February 23, 2018

"We were in the right lane and as we came up to the bridge we went to the middle lane. It was an old guy yelling – something we couldn’t hear – super pissed-off."

"We just tried to get the heck away from him. He followed us the whole length of the bridge, driving crazy.... My friend opened his window and just said, 'I apologize, we were just trying to go upstate... [He said] 'You know who the f— I am?'... Then he started cursing at me for no reason and said, 'I am going to ruin your lives!' I said, 'F— you!' Then he yanks open their car door and yells, 'I’m going to punch you in the nose' and he came after me and had his hands in my face... I said, ‘Get the f— away from me!’... I closed my car door and locked it but he was still trying to get in at me when a nurse and an off-duty cop escorted him away... I didn’t know who he was — I was just trying to defend myself. He was physically trying to harm me... I looked him up on Google and I still didn’t know who he was... He didn’t look like he looked when he made his movies."

Said Michael Landrio, who was arrested for kicking Chevy Chase. Chase, is 6' 4" and 240 pounds. Landrio is 5'11" and 155 pounds.

ADDED: I posted about this incident yesterday — exactly 24 hours ago, to the minute, by chance. So we're already in the middle of this conversation. I just wanted to add the words of the man in the truck. By the way, shouldn't Chase have been arrested too (or instead)?

75 comments:

rhhardin said...

Self-driving cars will fix this.

Owen said...

Chevy Chase: off his meds?

Isn't physical intimidation by powerful Hollywood figures a thing now?

Earnest Prole said...

That's how you get shot in America.

Portlandmermaid said...

Good kick, though.

Jess said...

In my neck of the woods, Chase probably would have found the wrong end of a firearm pointed his way. Maybe that's why he lives where he does. His arrogant, condescending behavior wouldn't be tolerated where I live.

Curious George said...

“I looked him up on Google and I still didn’t know who he was,” he said. “He didn’t look like he looked when he made his movies.”

I'm sure the kick hurt, but this cuts to the bone.

AllenS said...

Chevy's name needs to go on the FBI data base of someone you should not sell a gun to.

M Jordan said...

Chase had one joke: falling down. He is the Gallagher of SNL vets.

Henry said...

Althouse -- interesting ellipsis. You've redacted the description of the kick.

Kirk Parker said...

"shouldn't Chase have been arrested too (or instead)?"

The police Knew Who He Was.

Wince said...

Journalism 101.

Was he driving a Chevy when he chased those people?

Henry said...

A Blue Mercedes. Reading 101.

gspencer said...

CC should have been arrested for impersonating a person of importance.

Who does he think he is, a Kennedy or something like that?

langford peel said...

#DontyouknowwhoIam.

Rae said...

Chase has Hollywood privelage.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

I think my wife is making tuna salad for lunch.

I'm looking forward to it.

I didn't eat much breakfast.

rcocean said...

Why in the world would you "pull over" and have a conversation with some nut?

From the look of Chevy's picture, I'd assume it was Mitch McConnell assaulting me.

Char Char Binks, Esq. said...

People should be upset about Ronald Gasser getting convicted of defending his life against pro footballer Joe McKnight.

Crickets

gerry said...

Wait for the investigation conclusion. Likely Chase will have to pay a fine, and then the civil suit should be interesting.

gerry said...

I wonder if Chase abused any women in his heyday?

gerry said...

"Do you know who I am?" What an asshole.

Bob Boyd said...

Can a judge order somebody to carry an old school douche bag with hose and nozzle wherever they go for six months?

rcocean said...

Why can't peeps figure out that its almost impossible to swing and hit someone through a semi open car window?

BTW, James Garner was involved in a "road rage" incident in 1980, and got his ass kicked.

Comanche Voter said...

So the smaller guy kicked Chevy Chase in the shoulder. Shoulda climbed out of the car, and aimed that kick a little lower. Start at knee level and swing on through.

Leland said...

I sense a civil suit in the making.

Big Mike said...

By the way, shouldn't Chase have been arrested too (or instead)?

Instead. Clearly instead. But Barack Obama spent eight years trying to put “Chicago Rules” in place nationally, meaning one set of rules for well-connected Democrats and another for the rest of us. Mueller’s job is to do everything he can to postpone the day when the Chicago Rules get wiped off the books and we return to normality and equality before the law.

BTW, I don’t suppose the cops checked Chase’s blood alcohol level, did they?

Dude1394 said...

Chevy is a known democrat-media member. Known democrat-members always get the benefit of the doubt.

Infinite Monkeys said...

Henry said...
A Blue Mercedes. Reading 101.

2/23/18, 10:04 AM


Asking if Chevy Chase was chasing in a Chevy was a joke. Humor 101.

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil said...

Blogger M Jordan said...
Chase had one joke: falling down.

2/23/18, 9:58 AM

Yeah. He purposely made people believe Ford was a klutz who constantly tripped over his own feet, when in fact Ford had been a college football star.

I missed the SNL parodies of Hillary falling over.

rcocean said...

240?

Chevy's put on some weight.

Wince said...

Henry said...
A Blue Mercedes. Reading 101.

Original TMZ article omitted.

Yancey Ward said...

I now understand how Chase got kicked in the shoulder- that part was missing from Chase's account. Chase was grappling with the man through an open van door, and the man was using his legs and feet to repel him.

Michael K said...

"then the civil suit should be interesting."

Yes, from the way it sounds there should be a nice payday.

Bilwick said...

"Do you know who I am? I'm Clark %*!#ing Griswold, that's who I am!"

William said...

Chase claims that he got hooked on painkillers because of the back pain he suffered after all those SNL pratfalls. Making fun of Ford screwed up his life. And people say there is no God.........The facts, as given, don't make Chase look good, but it doesn't matter. I don't think he was up for any big parts, and he can spend enough to make this disappear. He's not a falling star, but the ash falling from a cheap cigar.

Ruprecht said...

And nobody got cell phone footage? That seems unlikely these days.

Bay Area Guy said...

Reason Number 389 why Althouse is so great:

Always getting both sides of a story.

Has Chevy done anything funny since Fletch? That was probably 30 years ago.

Chris Arabia said...

One of Bill Murray’s best lines came when he got into a scuffle with Chase when Chase guest starred on SNL and was acting like a jerk.

Murray to Chase: “Medium talent!”

Yancey Ward said...

It probably says a lot about my cheesey tastes that I love both Vacation and Fletch.

Derg said...

6ft 4in, 6ft 9in with the afro

paulyester said...

I toured Hoover Dam about 5 years ago, and the volunteer guides were still talking about what an A-hole he was during filming of Vegas Vacation (1997).

Meade said...

"6ft 4in, 6ft 9in with the afro"

LOL

langford peel said...

How could he drive a German car?

Bay Area Guy said...

@William,

Chase claims that he got hooked on painkillers because of the back pain he suffered after all those SNL pratfalls. Making fun of Ford screwed up his life

It does have a bit of irony, don't it?

In truth, Ford played football at University of Michigan, which won 2 National titles, and was probably the BEST athlete ever to be President (In contrast, JFK played touch football with his family, filmed of course by the Kennedy family photographer).

Yet, Chase effectively turned Ford into a bumbling idiot in the minds of thousands of voters (including me at the time). And Ford lost a squeaker 50-48 to Carter.

The power of the media and popular memes to create a false narrative.......

Patm said...

Chevy Chase is Cornelius Chase, spoiled member of the wealthy, connected Chase family. What more to say?

Hagar said...

I have always blamed Johnny Carson and Chevy Chase for Ford's losing the 1976 election.

Hagar said...

It was that close.

miklos000rosza said...

He's always been arrogant. I remember is smirk when, at his maximum fame on SNL, he said to the camera, "I'm Chevy Chase -- and you're not."

Etienne said...

The reason Chase wasn't arrested, is that the police have no interest in insane people. It's just not in their charter.

If the insane go into a schools and kill everybody? Well, they might be interested, and then they may hide until it's over. It depends on how much media they can get.

It's the new America.

Surellin said...

To quote Bill Murray, "Mediocre talent!".

turtle said...

"Do you know who I am?" Er, no. Should I? Do I look like I'm retired?
Chevy, the 1970's was a long time ago, most people who would remember you are dead, in jail or in the old folks home.

Fabi said...

Chevy is about the same height and weight as our beloved Commander-in-Chief.

Oh Yea said...


Blogger langford peel said...
How could he drive a German car?
2/23/18, 12:02 PM

While listening to the theme from Schindler's List and waving the German flag maybe?

Big Mike said...

How could he drive a German car?

From the eyewitness accounts, poorly.

Big Mike said...

People upthread have remarked that in places other than New York the elderly Mr. Chase would have risked finding a gun in his face. Yes, there is wisdom in the saying “an armed society is a polite society.”

Jim at said...

Then he yanks open their car door and...

That's precisely when he would've been shot.
I usually carry. And always in my vehicle.

Jim at said...

I have always blamed Johnny Carson and Chevy Chase for Ford's losing the 1976 election.

Yeah. But without it, we probably wouldn't have had Reagan. And still have the Panama Canal. And 444 days ....

Gospace said...

Bay Area Guy said...
@William,

Yet, Chase effectively turned Ford into a bumbling idiot in the minds of thousands of voters (including me at the time). And Ford lost a squeaker 50-48 to Carter.


But the truth about Gerald Ford was known to anyone who cared to look and be informed. And that was before the internet made it really easy.

It's amazing how many people apparently choose to be misinformed about both Clinton's, the former POTUS and the wannabe. When teh truth is easily available.

geokstr said...

"Chase had one joke: falling down. He is the Gallagher of SNL vets."

If you're referring to the Sledge-'O-Matic shtick he used to do at the end of his shows, you're just plain wrong. Sure, after you've seen that part the first time or two, it can be a little boring, but even then, he throws in a few very funny lines and ad-libs. However, the first hour of his show is the best part.

For a couple decades, he did one tour and maybe a cable special each year, and for each he wrote a completely different first hour, all centered around a central theme and every one was absolutely hilarious. He had a really offbeat CA hippie-stoner intellectual sense of humor and the jokes all came at the audience from whatever direction they least expected.

Most of them are on YouTube.

rcocean said...

We can hate Chevy Chase.

Because he's a rich Hollywood asshole.

And he's not Jewish - or black.

Char Char Binks, Esq. said...

Chevy Chase far more talented than Murray. He's always been hilarious, but he's still a jerk, and he's lucky he didn't get beaten or shot. Possibly only his age saved him.

Bay Area Guy said...

I believe our gracious hostess voted for Ford in '76, because of her statement that she voted for losers until 1992, when Slick Willie won.

As a teenager, because of Chevy Chase, I did believe that Ford was a bumbling idiot.

So, now I believe that Ford was a good guy, and Chevy Chase is the bumbling idiot.

Deep State Reformer said...

Actors and other showbiz people are known for their unfiltered emotional reactions to things because how you need to be successful in that kind of work. That accounts to some degree to their high degree of substance abuse, infidelity, road rages, money issues despite high incomes, to name but a few stimulus they fall victim to. And given his family and social background, that is, a rich asshole, CC got a double shot both nature and nurture. To wit: a natural born dipshit.

MaxedOutMama said...

I think the answer to why Chase was not arrested lies in "Do you know who I am?" Who is more likely to have the money to sue the cops? Not the kid in the truck, right?

But maybe there were witness accounts that supported the police action. It does seem defensive though, because it seems as if that kick did come from inside the arrested guy's vehicle.

Etienne said...

Jim at said...I usually carry. And always in my vehicle.

Not in New York city. You'll end up like Bernhard Goetz.

Bill Peschel said...

Chase can be very funny. He's also an asshole.

In the SNL oral history, he, by far, comes off the worst. Nobody had a good thing to say about him.

Apparently, he was abused as a child, and while that may be a source of his rage, he still refuses to try to rise above it, as other have.

I don't know which is worse, to have been taken out by someone early in his life, or to have lived for so long with this reputation, this anger, this sadness. No matter how he may shield himself, unless he's completely delusional, he has to know on some level what a mess he made of his life.

Bay Area Guy said...

"Chevy" Chase's real first name is Cornelius.

He coulda been "Corny Chase" all these years. And, maybe, after Caddyshack, he mighta made a funny movie, and not picked a fight with motorists on the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Jim at said...

Not in New York city. You'll end up like Bernhard Goetz.

I spent a year in mid-town Manhattan in the late '60s. As a kid.

I choose to live where I can protect myself against violent idiots.

bagoh20 said...

Like many other assholes in his business, he'll claim he's just a comedian making jokes.

Mark said...

Reading the two news stories, the guy was charged not with assault and battery, but with second-degree harassment.

As reported in those stories, Chase had reason to believe that he was the victim of a hit-and-run. So he had a legitimate reason to follow the other vehicle.

Then when the vehicles stopped and he approached the other driver to discuss the matter, which was appropriate even if a bit dangerous given the other driver's apparent reckless driving, this 22-year-old Landrio punk, who was a passenger, decided to mouth off at Chase and swear at him. And there is your harassment charge.

With that action, it was Landrio who started the resulting melee. The consequential physicality between the two was chalked up as mutual combat, with the penalties basically off-setting.

Lesson here -- if you are a passenger in a car and there is a dispute between the driver and another driver, keep your punk ass mouth shut rather than getting into something that is none of your damn business.

Jim at said...

Or maybe punk-ass Chase shouldn't go around trying to pull people out of their cars.

Windking said...

The last scene from National Lampoon's Vacation comes to mind.

Mark said...

I would suspect, if Chase yanked the car door open as described it should be considered self defense.
But mutual combat works if the justices involved watched Chevy Chase's old movies and are fond of him.

Paul said...

Does Chase realize the other guy might have a gun and, you know, cap his ass?

Damn stupid thing for him to do.

JAORE said...

Instead.