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Seems Like Old Times

 Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, and Charles Grodin star in Seems Like Old Times a 1980 comedy scripted by the legendary comic writer Neil Simon about an upper middle class couple in which the husband is about to be named California Attorney General while they are dealing with the fallout of the wife’s ex-husband forced involvement in a bank robbery.  Chase plays Nick, a carefree journalist and writer who used to be married to Goldie Hawn’s Glenda, who is a public defender.  Grodin is Ira, Glenda’s second husband whose political ambitions are threatened Nick’s situation and actions. Spoilers below: In the 1980s Chevy Chase was by far my favorite comic actor.  Chase’s ability to mold his face, deliver perfectly timed dry one liners, and perform slapstick could easily put me in stitches. I have tried to stick to his classics and really enjoyed the Vacation films, Fletch, Foul Play and thought he was the funniest element of lesser films like Three Amigos and Spies Like Us (th...