Overview
- New excerpts from CNN Films’ I’m Chevy Chase and You’re Not show the 82-year-old saying he expected to be onstage at the February SNL 50th anniversary special and calls his omission a mistake.
- Chase questions why Bill Murray appeared in a Weekend Update segment while the segment’s original anchor was not included.
- He says he briefly texted SNL creator Lorne Michaels about the decision before retracting the message.
- Jayni Chase says he was told up to the day of the taping that two possible bits were being weighed before plans were scrapped.
- Michaels says producers considered several versions of Weekend Update and notes an unnamed caution about Chase’s focus, with the documentary set to premiere Jan. 1 on CNN.