52 Films by Women Vol 9. 47a. I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not (Director: Marina Zenovich)
Pictured : 'You're not bright enough. How's that?' Comedian Chevy Chase questions director Marina Zenovich 's ability to explain his contrariness in the documentary, ' I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not '. Still courtesy of CNN Films (US). American comedian Chevy Chase has some explaining to do. Fired in 2021 from the television comedy show, Community , for uttering a racial slur, he was pointedly omitted in 2025 from appearing the 50 th Anniversary Special of Saturday Night Live , the television show on which he made his name, and for which he picked up an Emmy, naturally falling over on his way to the podium. Chase is a snarky Marmite comedian – you hate him, you hate him a lot – who draws crowds every holiday season at screenings of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation , the third in a series in which he appears as Clark Griswold, a hapless family man. It is regarded by some viewers as a classic, in a similar way that The Greasy Strangler is held...