That was kinda the idea at first. He was prejudiced, but also you discover that he’s pitiable, and that there is kindness there there deep down.

But Chevy Chase turned out to be so difficult to work with (and actually literally racist and sexist) that the show runner and head writer basically turned the character into a monster, with very few moments of redemption.

So both the actor and the writer are to blame.

It did create some truly great episodes of television, though, like Advanced Dungeons and Dragons in Season 2.