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CHEVY CHASE NATIONAL HUMOR TEST, THE

Air Date/Released Thursday, May 10, 1979
Station/Studio NBC
Host/Star Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase examines the funny bone of America with sketches and a national humor test panel game show.

In a sketch, Chase visits the First National Funny Bank which is competitive by providing its customers with a sense of humor. The bank manager (Harry Shearer) takes Chevy on a tour, including its checking department...
Bank Manager: Chevy, personalized checks are another area where we’ve put kind of a humorous end on things.
Check Manager: We have a very nice selection of illustrations. We have the “Pinky Lee,” that’s very popular. And we have “The Three Stooges” series with Moe, and Larry, and Shemp.
Customer (Christopher Guest): Uh, where’s Curly?
Check Mgr.: Oh, I think he came later. It was Shemp first.
Customer: Curly was “nnng, nnng, nnng,...”
Check Mgr.: That was Shemp. Curly was “woop, woop, woop,...”


Cast: Chevy Chase, Pam Dawber, Martin Mull, Milton Berle, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Hugh Hefner, Michael C. Gwynne, Tom Leopold

Crew: Tom Trbovich (Director), Chevy Chase, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael C. Gwynne, Tom Leopold, Martin Mull, Victor Langer (Writers), Terry Hughes (Producer)
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