National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) -🤯📼First Time Film Club📼🤯 - First Time Watching/Reaction/Review

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  • @InjuredRobot.
    @InjuredRobot. 2 місяці тому +103

    Aunt Edna (Imogene Coca) suffered a stroke about midway during filming. She insisted on completeing the work and much to their credit, Director Ramis and the production crew agreed and shot alternate scenes while she recovered AND had to relearn all her lines INCLUDING the scene where she took a bite out of sandwich that the dog peed on, which she IMPROVISED! Yes, after a stroke! She was a real pro! May she Rest in Peace.

    • @tenjed4224
      @tenjed4224 2 місяці тому

      So right. She was a pro. RiP Imogene.

  • @Will-nn6ux
    @Will-nn6ux 2 місяці тому +91

    Clark’s rant in the car is one of the funniest things ever. “I think you’re all f***ed in the head!” 😂

    • @tiwagg5345
      @tiwagg5345 2 місяці тому +6

      His rant in Christmas Vacation is better imho. But they both usually have me rofl

    • @dtnetlurker
      @dtnetlurker 2 місяці тому +8

      We have all definitely been there at least once.

    • @brianvalencia7717
      @brianvalencia7717 2 місяці тому +11

      "Don't TOUCH!" 😂😂😂😂 That one kills me every time.

    • @WinstonSmith19847
      @WinstonSmith19847 2 місяці тому +3

      I can't hear Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah without thinking of this film now which is probably the best way to remember that song.

    • @LubbockBabesFan
      @LubbockBabesFan 2 місяці тому

      @@brianvalencia7717 Same😄😄😄😄

  • @LordVolkov
    @LordVolkov 2 місяці тому +92

    "Then you just recast them to be younger..."
    The changing cast of the children, and their relative ages to each other, is one of my favorite running gags of the series. And that they call attention to Clark forgetting their names and ages 🤣🤣🤣

    • @MLJ7956
      @MLJ7956 2 місяці тому +16

      They even poke fun at the changing kids in Vegas Vacation - "There's something different about you Russ...Who's that? Audrey? Her wearing that outfit I thought she was someone else". 🤣🤣🤣

    • @johncampbell756
      @johncampbell756 2 місяці тому +14

      He forgets Audrey's name when he shares the beer with Rusty in this film.

  • @tapoemt3995
    @tapoemt3995 2 місяці тому +46

    If it makes you feel better. The TV version back in the day had her say "My Science Teacher says I'm the best at it" 😂

    • @Will-nn6ux
      @Will-nn6ux 2 місяці тому +11

      That is so much better. 😂

    • @pete_lind
      @pete_lind 2 місяці тому +3

      This came in 1983 you could still drop f-bombs , Howard the Duck 1986 with few others caused new ratings on movies , Xmas vacation 1989 new movie rating.
      One reason 1980s was best decade for action movies , Die Hard , Predator, Lethal Weapon , Indiana Jones , Commando , Scarface a.s.o
      Sound tracks got better it was not anymore brass horn jazz like in 1970s actions.

  • @davidmenchaca1063
    @davidmenchaca1063 2 місяці тому +39

    The “DON’T TOUCH!” line is my favorite line is still say today.

    • @MrRyguy2112
      @MrRyguy2112 2 місяці тому +4

      I ALWAYS laugh at that! 😂 "You need an aspirin or something?"

  • @bravedown50
    @bravedown50 2 місяці тому +27

    Fun fact. When they are driving on the freeway leaving Chicago, some of those air shots were used in the opening credits of the TV show Married With Children.

  • @Stackali
    @Stackali 2 місяці тому +46

    the "roll um up" has been used so many times since this movie and its always hilarious.

    • @johncampbell756
      @johncampbell756 2 місяці тому +5

      When we would drive past the part of Jackson Heights, Queens, NY we lived in when I was born on the way towards my Uncle Tom's house, my dad would always say, "Lock the doors. Shut the windows. And that's where we used to live." He wouldn't even slow down as we passed by.

  • @reservoirdude92
    @reservoirdude92 2 місяці тому +34

    "Hey, uh, excuse me holmes? Uh, what it is, bro?"
    I swear to god I've rarely laughed as hard at ANY line from a film as I did when I first watched this 😂

    • @LordVolkov
      @LordVolkov 2 місяці тому +8

      "Roll em up!"

    • @tempsitch5632
      @tempsitch5632 2 місяці тому +6

      Are you witnessing all this plight ?

  • @MarkDemeo
    @MarkDemeo 2 місяці тому +20

    Yeah but Daddy says I'm the best at it, your reaction plus his laughing at that line, was priceless.

  • @areguapiri
    @areguapiri 2 місяці тому +6

    This was HBO gold in the early 80s for us over 50 as kids. The second one, "European Vacation", was hilarious also. "Vacation", "Sixteen Candles", and the first "Revenge of the Nerds" were some my most favorite comedies growing up.

  • @wampa25
    @wampa25 2 місяці тому +24

    "She breathed on me! A dead person breathed on me!"

    • @dustman820
      @dustman820 2 місяці тому +2

      One of my favorite lines that wasn't shown here. Also after the car crash in the desert when Audrey says "I think I got my period." Which in the TV version is changed to "I have to go to the bathroom."

    • @scottNNJ
      @scottNNJ 23 дні тому

      Audrey didn’t have many lines, but she got some of the best.

  • @FeaturingRob
    @FeaturingRob 2 місяці тому +79

    Great reaction. One thing I don't know if you noticed...Cousin Vicki, who grows the devil's lettuce, was played by Jane Krakowski in her film debut. The future 30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Ally McBeal star was 14 at the time.

    • @johncampbell756
      @johncampbell756 2 місяці тому +7

      Plus a lot of Broadway as well.

    • @FeaturingRob
      @FeaturingRob 2 місяці тому +6

      @@johncampbell756 One Tony for Nine, a Tony nom for Grand Hotel, and an Olivier for Guys and Dolls. Yep...a LOT of stage work. 🥰

    • @3DJapan
      @3DJapan 2 місяці тому +3

      I forgot she was in Ally McBeal.

    • @carlofaccini8034
      @carlofaccini8034 2 місяці тому +1

      No shit, cant belive I never noticed that.

    • @carlofaccini8034
      @carlofaccini8034 2 місяці тому +1

      No shit, I never noticed that

  • @tonyponchopeters
    @tonyponchopeters 2 місяці тому +10

    Christie Brinkley was the Biggest Supermodel in the early 80's until Cindy Crawford came on the scene and became the Highest Paid Supermodel.

  • @sandiegobrewreview
    @sandiegobrewreview 2 місяці тому +46

    Fun fact.when Chevy Chase was in college he was in a rock band and when he left the band to pursue acting the remaining members of the band formed a new band called steely Dan .

    • @billsimonis
      @billsimonis 2 місяці тому +7

      he described it as a bad jazz band

    • @0okamino
      @0okamino 2 місяці тому +7

      Steely Dan. The band everyone _except_ Chevy Chase was in.

    • @vilefly
      @vilefly 2 місяці тому +2

      He was holding them back. lol.

  • @jxchamb
    @jxchamb 2 місяці тому +18

    Just looking at the title got Holiday Road stuck in my head. And I ain't complaining bout it.

  • @tevinwms1104
    @tevinwms1104 2 місяці тому +21

    Brian Doyle-Murray, who played the campground clerk, later played the role of Clark's cheapskate boss, Frank Shirley, in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989).

    • @tempsitch5632
      @tempsitch5632 2 місяці тому +3

      Previously wrote and acted in Caddyshack with Chase.

    • @chesteradams7423
      @chesteradams7423 2 місяці тому +3

      Who is also the brother of Bill Murray.

    • @JeremySeanA
      @JeremySeanA 2 місяці тому

      "We like to send out a mailer."

  • @billygannon6810
    @billygannon6810 2 місяці тому +8

    Matthew: Are you tired all the time??
    I'm fucking dead!!!! 😂😂😂😂

  • @44excalibur
    @44excalibur 2 місяці тому +20

    The idea for National Lampoon's Vacation came to writer/director John Hughes during the Chicago Blizzard of 1979, when he began developing a short story titled "Vacation '58" for an issue of the National Lampoon magazine. Hughes eventually expanded the idea into a full screenplay, and also wrote another short story for National Lampoon called "Christmas '59" which Christmas Vacation was based on. Vacation was directed by Harold Ramis, and was Ramis' second directing job after Caddyshack. Hughes would make his directorial debut a year later with Sixteen Candles, but Vacation is technically Anthony Michael Hall's first appearance in a John Hughes project.

  • @libertubey2199
    @libertubey2199 2 місяці тому +22

    To really appreciate Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy & John Candy, along with Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, Martin Short, and Joe Flaherty, who we lost this past Monday (on April Fool's Day, no less), see a show called SCTV. It like SNL, only better.

  • @TheOneTrueChris
    @TheOneTrueChris 2 місяці тому +24

    Catherine (Cousin Eddie's wife) is the same actress, she didn't change from movie to movie. Miriam Flynn.

    • @MLJ7956
      @MLJ7956 2 місяці тому +7

      She was also very funny in Mr. Mom (1983) with Michael Keaton. 😉

  • @dustman820
    @dustman820 2 місяці тому +10

    One of the reasons why test audiences hated the original ending was because audience and the Griswold's didn't get to see what Wally World looks like.
    In the original ending, Christie Brinkley's character was Roy Wally's daughter and because of her is why Clark doesn't go to jail in that ending. The last photo in the ending credits of the Griswold's wearing Wally World hats taking an airplane home is from the original ending.

  • @mcjim256
    @mcjim256 2 місяці тому +5

    Anytime something is closed I can’t not say “Sorry folks, the moose out front should have told ya”
    …and I agree with Matt that Beverly D’Anfelo had a profound effect on a whole generation of young men!

  • @celeboria
    @celeboria 2 місяці тому +15

    The Vacation series is one of the rare movie franchises, in which every entry is genuinely entertaining.
    And Randy Quaid just steals every scene he is in.
    Looking forward to watching you react to the sequels.

    • @misterkite
      @misterkite 2 місяці тому +4

      Turns out Randy Quaid wasn't *acting* crazy...

  • @dr.burtgummerfan439
    @dr.burtgummerfan439 2 місяці тому +7

    Chevy Chase hated the big roller coaster, that's why they put John Candy in front of him. If you watch closely, you can catch his face a couple of times and he's clearly not enjoying it.😂

  • @daveruhe4031
    @daveruhe4031 2 місяці тому +7

    "Fletch" is another old school Chevy Chase comedy you might like.

  • @rcrawford42
    @rcrawford42 2 місяці тому +10

    I'm honestly amazed Emily hasn't seen this.

  • @HelloThere.GeneralKenobi
    @HelloThere.GeneralKenobi 2 місяці тому +9

    9:18 ,,,, poor Emily. She was so not ready for that!

  • @tenjed4224
    @tenjed4224 2 місяці тому +5

    I've watched this movie in the theater, on home video, and on regular tv too many times to count. It it such a great film.

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver 2 місяці тому +1

      I remember the groans in the theatre after "Dad says I'm the BEST." It was this sinking "unnnnnghhhhhhh" LMAO

  • @misterkite
    @misterkite 2 місяці тому +12

    Wally World was played by Six Flags Magic Mountain.

    • @tempsitch5632
      @tempsitch5632 2 місяці тому

      From the inside. From the outside it’s a painting and the parking lot is in santa ana.

    • @themoviedealers
      @themoviedealers 2 місяці тому

      Santa Anita horse racing track, which is not in Santa Ana. It's in Arcadia.

  • @44excalibur
    @44excalibur 2 місяці тому +9

    No, that is actually the same actress who plays cousin Eddie's wife in Christmas Vacation. She only looks different here because she has shorter hair.

    • @MLJ7956
      @MLJ7956 2 місяці тому +1

      She was also very funny in Mr. Mom (1983) with Michael Keaton.

    • @44excalibur
      @44excalibur 2 місяці тому

      @@MLJ7956 Yep, and Mr. Mom was also written by John Hughes, who was on a tear in the 1980s.

  • @guitarman8462
    @guitarman8462 2 місяці тому +5

    Before this movie there were other National Lampoon movies , but National Lampoons started off as a comedy comic magazine like MAD magazine or CRACKED.

  • @joedavis6029
    @joedavis6029 2 місяці тому +3

    I have to tell this again because this movie popped up.
    My dad saw this when it came out...he loved this movie. Uncle Carl wore white shoes that looked like those Eddie gave Clark. Daddy was "bragging" on Carl's shoes at a family gathering. About a week later, a package came in the mail. Yep, a pair of cousin Eddie's shoes. The next weekend we went to Carl's house for a cookout. He asked daddy if he got the shoes. He told him he didn't even get to wear them and that my brother had worn them out in the horse barn while cleaning stalls. He RUINED them and how mad he was. A week later, a second pair of white shoes were on our front porch. Both pairs of shoes, new in the box, were in daddy's closet when he died in 2008.

  • @devoncooper8296
    @devoncooper8296 2 місяці тому +6

    The Cinema Sherpa had so much fun with this one! You guys are are always the best but the Sherpa is lovin this one!!

  • @davidlionheart2438
    @davidlionheart2438 2 місяці тому +5

    Not just one of the greatest comedies of the 80s, but one of the greatest comedies ever made. Brilliant performances and one brilliant gag after another. My favorite will always be the legendary Imogene Coca as Aunt Edna pondering the dog piss sandwich for a second and then being like "Eh, f*ck it".

  • @StarWarsMoments
    @StarWarsMoments 2 місяці тому +15

    That is Eddie's wife from Christmas vacation. I don't think they ever replaced her.

    • @MLJ7956
      @MLJ7956 2 місяці тому +2

      She was same actress who was in most of the Vacation films....
      She was also in Mr. Mom (1983) with Michael Keaton...
      She was also the voice of Taz's mom in the Tazmania cartoon series...

    • @dr.burtgummerfan439
      @dr.burtgummerfan439 2 місяці тому

      Another SCTV alumnus.

    • @chesteradams7423
      @chesteradams7423 2 місяці тому

      @@MLJ7956 She was also the voice of Grandma Longneck in the Land Before Time movies.

  • @StarWarsMoments
    @StarWarsMoments 29 днів тому +1

    I hadn't noticed the connection to Christmas vacation, but right after Clark says "holy shit" Rusty offers him some aspirin.
    "Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?!?"

  • @glennthompson1173
    @glennthompson1173 2 місяці тому +8

    This is the best vacation movie. Easily.

    • @k.delpino1124
      @k.delpino1124 2 місяці тому

      Of course.
      There is no franchise like this, unless this first movie worked like it did.

  • @jkhoover
    @jkhoover 2 місяці тому +10

    Chevy movies to watch:
    Fletch
    Three Amigos
    Spies Like Us
    Funny Farm
    European Vacation (Of course)

  • @joemasters2270
    @joemasters2270 2 місяці тому +5

    Matt & Emily - my wife & I love you both... strap yourselves in for this classic!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @DarthMohammedRules
    @DarthMohammedRules 2 місяці тому +1

    This and Raising Arizona are probably my favorite comedies of all time.

  • @bryangarner671
    @bryangarner671 2 місяці тому +28

    European Vacation is also worth watching.

    • @Deathbird_Mitch
      @Deathbird_Mitch 2 місяці тому +2

      The first 3 are worth watching.

    • @brianhansen6189
      @brianhansen6189 2 місяці тому

      Yeah there’s tiddies in that one too

    • @DarthMohammedRules
      @DarthMohammedRules 2 місяці тому +1

      European Vacation is great, just as good as Vacation and Christmas Vacation, criminally underrated and overlooked, nowhere near enough reaction vids here on YT for that one.

  • @roadrunner3100
    @roadrunner3100 2 місяці тому +4

    Chevy Chase was on the Tonight Show when this came out and Johnny Carson said the scene with the dog and the cop just about killed him. Chevy said, being National Lampoon, they wanted to have a red streak behind the car and down the highway but realized that was probably going too far.

  • @djb10
    @djb10 2 місяці тому +2

    FINALLY someone property reacts to the line "this is a Magnum PI"

  • @MLJ7956
    @MLJ7956 2 місяці тому +8

    Great reaction you two...👍👍
    If you want to see more funny Chevy Chase 80s flicks, then check out Fletch (1985) & it's sequel Fletch Lives (1989), as well as Funny Farm (1988), Seems Like Old Times (1980), Three Amigos! (1986), Modern Problems (1981) & Spies Like Us (1985). 😁

  • @StarWarsMoments
    @StarWarsMoments 2 місяці тому +10

    Roll em up.

  • @darylabrams2
    @darylabrams2 2 місяці тому +8

    Harold Ramis said they called him to the studio one day to watch Christie Brinkley try on lingerie because they wanted to know what he wanted her to wear in the film. He thought I love my job and immediately went to the studio. Lol.
    They reshot the end of the film also and if you pay attention, Anthony Michael Hall is actually taller at the end than the beginning. He had a growth spurt in between shooting.

  • @treadstone1138
    @treadstone1138 2 місяці тому +7

    Harold Ramis was also the voice of the Marty Moose statue at the end.

    • @k.delpino1124
      @k.delpino1124 2 місяці тому

      And the offscreen voice asking Mr. Wally if he wanted the family arrested.

    • @themoviedealers
      @themoviedealers 2 місяці тому

      Moose out front shoulda told ja.

  • @LucareonVee
    @LucareonVee 2 місяці тому +5

    I actually did go up in the St. Louis arch as a kid on vacation with my parents. It's actually really neat, especially the way the elevator works. Since it's traveling in an arch, it's made up of compartments that are able to rotate.

  • @touriewright5428
    @touriewright5428 2 місяці тому

    Emily's face after the line - " but daddy says I'm the best at it" is THE BEST luv it
    Awesome reaction guys as usual :)

  • @namco003
    @namco003 2 місяці тому

    I don't think i've had the pleasure of hearing Matt laugh so much. Right there with you at the subtle little comedy bits that sneaks in. LOL!!

  • @wiseoldman53
    @wiseoldman53 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm not sure what was funnier. The movie itself (which I've seen dozens of times, but it still cracks me up) or watching both of you cracking up over the movie! 🤣 I loved both of your reactions!!

  • @embraceyourweirdness70
    @embraceyourweirdness70 2 місяці тому +4

    DON'T TOUCH! Best line in the movie...

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo 2 місяці тому

    You can tell that Beverly was about to break at the end of Chevy's eulogy. Perfectly natural reaction!

  • @spiffywonderboy
    @spiffywonderboy 2 місяці тому +1

    The same actress, Miriam Flynn, plays Catherine in this movie, Christmas Vacation, and Vegas Vacation.

  • @Martin_Dimirag
    @Martin_Dimirag 2 місяці тому

    "it doesn't kill you when I do it"
    almost almost brave last words

  • @rcrawford42
    @rcrawford42 2 місяці тому +3

    This movie wins "Best Use of Vangelis in a Comedy".

    • @Dirkus17
      @Dirkus17 2 місяці тому

      But third best use of Vangelis in _any_ movie.

  • @laurakali6522
    @laurakali6522 2 місяці тому +3

    So many great movies around this time. 9-5, Tootsie, Seems Like Old Times and Arthur. All great comedies.

  • @hbq3000
    @hbq3000 2 місяці тому

    When I hear Daisy say I don't want to hurt anyone, I get the same kind of feels when Jackie Chan says "I don't want trouble" then proceeds to wreck fools when they don't listen.
    And I'm getting the popcorn ready

  • @matthewcooper2433
    @matthewcooper2433 2 місяці тому +2

    So the theme song "Holiday Road" was written and performed by Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac as a solo project. Still not sure how that worked out but its pretty cool.

  • @Birdboy029
    @Birdboy029 2 місяці тому

    I remember at 7 and 9 years old, in the late 90s, my sister and I would be shown the TV edit of this movie ON REPEAT! It was a household classic.

  • @GeneralZodFDNY77
    @GeneralZodFDNY77 2 місяці тому

    "DON'T TOUCH!" made me laugh so hard when I first saw this. I don't know why, but lord it did.

  • @Will_Fly_the_YouTube_Guy
    @Will_Fly_the_YouTube_Guy 2 місяці тому +3

    Any time Beverly D’Angelo had a topless scene, they would close the set to make her more comfortable. But Anthony Michael Hall (Rusty) got busted trying to sneak a peak, and Harold Ramos made him apologize to her as punishment.

  • @tomhoffman4330
    @tomhoffman4330 2 місяці тому +1

    Here's a NOTE that Y'all may or may-not have caught: the Talking Moose at the Park was Voiced by Harold Ramis!
    Loved this Reaction, Love this Movie but Like-Emily, I too saw "Christmas Vacation" first (long before this one) and I Love that one more TBH!👍

  • @gluuuuue
    @gluuuuue 2 місяці тому +4

    Chevy Chase going into profanity is hilarious because of how unflappably upbeat and overly optimistic Clark spends through the majority of the film leading up to his starting to crack. 🤣

  • @biguy617
    @biguy617 2 місяці тому

    Chevy Chase, Randy Quad, the woman that plays his wife and Beverly D’Angelo are the 4 main characters in almost all the Vacation movies. The kids are different in each movie because kids always eventually grow up.

  • @user-qh2us7ky1p
    @user-qh2us7ky1p 2 місяці тому +2

    2, National Lampoon's European Vacation, (1985)
    3, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, (1989)
    4, Vegas Vacation, (1997)
    5, Hotel Hell Vacation, (2010)
    6, Vacation, (2015)

  • @Tr0nzoid
    @Tr0nzoid 2 місяці тому

    I remember what it was like to be a kid when movies like this were coming out or showing on pay cable channels, along with "Stripes," "Animal House," "Porky's." They were legendary in their glimpses at R-rated content and it felt special to be able to see them.

  • @janeteggleston6978
    @janeteggleston6978 2 місяці тому

    My favorite part about watching your reaction is the bonus banter between you two

  • @billsimonis
    @billsimonis 2 місяці тому +4

    originally they wanted to film at disneyland but the disney said no. So they ended up created a disney like park. Roy Walley is basically Roy Disney.
    The road leading to Wally World is actually the road for Six Flags Magic Mountain.
    the pictures at the begining of the movie were all real tourist attraction that were taken from a tour guide book. Most the roadside attractions featured are no longer there.
    the off screen cop at the end "wer're all done here" is the voice of Harold Ramis
    based of a short story by John Hughes titled Vacation '58.
    Imogene Coco disliked working on the movie.
    theme song Holiday Road and Dancing Across The USA both written and performed by Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetword Mac
    This was Chrsitie Brinkley's first movie role. she was quite nervous and reluctant to show nudity. I believe they also banned the kids from the set on when they filmed the nude scenes. Anthony Michael Hall said later that he tried to sneak on the set during the filming of th nude scenes.
    several scenes with Hall were reshot and in soe of them he is noticeably taller as he experienced a growth spurt during reshoots.
    this also started a gag about the kids being different in subsquentially vacation movies, as neith Dana nor Anthony Micheal came back for European Vacation

    • @Will_Fly_the_YouTube_Guy
      @Will_Fly_the_YouTube_Guy 2 місяці тому

      I think you mean Walt Disney

    • @billsimonis
      @billsimonis 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Will_Fly_the_UA-cam_Guy according to Harold Ramis it is roy since he was the ceo at the time. even the name roy wally was a parody of troy disney

  • @ericlencher2356
    @ericlencher2356 2 місяці тому +1

    While he was paid a million for this cameo, he was only paid $414 for his cameo in Home Alone. Things even out!

  • @tanjabuchholz5314
    @tanjabuchholz5314 2 місяці тому +5

    That's a young Jane Krakowski! I never realized

  • @coreyhendricks9490
    @coreyhendricks9490 2 місяці тому +1

    One of the best comedies of all time, cool reaction as always Emily & Matthew, you both take care

  • @charleslee8313
    @charleslee8313 2 місяці тому

    "Ye, though the Hindus speak of karma..." That's one of my favorite lines. That line, and "Excuse me, Holmes?"
    This is the first R movie that I saw in theaters; it's near and dear to my heart.

  • @Stackali
    @Stackali 2 місяці тому +3

    Beverly D'Angelo may be in the car next to him, but thats Christie Brinkley in the ferrari

  • @drake128
    @drake128 2 місяці тому +2

    1 night just before bed my mother did 1 final of the channels. This was around 91 in the UK so we only had 4 .
    The intro music was just starting . We decided to watch it and it became one of fondest memories.

  • @DetectiveAlley
    @DetectiveAlley 2 місяці тому

    I've seen this movie many times and just now noticed the unlocking of the car door after it had been smashed. Thank you for that.

  • @otisroseboro5613
    @otisroseboro5613 2 місяці тому +4

    Oh Please,Do The Sequels You Will Definitely Love Those One's Forsure, Great Reaction Guy's To One Of My All Time Favorite Movie's

  • @toob1979
    @toob1979 2 місяці тому

    Poor Imogene Coca. God bless that woman's soul. Everyone said she was the sweetest little old lady when the cameras weren't rolling. What no one was aware of while they filmed was Imogene dealt with a severe phobia of riding in cars due to a very bad accident she was in as a young woman.
    Road trip movies were nothing new in 1983, but _National Lampoon's Vacation_ was the first to actually take the cast and crew cross-country to shoot at the various locations.
    Matt's not the only one who admired Beverly D'Angelo's physique. Anthony Michael Hall (Rusty) tried to sneak onto the set whenever Beverly filmed a nude scene. He didn't succeed.

  • @twooharmony2000
    @twooharmony2000 2 місяці тому

    9:12 that skit had the energy of Airplane skit wit' children.."just like my men."-Ernie Moore Jr.

  • @knytestorme
    @knytestorme 2 місяці тому +1

    Great reaction, trying to work out who requested it though.
    In terms of Matt's comment about how you can always find something new in it when you rewatch.....I have NEVER noticed him putting the plates straight in to the cupboard rather than the dishwasher in all the times I've watched this over 41 years until you guys pointed it out.

  • @bugvswindshield
    @bugvswindshield 2 місяці тому

    OMG....total classic.
    One of the best comedies I can remember.
    A real thigh slapper for sure!!!

  • @KabukiKid
    @KabukiKid 2 місяці тому

    Harold Ramis does the voice for Marty Moose and also for the offscreen cop asking Mr. Wally what he wants to do with the Griswolds. This movie is my favorite of the series... with Christmas Vacation an easy second place. Both are a riot.

  • @strayhound3842
    @strayhound3842 2 місяці тому +5

    Please react to all of the National Lampoon Vacation movies!

  • @nintendianajones64
    @nintendianajones64 2 місяці тому +6

    I'm sad you edited out. "You like that girl, Clark?" "Who her? Noooo she's ugly!"

  • @3DJapan
    @3DJapan 2 місяці тому +1

    This is the second movie I've seen where the air bag just looks like a trash bag. The other being The Naked Gun.

  • @floretionguru2977
    @floretionguru2977 2 місяці тому +13

    Here's a lesser known bit of trivia: the police officer who threatens to use the butt of his revolver on Clark has worked in two movies with separate Bill Murray brothers- the other being the very funny Moving Violations

    • @jrod4344
      @jrod4344 2 місяці тому +1

      For some reason this reaction made me want to revisit, Modern Problems. Didn't think about Moving Violations, but now i want to watch that too. And then the Actors and type of movie that is, makes me want to watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High afterwards.

    • @dustman820
      @dustman820 2 місяці тому +1

      If I'm correct, the cop was once married to Jane Seymour.

  • @jackprescott9652
    @jackprescott9652 2 місяці тому

    My late dad and i watched this movie, and we laughed so hard that we got tears out of our eyes.

  • @devoncooper8296
    @devoncooper8296 2 місяці тому +4

    Are you gonna do European vacation? I know it’s not the fave, but I grew up on all these movies. Love them all

  • @jonathanweathersby812
    @jonathanweathersby812 2 місяці тому +2

    I actually built a full size rumning driving replica of the Truckster, complete with dinkys dog leash on the back bumper and a half mannequin wrapped in a tarp,strapped to the roof with good ole 70s Samsonite luggage

    • @Crolis
      @Crolis 2 місяці тому +1

      I have an old Garmin GPS that has the Truckster as a vehicle icon. If you looked closely, there was a dog leash attached to the bumper.

  • @Mr.Fahrenheit.
    @Mr.Fahrenheit. 2 місяці тому +5

    How can you miss the Grand Canyon? It's only the biggest hole on the world.

    • @RaptorNX01
      @RaptorNX01 2 місяці тому +2

      Well, second biggest.

  • @joshritz7067
    @joshritz7067 2 місяці тому

    This film is high art and the "DON'T TOUCH!" line is painfully relatable

  • @ShuffleUpandDeal32
    @ShuffleUpandDeal32 2 місяці тому

    They actually made this trip across the country as they filmed.

  • @jeffkleinschmidt1775
    @jeffkleinschmidt1775 2 місяці тому +2

    My parents had a a green. Station wagon in 1980s the back seats pop up

  • @aagold76
    @aagold76 2 місяці тому +1

    Beverly has such a great voice- check out 'Coalminer's Daughter' with Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn- Beverly plays Patsy Cline in it and she and Sissy do all their own singing.

  • @johnwilliamson2207
    @johnwilliamson2207 2 місяці тому

    Also of note, the song that plays whenever Christie Brinkley shows up is not the original song that played during those scenes in the theatrical version. In the theatrical version 'I'm so Excited' by the Pointer Sisters was heard. It was changed for copyright reasons.

  • @ctcentralinfo
    @ctcentralinfo 2 місяці тому +4

    I saw European vacation before vacation. I got say I liked the former better.

  • @arconeagain
    @arconeagain 2 місяці тому +1

    'Stay in the car, it's hot and dangerous out here'.
    Beverly is the super model in this.

  • @dchapman4980
    @dchapman4980 2 місяці тому +4

    ❤❤❤❤... PLEASE WATCH THE OTHER TWO VACATION MOVIES.

  • @netzombiee646
    @netzombiee646 2 місяці тому

    A piece of trivia about the movie … the original ending had Clark kidnapping Roy Wally at his home (a plot they used later in Christmas Vacation), but this ending didn’t go over well with test audiences … so after several months, they refilled the ending at the amusement park … throughout the movie, Rusty (Anthony Michael Hall), was shorter the his mom, Ellen (Beverly Deangelo) … but during the break between filming the movie and reshooting the ending, Anthony Michael Hall had a growth spurt … resulting in him being considerably taller than Beverly Deangelo in the ending amusement park scenes.

  • @Dan_Geer_
    @Dan_Geer_ 2 місяці тому +2

    Someday you’ll watch Chevy Chase’s “Nothing But Trouble”, and I’ll be a happy boy.