AHC: Chevy Chase has a better career

Inspired by the Eddie Murphy thread, how would you improve Chevy Chase's career? He's had a long career, but his movies have been inconsistent, from excellent ones (fletch, the vacation series) to mediocre (fletch lives) to awful (cops and robbersons). Unfortunately, too many people only remember the bad films and unfortunately base his career on that (community did give him a brief comeback, but since he's leaving the show i dont know how long it'll last). So is there any way you could prevent him from doing the flop movies and keeping his career afloat?
 
If the Fletch sequel is one of Gregory MacDonald's books -- and not an "original" script that's more L'il Abner than Fletch -- you might see a viable Fletch franchise, with Chevy Chase entrenched as an action/comedic hero... just like Eddie Murphy.
 
Chevy Chase actually has to demonstrate he gives a crap about working on his career. He comes across as not terribly interested in making an effort. IMHO.
 
Change His Personality!

Chevy Chase has been his own worse enemy when it comes to his career. He got his start on TV and then bashed it ironically on TV. He just dropped out of a semi popular series and part of the cortical below from the Huffington Post

"Chase has spent much of the last six months shitting on the show. Two months ago, he ripped it during an interview with the Huffington Post U.K., saying, among other things, that it's boring to watch and, as a sitcom, part of the lowest form of television.

Well, I have to say that one of the things that bothers me about our show is that it is placed in that study room all the time, with the same light, the same color - that's not interesting to see a lot. It's just joke after joke after joke around that table.
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The hours are hideous, and it's still a sitcom on television, which is probably the lowest form of television."

Since the National Lampoon Vacation movies I don't care to see him in anything. IMHO his is a arrogant Jerk.:mad:
 
In the early period of SNL's development, before Chase becomes a star, Chase is convinced to sign a longer term contract than he historically did. Consequently he does not leave the show for several years. As a further consequence Bill Murray is never brought on to replace him. When Chase does leave the show, in addition to the roles he was cast in historically, he receives many of the roles that would have gone to Bill Murray. Therefore he has a more successful career. Eventually, his personality would out, given that almost everyone in the industry dislikes him, but a slightly more successful career is not out of the question in his late 1970's and 1980's heighday.
 
I cant see Chevy fitting into any of Murray's film roles. Murray had that easygoing, laid back, feel to most of his characters (at least in his 80s/90s films) while a good chunk of Chevy's film work (some, not all mind you) had him as a klutzy goofball. Even if he did get cast it would totally change the feel of films like Ghostbusters, Stripes, and Scrooged, just for a couple examples. Also, how would this scenario affect Caddyshack which had both Chase and Murray?
 
In the early period of SNL's development, before Chase becomes a star, Chase is convinced to sign a longer term contract than he historically did. Consequently he does not leave the show for several years. As a further consequence Bill Murray is never brought on to replace him. When Chase does leave the show, in addition to the roles he was cast in historically, he receives many of the roles that would have gone to Bill Murray. Therefore he has a more successful career. Eventually, his personality would out, given that almost everyone in the industry dislikes him, but a slightly more successful career is not out of the question in his late 1970's and 1980's heighday.

You don't even need that. The reason he left SNL was to move to be with a girl he loved. That was a relationship that lasted a very, very, very short time but totally altered his career. Just have it not occur or have it obviously deteriorate early, and Chase stays.
 
You don't even need that. The reason he left SNL was to move to be with a girl he loved. That was a relationship that lasted a very, very, very short time but totally altered his career. Just have it not occur or have it obviously deteriorate early, and Chase stays.

I had not heard that. I had thought his departure had to do with his status as breakout star of the show. I thought that Chase thought he was too big to stay on, and that he should not restrict himself from career opportunities for the sake of the show. Hence why I thought that he would have remained only if contractually obligated to do so.
 
In the early period of SNL's development, before Chase becomes a star, Chase is convinced to sign a longer term contract than he historically did. Consequently he does not leave the show for several years. As a further consequence Bill Murray is never brought on to replace him. When Chase does leave the show, in addition to the roles he was cast in historically, he receives many of the roles that would have gone to Bill Murray. Therefore he has a more successful career. Eventually, his personality would out, given that almost everyone in the industry dislikes him, but a slightly more successful career is not out of the question in his late 1970's and 1980's heighday.

Speaking of SNL. It seems to me that SNL was kind of Hollywoods farm league in the 70ths and 80ths that future stars could train their skills before beeing ready for big blockbusters
 
Here's a thing about Chase staying with SNL we really should discuss more: you butterfly away Bill Murray's career, as has been said before. Or, if not, you delay it. Maybe he can get on SNL in the 80s or whenever Chevy finally decides to leave. That's a very big thing entertainment alternate history.

It's an interesting thought if Murray gets on SNL, but it comes in the 80s. There's two realities you'd have: one where Al Franken succeeds Lorne Michaels as Executive Producer, which was the original plan, or one where SNL in the 80s kicked off as it did in the OTL, where Franken pissed off the network management as he did, and the show started off as an absolute disaster on the verge of cancellation under the new Executive Producer. The former would be a great situation for Murray, the latter I think would be possibly (though not necessarily) a disaster.
 
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