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Don Mincey recalls his first "Chase away." It was in the spring of 1976 at a gift shop in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. "Saturday Night Live" was into its first season that year, and young comedian Chevy Chase was on his way to becoming a national TV star. Mincey noticed a group of teenagers giggling and pointing at him. Suddenly they rushed toward him. He says he bolted out the door and ran down the street.
Although Mincey is 10 years younger than Chevy Chase, he says hardly a day goes by without double takes and whispers when he is out in public. "I get a lot of stares whenever I go out," he says. "Sometimes, in restaurants, the manager will come up to me and say, 'I know who you are' and thank me for eating there and refuse to take my money."
The New York Friars' Club Roast of Chevy Chase in 1991 proved to be Don Mincey's toughest and most important gig to date. He did not get to talk long with the actor, but Mincey was able to shake his hand and get a pretty good look at the man for whom people often mistake him.
"We fooled a lot of people," Mincey said. "Comedian Robert Klein started toward me and stuck out his hand, and then apparently realized that I was not Chevy. He said, 'You're Chevy's brother, aren't you?' I said, 'Yes, I'm Chrysler Chase.'"
Not only does Don Mincey look like Chevy Chase, he has also perfected Chase's famous personas such as Clark W. Griswald from the famous Lampoon series, Fletcher from "Fletch" and "Fletch Lives," and a few of his character skits from the "Saturday Night Live."
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Notable
Credits of ...
Don Mincey
Television
Appearances --
"Saturday Night Live" - NBC - NYC, NY (Host Chevy
Chase)
"Evening News at Five" - KCBS - Los Angeles, CA
"Six P.M. Evening News" - WPLG - Miami, FL
Featured Guest (4 times) - "Jack Harris Live" - Busch Gardens -
Tampa, FL
Featured Guest - "Eye on Tampa Bay with Kathy Fountain" - WTVT
- Tampa, FL
Promotional
Appearances --
New York Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase - NYC, NY
Burger King National Sales Award - "Magic in the Making" -
Emcee - Dolphin Hotel at Disney World, Orlando, FL
Universal Studios, Florida - FMA Awards - Orlando, FL
Smirnoff "Makes You a Star" Celebrity Look Alike Contest -
L.A./Miami/Tampa
Hard Rock Cafe - St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Hard Rock Cafe - Universal Studios - Orlando, FL
Executone Information Systems Awards Banquet - Acapulco, Mexico
Hewlett Packard - Swan Hotel at Disney World - Orlando, FL
Microsoft Computers Staff Conference - Peabody Hotel - Orlando, FL
Hollywood on Ice Grand Opening at Busch Gardens - Tampa, FL
Pontiac National Convention - The Vizcaya Museum - Miami, FL
Sunoco National Trade Show - Marriott World Center - Orlando, FL
Guiltless Gourmet Foods - Clarion Hotel - Orlando, FL
Wellcraft Boats International Sales Awards - Hyatt Hotel - Sarasota, FL
MetLife Southeastern Sales Awards - Dolphin Hotel - Orlando, FL
Jim Walter Homes National Sales Awards - Sheraton Hotel - Sand Key, FL
Equifax Corporation - Sales Awards - Marriott Westshore - Tampa, FL
Monster Bash - WMTX 96 Radio - Thunderdome - St. Petersburg, FL
XXXI Annual Addy Awards - Dworsky Productions - Tampa, FL
The U.S. Postal Service Awards Presentations - Busch Gardens - Tampa, FL
"Memoirs of an Invisible Man" - Sneak Preview Promotion of
Chevy Chase film - Sponsored by WMTX 96 Radio
Betz PaperChem National Sales Awards - Ponte Verde, FL
Automated Data Processing/ADP - Belleview Mido Resort - Belleaire Bluffs,
FL
Newspaper
Articles --
"The Los Angeles Times"; "The Miami Herald";
"The Tampa Tribune"; "The Boca Raton News"; "The St.
Petersburg Times" (3 articles)
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