More Times Chevy Chase Was a Jerk, According to Steve Martin and Martin Short

1 Chevy Is a Jerk to Charlton Heston

“Here's a Chevy story,” begins Short. “This is 1989 and it's the AFI tribute to Gregory Peck,” the beloved star of Roman Holiday and To Kill A Mockingbird. “We're all excited and my wife Nancy and I go with the Chases. And at one point, Charlton Heston gets up and says, ‘I guess you could say, Greg, that I've been one lucky guy.’”

“And Chevy without looking up from his steak screams, ‘I'll say!’” 

Heston, understandably, was thrown by the interruption, looking around to see who was roasting him during a speech to honor a Hollywood legend. Chase, enjoying his filet, never let on.

2 Chevy Is a Jerk to Bryant Gumbel

“When we were promoting Three Amigos, we were on The Today Show,” remembered Short. “Bryant Gumbel said to Steve, ‘Now what would you say if people say this film is just silly?’”

“And Chevy says, ‘Oh, by the way, I make six million dollars a movie,’” laughed Martin. 

Short chimed in with the rest of Chase’s response: “‘I could buy and sell this place.’” 

Charming! 

3 Chevy Is a Christmas Jerk

Martin offered a third Chase story with a holiday theme. “Marty used to throw an annual Christmas party at his house,” he said. Short would “invite all his friends and the deal was that everybody had to get up and do something. And people would prepare, they wouldn't prepare, they'd sing a song.” 

Martin confessed that he’d worked on a banjo song for months to prepare for that night. “Auld Lang Syne, as a matter of fact. I worked on it for a year. Chevy was there and I knew he had nothing. So I do my thing then they call Chevy up.”

Time to spread a little Christmas cheer? Not our Chevy. “He starts off like this: ‘You have to forgive me.’ And I know he's ad-libbing this. ‘You have to forgive me. I'm a little depressed tonight because I lost my entire family.’”

“‘Who would have thought a plane would land on a boat?’”

Happy holidays, everyone!