Download or read book I m Chevy Chase and You re Not written by Rena Fruchter and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chevy Chase is a much-loved Hollywood star. His success as a writer and actor on Saturday Night Live in the 70s made him a household name. It had been a long, hard route to the top for Chevy. Behind the fame lay a childhood riddled with abuse. But his remarkable strength and determination helped him rise above it and find his talent as an actor, writer, comedian, and musician. Best known for his role in the National Lampoon Vacation series Chevy has starred in some of the greatest comedies of our time. His latest film, Funny Money, received critical acclaim at the Sarasota Film Festival. Now, for the first time, Chevy speaks openly and candidly about his career, his personal struggle with drugs, his friendship with three American Presidents, and his family life. Honest, funny and informative, this is the complex and fascinating world of Chevy Chase.
Download or read book Bethesda and Chevy Chase written by Steve Roberts and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Uncle Tom's Cabin to modern suburbia, journalist and writer Steve Roberts delatils the story of two vibrant communities. When Washington became the nation's capital in 1790, the surrounding area to the northwest - the communities known today as Bethesda and Chevy Chase - was devoted almost entirely to agriculture. Many farms were worked by slaves, and one of them, Josiah Henson, escaped to Canada and wrote his life story in 1849. Harriet Beecher Stowe based her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin on Henson's life, and the model for that famous dwelling still stands in Bethesda today. The transition of the region to modern suburbia started with a simple innovation: the trolley. Once lines were built in the 1890s, government employees could live outside the city and commute to work. But, the neighboring towns developed along different lines. Bethesda became a bustling commercial center, while Chevy Chase was created as a planned community featuring elegant homes and country clubs. Even though both border the capital, this book demonstrates how each community has a vibrant heritage and distinct identity of its own.
Download or read book Wild and Crazy Guys written by Nick de Semlyen and published by Picador. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wild and Crazy Guys is the larger-than-life story of the much-loved Hollywood comedy stars that ruled the 1980s. As well as delving behind the scenes of classic movies such as Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, The Blues Brothers, Trading Places and dozens more, it chronicles the off-screen, larger-than-life antics of Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, John Candy et al. It’s got drugs, sex, punch-ups, webbed toes and Bill Murray being pushed into a swimming pool by Hunter S Thompson, while tied to a lawn chair. It’s akin to Peter Biskind’s Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, following the key players through their highs and lows, and their often turbulent relationships with each other. Nick de Semlyen has already interviewed pretty much all the big names for Empire, as well as directors such as Walter Hill, John Landis and Carl Reiner, and is sitting on lots of unseen material. Taking you on a trip through the tumultous ’80s, Wild And Crazy Guys explores the friendships, feuds, triumphs and disasters experienced by these iconic funnymen. Based on candid interviews from the stars themselves, as well as those who entered their orbit, it reveals the hidden history behind the most fertile period ever for screen comedy.
Download or read book Thanks for the Money written by Joel McHale and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From actor and comedian Joel McHale comes the most important celebrity-penned book of this, or any, generation. Part shocking tell-all memoir, part aspirational how-to guide, and mostly all book, this one-of-a-kind tome is required reading for anyone who enjoys Hollywood gossip, get-rich-gradually tips, and copious illustrations and charts. “…Thanks for the Money is a clever, much-needed antidote to the age of celebrity book deals. If the tide can’t be stopped, at least it can be mocked.”—EW.com Joel McHale pulls back the curtain on his personal journey to stardom! Here, for the first time, Joel reveals all that has molded him into the acclaimed comic actor he is today: a love of performance, a series of boyhood head injuries, and most importantly, a passion for financial compensation and free shoes. It’s all here: Joel’s career trials and tribulations, his criminal trials and tribulations, and an honest, unflinching list of all the people he’s been paid money to make out with, on camera. But the book does not stop there! Because if you want wealth, fame, and cost-free footwear, Joel will share every vital tip he has learned: an insanely low-carb diet plan, how to escape from a certain pseudo-religious celebrity cult, and more! How can you unlock the power of the Joel McHale who lurks inside? What happened when Joel fought his Community co-star Chevy Chase? And hey, while we’re at it, what’s up with Joel’s hair—really? All will be revealed, within the pages of Thanks for the Money. Buy now, and receive—as a special bonus—an email receipt that details your purchase!
Download or read book The Hunting of Chevy Chase Etc written by Chevy Chase and published by . This book was released on 1832 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Famous and Memorable History of Chevy Chase written by Chevy Chase and published by . This book was released on 180? with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fletch written by Gregory Mcdonald and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fletch, investigative reporter extraordinaire, can't be bothered with deadlines or expense-account budgets when it comes to getting his story. Working undercover at the beach to dig up a drug-trafficking scheme for his next blockbuster piece, Fletch is invited into a much deeper narrative. Alan Stanwyk, CEO of Collins Aviation and all-around family man, mistakes the reporter for a strung-out vagabond and asks him for a favor: kill him and escape to Brazil with $50,000. Intrigued, Fletch can't help but dig into this suspicious deal he's being offered. Dodging the shady beach police as his case begins to break open, and with his temperamental editor Clara pushing for his article, he soon discovers that Stanwyk has a lot to hide and this plan is anything but what it seems.
Download or read book Saturday Night Live Hollywood Comedy and American Culture written by J. Whalley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saturday Night Live, Hollywood Comedy, and American Culture sheds new light on the ways in which Saturday Night Live s confrontational, boundary-pushing approach spilled over into film production, contributing to some of the biggest hits in Hollywood history, such as National Lampoon s Animal House, Ghostbusters, and Beverly Hills Cop. Jim Whalley also considers how SNL has adapted to meet the needs of subsequent generations, launching the film careers of Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell and others in the process. Supported by extensive archival research, some of Hollywood s most popular comedians are placed into the contexts of film and television comic traditions and social and cultural trends in American life.
Download or read book Chevy Chase Eng Lat written by CHEVY CHASE. and published by . This book was released on 1776 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fletch Won written by Gregory Mcdonald and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Irwin Maurice Fletcher, a.k.a. Fletch, the eager and inventive new reporter for the News-Tribune, is having a hard time finding his place at the newspaper. After a few "mishaps" writing questionable headlines and creatively worded obituaries, Managing Editor Frank Jaffe appoints Fletch to the society pages, where he's assigned to cover a generous yet surprising donation to an art museum from a high-powered defense attorney. But before he can secure an interview, the attorney is shot dead in the newspaper's parking lot, no witnesses in sight. To Fletch's chagrin, the story is reassigned to the boorish lead investigative reporter Biff Wilson, and he's placed on a seemingly unrelated story, some society pages fluff piece about an all-women-trainers health club that's rumored to offer a lot of "extras." Undeterred by Biff's threatening nature and determined to dig up the dirt on both stories, Fletch collects a cast of engaging characters and strings together the scandalous clues that lead to an eventful and unexpected conclusion.
Download or read book Satire The State written by Matt Fotis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satire & The State focuses on performance-based satire, most often seen in sketch comedy, from 1960 to the present, and explores how sketch comedy has shaped the way Americans view the president and themselves. Numerous sketch comedy portrayals of presidents that have seeped into the American consciousness – Chevy Chase’s Gerald Ford, Dana Carvey’s George H.W. Bush, and Will Ferrell’s George W. Bush all worked to shape the actual politician’s public persona. The book analyzes these sketches and many others, illustrating how comedy is at the heart of the health and function of American democracy. At its best, satire aimed at the presidency can work as a populist check on executive power, becoming one of the most important weapons for everyday Americans against tyranny and political corruption. At its worst, satire can reflect and promote racism, misogyny, and homophobia in America. Written for students of Theatre, Performance, Political Science, and Media Studies courses, as well as readers with an interest in political comedy, Satire & The State offers a deeper understanding of the relationship between comedy and the presidency, and the ways in which satire becomes a window into the culture, principles, and beliefs of a country.
Download or read book The Chevy Chase Club Chevy Chase Maryland written by Chevy Chase Club (Chevy Chase, Md.) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chevy Chase Club written by Chevy Chase club, Chevy Chase, Md and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Chevy Chase Inn written by Sarah Razor and published by . This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s easy to overlook the Chevy Chase Inn as just another dive bar. The non-descript, dark bar has sat largely unchanged in the Chevy Chase neighborhood since opening in an old shotgun-style farmhouse after Prohibition ended. But it’s staying power doesn’t come from aesthetics; it comes from authenticity. The Chevy Chase Inn follows no trends, maintaining the same easy-going, no frills atmosphere that has given it eighty years of staying power that most bars can only dream of. The bar attracts a strange mix of tolerant clientele whose loyaly to the bar serves as the common denominator. Sometimes called CCI or simply the Inn, it is the watering hole for judges, felons, college students, musicians, the poor, the wealthy and an occasional horse on the Fourth of July. Retirees, twenty- and thirty-somethings, business types, drunken types, politicians, attorneys and others with questionable character have always been welcome at this social and political hub. Through a collection of newspaper articles, interviews and stories told over beer, this book is a tribute to the bar’s place in Lexington’s history. Come check into the Inn.
Download or read book Funny Farm written by Jay Cronley and published by Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Farmers quit their jobs and move from New York City out to the country. But they have to share their rural paradise with wacky locals, marauding water snakes, and more hilarious gags and mishaps than they can shake a stick at... "Uprorious . . . Uttlerly absurd . . . Wonderfully endearing." - The New York Times Book Review "Ridiculous, implausible, bonehead dumb, and laught-out-loud funny throughout" - Playboy This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a paperback (ISBN 1635618193). Another Jay Cronley title you're sure to enjoy is Good Vibes, all about a very crazy day at the races, available from Echo Point Books in hardcover (1648371833) and paperback (1635618207).
Download or read book Live From New York written by Tom Shales and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales's definitive oral history of Saturday Night Live, hailed as "incredible" (Vulture) and "required reading" (People). When first published to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, Live from New York was immediately proclaimed the best book ever produced on the landmark and legendary late-night show. In their own words, unfiltered and uncensored, a dazzling galaxy of trail-blazing talents recalled three turbulent decades of on-camera antics and off-camera escapades. Now decades have passed, and bestselling authors James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales have returned to Studio 8H. Over more than 100 pages of new material, they raucously and revealingly take the SNL story up to the present, adding a constellation of iconic new stars, surprises, and controversies.
Download or read book The Famous and Memorable History of the Battle on Chevy Chase written by CHEVY CHASE. and published by . This book was released on 1805 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
