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A former \u201cSNL\u201d<\/a> cast member is calling out Chevy Chase<\/a> for a cruel and tasteless joke the comedian said to him 40 years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 82-year-old comedian, who became a star during the show\u2019s first season in 1975, is the subject of a new celebrity.land<\/a> documentary, \u201cI\u2019m Chevy Chase And You\u2019re Not\u201d<\/a> that recounts various aspects of his life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The documentary examines his long history<\/a> of offending his co-stars,<\/a> <\/strong>but one particular remark he made to a cast member while guest hosting during the 1985-86 season still stands out for its unnecessary viciousness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The remark was an exchange Chase had with Terry Sweeney, the show\u2019s first openly gay cast member in its history, and it looms so large in \u201cSNL<\/a>\u201d history that Marina Zenovich, the documentary\u2019s director, was obliged to bring it up while interviewing Chase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cYou said something to Sweeney like, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re the gay guy. Why don\u2019t we ask if you have AIDS? And every week, we weigh you,\u2019\u201d she reminded Chase, who responded, \u201cTerry Sweeney, he was very funny, this guy. I don\u2019t think he\u2019s alive anymore.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n In the documentary, \u201cSNL\u201d creator Lorne Michaels attempted to downplay the offensiveness of making AIDS jokes to a gay man at the height of the AIDS crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI think Chevy was just being Chevy. He would say things that were funny, and he would assume you were comedy people, and he could speak that way,\u201d Michaels said. \u201cYou know, we would say terrible things, because that\u2019s what would make us laugh.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n