Posted by Chiusano at 209.60.223.84 on June 30, 2000 at 01:09:47:
In Reply to: Stupid Ass Fan Boy Question That Is Sad To Ask posted by IhateTangoMainstreamia on June 30, 2000 at 00:58:34:
Now you owe me, so get some real Britney Spears cunt pics up on your page. I click on the links every time, and there is never any cunt to be seen. That's dirty pool, you Aguilera-lovin' trickster.
Kevin on Chevy:
"Ah, Chevy. I knew you were a back-biter."
"Here's my history of the 'Fletch' project."
"1) I meet with Universal after 'Amy'. They as if I want to do anything with them. I say that they've got 'Fletch' and I'd write a 'Fletch' flick for them, if they wanted (not only did I dig the first flick, but I was a huge fan of the series of books by Gregory McDonald). They said "Hmmmmm..." Then they said "Who do you see as Fletch?" I looked at them blankly, then said "Chevy Chase, of course." They said "Isn't he too old?" Then I said "No - he's the man when it comes to Fletch. You can't make a Fletch flick without him."
"2) I'm sent to meet with Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment to discuss project further. He comes on as Producer. We meet with Alan Greisman (sp?) who was a producer on the original 'Fletch' flicks. He says Chevy is excited, and I should meet him and grab lunch, etc."
"3) I meet Chevy Chase who - over the course of an hour lunch - procedes to take credit for anything funny that ever happened on the planet. Ever. He tells me the whole flick was ad-libbed, and that that's how he'd like to do the next one. I tell him that I'm all about the script. He nods politely, as I'm a neophyte in this biz. I mention that we're doing a flick called 'Dogma', and ask him if he'd want to come down and do a day or two (as Glick; I'd wanted Carlin, but his manager passed on the script; George and his manager later changed their minds). He says "Send me the script." I do (he calls the office twice to ask about the 'Fletch' script; 'Dogma' is never mentioned again)."
"4) I get bogged down doing 'Dogma' and twenty other things. My agent asks if I'll ever get to 'Fletch'. I say "Yes, but in about a year and a half; after all this 'Dogma' stuff." He says that Uni and Grazer are only as high on the project as I am (they're not really interested in being in the Chevy Chase business anymore), so if I'm not passionate about it right now, we should let it go. I take the advice of counsel, and the project goes away."
"That's it. There was only going to be another 'Fletch' flick because I brought it up during a meeting with Universal. They were only considering Chevy Chase because I was fighting for him (even told them there'd be no point in doing the flick without Chase). I wanted to call it 'Son of Fletch', and cast Joey as his daughter. Lee was going to play her beau. I wanted to get Goldie Hawn for a cameo. But things got too hectic, and something had to give. 'Fletch' gave."
"Now, the assertion that Chevy had to find out about it too late from a friend is assinine. The studio knew a year ago. I'm sure someone passed the message onto him way earlier than he lets on in the Post piece. But if he'd rather think I let him down, that's cool. Hell - he's let me down dozens of times ('European Vacation', 'Christmas Vacation', 'Vegas Vacation', 'Cops and Robertsons', 'Oh Heavenly Dog', that Jonathan Taylor Thomas picture, etc.)."
"When all was said and done, at least I got to meet Chevy Chase, I used to think. Now I'm sort of regretting it."