An authorized look at Chevy Chase's life and career. The main problem with the book is that steps into the area of hagiography--a common problem of the authorized biography. The revelations about Chase's abusive mother and stepfather are interesting. And surely this abuse plays a role in Chase's later personality and issues. However, the author is an apologist for Chase. There is no evenhanded review of some of Chase's most obnoxious incidents--and the book pre-dates Community by at least a decade. Further, the author has a tendency to blame everyone but Chase for everything that befalls him.
This is an okay read for a fan of early SNL and Chase's subsequent film work. It is not the critical biography that Chase will someday receive.
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This book goes out of its way to absolve Chevy Chase of any responsibility for anything that wasn't great in his career and it gets weird. There are also half page (or more) plot summaries of all of his films and television appearances for some reason.
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