The Graduates: For ''SNL'' alummi, life beyond live TV has had its ups and downs

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Chevy Chase
1975-1976
Peaks: Three National Lampoon Vacation hits; Fletch (1985)
Valleys: Costarred with Benji in Oh, Heavenly Dog! (1980); the dreadful Under the Rainbow (1981)
Next: Memoirs of an Invisible Man, opening this week

Dan Aykroyd
1975-1979
Peaks: Ghostbusters (1984); his Oscar-nominated role in Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Valleys: Doctor Detroit (1983); Nothing but Trouble (1991), his unwatchable directing debut
Next: This Is My Life, now playing

John Belushi
1975-1979
Died of a drug overdose, 1982
Peaks: The unforgettable National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) and The Blues Brothers (1980)
Valleys: The forgettable 1941 (1979) and Neighbors (1981)

Jane Curtin
1975-1980
Peaks: Two Emmys as best comedy actress for CBS' Kate & Allie
Valleys: 1990's Working It Out didn't last the season on NBC
Next: Seeking new projects

Garrett Morris
1975-1980
Peak: A recurring role as a stool pigeon on NBC's Hunter
Valley: A cruise on ABC's The Love Boat
Next: Keeping his barstool warm on Fox's Roc

Bill Murray
1976-1980
Peaks: A nearly unbroken hot streak from Meatballs (1979) to Ghostbusters (1984)
Valley: Got critical noogies for the drama The Razor's Edge (1984)
Next: Mad Dog and Glory, with Robert De Niro, due this fall

Laraine Newman
1975-1980
Peaks: An engagingly horny aerobics-studio chippy in Perfect
Valley: A grotesquely evil would-be stepmom in Problem Child 2(1991)
Next: Raising her newborn daughter, Lena

Gilda Radner
1975-1980
Died of ovarian cancer, 1989
Peak: Gilda Live From New York, her one-woman show on Broadway
Valley: Haunted Honeymoon (1986), with her husband Gene Wilder

Denny Dillon
1980-1981
Peak: A permanent secretarial position of HBO's sitcom Dream On
Valley: A brief hitch on the Fox sitcom Women in Prison
Next: Filming the third season of Dream On

Gilbert Gotfried
1980-1981
Peak: An uproarious cameo as an accountant in Beverly Hills Cop II(1987)
Valley: His masturbation monologue at the 1991 Emmys
Next: Voice of a parrot in Disney's animated Aladdin, due by Christmas

Gail Matthius
1980-1981
Peak: Guest-starred on CBS' Simon & Simon
Valley: Voice of Howie Mandel's Mom on the Fox cartoon Bobby's World
Next: The voice of a loon on TV's Tiny Toon Adventures

Ann Risley
1980-1981
Peak: A school-teacher in Desert Bloom (1986) with Jon Voight
Valley: Got shot on an episode of ABC's The Young Riders
Next: TNT's Four Eyes, with Judge Reinhold, due this fall

Charles Rocket
1980-1981
Peak: A lieutenant in Dances With Wolves (1990)
Valley: A one-eyed amnesiac in the John Candy bomb Delirious (1991)
Next: A New Age police captain on CBS' dog-and-cop show Tequila and Bonetti

Brian Doyle Murray
1981-1982
Peak: As Jack Ruby in JFK (1991), shot Lee Harvey Oswald
Valley: Chris Elliott's landlord on Fox's ratings cellar-dweller Get a Life
Next: Only SNL alum to appear in Wayne's World