who invited him to the White House despite Chevy’s relentless SNL lampooning:
  • “I was just raking him over the clothes every week...But he was so sweet and invited me to the White House and to stay overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom...” – Chevy [47:50]
• Details a bomb scare at his apartment after SNL fame, which turned out to be homemade soup left by a fan.
  • “So that was a pretty funny experience. Of course, it ended up being...vegetable soup...from some fan.” – Chevy [54:30]

On Set Stories & Iconic Scenes

• Confirms numerous memorable scenes were improvised, like “Big Ben, Parliament” in European Vacation:
  • “Just improv. I just. Yeah, because we couldn't get out of...That was the traffic. And I really was caught in that situation. Look, kids. Big Ben, Parliament.” – Chevy [46:01]
• Discusses directors who let comedians play and find comedy in the moment.
• Recalls scenes and actors he worked with—speaks fondly of castmates like Beverly D’Angelo and Eric Idle.

Chevy’s Take on Fame, Comedy and Legacy

• Age and perspective: “I'm 82 now, so...” [37:12]
• On the longevity of "Christmas Vacation":
  • “That one just seems to have lasted over 39 years, I think, last 40 years.” – Chevy [61:23]
• Reminisces with affection about favorite (and least favorite) co-stars, keeps the self-deprecating comedy going throughout.

Promotion for Upcoming Projects

• Reminds listeners about the January 1 CNN documentary (“I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not”) and last live show (December 29, Richmond, VA).
  • “The doc...does recap a lot of, of from the beginning...to now of things that I did.” – Chevy [59:40]

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On all comedy being physical:
  • “Well, I think all comedy is physical, frankly...from the lifting of an eyebrow to, you know, biting the lip to smiling to...Prattful...they’re all physical.” – Chevy [30:10]
• On SNL regrets:
  • “In retrospect, yeah, I've always felt that it was too soon [to leave SNL].” – Chevy [31:27]
• On not doing Forrest Gump:
  • “No, that was written for me...But I just didn't think I was the guy...I'm too smart.” – Chevy [40:46 & 41:09]
• On writing vs. performing:
  • “When I was first hired, it was as a head writer, not as an actor. Lorne didn't want me to act...” – Chevy [38:14]
• On comedy today:
  • “Make me laugh. And I'm not an easy laugher.” – Chevy [36:48]
  • “It's got to be a surprise, for one thing.” – Chevy [37:00]
• On his legacy:
  • “That's very nice...We fell in love with comedy and you're a big reason why, man.” – Tom [65:02]
• On staying in the Lincoln Bedroom:
  • “But he was so sweet and invited me to the White House and to stay overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom and all of that.” – Chevy [47:50]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• [00:41–04:47] – Holiday banter, Christmas traditions, and German/Hungarian music memories
• [09:08–10:36] – Reflections on social media and internet humor
• [13:05–16:32] – Movie and TV recommendations
• [21:21–23:33] – Larry’s situational awareness PSA
• [26:40–65:12] – Full feature interview with Chevy Chase
  • [27:51] Chevy’s favorite movie (“Three Amigos”)
  • [30:10] Comedy as physical art
  • [31:27] SNL departure regrets
  • [33:05] Christina’s crush on Chevy
  • [36:48] On what makes comedy work
  • [40:46] Turning down Forrest Gump
  • [46:01] Improving “Big Ben, Parliament” scene
  • [47:50] White House stories
  • [51:31] Writing iconic sketch with Richard Pryor
  • [61:23] Longevity of Christmas Vacation
  • [62:09] Praise for costars and improv stories
  • [65:02] Hosts express gratitude for Chevy’s influence

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Tone & Language

• Irreverent, conversational, and playful.
• The trio trade barbs, veer into raunchy humor (as expected from YMH), and Chevy displays his signature blend of mischief and wit.
• Despite the jokes, there’s clear affection and respect.

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Closing Thoughts

The episode is a true holiday treat for comedy fans—rich in behind-the-scenes tales, earnest reflection on comedy’s craft, and uproarious asides. Chevy Chase not only entertains with anecdotes and sharp responses but also provides genuine insights into the art and soul of making people laugh, wrapping up with reminders of his lasting legacy and ongoing projects.

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Transcript

[Chevy Chase]

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[Liberty Mutual Announcer]

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[Chevy Chase]

Liberty.

[Christina]

Liberty.

[Liberty Mutual Announcer]

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[Tom]

Welcome to another episode of your mom's house and of course, Merry Christmas.

[Christina]

You Jew motherfucker, you.

[Tom]

It is the holiest of holidays. Baby Jejuzka was born today. And of course, of course you are probably celebrating with your families. So Merry Christmas to you and your whole entire family. Grandma and children, everybody. I hope Santa visited you and treated you well, even if you're a non believer.

[Christina]

Or maybe Jews are funny. Maybe the Tunica fairy came and brought you something for.

[Tom]

Oh, yeah. Hopefully you had a good chunuk. Chinooka.

[Christina]

Did you celebrate a chinooka, Josh?

[Chevy Chase]

I did. I've been lighting the menorah, making vodkas. I'm doing the whole thing.

[Christina]

Yeah, that doesn't sound. Yeah, that doesn't sound as fun. The Hanukkah latkes and the candle. It sounds very anticlimactic. And the Jews are in show business. You guys really should have come up with like a bang.

[Tom]

A better one.

[Christina]

Yeah, it tastes pretty good.

[Tom]

The what?

[Chevy Chase]

The latkas are pretty tasty.

[Christina]

That's. You could do that any time.

[Tom]

Yeah, you can tree. The lights.

[Christina]

Yeah. This is once a year.

[Tom]

Trees and lights. Sandy Claws, really just. Yeah, it's not comparable.

[Christina]

Magical. And you can light a candle any day of the year.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Christina]

And you can eat crackers or whatever it is anytime.

[Tom]

Yeah, you can have your little scoop. Do your thing whenever you want. Yeah, I love Jewish people, but I also love Nazis. It's just. But you know, it's everything. Quick plug. Today. Today as you're listening, my new special teacher is debuted on Netflix. Thank you very much. Appreciate you. Please watch it. Please tell your friends to watch it. Please give it a shot. Also, we'll be off for New Year's. You can also get the past YMH lives for a discounted price at ymhstudios.com if you want to watch them all, there's a bunch of new merch. You have lipstick. Everything's up in the store.

[Christina]

Lipstick, blush, radiance, balm, you name it. Gloss. Yes, I'm wearing it all now, kids.

[Tom]

It's very exciting.

[Christina]

Look at that.

[Tom]

Very exciting.

[Christina]

I do. I love Christmas. And you want to know something, Tim?

[Tom]

What's that?

[Christina]

Is that it's so easy to get cynical.

[Tom]

Yes.

[Christina]

And it's so easy to let the past hurts of Christmas fill your soul for Christmas present. But don't do that. I refuse to do that.

[Tom]

Don't be a believer and. And. And embrace the Christmas spirit.

[Christina]

Can I play you a song that my father used to play for my stepmother? Every year, he would get loaded, play this song, and it would throw her into a rage. And I just thought I'd maybe open the episode, share it with everybody.

[Tom]

Yeah. Let's hear it.

[Christina]

Okay.

[Tom]

So far, I'm in. That's nice.

[Christina]

You got it.

[Chevy Chase]

Thank you.

[Tom]

So what bothered her? The German or just the song? The melody. What was the part that bothered? Because I can. I'm on kind of on her side right now.

[Christina]

She. My father would put on an entire German Christmas album, and it would throw her into a rage because, a. We're not Germans, we're Hungarians. And so Hungarian music is.

[Tom]

But he was born in Bavaria.

[Christina]

Yes, yes. So we're, you know, German by birth. Hungarian by the grace of God.

[Tom]

Yep.

[Christina]

But it infuriated her because she just hated German music and the language and stuff. And then he would play the whole album and just drink more and more, and I would get to watch that dynamic play out.

[Tom]

That's kind of a fun memory. Christmas Eve, was she. Was that who. You know how, like, every European hates a certain European the most? Was Germany it for her? Does she hate the Germans?

[Christina]

No, Russians. The Hungarians hate the Russians because the Russians.

[Tom]

But did she have any feelings about Germans? Like, she just.

[Christina]

Well, I mean, I specifically. No, I can't say that. But I think in general, the Germans are known for being kind of stoic, kind of cold, not as fun as other Europeans.

[Tom]

That's true.

[Christina]

And their language, to be frank, doesn't sound pretty when it's sung to Christmas songs.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Cling, cling ling link. It's just not very nice to somebody out there, though.

[Tom]

They're like, that is my favorite song.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Christina]

There was another one called Haiji Boom. That was terrible.

[Tom]

That was also German.

[Christina]

That's Hungarian. Yeah, it's terrible. That was terrible.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Anyway, every Christmas, my whole life, I heard cling lichen cling and haiji boom, Baiji.

[Tom]

Wow.

[Christina]

Yeah. Did your mother do any Mexican music for you?

[Tom]

No, I don't remember that at all. No, I mean, she was the one. Because Americans really do Christmas Day as the Big thing. So she introduced. Hate that some. Something about Christmas Eve. Because that. I think that's kind of Latin too. Just to have, you know, some type of acknowledgment on Christmas Eve. Yeah, we didn't really do that. I don't think we would have done that at all without her.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Wow. Yeah. I hate Christmas.

[Tom]

We'd go to midnight mass.

[Christina]

Like it. That's. That's terrible.

[Tom]

I kind of like that because that meant we had the day off. You know what I mean? So it was like, knock it out. And it wasn't really at midnight. It was just called that. Sometimes it was. But it was an evening mass on the 24th. And then we get home and I think they did the whole thing. You get to do one present on the 24th.

[Christina]

That's so gay.

[Tom]

What do you mean?

[Christina]

That is. First of all, it's so cheap and so communist. What? And because Eastern lockers, everything is at night. It's the 24th that counts. The 25th is just. You go visit people, you get drunk. It's not about Prezis. The Prezis are on the 24th.

[Tom]

No, no, no.

[Christina]

Everybody knows that.

[Tom]

Well, then you didn't have a fucking good Christmas. Because the whole thing is that you wait for Sandy Claus to come down the chimney on the night of the 24th, and on the 25th, you wake up and you're like, holy shit. And you have presents under the tree. That's how we do it here.

[Christina]

That's not how it happens. Jesuska comes and he gives you the gifts and they ring a bell and you come in.

[Tom]

No, you need to move to a village. I'm talking about the United States of America. How we do it here, the country.

[Christina]

That's how I did it growing up. My dad let me open up and my mom Prezis on Christmas Eve, and baby Yezuska brought those gifts for us. And that's how it goes.

[Tom]

You are completely. Anybody out there who is feeling like maybe today isn't your day, we have a special opening message for you. Okay.

[Christina]

Send this video to someone that's having a really bad day.

[Chevy Chase]

Hi.

[Christina]

I'm sorry you're having a bad day. I hope this helps. This should have been time.

[Chevy Chase]

Who is Randy?

[Tom]

Don't bring it.

[Christina]

What an angel.

[Chevy Chase]

Welcome. Welcome to your mom's house with Tomor and Christina Pit. Welcome to your mom's house.

[Christina]

No. No.

[Chevy Chase]

Ow.

[Tom]

You all right? So, yeah, that was a pretty cool message. If you're having a bad day. That was really nice of her to put that out there.

[Christina]

What a Christmas angel. I really enjoyed that. Yeah, it did make me feel better. And I didn't see that one coming.

[Tom]

You didn't see it coming.

[Christina]

I thought for sure she was going to give us a sweet, innocent girl message.

[Tom]

Somebody out there loves you and yeah, there's people out there that care. I know. Would have been cool, right?

[Christina]

It has been fun watching the Internet evolve like this, like into farts. Yeah. Because back when we started covering all this stuff on ymh, which is what this show did originally, we started this of covering the dark side of the force of the Internet. It used to just be dudes doing stuff.

[Tom]

Chicks do it too.

[Christina]

Now, like hot, normal looking chicks are doing it.

[Tom]

There's. Have you noticed too. Have you ever go on threads?

[Christina]

Oh, occasionally, yeah. I don't like it. It takes me away from the gram.

[Tom]

I noticed that there's. There's two things I see a lot there. One is like comedians being like, what am I doing right now with comedy? It sucks. And I guess I just see entire engagement people just going back and forth about like selling tickets and like I didn't get into this for the business side. I see like non stop posts like that. And the other one I see are people just talking about their engagement. They're like, my engagement's down this month on this app. And then. But it's higher here.

[Christina]

And people threads, they're complaining about their traffic on Instagram.

[Tom]

Yeah, it's like non stop. I'm like, how does this always come up? It's so strange.

[Christina]

Well, I don't look as much. I don't enjoy Twitter. I just think it is Twitter. Undefeated. Isn't threads the answer? Instagram's answer to Twitter?

[Tom]

Well, yeah, yeah, I mean it's their.

[Christina]

It'S their, their whatever their version type of it. Yeah, it's on. Twitter's undefeated because it's got pornography, it's got hate, it's got racism, it's got crazy shit.

[Tom]

It's fun. It's real fun.

[Christina]

You're not going to get that on threads.

[Tom]

Yeah, yeah, for sure.

[Christina]

You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying?

[Tom]

So there's another one.

[Christina]

Do another, you know what I'm saying, For Christmas. Come on.

[Tom]

Okay. You know what I'm saying? Check it out.

[Christina]

You know what I'm saying?

[Tom]

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[Christina]

Puff Daddy, you know.

[Tom]

You haven't finished it yet.

[Christina]

No, but it got me. It reminded me of these good old days. We used to watch Suge Knight talking about crazy stuff. You know what I mean?

[Tom]

Yeah, you know what I mean.

[Chevy Chase]

I'm talking about you feel me?

[Tom]

I mean. Yeah.

[Christina]

Made me miss all these that doc.

[Tom]

You know, I even saw because I was kind of clocking this and then I saw 50 post about it how he was. It was trending number one ahead of the new Stranger Things.

[Christina]

It's wild.

[Tom]

So Stranger Things was like Sitting at two for like a week or two while the Diddy doc was ahead of it. And you had to think like, man, like, return on investment, you know, like, yeah, the amount they spend to make Stranger Things is just out of this world.

[Christina]

I know. And I gotta tell you, I'm not so interested in them right now.

[Tom]

What's that?

[Christina]

The Stranger.

[Tom]

I didn't. I didn't. I haven't seen it.

[Christina]

I feel like.

[Tom]

Can I tell you what's amazing, though? Ahead that show. So I saw. I thought that Peacock. I've never watched Peacock. Right. All every one of these major studios, corporations, has a streaming service now, like we always knew would eventually happen.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Tom]

And whenever you see it for, like, CBS has one and Peacock, I'm like, who the would watch one of these? You know? What kind of loser watches this? Yeah. Right. It's like reruns.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Tom]

You could go watch the Office or whatever any of their original shows have been, and then their new programing, it's always like, what if a bus driver won the lottery? And like, you know, like, that's the. And you're like, who is watching this nonsense? Right. Just like, absolute dog shit when you're like, there's so many good shows out there. Yeah. So I was recommended to watch the Day of the Jackal, which is a series on Peacock. And I was like, all right, I guess so. And I. I guess I didn't have it. So I signed up and I was like, this is a highly recommended. I'm gonna watch it. It's unbelievable. It's so good. It is so, so good. It's. If you want, like, it's really high production. I think they spent a hundred to, like, between 100, 150 million on the season. So the production's, like, top tier, really cinematic. Great writing, great story and. And incredible actors. Yeah. £100 million. 120. Over $120 million on the season. Really good. And it's on. It's on Peacock. And I guess they're. They're making season two right now, but I couldn't recommend it enough. If you haven't seen it, it's really good.

[Christina]

Well, you've really been deep into it. Every night I fall asleep and you're watching this show.

[Tom]

That's what I'm a sucker for, is, like, this. It's really. It's really good. So high recommendation. If you want something to watch this holiday break and you, like, you know, a high octane thriller with, like, really great story and acting, I would highly recommend the Day of The Jackal.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Okay. Yeah, I like that actor. He played Stephen Hawkins.

[Tom]

Eddie Ray. What is it? Eddie Raymond Redmayne.

[Christina]

Redmane.

[Tom]

Yeah. Yeah. It's so good, man.

[Christina]

He's so pretty. He's got such a pretty face. I do love his little face. Look at him. He's so European looking.

[Tom]

He is.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Tom]

He's a real Euro. Looks like he's real UK born guy.

[Christina]

Can I tell you who else I'm. Has stolen my heart?

[Tom]

Who?

[Christina]

And I didn't want them to steal it, but I watched the new Willy Wonka. Timothy Chalamet really has stolen my heart.

[Tom]

No.

[Christina]

And he's very European looking too. Like that.

[Tom]

He's a frog. Yeah.

[Christina]

I didn't want to like him. I didn't want to like this movie. I was going into it negative, and he just melted my cold ice heart, really. He's talented.

[Tom]

He's very talented.

[Christina]

He's good at what he does. He's just as cute as a button. Very fay. He's kind of like a pretty boy, right? Like, he's like a pretty.

[Tom]

He seems really small. Is he very small?

[Christina]

He looks tiny. So is the other actor that you like in your Jackal.

[Tom]

Oh, yeah, he seems. He seems very. Oh, he looks. He's 5 10.

[Christina]

No. Oh, wow. He looks teeny tiny.

[Tom]

Eddie Redman. I don't think Eddie's that short, but he. He's very slender.

[Christina]

Slender, European. Very European build.

[Tom]

Yeah. So. But he.

[Chevy Chase]

He.

[Tom]

This guy's got to weigh 140 pounds.

[Christina]

No, I know.

[Tom]

Yeah, he's a really slender guy, but he did a great job.

[Christina]

I'm into it. You know what I like about shallow, maybe is that he's one of these guys that's like, I'm an artist. And you can tell he's a total. Like, he's an artist. Like, he doesn't. I don't feel like he's got like, cheesy actor vibes where he's like mugging to the camera.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Christina]

There's like, you know, does that make sense? He seems like he's really into this shit.

[Tom]

I think he loves it.

[Christina]

He's really into.

[Tom]

I heard him say. I think it was when he was accepting something, he was accepting an award for something. He was like, I want to be great.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Tom]

I want to be great at this.

[Christina]

Yes. I get that impression that he's serious. Like, he's. He's the real deal, man. He's not around. You know who he's banging? Kylie Jenner.

[Tom]

Yeah, Jenner.

[Christina]

Which I. I'm a Little shook by that. I gotta be honest, I. I was hoping that Sydney Sweeney, with those great big tits, that. That's the one I would be going for.

[Tom]

She's got some big cans too.

[Christina]

Yeah, I mean, look, I like blondes. My thing for him. I wish he could be banging Sydney Sweeney.

[Tom]

That's what you want?

[Christina]

He's the IT guy. He could get anybody he wants. If I had to pick, of all the starlets, that's who I'd be banging. If I were Timothy Sydney, who are you going to bang? Kylie Jenner or Sy? Sidney Sweeney.

[Tom]

Neither one of them is my joint.

[Christina]

Pretend.

[Tom]

Oh, okay.

[Christina]

Pretend you're Timothy Shalom.

[Tom]

Sydney Sweeney.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Big cans. You like that?

[Tom]

I mean, the Jenners. Come on. That's a lot to deal with.

[Christina]

I'm not into the family. I don't want to deal with it.

[Tom]

You have to deal with that all the time.

[Christina]

Too much generational drama you're dealing with.

[Tom]

With.

[Christina]

Yeah, it's too much.

[Tom]

And then you're at the house, a bunch of clowns come over and you're like, what the are we doing here? You know, just non stop. Just a dude. You're at the carnival, basically, you know? You know what I mean?

[Christina]

They love clowns. They date exclusively dating clowns. Right? It's wild. They all like them.

[Tom]

It's just there's a red nose on everybody walking into that house. Yeah, I know what you mean, but.

[Christina]

I heard Courtney broke up with the white guy. The drummer, the rocker.

[Tom]

I don't know.

[Christina]

Toby. Toby Maguire? Travis.

[Tom]

Travis.

[Christina]

Travis Bickle. She broke up with Travis Bickle? She was married. They have a kid and everything. And now they're splitsville. But I mean, I could have told you that. The guy looks totally unstable. I mean, you're marrying the guy.

[Tom]

He's cool, dude.

[Christina]

I'm sure he's cool, but that's a lot of neck tattoo. A lot of head tattooing.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Face.

[Tom]

So right away you're like, I don't know, your neck and your throat and your head are tatted. I don't know about you. No, he was really nice. I met him at.

[Christina]

Oh, you did?

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Christina]

I'm sure he's lovely. I'm sure he's lovely. I just don't see them together. I never saw that. Like, okay, for instance, you put like a Kat Von D with this guy.

[Tom]

Oh, yeah, I see.

[Christina]

And then I go, well, yeah, because.

[Tom]

You'Re like tats and tats. Yeah, tats and no, tats don't go together.

[Christina]

You can't do Tats and no, it's.

[Tom]

A very interesting way of looking at it.

[Christina]

Kardashian and that guy. No, no, no.

[Tom]

You know, whoever it is, you need to have a song for your girlfriend. Chinese girlfriend. You took your love away from me.

[Christina]

And went back to China his girlfriend.

[Chevy Chase]

Way, way, way, way we'll never be together.

[Tom]

Yeah, well, don't.

[Christina]

Stop it. I was just getting into the story.

[Tom]

That's got to be a real bummer, too, when your Chinese girlfriend goes back to China because then, you know, you're not getting her back.

[Christina]

She's not coming back. She can't come back.

[Tom]

She didn't go back to Michigan, you know, she went to Beijing.

[Christina]

But why didn't he propose like she wanted? And then they could be married.

[Tom]

This is one of the. This is life. This is how life goes.

[Christina]

But I like that it's a story I can follow on this song. I get what happened to him and I feel his pain.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Don't you feel sad for him?

[Tom]

I feel a little sad for him. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Christina]

That would bum me out, dude.

[Chevy Chase]

Yep.

[Tom]

I know, man. Real quick, just for the new year, going into the holiday here, I just don't want any of you guys to lose any of your situational awareness. So make sure you're staying on top.

[Larry]

Of, you know, hey, parents, it's extremely important to talk to your kids about situational awareness. And if they see or feel something that's out of place, they got to get out of there. This video is a great demonstration of how this 11 year old girl was paying attention and was able to save herself. She just ran away. So be well, be safe and teach your kids early.

[Tom]

Teach them to run. That's a really good tip. Thanks, Larry. Larry. Also pointing out some things for our international travelers. A lot of people are traveling internationally this holiday season.

[Larry]

Hey, everybody, I want you to take a quick look at this video.

[Tom]

Where is that elevator, Larry? I see the Arabic now.

[Larry]

I'm not exactly sure where this elevator was. Pretty sure it wasn't in the United States. I did work on elevators for about 20 years.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh.

[Larry]

And that situation could have cut somebody in half or taken somebody's head off. This person who was videoing this was very, very lucky. As you can see, the elevator is not going to stop. So when I make safety recommendations, it's coming from a place of experience.

[Christina]

Okay, let me tell you something. This is idiots. See, this is why I do prefer Eastern European culture sometimes to Americans. Because that danger is built into everyday life in Eastern Europe and you know it. And you're like, I'm not getting into that elevator.

[Tom]

Yeah, like, you know, I'll say something just from the first frame of that elevator. I would have said, I'm taking the stairs.

[Christina]

No, no kidding.

[Tom]

Yeah, but.

[Christina]

But he has to make a video to tell idiots not to do it. I mean, bro, just follow your heart.

[Tom]

You need Larry. You need Larry to. That's. That was. That's a good tip, Larry.

[Christina]

Like, listen, I mean, I don't know. I got this coming.

[Larry]

You got.

[Tom]

That's his book. You got the book situated.

[Christina]

We don't want to get too deep into this.

[Tom]

What's the rest of it?

[Christina]

Situational awareness and safe family travel strategies. Let me just wet your beak.

[Tom]

Oh, just to give me one little taste.

[Christina]

This is for vehicle safety and situational awareness on the road. This is just the opening quote. Are you ready? Remember, cars are coffins when they aren't moving. That's just the beginning.

[Tom]

That's a great. I cannot wait to dive into this. Hopefully you guys get your copy and we'll do a full review. And maybe if we're lucky, we'll get Larry in here one day. That'd be fantastic. All right, let's take a quick break, and we'll be right back. What's everybody. I've teamed up with DraftKings sportsbook just in time for you to get in on the action. New customers bet $5 for. For the chance to get 200 bucks in bonus bets if your bet wins. It's Christmas Eve, which means NFL games tomorrow and on Saturday. On top of the usual Sunday slate, NBA's got games basically every day through the holidays. College basketball tournaments are heating up, and hockey never stops. It's the most wonderful time of the year. If you like sports betting with DraftKings, you can participate in live betting right as the game unfolds in front of you. But put money down on player props in game lines, all of it in real time. And if you really want to get crazy with it, take those bonus bets and throw them into a same game parlay. Just sign up using the promo code. Mom, that's M O M. New customers turn five bucks into 200 if your bet wins. Paid in. Bonus bets minimum, minus 500. Odds required. The crown is yours.

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[Tom]

And we are back and we are so excited. Don't forget, mark your calendars now. A new documentary called I'm Chevy Chase and you're not comes out on CNN on January 1st, New Year's Day. And with us now is the one and only Chevy Chase, everybody.

[Chevy Chase]

How do you do? Thank you very much. I appreciate that.

[Tom]

This is so exciting for us. Like a lot of people, we, you know, we've worked in comedy now for a while, but our whole thing is like, you know, the foundation of why you fall in love with comedy is I think when you're a kid, when you're a kid, you know, you're watching movies, you're watching tv and you are a huge reason why we fell in love with comedy.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh, well, sure, Adri, man, it's, you're just. Thanks a lot. Goodbye now. No, I get it. I Get we.

[Tom]

I mean, like, there's so many. I mean, you. You. You've done so many. I was thinking today, because I was. I was looking at, like, you know, you're doing so many amazing movies, and I was thinking, like, what's the one that first got me? And I think for me, the thing that I first saw you in, some of you. Some movies you watch, you know, out of Order, was Three Amigos. Three Amigos.

[Chevy Chase]

For me, that's my favorite.

[Tom]

Is that really your favorite?

[Chevy Chase]

Well, yeah, it's with two of my best friends.

[Tom]

Yeah. And Martin Short and Steve Martin, Marty and Steve.

[Chevy Chase]

And. Yeah, I mean, I. Well, yeah, that. I think that is my favorite. Even Fletch doesn't. Doesn't quite come up. We were talking about Three Amigos. I love Fletch, too.

[Tom]

Sure. But Three Amigos. I was wondering, like, when it. You guys.

[Chevy Chase]

Silly.

[Tom]

It's so silly. It is so silly.

[Chevy Chase]

That's the whole point.

[Tom]

And was it. I mean, you just said that these are two of your good friends. Yeah, but is it a. I mean, you know, comedians are. And comedy actors always trying to, like, get the, you know, the last line in the funniest thing. Was it easy to navigate?

[Chevy Chase]

Like, it was easy for me.

[Tom]

Easy for you to navigate those two?

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. Yeah, sure.

[Tom]

Was it? But would you guys have to, like, was there improv a lot in that? Because it feels like it. There was.

[Chevy Chase]

No, there is. I. I improvise a lot of my movies. So, yeah, I. I think it's important in comedy that people are free to say what they. If they're good.

[Tom]

If they're good. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

You know, to. To do that.

[Tom]

And you walked. You worked a lot with John Landis?

[Chevy Chase]

I'm afraid so. Yes. You're free.

[Tom]

But would he.

[Chevy Chase]

Twice. It's not a lot.

[Tom]

That's not a lot. But did he. Was he somebody who encouraged that kind of thing?

[Chevy Chase]

I don't remember.

[Tom]

No.

[Chevy Chase]

No. It could be John Landis.

[Tom]

I think so. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, it's not like John was a comedic genius. No, he was just John Landis. He hit. He knew where the cameras should be, and he knew what to do and.

[Tom]

Let you guys take it from there.

[Chevy Chase]

Sure. Yeah. Yeah.

[Tom]

But was working with your buddies, that was like a thrill. That was fun.

[Chevy Chase]

Of course. Yeah. Yeah, that's. And most of the things I do are. I have buddies, more or less.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Working with me.

[Tom]

Sure. Yeah.

[Christina]

Now, I heard the. The thing you did in vacation where you would go, Russ, that was an improvised thing.

[Chevy Chase]

That's me.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. I've been doing that since the very, very first one. Oh, there you are. He's always right next to me when I do it. I love that.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I'd start setting it up for the other movies, you know, get them over here, Russ. Oh, there you are. Yeah. Yeah. Different Russes.

[Christina]

Yeah. You're not afraid to be silly and you're not afraid to be physical.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, I think all comedy is physical, frankly.

[Tom]

Really?

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. And. And. And, you know, I mean, from the lifting of an eyebrow to, you know, biting the lip to smiling to. To Prattful. Yes, all these things are physical. Yeah. So it has to do with a certain amount of athleticism and timing, and that's kind of how comedy comes about. And you, you know, you have to be open to improvisation and. And. And that's.

[Tom]

That's my favorite, of course, is improving and doing physical stuff.

[Chevy Chase]

Sure, sure. Yeah.

[Tom]

I haven't obviously, seen the docs as it comes out January 1st on CNN, but in the trailer, there is this moment that I wanted to ask you about, because I don't know if it's like sometimes they cut. They cut trailers, and it's a manipulation of what was said, but in the trailer, it says that you. You regretted it was a mistake to leave snl. That's. That's in the trailer of the document.

[Chevy Chase]

That's such horseshit.

[Tom]

Okay. That's what I was just saying.

[Chevy Chase]

No, it isn't.

[Tom]

Okay. Oh, it isn't horseshit?

[Chevy Chase]

No, it isn't. I. It wasn't. Well, in retrospect, yeah, I. I've always felt that it was too soon.

[Tom]

Really?

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. I mean, when I left, it had to do with a girl and wanting to marry her and all this stuff, and she wanted me to be in LA and, you know, just junk.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

So, I mean, we were married for about eight months.

[Tom]

Oh.

[Chevy Chase]

And that was about it.

[Tom]

Okay. So in that sense. Yeah. But I mean, obviously it worked out for you, like, leaving.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, it did, but I still miss it.

[Tom]

Really?

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. I watch it here and there. Not all the time, but I. I missed being that guy who said, live from New York, and. And, you know, just the live aspect, too. Right, of course. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tom]

Do you. Do you have any SNL performers that you enjoy watching over the last, you know, however, 20, 30 years?

[Chevy Chase]

Absolutely not.

[Tom]

No, no.

[Chevy Chase]

Screw them. Let me think. No. Name some.

[Tom]

I don't even know, man.

[Chevy Chase]

I mean, you see Over. Yeah, you're right.

[Christina]

Chevy Choice. That was the last one.

[Tom]

Well, here's. Here's.

[Christina]

Oh. Kate McKinnon.

[Tom]

Kate McKinnon.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, she's great.

[Tom]

She's great.

[Chevy Chase]

She was good.

[Tom]

Keenan. He's great.

[Chevy Chase]

Keenan who?

[Tom]

Thompson.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh, Keenan. Yeah, he's good.

[Tom]

Yeah, he's been there a while.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. Yeah, he's okay.

[Tom]

Okay.

[Chevy Chase]

I mean, I, I, I don't know. It's hard to.

[Tom]

No, you're right.

[Chevy Chase]

I don't know how to answer. They're wonderful, every one of them.

[Tom]

Okay, there you go. Just a good answer.

[Christina]

Would you tell me a little bit about Gilda Radner? No, No, I did. I grew up watching you guys as a very.

[Chevy Chase]

You did not. You're too young for that.

[Christina]

You're so sweet, but you were the first. You were my first, like, crush on tv, and I was like, I'm gonna marry Chevy Chase.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh, my God. I'm gonna just.

[Christina]

I. I mean, look at. Look at.

[Tom]

Loved, handsome, charming, fun.

[Chevy Chase]

You know, Gilda was a magic, in my opinion. She just. Her personality seemed to be an improv in itself. Just. She just was ready and. And. Lovely girl. I spent a lot of time with Golda. I think Danny actually went with her for a while. No. Yeah, well, everybody banged her.

[Christina]

I mean, really.

[Chevy Chase]

No, that's not true.

[Christina]

So cool.

[Chevy Chase]

No, that's outrageous.

[Christina]

Did you guys all bang on snl? Tell me you can. You can say now.

[Chevy Chase]

On snl?

[Christina]

Yeah, like, the cast. Did you guys hook up?

[Tom]

Hook up? Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I mean, bang on the cat. What. What the hell's happening to you?

[Tom]

She's got a filthy.

[Chevy Chase]

I. I said I was kidding, but look at her.

[Tom]

I know.

[Chevy Chase]

She's already. Her hair standing on end.

[Tom]

It's all she thinks about, man. It's ridiculous.

[Christina]

Well, you guys were young and carefree, and it was fun.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. There's a difference between young and carefree and banging everybody all over the set.

[Tom]

Thank you for pointing that out.

[Christina]

You're welcome.

[Tom]

Jesus, Christina. Oh, look at this. Get it together.

[Chevy Chase]

Jesus.

[Christina]

What a face on YouTube.

[Chevy Chase]

Christina, really?

[Christina]

I tell you, but you're so. You know what? I really. You're so handsome. Yes, I will say that. But you also masterfully play these kind of masturbate, masturbating characters.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Like, you're also kind of, like, a lovable jerk in a lot of the roles you play.

[Chevy Chase]

That's so hard to do. Well, Clark Griswold is the jerk.

[Christina]

Yes.

[Chevy Chase]

And he's a character I play, so I think you're right. But in. In real life, I'm not lovable. I'm just a jerk. Well, thank you very much.

[Christina]

That was great.

[Tom]

That was great. No, I loved it. But wait, the other one. Cuz you worked with Dan, obviously. Spies Like Us.

[Christina]

I love that one.

[Tom]

That was another one. Oh my God. That movie I just watched.

[Chevy Chase]

I love Danny. I mean he. He's the greatest.

[Tom]

He is great.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. Even to now. To now. Well, now he lives in Canada. I don't know what he's escaping, but see like Randy.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Right there in Canada.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

If we go back, we're dead.

[Tom]

Right.

[Chevy Chase]

But I don't believe that.

[Tom]

First they just look. But that movie is. So if it's you.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, he's the best. I mean it's. It's nice of you to include me in. In a sense because I just think he's so wonderful, Dan. Such a lovable person. Yeah. Great guy.

[Tom]

Yeah. And my God, like this. The chemistry of you guys in this movie is just fantastic. If you've not seen Spies Like Us, it is such a comedy classic. That's what I wanted to ask you because you really, in a big way laid the foundation for like comedy movies and studios made. They were huge hits and people loved.

[Chevy Chase]

Do you.

[Tom]

Do you have like an actual like impression, a thought on why we don't see great studio comedies really released anymore?

[Chevy Chase]

Well, I don't know why. You don't?

[Tom]

I don't.

[Chevy Chase]

And frankly that's insulting of you.

[Tom]

Really.

[Chevy Chase]

No. Oh, I understand what you're saying, but you know, I mean, you're asking the guy who loved doing it and misses it, so. Yeah, I don't want to. No, it's just that like put anybody down, I mean, they're. They're good people on. And you know, for me it's what make me laugh.

[Tom]

Make me laugh.

[Chevy Chase]

And I'm not an easy laugher. So. It doesn't mean that if you don't make me laugh, you stink. It's just that you're tough. It's got to be a surprise, for one thing.

[Tom]

Yes.

[Chevy Chase]

From out of nowhere.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

To get me. Otherwise I can sort of expect it and I know just about everything. Every trick in the book.

[Tom]

Sure.

[Chevy Chase]

You know.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

And. And I don't mean to be overly confident about these things, but it's just a fact that I've been around a long time. I'm 82 now, so.

[Tom]

Amazing.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Tom]

I mean, I feel like there is a thing where. I mean, it's almost like it's. Your answer is that you guys were putting out really funny movies and then something happened in the last. I feel like in the last 15 years where. Studio.

[Chevy Chase]

That's about right. I don't think I'VE made a movie in 15.

[Tom]

That's right.

[Chevy Chase]

There's.

[Tom]

That's when it stops. When you stopped and then. And there's just. They're not putting out funny stuff, though. Like, they really aren't. There's. There's not a lot of funny movies that come out.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, that's an opinion, of course, on your part. And I. I know what you're saying. I don't watch a lot, so I can't be totally honest about that. I haven't been to. To a number of movies that have come out.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

When I do turn on the TV and I do see part of Weekend Update or something like that, I laugh.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

But it's really the writing that matters to me. And when I was first hired, it was as a head writer, not as. As an actor. Lauren didn't want me to act, for that matter, just.

[Tom]

Right.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. He just wanted me to write and. And out of circumstance and tryouts and stuff that everybody had on that show, somehow Lauren picked me too. But basically I wanted to act.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I had just been writing for the Smothers Brothers show, which was a pretty. Pretty good TV show on television.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

And I'm glad I said TV show on television anyway, so you can tell that I'm 82. Yeah. But, yeah, you know, I. I was just starting a little acting on that show, and then Lauren and I met in a line for a midnight showing. A Monica Python's Holy Grail, which, of course, they're the greatest of all. And anything they do, I love, particularly with Eric and John. And I think I met with Lauren the next day at a hotel, the Chateau Marmont, in. In la, where Lauren was staying. We. We didn't really know each other yet, but we spent the whole day together laughing. And he was telling me about this show that he wanted to start called Saturday Night Live.

[Tom]

That's unreal.

[Chevy Chase]

And we went on from there. Wow. Started picking the cast and putting it together.

[Tom]

Yeah. I will say Michael Che and let's.

[Chevy Chase]

Say that Lauren was the major operator there and picking the casts and all of those.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

You know, I was with them. That's. That's all I care about.

[Tom]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I loved him.

[Tom]

Yeah, of course. But Weekend Update again, which you. Sorry. Like the guys today, I'm saying Colin and Michael Che that I see on there all the time. Super funny guys. They're really funny.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, I think they're funny. Yeah.

[Tom]

I always see this.

[Chevy Chase]

Not that funny.

[Tom]

Okay. They're funny enough.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Tom]

Decently funny.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. Fairly funny.

[Tom]

I'm Always fascinated by roles that people maybe turn down. Are there any roles that you turn down that you're like, damn, I shouldn't have turned that down?

[Chevy Chase]

Well, none that I say, damn, I shouldn't have turned that down.

[Tom]

But. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

But there have been some that have been very successful, like Forrest Gump, for example. Really? Yeah. No, that was written for me.

[Tom]

What?

[Chevy Chase]

Come on. Yeah, That's. But I just didn't think I was the guy who goes, my mother wants something, you know that.

[Christina]

I think you're right.

[Tom]

You don't want to do it.

[Chevy Chase]

Feels right for Tom, but not me. My mother. My mother told me, you're right. You're too smart.

[Christina]

Like, you're too.

[Chevy Chase]

I'm too smart.

[Christina]

Clever. No, you are.

[Chevy Chase]

But Tommy isn't.

[Christina]

Yeah. No, he's.

[Chevy Chase]

He's dumb.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Life is like a box. Good. Good.

[Christina]

Stupid. Good.

[Tom]

That is hilarious to picture you.

[Chevy Chase]

Yes.

[Christina]

Okay, can I guess? Another improv that I've suspected. Can you. If you could confirm or deny in Fletch. John Coct.

[Chevy Chase]

You know what? I was just watching the playback of that recently, and it's funny because everybody thinks I said John Cocktosten.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Or Cocktail.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

But if you listen carefully, it's just John Toast Toy. John Cocktoast Toy. What do I. Yeah.

[Christina]

Life. I've heard John. John Cocktail.

[Chevy Chase]

John John Cocteau, Soy. Like that. Isn't that funny?

[Christina]

Just blew my mind, because I've seen that movie a million times.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, thank you for blowing mine.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Tom]

D. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, man.

[Christina]

John. John. Oh, and then you have to. I. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor.

[Chevy Chase]

Had nothing to do with that. It just came up. I'm just standing there watching them all do it, and I thought it was pretty funny.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. Doctor. But, you know, it's easy.

[Tom]

I also thought watching that in Spies Like Us because they get these super hot, like, Russian chicks, of course. That I was like, oh, that one.

[Chevy Chase]

The super hot Russian chicks. There's just one.

[Tom]

Oh, there's a blonde one.

[Christina]

That's beautiful.

[Chevy Chase]

The blonde one is Danny's wife, right?

[Christina]

That's right. I remember.

[Tom]

There's not two girls in it.

[Christina]

There is, but she's a little. She's not.

[Chevy Chase]

That one on the right.

[Christina]

She's like the jokey one.

[Chevy Chase]

It's a Russian one. Oh, okay.

[Tom]

Yeah, Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I was like, oh, God, what was her name? Vanessa.

[Christina]

Angel.

[Chevy Chase]

Vanessa angel, that's right. Yeah.

[Tom]

Yeah. But, yeah, very pretty. I was like, oh, so, like, funny guys get hot chicks.

[Chevy Chase]

I know.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I was, too. How come? I'm not that kind. How come? Danny got her and they had a tent.

[Tom]

That's cool.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. I ended up with Danny's wife. I couldn't do a thing.

[Tom]

Yeah. Sucks, man. Sometimes it just goes that way.

[Chevy Chase]

She's lovely, though. They're all beautiful. They're great people.

[Tom]

That's amazing. Can I ask you. So directors, though, is there any director that you look back on and you go, this guy, there's something about how he directs a comedy that stands out to you that you enjoyed or like, helps.

[Chevy Chase]

That I worked with.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh, geez. I, I think Jeremiah Chec. Who. Whose name doesn't seem to hit you really quickly, but he, he directed Fletch, I believe. Yeah. Among other things. So. But yeah, he, he was great. You know, it's. It's. It's just people who sort of know what you can do. Excuse me. And put you in it. Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah.

[Christina]

It's like you belong here.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, he's totally.

[Tom]

This is perfect.

[Christina]

Beverly d'. Angelo.

[Chevy Chase]

Beverly direct.

[Christina]

No, no, no. But she.

[Chevy Chase]

No, no.

[Christina]

Come on. I saw, I memorized European Vacation.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, Very funny girl.

[Christina]

Fantastic.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Amy Heckerling directed that one, right? European Vacation.

[Chevy Chase]

Yes, I think you're right. Yeah. Amy Heckerling, she was terrific.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Did a good job.

[Christina]

Yeah. Cuz that, that movie seemed like a really high budget comedy. I remember being like, they went to so many.

[Chevy Chase]

It may well have been. I. I don't know. I mean, the issue with, with directing is put them where. Where the lighting's right. Put them where you've. You've blocked it and let them do their thing. And Amy was that type of director, but so was Michael. And I just forgot Michael's last name. Sagira.

[Tom]

Yeah. Sakura.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Tom]

He was fantastic.

[Chevy Chase]

It doesn't matter.

[Christina]

Oh, yeah. Because Eric Idle was in European Vacation.

[Chevy Chase]

He sure was.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Eric. I love Eric.

[Christina]

You hit him with your car a few times.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I think you're sort of on there. Yeah, right.

[Tom]

Yes.

[Chevy Chase]

Hit him with my car a few times. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Well, I didn't know what lane to drive in, so what the heck?

[Christina]

What's the best.

[Chevy Chase]

No, no, I'm all right, really.

[Christina]

It's just a flesh.

[Chevy Chase]

A broke. Just a flesh wound. Yeah.

[Christina]

Yeah. Okay. Big Ben, Parliament. Was that an improv?

[Chevy Chase]

Just improv. I just. Yeah, because we couldn't get out of. We couldn't get left. As I remember. I literally couldn't get left. So we were in that situation. Yeah. Literally. Because you could. We couldn't direct traffic there to make the Movie. That was the traffic. And I really was caught in that situation. Look, kids. Big Ben, Parliament. Yeah. By the end, it was just nuts.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Tom]

We watched. We've watched these.

[Christina]

Damn it.

[Tom]

So many times.

[Christina]

I know.

[Chevy Chase]

I mean, that's very nice of you. Thank you.

[Tom]

No, I mean, like. Yeah, it's like. Yeah, it's. To me, it's the same. Watching you in these movies growing up especially is. I look at it the same way as, like, I looked at, like, sports heroes. You know what I mean?

[Chevy Chase]

Like.

[Tom]

Like. I'm serious. I really did. Because, like, it's.

[Chevy Chase]

It.

[Tom]

No, because, like, you know, I would watch Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson. You're like, oh, my God, look at these guys. And then you're the same thing to me.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. Michael and I are about the same.

[Tom]

Yeah, you guys are the same.

[Chevy Chase]

Mike Jordan and me.

[Tom]

I think so.

[Chevy Chase]

I like to call him Mikey.

[Tom]

Mikey.

[Chevy Chase]

Mikey Jordan.

[Tom]

Mikey. I'm sure he would take that from you. You're Chevy Chase. Say whatever the you want.

[Chevy Chase]

I know. You know what? He was a little bit like that.

[Tom]

Really?

[Chevy Chase]

With me. Yeah. Yeah.

[Tom]

Of course he admired you.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. It was strange.

[Tom]

Really?

[Chevy Chase]

Of course. How could you admire me and not be amazed that it's Michael Jordan? You know, so is that those things I love.

[Tom]

If you've obviously met, like, so many holy level, very famous people, somebody like that stand out to you as, like.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, a president, for instance. Stands out.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Bill Clinton and I got very close.

[Tom]

Really?

[Chevy Chase]

But Gerald Ford, for instance.

[Christina]

Oh, yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

What a lovely experience that was, actually. I. I was just raking him over the clothes every. Every week and. And loving it. Because I'm a Democrat, he was a Republican, basically. That was the deal. And. But he was so sweet and invited me to the White House and to stay overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom and all of that.

[Christina]

Nowhere. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. I mean that. You meet some pretty terrific people in this business, and. And he was one. I mean, he was a terrible president, so there's no.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

As far as I'm concerned. But otherwise. Otherwise, everything.

[Christina]

Yeah, you. You really. Yeah. You really went hard on him.

[Chevy Chase]

I lambasted him.

[Christina]

That was good.

[Tom]

How was that? What was it like, though, staying at the White. Is that, like, a pretty crazy experience?

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, we've done that. Yeah. It's. It's a. It's a big White House.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I don't know. Got all these huge rooms.

[Christina]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

How about that? Knocking down half of the White House to build a ballroom for.

[Christina]

Yeah. That's bizarre. Why the sleepover? Why. Why do you think they wanted you to do the sleepover at the White House.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, they all like to sleep with me. I don't know.

[Larry]

What do you mean?

[Christina]

I knew it. I knew it. Why the slumber party?

[Chevy Chase]

I think it's a big deal to anybody going there.

[Christina]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

That. To wake up in the morning in the Lincoln Bedroom.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

With, you know, bacon.

[Christina]

Yeah. Did you have a butler and stuff? Like, did they bring you.

[Chevy Chase]

I bring my own butler.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Tom]

That's smart, you know, Efficient.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Now, you. You spent the night there when Gerald Ford was in office, and then in the morning, did you guys, like, see each other in your jammies, like in the hallway?

[Chevy Chase]

No, but we did. I did see him, and he almost fell over once, and I had to save his life. Very funny.

[Liberty Mutual Announcer]

Really?

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. He had to give the secretary. I have to do this thing at his. His little. What do you call it? Podium, whatever. And. And he started falling, and I had reached out and grabbed him. Nothing like he was unable to do. But he's just one of those people who fell down airplane steps.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

And what a great person. Yeah. To have as president.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Don't you wish Trump would fold out a few. Geez.

[Tom]

It's coming. Yeah, it's coming.

[Chevy Chase]

He'll never come up to good old Jerry. Yeah.

[Tom]

Now, I think he's gonna fall pretty soon.

[Chevy Chase]

Some kind of way.

[Tom]

Some kind of way.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, we don't know. Yeah. Yeah.

[Tom]

I don't think it's going to end well.

[Christina]

No.

[Chevy Chase]

Okay, guys, I don't want to be a part of that.

[Tom]

Ah, the. Do you have any stories? Because I have to ask about Carlin or Prior.

[Chevy Chase]

Who?

[Tom]

George Carlin. Richard Pryor.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, Richard, obviously.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

George was our first. I think it was he our first ever.

[Tom]

Yeah, yeah. Host of the show.

[Chevy Chase]

I thought he was funny, but nobody could touch Richard Pryor. I mean, he was the best.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

And Richard and I got along famously. We would. We wrote that thing where I said all the bad words. Yeah. Jungle bunny and things like that. The two of us did that. Wrote it and he just played it so well.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh, fay. You know, say. And then he. Didn't he say. What did he say? That was the last one. He said, dead honk, honky, honky, honky. Dead honking. Yeah. That's just beautiful stuff.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

He was so good.

[Tom]

Legendary sketch.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. I loved it. Yeah.

[Tom]

That's so great, man.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, it was a lot of fun to do that and to be able to do it with somebody who's. First of all, who's black to begin with. And. And, and to end with. But in. In front of a huge national audience. Yeah, yeah. And come up with stuff like that and. And get great accolades for it and stuff. It was great.

[Tom]

I imagine, too, that because of the way television has evolved and like, the fact that you can watch so many different things now, the viewership of the show when you were on there had to have been, like, crazy back in the.

[Chevy Chase]

A little bit.

[Tom]

Right. It had to be.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, wasn't it the beginning of drugs and pretty. I mean, 1980, 82 in that area.

[Tom]

Yeah. But there also wasn't 500 beginning.

[Chevy Chase]

No, no, it wasn't.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

But, yeah, it was a time of amazingness.

[Tom]

Yeah, I'm glad.

[Chevy Chase]

I could say that. A time of amazingness.

[Christina]

But he's right, because millions of people would watch Saturday Night.

[Chevy Chase]

Sure. Yeah.

[Christina]

And it's like, I imagine your life went bananas overnight. Like.

[Chevy Chase]

No, no, no. There were situations where I had to have a bodyguard or whatever, but for the most part, there was one. One situation where I was a little bit taken aback because I'd. I'd go to work. I come back like at two in the morning in my apartment and to my apartment building. And I went in around two and the doorman said, There's a package for you, Mr. Chase. So I saw that there was a package waiting outside the elevator right there in the. But I thought, you know what? There have been threats recently. And I just assumed somebody came in and to check it out. Like, how about the bomb squad? That would be good. And the bomb squad came and the. The bomb squad came in and they. They sort of perused it and looked at it. And then one of them went up and kicked it.

[Christina]

No.

[Chevy Chase]

And backed off like this.

[Tom]

Jesus.

[Chevy Chase]

What if it exploded? Yeah, you wouldn't see him again.

[Tom]

Is that how you guys test bombs?

[Chevy Chase]

That's, that's, that's. That's my. What was my thought exactly? Oh, so that's what you do. You just kick it. But yeah, so that was a pretty funny experience. Of course, it ended up being. I had just had a cold and it ended up being vegetable soup for me.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

From some fan.

[Tom]

But thanks for mailing that.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, thanks a lot.

[Tom]

That's really cool. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I don't know if it was just dropped off or what thought.

[Tom]

I know.

[Christina]

And also, like, would you eat, like, soup just left by a st. No, I wouldn't eat anything. No. I don't need anything people give me.

[Tom]

No.

[Chevy Chase]

Yes, you do. Anyway, you ever get a really good.

[Tom]

Gift from a fan? You ever gotten anything really cool. That you like. From a fan.

[Chevy Chase]

From a fan? Yeah, you know, cold hard cash. Yeah. I don't know. No, I'm trying to think. How about when you. Pajamas. We.

[Tom]

Nice.

[Chevy Chase]

No, we sold the pajamas. That's not true.

[Tom]

Oh, that's okay. Nice pair of pajamas.

[Chevy Chase]

One thing that I did take, you know, they take props and stars.

[Tom]

Yeah, yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Every. Every star takes a prop from this film.

[Tom]

You take PJs. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

So I took the. The dinosaur pajamas from vacation.

[Tom]

Oh, that's awesome.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, we have. We still have those.

[Tom]

What is when you first became six. Oh, that's awesome.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Tom]

When you first became successful, like, you're like, okay, I. I've made it. What is the dumbest shit you've bought? Have you ever bought something really stupid?

[Chevy Chase]

Dumbest what you've bought. That I bought.

[Tom]

Yeah, you know, you got money all of a sudden. Did you buy anything ridiculous?

[Chevy Chase]

I can't remember. Honestly. There was that dog charger. No, just like a wolf made it or something. A wolf coat. How did you know? Loves wolf jacket.

[Christina]

Can they even.

[Chevy Chase]

Do you like wolf trinkets? I love them.

[Tom]

They're my favorite.

[Chevy Chase]

I should have gotten a wolf coat, brought it in. I can't remember. It's been a long time, though. Yeah, like 50 years.

[Tom]

Yeah, that's a long time.

[Christina]

So wait, was the Smothers Brothers your first writing gig?

[Chevy Chase]

No.

[Christina]

What. What. What was your first.

[Chevy Chase]

Pbs. I wrote for the. The Something Time machine on PBS or Channel 13, New York. The great American Dream Machine. It was called. That show I wrote for a few smaller issues. And it just builds up over, you know, they get. You get a. A name for your writing a little bit, which is nice. Yeah, that's what I cared about.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Funny Farm. I love funny lamb fries.

[Chevy Chase]

Lamb fries. I didn't write lamb fries, but I love it, the idea of it. Yeah.

[Tom]

Funny farm.

[Christina]

Yeah, that was a great one.

[Chevy Chase]

Sheep testicles.

[Tom]

Yes.

[Chevy Chase]

Jesus.

[Tom]

I think that even learning that I thought was such a funny. Like, I've never heard anything like that, you know?

[Christina]

No, neither. Neither did I. Or that a guy would eat them.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Knowing I would. Yeah, she's. Well, if they're cooked.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

You know, properly cooked.

[Tom]

Properly cooked, they're fine.

[Christina]

Yeah, your face too, when you eat that last one. And like, you're so proud of yourself.

[Chevy Chase]

You know, I ended up doing a lot in my movies. Yeah. I was just noticing that. The way they play now, spitting out the. Oh, God, the dog peed all over the.

[Christina]

Everybody, sandwiches.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. Vacation sandwich. Yeah, Vacation. Yeah.

[Christina]

Oh, my God. My favorite one is when you go, real tomato ketchup, Eddie.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Real tomato catcher, Betty. Nothing but the best, Clark. How about that? I love that character. Yeah, he's the best Cousin Eddie.

[Tom]

Amazing.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Christina]

He's got a lip fungus. Hasn't been identified yet.

[Tom]

And when he gives them the shoes.

[Chevy Chase]

Better not, Clark. He's got a lip hook. This had been identified. Well, that, that just sort of started with the first movie, and then it just went on. Every time we had something, it'd be, that's so.

[Christina]

Oh, yeah. And then he gives you those shoes.

[Tom]

The shoes. I saw the way you're looking at mine.

[Chevy Chase]

What was that one when he gives.

[Tom]

You his shitty shoes and then you're like, thanks. He's like, that's the other way you were looking at mine.

[Chevy Chase]

Like you admire the way you were admiring my shoes.

[Tom]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

I'm sorry. I had a little bit of a cold.

[Christina]

Such a. Thank you. I know. I have, I had the flu.

[Chevy Chase]

You have hiv. Oh. Thanks a lot for talking to me.

[Christina]

You got it. It's, it's gone.

[Chevy Chase]

I had it, too.

[Christina]

You did? Yeah.

[Tom]

How did, Can I ask, how did the, the documentary come about? Like, when, when did this, like, start becoming a thing that you were gonna to do? The, the, the doc that comes out? January 1st? I'm sure, Jason, you're not.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, it was CNN that came up with it.

[Tom]

They came up with it.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. They. Yeah.

[Tom]

And it's just like a whole recap of, of your.

[Chevy Chase]

I, I, I, I don't really know how to describe it. It, it does recap a lot of, of from the beginning of the. To now.

[Tom]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Of things that I did. I haven't really looked at it carefully, but it's, it's good. Yeah, one, one should watch it if one cares.

[Tom]

Yeah. I mean, I'm gonna watch it.

[Chevy Chase]

Of course you care.

[Tom]

Yeah, of course I care.

[Chevy Chase]

Yes.

[Tom]

Can I ask you so for the, in the. Because when you make movies, where are.

[Chevy Chase]

You looking when you're talking to me?

[Tom]

I looked at the screen to see something. I looked at that screen for a second. I have looked at you.

[Chevy Chase]

Okay, okay, okay.

[Tom]

I have looked at you. I just glided over.

[Christina]

He does the same thing to me. Oh, that's disrespectful.

[Chevy Chase]

You have a camera coming from there, don't you? You cheating. No, it's up here.

[Tom]

I just looked and then I looked over here. Okay, so when you are making these movies, do you ever have the thing. I imagine that when you're making them, you don't know how this is going to turn out. How's it going to go? So was any of the hits ever a huge surprise to you? Were you ever like. Well, we made one, you know, I hope it's good. Was it ever a surprise?

[Chevy Chase]

Well, there haven't been many hits that I've ever. That I've made, so they're all a surprise anyway. Any one of them. I'll take it. Okay. But. And that's the real answer. I mean, of course I'm surprised. You know, the. The Christmas vacation one that we go around and. And show and then I appear and talk. That one just seems to have lasted over 39 years, I think, last 40 years.

[Tom]

It's incredible.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. And so people like that. And I like it too. Yeah, it was a good movie.

[Christina]

Juliet Lewis is in it.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. Juliet's the best love. She was my favorite. Audrey.

[Christina]

Yes.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh, yeah. I mean, nothing against the other Audrey's of. Juliet just has that.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

You know, that look of just sure thing the whole way through. It's excellent acting.

[Tom]

Excellent.

[Chevy Chase]

And then my favorite. My favorite, Rusty was really Anthony Michael hall from the first one. Yeah. Because he was nine years old. And it just all fit good.

[Tom]

Yeah, yeah. Incredible casting.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, yeah, it's good. Good stuff. Yeah.

[Tom]

Really good stuff.

[Christina]

God damn it.

[Tom]

Really good.

[Christina]

Christy Brinkley, Chrissy.

[Chevy Chase]

Good that there's good casting. Yeah. Bam. I mean, Chrissy, beautiful, good friend of mine and Janie's and very sweet, normal girl that hardly get a sense that she was one of the supermodels of all time, but she was that.

[Tom]

That scene in the car. Oh, my God, it's so great.

[Chevy Chase]

I know. Yeah. She's.

[Tom]

You, like, feeling yourself and then having to, like, look over.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh, yeah, right, sure.

[Tom]

It's so well done.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tom]

It's so well done.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah.

[Christina]

Can I talk one more scene with you from European Vacation?

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, sure.

[Christina]

When you take your wife out for French culture, what's that? You guys are in the bar and you're like watching the strippers and you're doing this. What am I doing? You're dancing. You're doing this.

[Tom]

You're dancing as you watch them.

[Christina]

And then Rusty. I don't remember there with a hooker. No. Really? Rusty's behind you and he's with a hooker. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Oh, I think I sort of remember.

[Christina]

She goes, look over there, over there. And you're like, what? Just a kid with a hooker. And then it's Rusty.

[Tom]

It's just a kid with a hooker.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

So good. I don't remember that.

[Christina]

Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

You're dancing.

[Christina]

I'll never forget here.

[Chevy Chase]

What's my take when I see Rusty?

[Christina]

You're.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, at first I do a big take or no.

[Christina]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because you're going to. You go over there and you kill them, you know.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah, yeah. Well, thanks for giving it away.

[Christina]

You got it.

[Tom]

Also want to promote that you have one date left as of the premiere of. Of this episode, An Evening with Chevy Chase. Your. The tour that you've been on. The Last date is December 29th in Richmond, Virginia. You can buy [e-mail] I just want to remind people of that.

[Chevy Chase]

Thank you.

[Tom]

In the Richmond, Virginia area.

[Chevy Chase]

That's true.

[Tom]

Do go to the show December 29th. December 29th. Yeah.

[Chevy Chase]

Are you going to come to the show?

[Tom]

I would love to come to the show.

[Chevy Chase]

Well, you're both invited if you have the time. Okay.

[Tom]

Concert hall.

[Chevy Chase]

Of course. You have great. You'll have great seats.

[Christina]

Oh, my God, that'd be awesome.

[Tom]

Thank you so much.

[Chevy Chase]

No problem.

[Tom]

And then of course, a reminder to Everybody that on January 1st, you can watch I'm Chevy Chase and you're not. The new documentary that is on CNN that tells the. It recaps the whole story of like my life. Yeah, your life. And incredible. The trailer is amazing. I can't wait to see it. It's gonna recap how you, I assume, got into show business and. Yeah, yeah. 50 year career, which is incredible. Yeah, it's amazing, man.

[Chevy Chase]

Yeah. Thank you.

[Tom]

Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

[Christina]

Thanks for making all those movies.

[Chevy Chase]

It's great to meet both of you.

[Tom]

Nice to meet you too.

[Chevy Chase]

You're been so flattering. I. I'm gonna. I'm not gonna live it down.

[Tom]

No, it's, it's. I mean, you really like. We fell in love with comedy and you're a big reason why, man.

[Chevy Chase]

For real. That's very nice.

[Tom]

Very nice.

[Chevy Chase]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[Tom]

Thank you for coming in today.

[Chevy Chase]

We appreciate you very much. You're both very welcome. Thanks for having me.

[Tom]

We'll see you guys next week. Thank you.

[Christina]

Bye, Mommy.

[Chevy Chase]

Hello.

[Christina]

Hey, buddy.

[Chevy Chase]

Just laying there watching an afternoon TV show.

[Tom]

I. I had a. I had a.

[Chevy Chase]

Squirter in bed and got on the. The bed spread, thought I was farting and it kind of came blasting out.

[Tom]

So I got it on the bed.

[Chevy Chase]

Spread and I had to wash the bed spread. I mean, it's spotty, you know, Wasn't tons, but was spotty now. Just a miscalculation on my part.