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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

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

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

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

Tim & Eric have no limits

(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

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

(AP)

Jay Leno to Fox? An analysis

Daniel D'Addario

(Associated Press)

Associated Press

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