Editing Chevy Chase (section)

=== 1967–1974: Early career ===
Chase was a member of an early underground comedy ensemble called Channel One, which he co-founded in 1967. He also wrote a one-page spoof of ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'' for [[Mad (magazine)|''Mad'' magazine]] in 1970 and was a writer for the short-lived ''[[Smothers Brothers]]'' TV show comeback in the spring of 1975. Chase made the move to comedy as a full-time career by 1973, when he became a writer and cast member of ''[[The National Lampoon Radio Hour]]'', a syndicated satirical radio series. ''The National Lampoon Radio Hour'' also featured [[John Belushi]], [[Gilda Radner]], [[Bill Murray]], and [[Brian Doyle-Murray]], all of whom later became the "Not-Ready-For-Prime Time Players" on ''NBC Saturday Night'' (later re-titled ''NBC's Saturday Night'' and finally ''Saturday Night Live''). Chase and Belushi also appeared in National Lampoon's [[off-Broadway]] revue ''[[Lemmings (National Lampoon)|Lemmings]]'', a sketch and musical send-up of popular [[youth culture]], in which Chase also played the drums and piano during the musical numbers. He appeared in the movie ''[[The Groove Tube]]'' (1974), which was directed by another co-founder of Channel One, [[Ken Shapiro]], featuring several Channel One sketches.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}