Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd Fight Over the Chair | Carson Tonight Show

Original Airdate: 11/29/1985
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[@thegood9]

These two were the kings of my childhood...along with Steve Martin and John Belushi, we just could not get enough. Throw in Richard Pryor and George Carlin, and you have a Quorum.

[@dr.robertmackenzie8498]

I really love these guys…I grew up with their antics and am still laughing thanks to them.

[@yuljohnson6838]

Great interview,just now watched it which was my first time seeing it. Very very interesting to see the easy listening pop star legend Barry manilow sitting along with Chevy chase as they both had the roles as the singer and the actor in the same movie "Foul play ". Chevy and Dan made great appearances together in movies and outside of the movies! Both are comedy gold and will forever be comedy legends for the marvelous work they did in their careers!!!

[@Bertiesghost]

These two made my childhood. Grew up on all their movies.

[@krazeekalvin]

My brother, cousin and I snuck into this movie when we were kids

[@jedijones]

My dad took me to see it when I was 9.

[@patrickprendergast9589]

tell me more

[@tecunumantonatiu4484]

Greatest comedians in their prime!

[@kellymyer5318]

😂😂😂. I have lawyers living downstairs…we just talk on the intercom… 😂 I love all these guys!

[@morbidmanmusic]

@mikedenison Are you hitting on her?

[@ryanellis4474]

Three geniuses I will pray for America. Please pray for me. God Bless you.

[@michaelkupfer3723]

Maybe pray for all people all over the world?

[@ryanellis4474]

​@@michaelkupfer3723 ​ - You cannot pray for people all over the world yourself, Mike? Maybe you should pray for the people on the International Space Station too, Mike. Let's not leave anyone out. Mike, do you believe both in aliens and that they have damnable souls? Well, you had better pray for them too. We would not want to fall short of an exhaustive list here, M-dog. Me oh my! In all of this looking outward, I almost forgot! Pray for yourself too! Hey Mike, make something, create something, and do something. Get off your butt and live a life in the real world that gives back to the world (since you care so much about the whole wide world).

[@algergonzalez]

Brings back Memories for sure.

[@DavidMohr-d7z]

This is so beautiful there arent even words

[@meijer78]

That night had an awesome guest panel. Dan Akroyd, Chevy Chase, Barry Manilow and David Letterman.

[@GooseOD]

That's Ed McMahon

[@meijer78]

@@GooseOD David Letterman came on after the Aykroyd/Chase interview.

[@jerrymarnon41]

❤RFK JR. POTUS 24❤RFK JR. IS FRIENDS WITH DAN AC

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

Aykroyd is such a gem - you can tell he’s kind-hearted and sweet. By contrast, Chevy gives off such an arrogant and obnoxious vibe. Both funny in their own respects, but I’d rather have a drink with Danny any day.

[@dianewinters8628]

Dan's hilarious. He used to show up in our area in disguise. I guess his Dad used to live around here. He'd show up in music events and other tourist attractions. Once in awhile he'd show up on tv or in the paper doing a quick picture & interview.

[@Bootrosgali]

That's Chevys persona , he HAS to ride it. And he takes the opportunity to undercut as much as he can if you look out for it. Don't you understand the audience loves the cocky guy. You *are* American? He was Americas #1 Cocky Asshole. You are out of time context completely and have ZERO perspective and not only that you take the your contemporary social vitrue signalling contextual mindset and project it onto a little bit of mid 80s late evening light entertainment business from 40 years ago. Its completely sad.

[@Astroponicist]

Ever notice that KZbin will say there is more replies than they show.

[@waynej2608]

Oh, hell, yes. Dan is the funnier one, too. Imho. I'd also say he's more versatile than Chase. Chase is more of a one-note performer. Aykroyd is adept at both comedy and drama.

[@VideoAmericanStyle]

@@Bootrosgali nah, there are plenty of accounts of Chevy being an insufferable a-hole off camera, too. He came from an extremely wealthy and emotionally abusive family, which clearly left a few marks on his character. And his comedic style really doesn’t hold up well in retrospect, whereas Dan’s (and many others from his era) does. His career mostly dried up by the mid-90s when the rest of the world decided to move on.

[@johnleaman9899]

I agree, Chevy, while funny, is said by many that in his advanced age, is a legend in his own mind 😅

[@mariarusso1155]

Hi John how are you 😊

[@putinscat1208]

He's old and a bit grumpy. So what!?

[@seansartor]

Those original cast members were the BEST !!!!

[@nathanforester5993]

If the 1991 Dan Aykroyd interview is somewhere, someone should post it. Chevy is such a show-off, obviously loves attention and hogs up the screentime a lot but Dan is underrated, he's very precious and adorable.

[@Y0S3F]

Great example of the lost art of Kibbitzing (Yiddish for witty banter): Dan Akroyd: If you read right to left I get first billing. Johnny Carson: That's right, in the Yiddish newspaper you would be great. Chevy Chase: In fact the film is in Yiddish...

[@walterclark3198]

I grew up on these guys movie's and these two are very funny.

[@otisroseboro5613]

R.I.P To The King of Late Night Johnny Carson, Still Miss You Always

[@TurboLazer007]

My lord they are high as a kite hahah

[@kellymyer5318]

I thought mine was great !! 😂

[@otisroseboro5613]

Chevy Chase & Dan Ackroyd Are The Best 💯 Period

[@Rooster792]

Spies like us is a hilarious movie.

[@jallen4458]

So's Spies Like Us.

[@jedijones]

Chevy stole the show here. I remember as a kid loving his cynical remarks and willingness to be impolite. Rebel comedy!

[@asintonic]

my mom LOVED Chevy, i like Chevy. But i believe Dan is more accomplished.

[@wahid-lg1kk]

Chevy relies on his f'd up personality too much, Dan is actually a good actor. Both are hilarious.

[@christophercremo3020]

Dan is really into the supernatural and aliens.

[@Sailingbill1]

Love the ashtray on the table! Now we are left with being bored to death by PC interview and beer pong.....

[@michaelkupfer3723]

And Johnny died of cancer...

[@gregd2838]

I'm not a big Chevy Chase fan, but Fletch was knee-slapping funny to me.

[@markbirchette8740]

Spies like us is an okay film but no where near Trading Places or Blues Brothers.

[@timorean320]

But Caddyshack is in there, Gunga La Gunga.

[@waynej2608]

@@timorean320 Caddyshack was Chases' sole gem. Having that ensemble cast didn't hurt either, esp Rodney Dangerfield.

[@timorean320]

@@waynej2608 Modern Problems I liked, Fletch not so much, and for me, personally, Bill Murray is a big reason for success, I heard he improvised his whole part.

[@ShaneBro]

Funny movie, Love Dan and Chevy.

[@January.]

HILARIOUS

[@jonnylemons420]

Awesome!

[@tomlichnofsky.7048]

Comedy Legends!! 😊🍁♈🍁

[@brianbullivant1009]

Not quite. Funny, yes. Legends; not even close.

[@debraarnold3703]

Spys is a hilarious movie with this funny duo. Also funny is that people who don't actually know these two in real life considers one to be the "arrogant" one. Whatever.

[@stickitinyourear2011]

The Hate for Chevy is understandable but the man is Gold. I don’t care how big an ass he can be along as he keeps making good movies. Dan is great no question about it and the 2 of them together is platinum.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Many decent comedians come from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 ...we did okay eh

[@mariarusso1155]

Hi Vincent how are you 😊

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

@@mariarusso1155 fine Maria, thank you dear 😘

[@mariarusso1155]

@@MapleSyrupPoet Nice to meet you here Vincent. I am from Minnesota, USA. I hope you don’t mind us talking to know each other. I am looking for a new friend okay 😊

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

@@mariarusso1155 okay Maria 😊

[@mariarusso1155]

@@MapleSyrupPoet thank you Vincent I’m happy😊

[@jollyjakelovell4787]

Maybe the last time Peter Scolari's (RIP) name was given before Tom Hank's own sobriquet.

[@gamernorcal]

The new SNL question - it was going to be one of the best casts in SNL history.

[@jedijones]

No. This was the "troubled" year with Randy Quaid, Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr. and Anthony Michael Hall. They had only been on for about four episodes by this point. Chevy did their second one. By the end of the season, NBC gave Lorne an ultimatum, find a new cast or the show would be cancelled. Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller and Nora Dunn were the only ones from this cast to survive into the next year.

[@EF-fc4du]

This was 85. 86 was when it turned around.

[@drummer7557]

It's a shame kids today will never be exposed to good quality comedy like I did from the 80's (as a kid). Especially GUYS LIKE THIS. Memories. Also most don't find them funny, how unfortunate.

[@pinkrudy]

Dan is amazing but you have to accept he was not leading role leading man material. He was always superb supporting. Chevy was able to be in a lead role and carry the movie.

[@clarkness77]

Dan looks like a young stephen king 😅

[@DoctorRevers]

Good old days.

[@WakaWaka2468]

Chevy Chase. The only man funnier outside his movies.

[@cizia69]

Chevy is synonymous in English to "what happened?"

[@jerrymarnon41]

❤❤❤❤

[@jeshkam]

It's..."Soul Finger" by The Bar-Kays.

[@michaelmohrle1773]

Didn't realize Dan was so tall, he looked it next to 5'7" John Belushi but he's not far off from 6'4" Chevy.

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Daniel Edward Aykroyd (Ottawa, Canadá, 1 de julio de 1952), más conocido como Dan Aykroyd, es un escritor, actor, cómico, cantante y guionista de cine canadiense. Conocido por sus actuaciones en el dúo musical The Blues Brothers (Los hermanos del Blues), junto al comediante estadounidense John Belushi.

[@strangerthangz7]

I never knew Dan was married to Donna Dixon. I just found out that they were married in 1983 and after 39 years of marriage, they separated in 2022. Apparently, it was amicable but I find it kind of sad that after so many years together, they couldn't see it through to the "until death do us part" part.

[@Johnny-s7y]

I knew John’s mother Agnes, such a nice lady she was.

[@quickies9561]

Both a lot thinner lol

[@heatherh.197]

I would love to see Bosom buddies again

[@heatherh.197]

@Danaykroyd-yh9tt 😲 🥰😘

[@steveconn]

Most of Spies Like Us was great; these two should have done more movies together. Dan has a real pride in SNL you can tell. Yiddish newspaper lol

[@atlebakke]

Can't read it so I guess I'll stick with Norms newspaper for the homeless. Every issue, every article is about urine stained matrassses, urine stained pants, it's like an obsession

[@karllager2214]

Nothing but trouble. Cult classic.

[@hannahsdrawings8664]

3:38 xD

[@joeracerable]

What clips why didn't you include the clips?

[@RichieIsRight]

Due to copyright issues with the movie studios they cant show the movie clips or the video would be removed from KZbin

[@evancortez2]

Chevy was so busy talking about himself they forgot to mention the theme song for this movie was sung by Paul McCartney

[@karllager2214]

Who?

[@lastcrazyhorn]

@@karllager2214 one of the surviving Beatles?

[@jedijones]

That's not something they needed to mention. Chevy's banter was much more preferable.

[@ajmackin]

Wasn’t it Johnny who said Chevy Chase 'couldn't ad-lib a fart after a baked-bean dinner' after being told that Chase could replace him as host of the Tonight Show?

[@Bertiesghost]

Chevy had an ill-fated talk show on Fox. It was REALLY bad.

[@lastcrazyhorn]

@@Bertiesghost I read that it was cancelled after 5 weeks.

[@1961rody]

What year was this?

[@tagnut1952]

Nov. 29, 1985

[@bsottile]

I hate these don't have clearance to show the movie clips that guests bring when hyping their projects.

[@FreeBrunoPowroznik]

Then get clearance and post the clip yourself

[@melissapietrok8050]

💜💜💜😊

[@JamesBond-hu9rg]

Jim Balushi was on Saturday Night too

[@January.]

*Belushi

[@jollyjakelovell4787]

@@January. and a plucky little guy some might remember . . . John Belushi

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Cornelius Crane Chase (Woodstock, Nueva York; 8 de octubre de 1943), más conocido como Chevy Chase, es un cómico y actor estadounidense de gran éxito en los años 80.

[@keefriff99]

Just in this short clip, you can see why Chevy has a terrible reputation. He seemed utterly impossible to deal with.

[@danerd8978]

Yeah Dan is human and always has been due to his disability. Chevy's just a dick..

[@woozycoot]

For sure. You can tell he’s not really trying to be comedic. He’s just using that as a mask to look down on Dan and be a snake tongue asshole. Looks like a total narcissist.

[@Odin31b]

Says you..

[@keefriff99]

@@ahsatan8997 He was hilarious! I’m just saying it’s obvious why he made lots of enemies over the years.

[@jeshkam]

Coke.

[@waylinvanhalen]

Fkn right.

[@Soh-Crates]

Comedy is subjective. I think Chevy is funny. He playing a character. Many are letting the opinions of others dictate their own and thus read into this something that may not be there

[@MS-xn9yl]

Dan ended up with Donna Dixon..Chevy can have first billing.

[@EvilestGem]

I know Chevy is arrogant etc etc but I think I/we misinterpreted his joke about Dan's wife (saying she was ugly) because in actual fact she's a very attractive woman so I think Chevy was playing on that. I could be wrong though!

[@roybal1975]

IT'S A DAMN SHAME YOU DO NOT INCLUDE THE MOVIE CLIPS VERY DISAPOINTING🤨

[@gwarlow]

Copyright issues prevent clips from being shown. Sadly.

[@waynej2608]

@@gwarlow Yeah, they wouldn't want anyone cutting into the largesse that is Spies Like Us money...

[@annstuart2947]

When comedy was actually funny.

[@Bri5150]

Chevy is completely self-centered.

[@joeracerable]

Copyright B.S. that’s all that is

[@johvasquez2320]

Hello good morning breakfast at 700 .today Saturday in the downstairs oatmeal and oenut butter.

[@1961rody]

Today is February 6th 2023.

[@waynewaterman556]

No it's not....

[@mariarusso1155]

Hi Rody how are you 😊

[@leonardstilwell1894]

What was it Carson said about Chase? He couldn't adlib a fart after a baked bean dinner? He just seems so painfully uncomfortable. All he can do is bite and snipe, even if it is in jest. He's only funny in his movies.

[@mariarusso1155]

Hi Leonard how are you 😊

[@COLETHORN10]

Belushi was better than both of them combined.

[@colecovw.2171]

And now SNL has turned to 💩

[@5400bowen]

Chase is one of the least funny people ever.

[@psterud]

Chevy is kind of a jerk here.

[@chrispoole439]

They both made the mistake of starring in Caddyshack 2 and "Nothing But Trouble." Some of the worst movies ever made. Chevy Chase has always been prone to making terrible career decisions.

[@patrickalcatraz8146]

Boring.

[@adams8132]

Akroyd developed fantastic characters and was genuinely funny. Chase could be occasionally funny but is by many accounts a monstrous asshole to people that have worked around him on different sets.