National Lampoon's Vacation | Canadian First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Review | Commentary

Simone & George are reacting to National Lampoon's Vacation for the first time! Canadians React!

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01:27 - National Lampoon's Vacation
28:48 - Discussion

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[ianrastall]

The National Lampoon is the comedy paper put out by students at Harvard. It made a run at national recognition a la Mad Magazine. They're the ones with the cover of the puppy with a gun to his head and the caption, "Buy This Magazine Or The Dog Gets It".

[raydurz]

National Lampoons was a satire/humor magazine back in the day. The blonde in the car is Christie Brinkley. She's still gorgeous over 40 years later. The next movie is European Vacation. Clark and Ellen are played by the same people, but the kids are different.

[McPh]

Chevy Chase’s physical humor and absent mindedness is on point. Did you notice in the kitchen scene where he and Ellen are doing the dishes that she is scraping the food off and he he wiping them off and putting them back in the cupboard instead of in the open dishwasher? It’s things like that you have to watch for.

[MrZeek]

Simone: "They wouldn't kill off a dog AND an Aunt, would they?!'
Viewers: (twiddling fingers and whistling)
😂

[LordVolkov]

Don't skip European Vacation. It's not the best of the series, but still very funny. The spiritual predecessor to Eurotrip.

[BatmanFan]

Every time I think of this movie, I instantly get the song “Holiday Road” stuck in my head.

[chappie_nottherobot]

I really hope you’ll watch Christmas Vacation during the holiday season! It’s my favorite Christmas movie by a mile!

[CinHotlanta]

"You think you hate it now... wait' til you drive it..."

We love you, Gene Levy

[handfuloftrains]

"We're from out of town."
"No shit."
40 years on and I still think that's one of the best lines.

[Harvb]

Hamburger Helper is a boxed meal mix, usually containing some sort of pasta and a packet of assorted spices & seasonings. You typically add a pound of ground hamburger & end up with a meal which will allegedly feed a family of four.

It was a very popular dinner option in the US before the days of microwaves & ubiquitous delivery options, and is still sold in pretty much every grocery store in the country.

[grifirnyc]

This movie has a special place in my heart, because it came out while my family was on a four-week trip driving from Ohio to California and back. I went to see it with my sister and my mother and we just kept laughing thinking, "We just did this." Fortunately, in our case, Aunt Edna lived happily for another 10 years.

[professionaljackass]

As an EMT, I have to give George props for his "Staying Alive" joke.

[tremorsfan]

This was based on a short story that appeared in the magazine. The first line is "If my father hadn't shot Walt Disney in the leg it would have been the best vacation ever".

[iKvetch]

Sweet Simone...airplane travel was definitely much much more expensive in the 1980s, which is when this is set. It was before the time when airlines had been deregulated, and before the advent of low cost airlines like Southwest...both of which made air travel vastly more affordable.

[davidmenchaca]

Simone” There not gonna kill off a dog and a old lady.”
Us 🤭🤫😉

[ranger-]

The food trays at the drive-in were meant to hook on the window glass and had an arm at the bottom that rested against the door. You rolled the window down to about 2" for it to hook. A&W and Sonic were two I used to frequent. On the order post beside the car was a flat place to set the tray when done. A&W had great mugs they served drinks in, and every guy had at least one in his room to hold his spare change...unless they caught you leaving with it. :-)

[agarven]

The white shoes that Eddie gives to Clark in this movie Eddie wears the same shoes in Christmas Vacation. The actor who spits out the watermelon seeds at the cabins is Brian Doyle Murray who is Bill Murray’s brother in real life. Brian also was Clark’s boss in Christmas Vacation

[brom]

Simone, you nailed it right out of the gate with the movie poster. Boris Vallejo did a lot of work with the Conan comics back in the day, along with much more fantasy, sci-fi art. He was also well known or his movie one-sheet art like this one.

[calvinheslop]

Simone always reminds me of that little unicorn loving girl from Despicable me whenever she gets excited about stuff her reaction to seeing the dino statue at the beginning is a perfect example.I hope I find someone like that one day as I tend to be a bit of a miserable bugger.

[toodlescae]

The wife, Beverly D'Angelo is in another comedy called *High Spirits* I love that movie. Ot also stars Peter O'Toole, Steve Guttenberg (Police Academy), Darryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly and Liam Neeson.