Chevy Chase Watched ‘Saturday Night’ And Had The ‘Roughest’ Review For Its Director

LOADING ERROR LOADING Chevy Chase watched “Saturday Night” — a biographical comedy-drama on the 1975 series premiere of “Saturday Night Live” — and the OG cast member of the NBC comedy sketch show shared the “roughest” feedback imaginable to the film’s director Jason Reitman. Appearing on last week’s episode of the “Fly on the Wall” podcast hosted by “SNL” alums Dana Carvey and David Spade, Reitman noted that he grew up with Chase’s children and described him as one of the “funniest Americans ever created” before he spilled on the comedian’s initial review. The hosts got a kick out of Chase’s take as Spade described it as an “exact Chevy thing” and declared that “you couldn’t even write” a better response. “But this man played such a huge part in me wanting to be a performer and loving movies, so it was an honor to play him.” Reitman told the “Fly on the Wall” podcast that he was trying to “balance” the review in his head because he knew he got his “own Chevy Chase moment that’s 1,000% only for me right now.” “And from a comedy point of view that’s really pure, and that’s kind of cool,” he continued.