In the Spring of 1993, comedian Chevy Chase flew to New York to address a meeting of the Fox affiliates and to discuss his thoughts on the talk show he had signed on to do, starting in September of that year.

His 16 minutes of remarks were broadcast by satellite “in the clear” to other Fox stations around the country and this recording came from that transmission.

Chevy’s talk show was savaged by critics and cancelled within a few months. A few clips of the show are on Youtube so you can judge for yourself if it was really that bad, especially when you consider some of the other failed talk shows that followed it.

Listening to his remarks, Chevy obviously had high hopes for long term success. He thought he could re-invent the talk show format. But it was not to be.

Another bit of TV history saved for posterity.