National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) - Full Reaction
Added 2022-09-08 23:09:39 +0000 UTCExcuse me guys, could you tell me the best way to get back on the expressway?
Ok this was ridiculous, laugh out loud, not as slapstick as space balls but not clever like Big Lebowski either! Very quotable, very want to die of second hand embarrassment-able. Another classic off my list! Hope you enjoy!
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Years ago, the line "Daddy says I'm the best at it" would ocassionally be edted out on TV, even on a cable or premium channel.
Clay F
2023-12-21 03:17:28 +0000 UTCFunny Farm is very underrated. It's one of Chevy Chase's best movies, and no one ever talks about it. (Though I remember Roger Ebert actually loved it.)
WastedPo
2022-09-13 23:55:09 +0000 UTCI canโt believe you dissed the 1980โs Jack Tripper shorts.
Jason Mangen
2022-09-13 03:46:42 +0000 UTCBehind christmas, this is probabaly my favorite of the vacation movies. Ramis made a ton of movies, mostly pretty great including caddyshack, dangerfield is amazing. Another favorite is probably stripes. You'll see many of the same actors across his movies. Chase, candy, Murray and more.
Bubba Fett
2022-09-13 01:11:23 +0000 UTCThat was almost painful to watch the OMG meter was off the scale on this one! Poor Clark couldn't face it they should have flown out to SoCal,Helen was over doing it with the patience,cousin Eddie was a creep the tourist traps were an exaggeration of the truth,the small town locals saw them coming a mile away..National Lampoon's Vacation or "We should have stayed home"..I would have put aunt Edna on a bus to Phoenix first opportunity..the story is proof that Murphys law is a real thing!,I'd say this film has a Farcical type of humor..I'm enjoying it after the fact lol..
Celeste McAllister
2022-09-11 21:43:51 +0000 UTCand Ally McBeal, if you watched that
Jon Freezin-Rain
2022-09-11 17:09:08 +0000 UTCLolol
nick bell
2022-09-11 11:57:07 +0000 UTCSplash is a great forgotten movie. She would love it
nick bell
2022-09-11 11:56:35 +0000 UTCOne thing I never quite forgave this movie for, though, was the dog
Henry Fitzgerald
2022-09-11 09:43:38 +0000 UTCChevy Chase was well suited for this role. Another funny Chevy Chase movie is Funny Farm. He plays a writer who wants to move out to the country for inspiration. He and his wife buy a house out in a rural area, which is great, but a lot went wrong with the house, and other things. Very funny! It was also made back in the 1980s. I was 23 in 1983 when this movie came out. I didn't see it right away, but saw it a few years later.
Eric
2022-09-11 04:46:43 +0000 UTCLOL, thanks for the contribution, Larry. Very optimistic ;)
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2022-09-11 00:02:20 +0000 UTCAwww, thanks! ๐๐โค๏ธ
Jason Chirevas
2022-09-10 23:36:57 +0000 UTCIn the intro, she said she had seen Christmas Vacation on TV and wasn't sure she had seen all of it. Definitely worth watching from beginning to end. Almost every scene has quotable lines, right from the first. "Take it Russ..."
Larry Darrell
2022-09-10 19:58:06 +0000 UTCSo many Sight Gags, in this. You don't catch everything the first viewing. It was years down the road, before I noticed in the beginning when they are doing the dishes, Ellen is scraping food off the plates. Then she hands them to Clark, and he just wipes them with a rag and puts them in the cupboard, right over an open and empty dishwasher. Thanks for watching. This is one of my favorites. Just a fun Hour and a Half to sit back and see yourself or people you know in these characters, and laugh about it. If you can't do that, then maybe you're just thinking too much or taking life too seriously. This film is a Classic and it needed to be seen. Some folks would rather Cassie had watched something else, but She is on a film journey right now. She uses us as Road Signs to figure out where she wants or needs to go. Some want to be the Road Closed sign that Cassie will just drive her Family Truckster right through. And some may think she'll go flying through the air for 50 yards, or she'll lose her vanity case, or Aunt Edna will die. But, I think She'll make it to Wally World and it won't be closed. Perhaps before She gets there, She won't even need the Road Signs anymore. This is Her journey and however She wants to navigate there, I'll be along for the ride. Because getting there is half the Fun. You know that.
Larry Darrell
2022-09-10 19:47:33 +0000 UTCAnymore cynicism people? Let's keep it going.
Larry Darrell
2022-09-10 18:04:22 +0000 UTCYou Two are always such a delight.
Larry Darrell
2022-09-10 17:55:22 +0000 UTCLove this movie. Sound odd, but makes me kind of miss em now. We still do, but friends... I kind of hoped would be more with daughter and mom. But that story is a tad deeper one. Not that we cant, maybe more years from now?
Michael J
2022-09-10 11:49:27 +0000 UTCSwitch those.
Jason Chirevas
2022-09-10 07:02:25 +0000 UTCThe Commodores is a 70s RB / Funk group lead by Lionel Richie. Their big hits are "Brick House", "I'm Easy (as a Sunday morning)", "Three times a lady" just to name a few
Shawn Kildal
2022-09-10 05:01:10 +0000 UTCIf Cassie loved Eugene Levy and John Candy in this, then SPLASH with them and also Tom Hanks would be a good bet as well
Shawn Kildal
2022-09-10 04:57:25 +0000 UTCNational Lampoons vacation is a popular movie but it is not good, in my opinion. When i was a kid i like Chevy Chase but now, after too many years he seems like a horrible comedy actor (i recognize that humor is something subjective feeling for each person) but Chevy Chase career was very limited for one reason: He wasn't a good actor. Dan Harmon rescues him for the amazing tv show Community and Chase did his best performance as Pierce Hawthorne. All we love "Spengler", but in this case Harold Ramis made a movie with bad jokes and Chase is unbearable for me. I take this opportunity to say that hopefully one day we can see Cassie's reaction to National Lampoon Animal House, a wonderful comedy that was the first of a new genre. And... John Belushi.
Pepe M
2022-09-10 02:19:41 +0000 UTC"Grape" flavor is Concord Grape and is pretty close in flavor to the ones in my yard. Much different than the varieties in the store.
Mike Lemon
2022-09-10 00:22:39 +0000 UTC@Dioskur...thanks, I checked it out, she's still got it !
Darren Hill
2022-09-09 23:49:59 +0000 UTC@Darren. I suppose that's my point: People thinking they know Cassie better than she knows herself. @Tim #1. Indeed :(
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2022-09-09 21:28:02 +0000 UTCInstead of voting for something she will like, people like to vote on something that will make her uncomfortable and disturbed.
Tim Raths
2022-09-09 21:04:40 +0000 UTCIt makes sense, of course, but it's interesting to me how today's younger viewers know Chase -- if they recognize him at all -- from COMMUNITY (which he was terrific in BTW) because to people of my generation (or older) who came of age in the '80s, he was a megastar. From his debut on Saturday Night Live through his VACATION/FLETCH movies and beyond, Chase was a comedic legend. At this point in his career we've probably seen the last of him as he's successfully alienated virtually everyone he's worked with through a**hole behavior, but when he was good, he was great and Clark Griswold is probably his signature role: the well-intentioned but overly ambitious and bumbling family man who takes his failures in stride until it becomes too much for him and he explodes in a hilarious rant. That scene where he finally loses it and yells at his family in the car ("Don't touch!") is so funny that they made it even longer, louder and funnier in CHRISTMAS VACATION. For my money, that one is probably the best of these movies with this one a close second (Randy Quaid's portrayal of cousin Eddie is brilliant in both but particularly in that one). Good job recognizing John Candy and Anthony Michael Hall, but you understandably missed Bill Murray's brother Brian Doyle Murray (from GHOSTBUSTERS 2 and GROUNDHOG DAY) as the man behind the counter at the campground and the offscreen voice of the police officer asking Roy Wally if he wanted to book the Griswold family was director Harold Ramis (a.k.a. Egon from GHOSTBUSTERS and the director of GROUNDHOG DAY). Also, just in case you didn't know, the music playing during the slow-mo running scene at the end is from a 1981 British film called CHARIOTS OF FIRE. It's based on a true story about runners and it won best picture at the Oscars. Its main theme song composed by the late great vangelis has become iconic (much like the Rocky theme) and it is used here to hysterical effect.
Stick Figure Studios
2022-09-09 20:53:00 +0000 UTCso many great movies get passed over because of these polls , I dont know why people vote for the darkest unenjoyable movies and call them important cinema
zynjams
2022-09-09 20:43:04 +0000 UTCGoogle Christie Brinkley Goldbergs to see her do the same scene at age 65 and be amazed
Dioskur
2022-09-09 19:48:40 +0000 UTCI love The Revolution and always tried to raise my arms through the loop. I also loved when they ran Colossus backwards. With the season pass, there were times when there wouldnโt be any lines and my friends and I would just go on the coasters over and over.
Tara
2022-09-09 18:30:27 +0000 UTCโThe Revolutionโ the final roller coaster with the loop where the family is arrested was the first roller coaster I ever rode. Sad when Valencia was destroyed by a nuclear blast during season 6 of โ24โ. Corona local Keifer Sutherland must have gone to Disneyland growing up.
Steve Holton
2022-09-09 18:20:53 +0000 UTCIf this was a more serious movie I might have issue with just how awful of a father/husband Clark is but its a silly comedy. Helen reallly forgave him too easily for everything at the hotel and the dude about got them all killed multiple times. As it stands though its just a dumb fun movie and the "run" scene at the end was really fun to watch with you.
My_Cousin_Mose
2022-09-09 17:33:12 +0000 UTCBull Durham might as well be a Popcorn Pick of the Month because I donโt think it will ever win a poll.
Tim Raths
2022-09-09 17:02:17 +0000 UTCWasn't sure how you would go with this but so glad you enjoyed it. Particularly your reaction during the Christie Brinkley moments. You'de look pretty good as well behind the wheel of that Ferrari.
Darren Hill
2022-09-09 17:00:32 +0000 UTCCassie would love American Graffiti. Only issue it would be a tough edit with all the classic music.
Darren Hill
2022-09-09 16:54:35 +0000 UTCWally World is Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA. Just North of Los Angeles. When I was growing up, I lived a few miles from the park and spent weekends there with my friends. It was THE place to get summer jobs in high school. I kept getting one year passes that were about $40 in the mid 80โs. It was a blast and so weird when I recognized Wally World when I saw the movie.
Tara
2022-09-09 16:23:39 +0000 UTCThis, Caddyshack, and American Graffiti beat out Bull Durham?! Lol, even Cassie is telling us she wanted Bull Durham. Oh well.
Uncle 'Traveling' Matt
2022-09-09 14:06:53 +0000 UTCEuropean Vacation was my favorite - "Would you like it in the can?"
Brian
2022-09-09 13:19:01 +0000 UTCI didn't realize this was a horror comedy, until Cassie watched it.
Allen Bond
2022-09-09 10:18:59 +0000 UTCYou are are a smart guy Larry, I respect you
Richard Bourne
2022-09-09 08:13:38 +0000 UTCYep that needs to happen
Jack Pflieder
2022-09-09 07:57:33 +0000 UTCI am still hoping for one of my favorite comedies Smokey and the Bandit!!! The ultimate road trip comedy movie. Burt Reynolds at his finest and Jackie Gleason will have Cassie in tears!
Shawn Kildal
2022-09-09 07:49:27 +0000 UTCCousin Eddie's daughter is Jane Krakowski from 30 Rock
Shawn Kildal
2022-09-09 07:41:45 +0000 UTCHa! You subscribe to this patreon as well? Your the 2nd person Iโve run into thatโs a supporter of both PiB & You me & the Movies. Interesting
Stan the Man
2022-09-09 06:41:46 +0000 UTCFor me the Vacation movies rank 3-1-reboot-2, ignore the rest. Christmas Vacation is actually my favorite Christmas movie too. This one, first one, I love because it was the first and Chevy Chase was at his best in this, in terms of physical comedy, and I can also relate, every one of my family vacations when I was a kid, kind of sucked, didn't go as planned, but also had some really fun moments. The reboot I like because it was fairly funny, but also because it was an homage to the original, which most reboots don't do. European Vacation was okay, had some funny bits. The Vegas one was atrocious.
Joe D. MacGuffinstuff
2022-09-09 06:24:59 +0000 UTCSure, most major amusement parks close for 2 weeks in the middle of the summer, that's perfectly believable.
Patrick Flanagan
2022-09-09 06:17:24 +0000 UTCThe best of both worlds ๐ https://youtu.be/TRZoZ6p1s-k
Andrew
2022-09-09 06:17:15 +0000 UTCAbsolutely loved that so many laughs I knew you would say this is too much when they had aunt Edna on the roof ๐๐๐
Sam R.
2022-09-09 06:14:49 +0000 UTCYour face throughout this movie was spot on hilarious. haha!
Philip Alan
2022-09-09 05:44:02 +0000 UTCCassie, you're too pure. "What is it?" (weed in box). That's why we are all here.
Philip Alan
2022-09-09 05:10:20 +0000 UTCIt's an annual watch.
Celeste McAllister
2022-09-09 03:49:21 +0000 UTCAlright let's go to Cleveland for a ball game and a heart transplant!
Celeste McAllister
2022-09-09 03:46:45 +0000 UTCWestern poll winner "Maverick" is starting to make sense now! :)
Celeste McAllister
2022-09-09 03:41:22 +0000 UTCAbsolutely! And I can confirm that every possible accolade is right on.
Jason Mackey
2022-09-09 03:28:15 +0000 UTCCleveland is where to go if you have any complicated heart condition. Cleveland Clinic. Ranked #1 for Cardiology by US News and World Report since forever.
N M
2022-09-09 03:26:16 +0000 UTCthis movie is trash compared to Christmas vacation. A classic
zynjams
2022-09-09 03:22:32 +0000 UTCEddie's daughter was Jane Krakowski from Ally Mcbeal and 30 Rock.
Jimmy H
2022-09-09 03:17:14 +0000 UTCYou absolutely must get to Cleveland! Why? 40,000 sq ft of candy and popcorn with 2 mini golf courses in one land of fun and gloriousity!
Jason Mackey
2022-09-09 03:15:51 +0000 UTCLove the combination of Cassie equal parts horrified and laughing out loud at the same time. Definitely need to watch Christmas vacation in December
Canadianant
2022-09-09 02:18:19 +0000 UTCLove me a good road trip movie! How about Smokey and the Bandit for the next one? ๐
Josh Phillips
2022-09-09 01:47:54 +0000 UTCCassie, very very astute of you in your introduction you compared this movie to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Planes, Trains, and Automobiles as other โthings that go wrong moviesโ as all three movies were written by the great John Hughes. The looks on your face as you couldn't believe what was on the screen was priceless. *John Hughes, who also directed Planes, Trains and Automobiles also wrote The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Home Alone
Mike LL
2022-09-09 01:39:18 +0000 UTCLindsey Buckingham's "Dancin' Across the USA" is pretty cool too.
Larry Darrell
2022-09-09 00:17:44 +0000 UTCI'll reply with perhaps an overly harsh one from Winston Churchill... "You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." My tempering of this is that disagreement need not create enemies, and in fact that is a sad result of disagrement on all but the most major truly biniary issues which are few. There is middle ground and comminalities to be found if you make the effort to seek it, not to mention so many issues really don't matter that much. Anyway, America was a nation created to have debate, and that is a heathly thing.
Richard Bourne
2022-09-09 00:16:59 +0000 UTCAgreed, Ditto.
Larry Darrell
2022-09-09 00:15:59 +0000 UTCWe are going to disagree, but I am feeling I am going to like and respect you as we do. Good quote.
Richard Bourne
2022-09-09 00:13:35 +0000 UTCRichard, I wonder if they'll ever understand The trials of a freedom seeking man So have a round on me my friend What else can we do You know I always love ya, but I think it's time that we flew -- Lindsey Buckingham
Larry Darrell
2022-09-09 00:11:13 +0000 UTCActually both kids were very unlikable.
David Zabel
2022-09-09 00:10:08 +0000 UTCAs am I. I was in a frat house in college so Animal House is near and dear to me. They took it to the extreme, but there some scenes I do identify with. As a kid, we did take some family road trips, so I also get Vaction on that.
Richard Bourne
2022-09-09 00:05:00 +0000 UTCLove this movie! Christmas vacation is my all time favorite. You HAVE to watch that at Christmas if you havenโt seen it yet!
Peter Guertin
2022-09-08 23:48:14 +0000 UTCQue Sera, Sera. Looking forward to this one for the weekend.
Larry Darrell
2022-09-08 23:45:40 +0000 UTCChristmas Vacation became my favorite.
YoureMrLebowski
2022-09-08 23:44:44 +0000 UTCThe songs Holiday Road and Little Boy Sweet are awesome in this movie.
Ian Cano
2022-09-08 23:30:59 +0000 UTC"I got laid off when they closed that asbestos factory, and wouldn't you know it, the army cuts my disability pension because they said that the plate in my head wasn't big enough." Cousin Eddie ๐
London Davis
2022-09-08 23:30:46 +0000 UTCI know. That young kid was such a disgusting character. I know writers like to make the children cheeky and rebellious, but they completely went WAY over the top wanting to kill his older brother and thinking it was funny. I don't care if that spoils the remake for others. Does not deserve to be watched. Go look for christina applegate flat party on you tube. Guarantee it is the closest thing to a laugh in that movie.
Brian McGovern
2022-09-08 23:27:55 +0000 UTCI absolutely adore this movie. Say what you will about Chevy Chase as a person but he is absolutely hilarious in this. Every scene with Clark and his family is absolutely delightful. The absolute insanity that they deal with is just classic. My favorite scene has to be the car scene in the rain where Clark just loses it and screams at his family. Heโs well meaning and kind of a moron but even he has his limits. I also love the entire Wally World section at the end with John Candy as the security guard. Itโs a really sweet ending to such a fun and hilarious film.
Adam Grunther
2022-09-08 23:21:45 +0000 UTCLarry, I am probably going to tick you off on my comments on this movie. I LOVED "Animal House" from National Lampoon, but in many ways this movie fell short of what it could have been IMHO. There is a lot a funny and great stuff in here, but also some disturbing for the time stuff and just not funny horrible things. Did you ever see the movie poster for this? Chevy Chase had a ridiculous photo shopped Arnold Schwarzenegger body... I remember it as my brother had the poster in our shared bedroom when we were kids at the time. I was less impressed.
Richard Bourne
2022-09-08 23:19:40 +0000 UTCI still liked European Vacation very much, but the original is a national treasure for sure. Vegas Vacation and the remake are trash.
David Zabel
2022-09-08 23:18:17 +0000 UTCChristmas Vacation I think you will like. European Vacation was a bit crass and not as enjoyable. Christmas seems to have become a classic, next to Vacation. Do not watch the remake of Vacation. That was woeful. Only a handful of scenes were decent. Christina Applegate at the college frat party and Chris Hemsworth, weโre the only good scenes in that movie. The little kid was a sociopath and not an endearing character at all. EDIT: never mind about Christmas vacation.Just saw your intro.
Brian McGovern
2022-09-08 23:15:32 +0000 UTCCan't wait! This has been on my "Cassie Bucket List" forever!
Todzilla
2022-09-08 23:12:21 +0000 UTC
