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=== 1990β2009: Career fluctuations === Chase played saxophone onstage at Simon's free concert at the Great Lawn in [[Central Park]] in the summer of 1991. Later in 1991, he helped record and appeared in the music video "[[Voices That Care]]" to entertain and support U.S. troops involved in [[Gulf War|Operation Desert Storm]], and supported the [[International Committee of the Red Cross|International Red Cross]]. Chase had three consecutive film flops: [[Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzie Award]]-nominated ''[[Nothing but Trouble (1991 film)|Nothing but Trouble]]'' (1991), ''[[Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film)|Memoirs of an Invisible Man]]'' (1992), and ''[[Cops & Robbersons]]'' (1994). The three releases had a combined gross of $34 million in the United States. In September 1993, Chase hosted ''[[The Chevy Chase Show]]'', a weeknight talk show, for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]. Although it had high commercial expectations, the show was cancelled by Fox after five weeks. Chase later appeared in a commercial for [[Doritos]], airing during the [[Super Bowl XXVIII|Super Bowl]], in which he made humorous reference to the show's failure.<ref>{{Cite web| title=1994 Doritos advert| website=[[YouTube]] | date=August 31, 2017 |url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=vgLFzkjMNhs|access-date=March 11, 2025}}</ref> Chase found success with some of his subsequent movies. ''[[Man of the House (1995 film)|Man of the House]]'' (1995), co-starring [[Farrah Fawcett]], was relatively successful, grossing $40 million,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Man of the House|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl811828737/|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref> and ''[[Vegas Vacation]]'' (1997, his fourth ''Vacation'' film) was a box office success, grossing $36.4 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vegas Vacation|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2138670593/|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref> ''[[Snow Day (2000 film)|Snow Day]]'' (2000), in which Chase appeared, was also successful grossing over $60 million,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Snow Day|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl57705985/|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 15, 2022|archive-date=May 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516195202/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl57705985/|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as ''[[Orange County (film)|Orange County]]'' (2002), grossing more than $40 million.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Orange County|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3429271041/|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=May 15, 2022|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625152649/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl3429271041/|url-status=live}}</ref> Chase was [[Hasty Pudding Theatricals|Hasty Pudding's]] 1993 Man of the Year, and received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in that same year.<ref name="Walk of Fame">{{cite web |date=October 25, 2019 |title=Chevy Chase |url=https://walkoffame.com/chevy-chase/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515230502/https://walkoffame.com/chevy-chase/ |archive-date=May 15, 2021 |access-date=May 15, 2021 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce}}</ref> He also received ''[[The Harvard Lampoon]]''{{'}}s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. In 1998, a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs, California]], [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars|Walk of Stars]] was dedicated to him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013165655/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 13, 2012 |title=Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated |access-date=February 26, 2015 }}</ref> He was [[Roast (comedy)|roasted]] by the [[New York Friars Club]] for a [[Comedy Central]] television special in 2002. This roast was noted for being unusually vitriolic, even by the standards of a roast.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heffernan |first1=Virginia |title=Chevy Chase, Humiliated Again |url=https://slate.com/culture/2002/12/chevy-chase-humiliated-again.html |website=Slate Magazine |access-date=October 19, 2019 |language=en |date=December 2, 2002 |archive-date=October 19, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019051239/https://slate.com/culture/2002/12/chevy-chase-humiliated-again.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of the more recent films starring Chase (e.g., ''Vacuums'', ''[[Our Italian Husband|Rent-a-Husband]]'', ''Goose!'') have not been widely released in the United States. He returned to mainstream movie-making in 2006, co-starring with [[Tim Allen]] and [[Courteney Cox]] in the comedy ''[[Zoom (2006 film)|Zoom]]'', though it was both a critical and commercial failure. Chase [[Guest appearance|guest-starred]] as an [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitic]] murder suspect in "[[Law & Order (season 17)#ep378|In Vino Veritas]]", the November 3, 2006, episode of ''[[Law & Order]]''. He also guest-starred in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] drama series ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'' in two episodes as a former love interest of [[Sally Field]]'s character. Chase appeared in a prominent recurring role as villainous software magnate [[Fulcrum (Chuck)|Ted Roark]] on the NBC spy-comedy ''[[Chuck (TV series)|Chuck]]''. In 2009, Chase and [[Dan Aykroyd]] voiced themselves in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Spies Reminiscent of Us]]". [[File:DonaldGloverDannyPudiGillianJacobsChevyChaseSDCCJuly10.jpg|thumb|right|[[Donald Glover]], [[Danny Pudi]], [[Gillian Jacobs]] and Chase at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in 2010]]
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