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National Lampoons Vacation - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/SOiYIt2rc4 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

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JediLounger

Well I can guess which scene Simone is going to hate haha. Edit: While all of what you said is technically correct, National Lampoon is a famous satirical humor magazine. The most famous issue was the "if you don't buy this magazine we will kill this dog" cover in 1973, but the magazine was started in 1969. They ceased publication in 1998. More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lampoon_(magazine) Edit: Finished the movie. So I would agree with much of the humor not aging very well in all of the movies. Christmas Vacation (1989) has probably aged the best as it was the best movie, but there are several moments in that movie (one in particular) that I have never liked and now I very much hate. You guys were pretty diplomatic at the end, but people are still going to smack talk you haha.

Den Radar Ryan
>>113331408

Classic Magazine up there with 'Mad','Heavy Metal' and 'Cracked'. so glad I held onto my old issues. 🤘

MacGuffinStuff

I never get tired of this movie, 80s classic, Chevy Chase at some of his best. The Ferrari girl is Christie Brinkley, she was a famous super model in the 80s, also was Billy Joel's wife and inspiration for "Uptown Girl". Of the sequels, I thought European Vacation was okay, but I love Christmas Vacation, it's a holiday favorite for me. Only seen it once but I remember I liked the Ed Helms sequel. As an 80s kid I also loved John Candy as a "dad on vacation" in Summer Rental, it's more of a family film but he's great in it, but John Candy was great in everything, loved that guy.

JayF

Christy Brinkley (the woman in the sports car) was a very famous model at the time. She ended up marrying Billy Joel for a while and is featured in his "Uptown Girl" video. I think she's just there as a way to show Clark's fantasy of being a single guy without the commitments of family.

David Zabel

Another great Chevy Chase movie that for some reason doesn't get covered much is Fletch. Be trendsetters and watch that one.

Brendan Rafferty

This film was based on a short story that originally appeared in National Lampoon magazine in 1978, written by John Hughes. In the short story, the destination is Disneyland that is closed. In the story, the father gets a gun and goes to Walt Disney’s home and shoots him in the leg and winds up in jail. For anyone interested, copy and paste the url below for a link to the original short story https://realflashbytes.wordpress.com/2021/02/20/vacation-58-by-john-hughes/

Brandi Miller

OMGOSH!!! Finally you 2 wonderful people watched my all time favorite movie. I have went through 3 vhs tapes and I'm now on my 4th blue-ray disc of this movie. I love it that much I wore them all out and I will keep buying them as they wear out. I so can't wait to get off work tonight and watch this movie with you.😁😃

Vaughn Bell

Regarding your comments about Christmas Vacation, it is a yearly tradition to watch this movie at least twice around the holidays and I completely recommend it. This film is always a joy to watch, but Christmas Vacation just hits the spot.

David Zabel

IMO Christmas Vacation is a little overrated but still a very good movie. A definite watch especially during the holiday season. European Vacation is good too but Vegas Vacation is one you can definitely skip, and the Vacation remake with Ed Helms is unwatchable.

Martin
>>113335787

Yes to Fletch and its sequel, Fletch Lives. Chevy Chase at his best.

Monica Alarcon

First I was like "yaaay Vacation!!!" Then suddenly I remember THAT scene with the dog... Now I'm kinda dreading watching it... Poor Simone...

Grinznmore

Watching National Lampoon's Vacation, I don't see a villain. Clark Griswold, portrayed by Chevy Chase, is simply an overzealous family man. This comedic style harks back to The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, a bus driver whose best intentions always fall short. This comedy vein continues in Meet the Parents. Ben Stiller plays the eager boyfriend, Greg Focker, trying his hardest to make a good impression on his fiance's parents but often failing - a formula that consistently delivers humor. Despite " Sparky's" flaws and peculiarities, he evokes sympathy; his heart is in the right place. His fascination with women adds depth to his character and shows his fantasizing runs in all aspects of his life, including sex. National Lampoon Christmas Vacation stands out for me among these movies due to its relatability and satire of everyday scenarios taken to extremes. Its portrayal of life's disappointments when reality doesn't match expectations resonates with many viewers. Clark’s love for women lands him in trouble often enough but his wife seems understanding about this recurring theme across all National Lampoons' movies: Clark’s desire to be cool and perfect for everyone around him. I find National Lampoon Christmas Vacation funnier than Vacation – both are iconic comedies worth watching.

REDR58
>>113344959

The dog scene is absolutely unnecessary and spoils the rest of the movie.

Kinokind

"National Lampoon" was the greatest satire magazine of the 1970s. John Hughes and many other amazing writers of comedy were on the staff. You would recognize their names and work even today. It ceased publication years ago, but their stuff is still edgy when looked at today. At one point their staff spawned the "National Lampoon" movies - starting with Animal House. Later, after the magazine's demise, the name was sold and attached to a number of substandard "teen" comedies. This film is from their heyday, however.

JayF

George, yes the running scene towards the end was a Chariots of Fire reference. Hopefully you pass on a reaction though. It was overrated IMO even though it won an Oscar for best picture. It was up against Raiders of the Lost Ark and On Golden Pond which were better movies. If it means anything, of the five movies up for the award that year it's the lowest rated on IMDB.

JayF

Your conversation at the end about Edna made the movie Weekend at Bernie's pop into my head. Now you really need to react to that one. ;) Also the "dad does everything" vibe of the movie was just starting to end around that time so you saw less and less of it over the years after that. If you've heard Bill Burr's bit about his dad losing it every so often because of the pressure of raising his family in the 70s it's accurate. That specific bit is in the last minute or so of this clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWuFQGrWda8&t=221s

R Harper

Simone and George you are so far out of time, a lot of National Lampoos Vacation humor didn't make sense to you. National Lampoon the magazine and the early movies were all about "irreverence" pushing the envelope of taste and convention. Portraying things no other movies had before. I saw this in a theater in college. Apologies Simone but the dog being dragged to death the crowd howled and thought Clark's reaction was hilarious. Same for Aunt Edna's demise. And the line from cousin Vicky in Kansas Daddy says I'm the best French kissing. All pushing the envelope of taste and conventional humor. Simone all the years listening to people talk about this movie. I can't remember anyone caring about what killed Aunt Edna, it was irrelevant to the story. Edna's death subsequent "packaging" being left in the backyard on the patio just another opportunity for irreverent humor. George you didn't like Chevy Chase's hairy legs, that's your take away from that scene? (Echos of your E.T. reaction) Dude we all dressed like that back then. That observation tells me you missed the point of that scene. Clark was not the bad guy. He was an overzealous husband who loved his family and believed in tradition and led him down the wrong path sometimes. Guys, you where so solemn in your approach this movie. You want to analyze it like it was a serious piece of art. It was a rude unconventional comedy. Like The Blues Brothers, or the Ace Ventura comedies were not based in reality rather comedy extremes. Try to rethink your approach to old comedies. They are not going to be "woke" certain scenes will make you cringe. For the time that stuff was hilarious. Applying today's standards to old comedies just won't work. Back of the heyday of these comedies there was nothing sacred poking fun at sex sexual identities, sexual preferences, religion, nationalities, bigotry, anything you can think of was a unapologetic target. And we are all better for it. Too many overly sensitive hurt feeling people around today. And that's why you can't make comedies and they're about to die as a movie genre. Still it's fun to watch you guys try to pick you away through movies like this. Looking forward to more.

Kinokind

As was said, this film is based on a short story by John Hughes, so blame him for killing the dog and Aunt Edna (who were humorously horrible). Aunt Edna, by the way, was played by the great Imogene Coca, who was a regular on "Your Show of Shows", one of the most popular comedy shows in TV history (Neil Simon, Mel Brooks and Woody Allen were all writers!). And Roy Wally was played by the great Eddie Bracken, a comedic film star of the 1950s who really resembled Roy Disney, Walt's nephew. And the tent guy was Brian Doyle-Murray, Bill's brother (seen in Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters 2, Caddy Shack, Wayne's World, etc.). Oh, and cousin Vicki (who's dad says she's the best) is Jane Krakowski, formerly of 30 Rock. The key to understanding all of the National Lampoon vacation movies is the one defining characteristic of Clark Griswold. He wants his family to have fun. Whatever the cost. When I was a kid - swear to god - we went on that vacation. We bought a new station wagon (green!) and headed from Cleveland to California to spend a week at Disneyland. It took week to get there, stopping at many tourist stops, and a week to get back. Fortunately, there were no fatalities, human or canine, and no creepy relatives to visit. And Disneyland was open. And we all had a great time.

Tim Boxall

I'd take Beverly D'Angelo over Christie Brinkley any day!

Joe Mallard

You gotta watch Animal House!

Gary Fixler

I know this, because I went to art college, and my illustrator roommate was obsessed with his works, but the epic poster you commented on in the beginning, which looked like a Conan poster, was created by Drew Struzan, maybe the most famous movie poster creator. He's the guy behind every big poster/VHS box cover - Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Back the Future, Blade Runner, The Goonies, Rambo, E.T., Big Trouble in Little China, the Muppet Movie, The Thing, Hellboy, and the list goes on and on. Do a google images search for Drew Struzan movie poster, and you'll see tons. Once you know his works, you can spot them in the wild. It's a very recognizable, blockbuster style.

R Harper
>>113364142

No, this is a famous artist by name of Boris Vallejo, not Drew Struzan. Vallejo did many the covers for Conan paperback books. He produces a fantasy calendar every year of which I've owned for the last 10 years. So this calendar was done by Boris Vallejo. If you Google his name and list of his work, national lampoon vacation pops up immediately. https://www.google.com/search?q=movie+poster+boris+vallejo&oq=movie+poster+Boris&aqs=chrome.5.69i57j33i160l4j33i22i29i30.4612j0j1&client=ms-android-verizon-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Generators
>>113355381

Rick while i get what youre trying to say, i couldnt disagree more. comedy is ever changing from generation to generation and culture to culture, this movie is over 40 years old, whats funny then isnt necessarily funny now because culture changes and the world changes. its not better or worse, there is no peak perfect eternal comedy and if there is, this would not be it lol. imagine comedies 43 years prior to this movie, humor in the late 30s, even if you try to watch it with the mindset of that time it still wouldnt be gut busting laughing, MAYBE aside from Chaplin and Chevy Chase is no Charlie Chaplin. hell in the 40s it would be improper to show a man and woman in the same bed even if theyre married, can you imagine that kind of strictness in 80s comedy? much less bare chested women. but it would be absurd if someone who was an adult in 1940 say about 1980 movies as the 'downfall of civilization' as many did about monty python and so on. so if you thought people back then were too uptight about comedies in the 80s for being immoral, the same extend and grace can be given for people now for thinking comedies in the 80s arent as funny. It has nothing to do with 'woke', i mean being sad about a dog dying horribly shouldnt be categorized as woke anyways, thats just compassion towards mans best friend. but to expect someone born decades late, and one of them from a whole different opposite culture on the other side of the planet, to find what you found funny when you were young is just unreasonable imo. absurdist comedy where gags exist for the sake of the gag itself hasnt been a thing for nearly 20 years after they ran it to the ground with all the Scary Movies, so people who grew up around that time or after isnt going to be familiar with it the same way when you were young you wouldnt've grown up in a world where falling on a banana peel vaudeville style was peak comedy. lastly, different people just find different things funny, to say nothing about age and cultural differences, so to say someone is watching something incorrectly makes as little sense as someone who was born in 1910 saying National Lampoon is the downfall of western civilization because it showed bare breasted women and having black people on screen.

Odd Thomas

There are a handful of films I genuinely despise. This is one of them.

Our Patrons thought we were a myth. Well... They were MYTH taken.

🖤National Lampoon was basically a comedy production company. They were a radio show and a magazine. Then they branched into movies. They had a lot of great talent discovered in their early years like Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, John Belushi, and tons of others than ended up being poached by SNL that came after National Lampoon. I believe the company got bought a few times and its still limping along (or maybe it hasn't been around for a little while now not sure) but the latter years of NL was a shell of what it used to be.

TGrimace

You were joking when you said Google Maps would've told them it was closed, right? This was 1983. There wasn't an internet yet, much less Google Maps.....

Chase Schleich
>>113368692

I think it kind of exist in name only today. There are still movies made under that banner, but it's literally just being used as marketing. There's no "National Lampoon" involvement (because there's not really a National Lampoon anymore)

Chase Schleich

Hey George, Google Randy Quaid real quick. He went full Unibomber. I believe he tried staying in Canada to hide from the Illuminati (he's made a bunch of social media videos about how the Illuminati want to kill him), but even Canada doesn't want him so they deported him lol. He's gone full wack job over the last 10-20 years.

Naturekitty5309

Other great Chevy Chase films....Foul Play, Fletch, Fletch Lives, Seems like old times.....and Christmas Vacation

Generators
>>113371634

bruh i hope this is a joke... they literally said during the video that "these problems could be avoided if they had google maps". like even if they didnt say that, how is it not obvious what they meant.

FischerMax98

National Lampoon used to be a humor magazine as well. "Lampooning" various topics.

sarCC

Fletch and Caddyshack are the other two great Chevy Chase movies.

Gary Fixler

I hope you'll do Christmas Vacation (1989) near the end of the year. I hadn't seen this one in decades, and while it's fun, it falls a lot flatter for me than Christmas, which I feel is a lot tighter and funnier. It's a holiday classic for my family and friends. Most people I know love CV, but I've never had a conversation or had anyone bring up the other two. I haven't seen European Vacation (1985) in decades, either, but I seem to recall it being funnier than this one (1983), but not as great as Christmas.

FranciscoGios

It was so much fun watching Chevy Chase being so funny, almost all of his scenes are not boring, you can tell he also carried this whole movie; John Candy was awesome. Hey did you guys know that the Ferrari Girl was supposed to be a 16 year and was supposed to be the love interest of Rusty; once Harold and Chase did the act by switching the script to the parents they decided to stick with it. The woman is a swimsuit model the magazine for men Sports Illustrated they introduce her in their front covers issues ‘79, ‘80 & ‘81.

Jesus F Christ

This is a good one, but I've always thought the movie that really captured Chevy Chase's humor the best is Fletch. It's really worth checking out.

Rob Parry

Never been a huge fan of this movie but this reaction was yikes. It's fine to not like a movie you react to but to overreact to and over analyze scenes from a silly irreverent comedy as if this was real or a documentary is really strange. I never thought watching Chevy Chase swimming naked with Christy Brinkley would cause more outrage and judgement than watching 100's or 1000's of people getting murdered in most action movies that have been reacted to, but whatever. Christmas Vacation may be a better movie but it's the same style of comedy. Not sure why they would like that one any better.

REDR58
>>113416536

Christmas Vacation is actually a funny movie. I went ahead and watched this again last night and it is simply gawdawful despite a very few funny bits. It’s much like Police Academy, best left in the past. And the dog scene is still reprehensible.

overdev

@George the dance Napoleon does on the stage in this movie is btw the one the male blood elves do in World of Warcraft ;)

sheriffjt

Fun side note: cousin Vicki is Jane Krakowski from 30 Rock and Kimmy Schmidt. Edit: also, looks like you didn't notice that Rusty was Anthony Michael Hall, famous for his roles in John Hughes movies like The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, & Weird Science, but also in Community as Jeff's bully Mike in the Comparative Religion episode.

IncredibleBulk

can't be sure but the security guard they make lie on the floor, i feel he may be the shouty captain in last action hero. could i have checked before commenting... yes i could, but where is the fun in that!

Alan Kobb

Back in the 1870s a group of undergrads started a magazine called the Harvard Lampoon and spend the proceeds on beers. This has continued to this day. In 1970 a group of Harvard grads started a humor magazine called National Lampoon, paying a royalty to Harvard Lampoon (more beer money). Both publications have routinely combined intelligent cutting-edge wit with crassness and low-humor, and they routinely attack the elite, the holy and sacred. The national magazine went out of print in 1998, but their production arm is still producing Vacation and it's sequels are not among my favorites. The best National Lampoon is Animal House, but be ready to cringe. This movie took frat-house humor to a new level. Horses will die, women will lose their clothes, and (spoiler...) an actor will portray an exploding zit! Yet, it is hilarious, and yet even the intelligent will laugh at it.

Logan Kerlee

I enjoyed watching this for the first time with you both. :) This is a movie that I thought that I watched growing up but nope! This was a new one for me. Definitely a movie for it's time! Turns out that yeah, I watched the Christmas one instead. If/when ya'll watch that I think that I'll good time then as well. :) lmao, I'm with you George! Down with the double standard! xD

Wayne Kryka

The waitress who brought Clark his beer at the bar was one of my High School teachers. Eddie Braken who played Roy Walley was a very popular actor back in the 1940’s.

Deadly Ramon

Christie Brinkley was a top supermodel during the 80s. I liked her in the film, but thought the actress who played Ellen was hotter. The ghetto scene is something the director or producer later came to regret, from what I remember hearing in an audio track accompanying the DVD. I'm glad the movie was made before times changed, as it's one of my favorite segments. The part where John Candy's character gets shot in the butt never fails to make me erupt in laughter.

Deadly Ramon
>>113394973

I'd love for the hosts to react to Fletch. It was required college viewing on VHS from soon after its inception through the mid-90s, and should still be in various modern-day and even retro formats.