I Would Pay Money To Punch Him in His Stupid Face

Cousin Eddie is a painful reminder of the American Family dynamic and we won't admit it

"Bill Murray never did anything nearly as good as Chevy Chase's Vegas Vacation".

Please tell me you're kidding. For starters, Vegas Vacation is barely a C- movie.
Chevy Chase is NOTHING without a team of good writers. He has several funny movies on his resume....primarily Caddyshack, the first Vacation, and the first Fletch. But he also has countless flops. And...he's not naturally funny or even clever...the way Murray is.

For an example of this....watch Chase in interviews on talk shows. Much like WIll Farrell, Chase feels like he has to be "on" all the time.....but everything he says/does feels desperate and contrived...like he's trying WAY too hard to do schtick.
Watch some video clips from Chevy Chase's (very short-lived) talk show. It's so bad it's uncomfortable to watch.

Conversely....Bill Murray, while certainly odd and eccentric, has quite a few HUGE hits on his resume...everything from comedy (Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Stripes, Scrooged, What About Bob, Groundhog Day, Royal Tenenbaums) to drama (Razor's Edge, Broken Flowers, Lost in Translation) to art house (Coffee & Cigarettes, Rushmore, Ed Wood, etc...). He can write, he can act, produce....and everyone wants to work with him. He (and his brothers) are also naturally funny.

It's short-sighted to "want to punch him" because he's odd and difficult on the surface to understand. But if you look at his body of work....it starts to get easier to appreciate a true artist at his craft. Comparing Murray to Chase is like comparing Robin Williams to Will Farrell. Not even in the same league. Not even close. Without a team of great writers, Chase is lost. Murray....IS the team of writers, and the actor.

There's a reason everyone at SNL loved Murray and couldn't stand Chevy. In fact...Chevy, to this day, isn't welcome back.
I'll give him this, he's good in certain roles.....but he's very limited. After 1 year at SNL....he started to think he was too good for the room....bought into his own hype. When he had to carry a talk show...it was an eye-opener.