Chevy Chase has had a long and distinguished showbiz career (SNL, National Lampoon, Caddyshack, Community etc. etc. etc.), but it sounds like his Evening With... show last night will be a peculiar highlight.

The blurb for the show describes Chase as "one of the most honoured and beloved actors of his generation" and a "comedy legend", so hopes were high for the "intimate" celebration of his half-century in the business.

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Interviewing Chase at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London last night was none other than Mike Read.

That's former BBC Radio 1 DJ and singer/performer of 'UKIP Calypso' Mike Read.

If the instant reviews from fans on Twitter are anything to go by, it wasn't exactly a match made in heaven (watch out for some swearing):

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Mike Read genuinely pulled out an acoustic guitar and made Chevy Chase sing a song from 35 years ago nobody remembered. — Michael M (@michaelmphysics) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. I am watching Chevy Chase being interviewed on stage by former Radio 1 DJ Mike Read, and it’s going about as well as you might expect. — Chris Hewitt (@ChrisHewitt) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. If you weren’t at the Chevy Chase gig tonight with Mike Read, this pic pretty much sums it up... pic.twitter.com/pbXXom2cMn — Pete Connors (@PRConnors) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Wow. Ex-DJ Mike Read went full Partridge interviewing #ChevyChase on stage at @EventimApollo tonight! An absolute car crash of an event. Mic issues upstaged by Read wanting answers on Chevy’s Hemorroids and Drug Use 😳 — 𝗩𝗶𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿 (@vsangar) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Mike Read should be arrested for his ‘performance’ at the Hammersmith Apollo this evening #ChevyChase — Ewen MacIntosh (@ewenmacintosh) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. I also enjoyed it when Actual Mike Read (a dead raven preserved in lacquer and buried in felt) asked Chevy about some of his famous catchphrases and a guy in the audience shouted, “Mike Read, you are a twat”. #ChevyChase — Blohm Iver (@chrisblohm) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Best part of the #ChevyChase event was when Actual Mike Read (!), out of nowhere, with utmost seriousness, and in a line of questioning otherwise unexplored up ‘til this point, randomly asked Chevy for his thoughts about all the kids on drugs these days. #AccidentalPartridge — Blohm Iver (@chrisblohm) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. #chevychase being interviewed by Mike Read was absolutely awful. I fucking loved it. pic.twitter.com/BRozj7k04Q — Michael (@MichaelJGuitar) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. My favourite, a classic Partridge moment -

Mike: So you like soccer?

Chevy: Yeah.

Mike: Is that English soccer?

Audience member: Mike Read, you're a twat! https://t.co/UmnJpZPCyr — Michael M (@michaelmphysics) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Mike Read: so you play soccer?

Chevy Chase: yes

Mike Read: so is that English soccer?



"Mike Read is a twat" heckle saved the night



Chevy still a ledge #ChevyChase #MikeReadisaTwat — David Shepherd 3.5% (@davedachef) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. #Chevychase walks off stage dropping the Mic after Mike (Read) dropped the show and walked off - Chevy was amazing but it was an uphill struggle he had no choice but to give up - @FrazerBrown we'll #jointhechevoloution if you bring him back to UK pic.twitter.com/v02Z7eWnnt — Promotopia Pictures (@PromotopiaFilms) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Chevy Chase was of course, excellent. Mike Read did his level best to ruin it, but he failed. As someone in the audience observed, "Mike Read, you're a twat". — Cymru Nerd Cave 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #IndyWales (@CymruNerdCave) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Watching Mike Read ruin an evening with Chevy Chase. Bad times. — Ewen MacIntosh (@ewenmacintosh) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Well, Chevy Chase was excellent. An exceptionally funny mind. Mike Read presenting was abysmal (big applause from audience for heckler calling him a twat). Who interviews a film icon and spends half the interview asking him about music? — Ross McLaughlin (@RossMcLaughlin) January 13, 2018

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Chevy Chase himself was great, but it was the worst moderation I’ve ever witnessed. Mike Read going Maximum Partridge. — Blohm Iver (@chrisblohm) January 13, 2018

And pretty much every single tweet in this remarkable thread:

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Stunning evening watching Chevy Chase 'interviewed' by Mike Read. Literally stunning, as in being bludgeoned until you're numb to feelings. — Jonathan Sloman (!) (@SquidyUK) January 13, 2018

We have to concede that we wish we were there:

This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. In 40 years time, people will be claiming that they were there to see Mike Read interview Chevy Chase, in the same way that people today claim to have been at that Sex Pistols gig in 1976 ... — VoiceOfTheMysterons (@Mysteron_Voice) January 13, 2018

After his early years on The National Lampoon Radio Hour, Chevy was a key member and writer of the first Saturday Night Live cast in 1975, being the original anchor of its Weekend Update segment.

He starred in Harold Ramis's 1980 cult classic Caddyshack and with various hits and misses in the decades since has remained a key figure in US comedy

Chevy enjoyed a renaissance with younger viewers as millionaire Pierce Hawthorne in the first four seasons of Community.

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