Early Access: The Chevy Chase Defense
Added 2026-02-08 19:04:57 +0000 UTC
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The documentary was okay. Way too many cutaways for my liking (the Ryan Reynolds interlude made my skin blotch out in hives!), though I concur that Jay Chandrasekhar seems like a genuine guy and in many ways, was the highlight of the film. The viral clip that has gone about... I do wonder... When I saw it before watching the full doc, I thought "okay, what did she say to him to get that sort of response?". I assumed that there would be some build up to that moment in the film, but it appears the same way it appeared virally. It was like she was purposely poking someone that is well known for having a short fuse. It's dishonest and unfair to totally write Chevy off based on that one moment. The Terry Sweeney story is a bit more difficult to shrug off. I think Chevy probably was quite unpleasant to him, but challenging an old man who suffers from memory loss is a pretty low move on the documentarian's part and again, just seems like they were just trying to get a reaction out of him for the sake of it. We all know that he's kind of an asshole, but the deliberate attempts to make him look even worse, just made me sympathise with him more.
Brad Surfield
2026-02-12 17:49:15 +0000 UTCI would love to see a patreon exclusive weekend update hosted by Ryan!
Spect Serg
2026-02-12 01:52:42 +0000 UTCYeah, I still love Chevy. Couldn't care less if he's supposedly a prick. The guy's an icon. Joe. Would you consider talking about either Shakes The Clown, or Airheads some time? They're both a couple of hugely underrated '90s comedies
Simple Jacker
2026-02-12 01:14:51 +0000 UTCWill do!
A.W.
2026-02-11 04:40:56 +0000 UTCI alost forgot! Joe, ask Pat his Dan Aykroyd story when he was a page
Jason Patterson
2026-02-11 00:51:30 +0000 UTCImho SNL ---- which has always been hit or miss, since the beginning ---- is still hit or miss though I like some of the newer cast members and think it's been more hit than miss recently. As for "The Simpsons": it was great the first 7 or 8 seasons then became near unwatchable but they brought new writers over the last couple of seasons and it's very good again imho.
John-Paul
2026-02-10 08:37:50 +0000 UTCI know it’s a long shot but would love you to interview Aykroyd someday. I feel like if anyone could get stories about Nothing but Trouble it would you guys!
Heath Chamerski
2026-02-10 07:12:28 +0000 UTCYea, I’d be open to that!
A.W.
2026-02-08 20:30:34 +0000 UTCIt was counter culture and now is culture perfectly describes why the simpsons fell to shit as well.
Luke Gordnier
2026-02-08 20:26:13 +0000 UTC"Don't blame Kevin Smith" is a sentence I'd never thought Ryan could say
Nate Gonzales
2026-02-08 20:01:30 +0000 UTCCould you guys do a whole episode about your sketch comedy days? I’m a guy in my early 20s in film school also with sketch comedy ambitions and I’d like to get some advice from you cool cats.
Lonnie Geraghty
2026-02-08 19:32:28 +0000 UTCThis is why I stay subscribed to you guys. It’s nice to see a film podcast take the piss on Hollywood as opposed to kissing its ass.
Joe's Music Hub
2026-02-08 19:27:30 +0000 UTCWow for the first time in the history of the show, Ryan will not be attacked for daring to besmirched a popular comedy that a lot of people like unless there’s crazy people out there to defend the later seasons of community.
Luke Gordnier
2026-02-08 19:15:11 +0000 UTC
