Chevy Chase – Around the World in 80s Movies Podcast

Fletch Lives (1989) | Michael Ritchie

November 8, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

Fletch (Chevy Chase) quits his job as an investigative reporter when he learns he has inherited his aunt’s expansive plantation estate in Louisiana called Belle Isle. Unfortunately, he arrives to find that the property is completely run down through many years of lack of upkeep, though there are offers for the land from mysterious sources. […]

Fletch (1985) | Michael Ritchie

November 2, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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Chevy Chase plays a Los Angeles Times investigative reporter named Irwin M. Fletcher (he prefers to be called by his nickname, “Fletch”) under the pseudonym of Jane Doe. While working undercover trying to uncover the secret to a major beachside drug ring, Fletch is approached by a wealthy businessman named Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson) who […]

Spies Like Us (1985) | John Landis

October 12, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The plot of Spies Like Us involves the two most inept, low-level U.S. intelligence agents they could find to go on a mission as expendable decoys for the real agents. Emmett Fitz-Hume (Chevy Chase) and Austin Millbarge (Dan Aykroyd) were scouted by the CIA after cheating on their advanced placement exams, with a mission that sees […]

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) | Jeremiah S. Chechik

December 22, 2017April 16, 2019 qwipster Comment is Closed

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The third in National Lampoon’s Vacation series, Christmas Vacation has gone on from being a minor blip to a holiday favorite for many families over the years. Chevy Chase at his most slapstick-y sets the formula for many dysfunctional Christmas comedies to follow. John Hughes scripts.