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Chevy Chase hides behind the tree in a scene from the film "Christmas Vacation" 1989. (Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

"I couldn’t work with" Chevy Chase

Nardos Haile
A walking Epaulette Shark (Hemiscyllium freycineti) crawls across the seafloor in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. While this shark isn't the newly discovered species, it is one of the nine separate but closely related species of shark that can all walk. (Getty Images/Ethan Daniels/Stocktrek Images)

Sharks are learning to walk

Nicole Karlis
Fred Armisen in "Documentary Now!;" Aidy Bryant in "Shrill;" Kenan Thompson in "The Kenan Show" (Rhys Thomas/IFC/Hulu/Ron Batzdorff/NBC)

The "SNL" star machine is alive and well

Melanie McFarland
Bill Murray in "Caddyshack" (Warner Bros.)

The enduring magic of "Caddyshack"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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"Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!" (Adult Swim)

Tim & Eric have no limits

John Semley
(AP)

"SNL"'s insane first show

Doug Hill, Jeff Weingrad
(Evan Agostini/invision/ap)

Backstage secrets of "SNL" 40

James Andrew Miller, Tom Shales
Richard Pryor (AP)

Richard Pryor's "SNL" genius

Scott Saul
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Chevy Chase, Richard Pryor (AP)

A tense post-"SNL" battle

David Henry, Joe Henry

Richard Pryor better be funny!

David Henry, Joe Henry
Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold in "Vacation," John Hughes (AP/20th Century Fox)

John Hughes' early days

Ellin Stein
(AP)

Jay Leno to Fox? An analysis

Daniel D'Addario
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Prachi Gupta
(Associated Press)

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