Editing Chevy Chase (section)

===Early life===
As a child, Chase vacationed at [[Castle Hill (Ipswich, Massachusetts)|Castle Hill]], the Cranes' summer estate in [[Ipswich, Massachusetts]].<ref name="LLC1993">{{cite book|title=New York Magazine|website=Newyorkmetro.com|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zCYAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32|date=August 23, 1993|page=32|issn=0028-7369}}</ref> Chase's parents divorced when he was four; his father remarried into the [[Folgers]] coffee family, and his mother remarried twice. He has stated that he grew up in an [[upper middle class]] environment and that his adoptive maternal grandfather did not bequeath any assets to Chase's mother when he died.<ref name="stern918">Chase, Chevy, interview on ''Howard Stern Show'', Sirius Satellite Radio, September 18, 2008.</ref> In a 2007 biography, Chase stated that he was physically and psychologically [[child abuse|abused]] as a child by his mother and stepfather, Dr. John Cederquist, a psychoanalyst.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chase-biography-idUSN2333396920070424|title=Chevy Chase says in book he was beaten by mother|work=Reuters|date=April 24, 2007|access-date=August 15, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002142443/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/04/24/us-chase-biography-idUSN2333396920070424|url-status=live}}</ref> In that biography, he said, "I lived in fear all the time, deathly fear." Abuse he was subjected to as a child included being awoken in the middle of the night by his mother to be slapped repeatedly across the face, lashes to the backs of his legs, punches to the head by his stepfather, and being locked in a bedroom closet for hours. As a punishment for being suspended from school at the age of 14, Chase was locked in a basement for several days.<ref>Fruchter, Rena. [https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781852273460 ''I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not'']. London: Virgin Books Ltd., 2007, p. 11.</ref> Both of his parents died in 2005.<ref name="Walk of Fame" />

Chase was educated at [[Riverdale Country School]],<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Jarvis|first=Jeff|url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-chevy-chases-new-high-fatherhood-vol-20-no-11/|title=Chevy Chase's New High: Fatherhood|magazine=People|date=September 12, 1983|access-date=October 22, 2019|archive-date=October 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023024340/https://people.com/archive/cover-story-chevy-chases-new-high-fatherhood-vol-20-no-11/|url-status=live}}</ref> an [[independent school|independent]] day school in the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] neighborhood of [[The Bronx]], New York City, before being expelled. He ultimately graduated as valedictorian in 1962 from the [[Stockbridge School]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M9oVAAAAIBAJ&pg=2217,6446264|title=The Milwaukee Sentinel&nbsp;— Google News Archive Search|website=News.google.com|access-date=December 30, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> an independent boarding school in the town of [[Interlaken, Massachusetts|Stockbridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. At Stockbridge, he was known as a practical joker with an occasional mean streak. He attended [[Haverford College]] during the 1962–1963 term, where he was noted for [[slapstick]] comedy and an absurd sense of physical humor, including his signature [[pratfall]]s and "sticking forks into his orifices".<ref name="biconews.com">Rudolph, Stephanie. {{cite web |url=http://www.biconews.com/2003/10/28/prankly-speaking/ |title=Prankly Speaking |work=The Bi-College News |date=October 28, 2003 |access-date=February 26, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421202900/http://www.biconews.com/2003/10/28/prankly-speaking/ |archive-date=April 21, 2015 }}</ref> During a 2009 interview on the ''[[Today (U.S. TV program)|Today]]'' show, he ostensibly verified the oft-publicized [[urban legend]] that he was [[Expulsion (education)|expelled]] for harboring a cow in his fourth floor room,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.haverford.edu/haverblog/2009/10/08/happy-birthday-chevy-about-that-cow/ |title=blogs.haverford.edu |date=October 8, 2009 |publisher=blogs.haverford.edu |access-date=February 26, 2015 |archive-date=March 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306121324/http://blogs.haverford.edu/haverblog/2009/10/08/happy-birthday-chevy-about-that-cow/ |url-status=live }}</ref> although his former roommate David Felsen asserted in a 2003 interview that Chase left for academic reasons.<ref name="biconews.com" /> Chase transferred to [[Bard College]] in [[Annandale-on-Hudson, New York]], where he studied a [[Pre-medical|pre-med curriculum]] and graduated in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts in English.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chevy Chase Movies and Shows |url=https://tv.apple.com/us/person/chevy-chase/umc.cpc.3vw3q7x6nf4jq5x0iosq1ka5m |access-date=March 11, 2024 |website=Apple TV |language=en-US}}</ref>

Chase did not enter [[medical school]], which meant he was subject to [[Conscription in the United States#Vietnam War|the military draft]]. Chase was not drafted, and when he appeared in January 1989 as the first guest of the just-launched late-night ''[[The Pat Sajak Show]]'', he said he had tricked his draft board into believing he deserved a [[Selective Service System#Classifications|4-F classification]] by falsely claiming that he had "homosexual tendencies".<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/11/arts/review-television-late-night-chitchat-additions-pat-sajak-and-arsenio-hall.html Late-Night Chitchat Additions: Pat Sajak and Arsenio Hall] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905141754/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/11/arts/review-television-late-night-chitchat-additions-pat-sajak-and-arsenio-hall.html |date=September 5, 2018 }}, a January 11, 1989, review from ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref>

He played drums and keyboards for a rock band called [[Chamaeleon Church]], which recorded one album for [[MGM Records]] before disbanding in 1969. To give the album a more soft-rock sound, producer [[Alan Lorber]] made several alterations in the mixing, including the muting of Chase's bass drum, and Chase was reportedly incensed when he heard the final mix.<ref>Joynson, Vernon (1995). [http://alextsu.narod.ru/borderlinebooks/us6070s/index.html ''Fuzz, Acid, & Flowers''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825082620/http://alextsu.narod.ru/borderlinebooks/us6070s/index.html |date=August 25, 2011 }}. London: Borderline Books. See entry on Chamaeleon Church.</ref>