If Chevy Chase is praying for a career comeback, now's the perfect opportunity...

We now take you live to the news desk of NBC's Weekend Update at Rockefeller Center Plaza in New York City...

"Our top story tonight is this breaking news: Yasser Arafat is dead! No, we're now getting further word: Yasser Arafat is alive! Excuse me, this has just been handed to me: Yasser Arafat is dead again! And this is now coming across our desk: Yasser Arafat is still alive! And now we've been given a further update: Yasser Arafat is dead again! And in further developments it has just hit the wire services that Yasser Arafat is alive! More information now coming in: Yasser Arafat has died! We'll of course keep you fully abreast of the situation as it develops. Back to you, Jane!"