Production Staff
Chase co-founded the underground comedy ensemble Channel One in 1967. He wrote for Mad magazine in 1970 and was a writer for the Smothers Brothers television comeback in 1975. In 1973, he became a writer and cast member of The National Lampoon Radio Hour and appeared in the off-Broadway revue Lemmings. He appeared in the film The Groove Tube (1974).
Chase was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1976, serving as the first anchor of the “Weekend Update” segment. He hosted Saturday Night Live multiple times between 1978 and 1997 and appeared in anniversary specials in ... read more
Bookwriter
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Awards and Nominations
1973 Obie Awards
Distinguished Performances: Alice Playten won.
