He comes up in one of the first newscasts to do the Pathological Liar. But he’s in so many things that he can’t do the news, he needs the news for hair and changes. Cut to: I don’t get hired, Jon gets hired, and they wanted him to do the news. I thought, Well, this guy’s exhibiting a limp on the Serengeti. And when he elaborates … it isn’t as good as seeing it. Lovitz tells me he has this character called the Pathological Liar. I remember thinking, Well, I’ll feel out the rest of the people and see what they’re bringing to the game. “I flew in with Jon Lovitz to do the audition. He and I would have chats about after, and he’d tell me to be more news-anchor-y … always in a nice way, but I’d say, ‘You know, Chevy, I’m just trying to get laughs.’” It’s Chevy Chase, and he’s saying, ‘I’m glad you’re here now, man, you did a good job.’ Pretty mind-bending for a guy who’s basically a road comic at that point. You can’t see when you step off the stage, and I felt an arm around my shoulder. Then I did my first one, and I’m not saying it was Candide, but I got out alive, did okay, got a couple of laughs. All I remember thinking the whole week before I did the first one was, My God, Chevy Chase did this. You’re a comedian who’s been brought in from the road. “The first night I did ‘Update’ … you know, you’re kind of in low-level shock when you do that gig. ET), to recall the moments that stand out from his six years behind the “Update” desk. But the rat-a-tat conservative took a break from promoting his new stand-up special, Dennis Miller: America 180° (premiering on EPIX on June 13 at 8 p.m. 1 was Dennis Miller, who doesn’t spend a lot of time revisiting his days at 30 Rock, preferring instead to focus on current events and interviews on his daily satellite-radio show. Vulture recently did a complete ranking of “Weekend Update” anchors, and coming in at No.
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