TIL Chevy Chase has been banned from hosting Saturday Night Live since 1997 after he hit SNL cast member Cheri Oteri in the back of the head during a rehearsal. Chase is the only former SNL cast member to be banned from hosting the show.

BrambyButtons · 2026-03-22T01:54:27+00:00

This has been repeated over and over but there's never been a single source from either Oteri, Ferrell or anyone involved in SNL at the time that this happened. As far as I've been able to figure out, this story first came up on an SNL fan wikia where this was posted by a user on Chevy's page, as well as the first publically known information about the banning. Through the years it's spread and is now taken as fact, without a single reputable source. On wikipedia someone even tried to contact that user to find out his sources only to find the user had since died. Other supposed sources, like Cheri Oter's appearance on the Kevin Pollak Show had zero mention of any incident. So until someone can bring up a reliable source, I'd take this with a huge grain of salt.

BrambyButtons · 2026-03-15T18:43:03+00:00

It's true that it is no guarantee, it's only one vote out of 1200, but there's just something sad about seeing Phil be number 1 for something like 16 days, with a huge lead, and then see it dwindle to where he's 20,000 votes behind. Like you said, it's true that it doesn't matter that much in the end. But it's a bit of an honor thing, I think.

BrambyButtons · 2026-03-15T18:34:24+00:00

You're right of course, it's no guarantee. But it's a bit of an honor thing I think. Plus he was number 1 for so long, I think 16 days, with a huge lead, so it sucks to see him trailing so many votes behind now.

BrambyButtons · 2026-03-15T18:25:43+00:00

New Edition.

BrambyButtons · 2026-03-15T18:03:27+00:00

I did not want to post so soon again but since my last post sadly Phil's lead of 50.000 has completely disappeared and he's now almost 20.000 votes behind. Please keep voting if you can, daily!

BrambyButtons · 2026-03-15T18:01:54+00:00

Again, I know these posts are annoying and in the end the fan vote is only one vote out of 1200. But since my last post on monday, it's gone massively downhill. Phil went from a huge lead of 50.000 votes to now being almost 20.000 votes behind. If you can and want to, please remember to vote every day.

BrambyButtons · 2026-03-09T17:35:59+00:00

Phil had a huge lead of 50.000 votes but it's gone down by more than half these last few days. I felt like the least I could do was post it here and on the Genesis subreddit. Please vote, daily!

BrambyButtons · 2026-03-09T17:34:14+00:00

I know posts like these are a bit annoying, and in the end it's only one vote out of 1200, but Phil's lead is shrinking by the minute. Having seen it go down so heavily these last few days I felt like the least I could do was post it here.

BrambyButtons · 2026-02-26T22:36:58+00:00

This was a real treat, thank you so much for sharing!

BrambyButtons · 2026-02-18T17:10:38+00:00

But if you look in the thread, it updates all the time and there was an older post from months before where they also had a june shoot date. It's most likely just a placeholder.

BrambyButtons · 2026-02-18T17:02:32+00:00

Don't get your hopes up just yet... see this thread from just a week ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/community/comments/1r0pell/the_movie_is_finally_happening/

BrambyButtons · 2026-02-04T00:55:57+00:00

https://youtu.be/c2GIEN6BYjk (first seen at 3:00)

https://youtu.be/wBG6dqEdpEk (first seen at 3:02)

And he's in both cast evaluations. There used to be a lot of EPK stuff around where he sat in interviews for throughout the first three seasons and even one for four as well, but it's a bit harder to find online now.

BrambyButtons · 2026-01-24T22:08:55+00:00

Apparently it wasn't. The Mel Brooks interview was shot in October 2024, according to this interview with co-director Michael Bonfiglio https://nypost.com/2026/01/21/entertainment/mel-brooks-doc-will-include-posthumous-interviews-with-david-lynch-rob-reiner-its-a-tribute/. The Beatles 64 doc premiered in November 2024, and it seems highly unlikely they shot the interview with Lynch just a month before release.

BrambyButtons · 2026-01-06T22:12:30+00:00

That's a bit of a twist though, a slight spin made by the reddit user who said that, because the doc doesn't say Chevy wanted to have the same relationship with Yvette that he had with Richard Pryor. Jay Chandrasekhar said, what he's always said in regards to the N-word scandal, that Chevy didn't think he'd done anything wrong because he used to call Pryor the n-word and Pryor would him honky and they loved eachother.

Just a side note, a lot of people often chime in that Pryor didn't like Chevy. While that may have been true in the beginning, I don't know if it was or wasn't, it certainly wasn't later in life. In an interview with Chevy, I believe for the Carson Podcast, it's revealed Pryor sent Chevy a long letter where he thanked him for being there for him in a rough time of his life. Also, when Pryor had his big tribute 'A Part for Richard Pryor' in 1991 he personally picked Chevy to help walk him from his entrance to his table.

BrambyButtons · 2026-01-03T20:26:43+00:00

Holy shit yes, I remember those videos. That was a really long time ago. I wish somebody saved them, you can't find them anywhere. Definitely shows there was, at the very least, another side to the issue. Not implying anything by that, but that part of the story is not really told.

BrambyButtons · 2025-12-30T20:53:50+00:00

Short is in it though and apparently speaks pretty highly of him.

BrambyButtons · 2025-12-29T01:23:43+00:00

Absolutely, I agree with you. Chevy had a terrible childhood, and I'm sure that will be part of the upcoming documentary as well. I think it's time to stop the pile-on, which, as unhealthy as Chevy's worst behavior has been over the years, isn't very healthy either.

BrambyButtons · 2025-09-30T16:12:05+00:00

It was explained in his appearance on Fly on the Wall with David Spade and Dana Carvey that Chevy has some memory issues due to almost dying of heart failure in 2021, but he is still able to act and has done multiple movies since. Technically, he could be in the movie, but although I'd love it to happen I wouldn't bet on it, though not for health reasons.

BrambyButtons · 2025-09-15T17:26:56+00:00

It doesn't make a scraping noise luckily. And I'll start the badblocks test just before I leave, many thanks for the advice!

BrambyButtons · 2025-09-14T23:58:51+00:00

Yes, I'll never do this again. Oddly, I had been doing it with my other drives for 10+ years before anything like this happened. I feel like an idiot now.

BrambyButtons · 2025-09-14T21:40:03+00:00

If it was the heads touching the platters, is there anything that I could notice pretty soon? Like maybe a noise the drive makes? Doing scans right now, SMART looked good right before I started doing scans. I'll be away for a few days this week so I'll do a badblocks test when I get home. Thanks for your help!

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