My wife watches National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation for the FIRST time

Merry Christmas everyone! My Wife and I are watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
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[@HoldenHardman]

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a wonderful day and that you get all presents you want!

[@abducteeofearth1703]

Adam Sandler’s 8 crazy nights is frickin brilliant!!!!!!!!! THAT’S A TECHNICAL FOUL!!!

[@nickk17nj]

@@abducteeofearth1703 "And possibly a homicide"

[@nickk17nj]

Loved the movie Hope y'all have an amazing day and Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

[@TheWindcrow]

Harden lol, all 80s movies are like this. Kids don't get the jokes till they see them later in life XD. So it's always a family xmas movie.

[@ironking790]

Thanks and you have a wonderful day too :)

[@JacobLunbeck]

One of the running gags in these movies is that they recast the kids in every single one. I forget which one but I know one of the movies even references this when one of the characters says the kids look different from how they remember.

[@ceougin20]

I think that’s the Vegas one.

[@Wezqu]

They even change to ages around in the original National Lampoon's Vacation movie the boy is the older one of the siblings and in this its the other way around.

[@TwilightLink77]

If the current Vacation series had continued after the revival film it would have continued the tradition of recasting Rusty’s sons.

[@markcastellanet9672]

I think Vegas vacation when Clark says, I don't even recognize you kids anymore.

[@zimvader25]

@@Wezqu pretty sure this is the only movie where Russ is the younger one.

[@mikegoggin570]

My wife and I watch this every year on Christmas Eve. It’s a classic.

[@fatnakedjimmyneutron]

How did you comment 2 days ago when this video came out 16 hours ago?

[@mikegoggin570]

@@fatnakedjimmyneutron Patrons get to see the video before it’s posted publicly.

[@joeymac3777]

This is the first and only "Vacation Movie" in which the Griswolds do not travel anywhere. The first one, National Lampoon's Vacation, then European Vacation, and the final in original franchise, Vegas Vacation are all films in which the family travels. The kids are played by different actors in each movie too. That was an ongoing joke. I'd say they're all worth a watch. The first one especially and then European Vacation, this one, and Vegas Vacation isn't bad, but it isn't my favorite. Most people I talk to say Vegas Vacation isn't their favorite, but is still good.

[@R3_dacted0]

There is a vacation series where it's essentially this family attempting to family events. One of them is exactly what Holden mentioned where they attempt to go on a family road trip to an amusement park.

[@ironking790]

"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night". Something I heard from watching something Christmas related years ago.

[@gaming-with-Landen-99]

6:42 the look of a man who knows he’s dead

[@ry.the.stunner]

Nope, not a rumor. Chevy Chase is regarded as fairly difficult to work with by a lot of people.

[@peartree8338]

I mean...if Bill Murray thought he was difficult... Let that just sink in. Bill. Murray. Thought. That. Chevy Chase. Was. Difficult. 😁

[@benhammel9886]

Community is actually pretty great. It could be a great series for you guys to react to.

[@ethandalzell2907]

That show is streets ahead!

[@anthonyzarate9807]

I love sitcoms like The Office, Arrested Development, a bunch of 70's, 80's, and 90's classic sitcoms. However, I watched the 1st season of "Community", and while it had some good comedy at times, I was expecting so much more. I haven't watched the 2nd season yet. Does it get a lot better going forward? P.S. Maybe I expected it to be an all-time legendary sitcom based on recommendations. I seen many comments saying if you loved The Office, you will really LOVE "Community. I'm serious, I love sitcoms and if the show is much better in 2nd season, I will definitely continue watching asap.

[@dupersuper1938]

@@anthonyzarate9807 It does only get better the first three seasons, but if you didn't appreciate the genius of season one it may not be for you.

[@ethandalzell2907]

@@anthonyzarate9807 The second season is the best one, it gets far more creative and fun, almost every episode becomes a parody of a genre of movies or TV. The second season is definitely the best, the early first season is a lot more like your regular sitcom, so if you enjoyed the first season but was expecting more I would definitely watch season 2, but if you disliked the first season then the show probably isn’t for you. Personally, I think that the second season is probably the best written sitcom ever. It does a great job at combining wild and fun scenarios while expanding of the characters.

[@dvjolly19]

I'm sick at home so I need to postpone Christmas to not spread my illness, but man am I glad to spend some time here with you, it makes staying at home so much better thank you and Merry Christmas!!!

[@somegamer4071]

Hey same, I was sick on christmas eve could barely speak to anyone, having christmas movie watches with reactors is a great way to kind of get the spirit back

[@PeterAtkinson]

Greatest Christmas movie of all time. There’s a lot of amazing jokes in this movie. Like Clarke saying to Eddie, “I wouldn’t be more surprised if I woke up with my head sewn to the carpet.” 👍👍

[@Mrryn]

I remember losing my shit at Clark going off on his boss every time and had it memorized at a point. And now that I've watched it recently, a line I didn't even remember before but cracked me up when I heard it and now actually say it from time to time: "Look around you, Helen. We're at the threshold of hell!" 😂

[@chickenpanda1179]

She's a beaut Clark. Still to this day say this to every Christmas Tree I see

[@shainewhite2781]

This was the very first Vacation movie I saw NBC back in the early '90's. All Clark wants is a nice family Christmas, but not everything goes according to plan.

[@incredulousdisbelief9841]

This is my dad's favorite Christmas movie. For the boomer generation who believed in big holiday get togethers and putting everyone in a lot of emotional drama and stress to get there, this movie spoke/speaks to them. When I was a kid in the late 70s/early 80s Christmas meant cross country trips in the car with siblings and the dog to our grandparents houses, and my dad going berserk any time a snag hindered us. From bad weather to traffic, to throwing our tree out into the back yard before we left so the house wouldn't burn down, and freezing to death on the interstate in Indiana in a mid 70s station wagon in a -30 degree blizzard... you know, the usual. To us kids, Christmas meant nonstop swearing and gnashing of teeth. By the time this came out in the late 80s I was nearly an adult and the cross country holiday trips were done. Watching someone else lose their mind on screen was endlessly amusing to us because we had already been through it multiple times.

[@GangstaStan010]

I remember them muthafucking Christmas road trips boy. 😂

[@whodatninja439]

Like the original vacation it was based on John Hughes childhood

[@viastephtop]

As a child of boomers, yeah pretty much. This was always much more relatable than any of the feel good kinda christmas movies because it's when I knew mom and dad were going to be beyond stressed out and I'd have to deal with my werid ass family, there was going to be at least one cuss-fest somewhere in the mix, but in the end it'd be alright. It helped that this movie was also a family tradition lol

[@GangstaStan010]

@@viastephtop The aunt's fighting with your older cousins girlfriend in the kitchen an shit. Lol

[@LadyIarConnacht]

@@viastephtop Yep - we went to see this movie when we were recovering from a family tragedy and it was like therapy. We wouldn't have laughed so hard if it wasn't for our experiences.

[@markcastellanet9672]

My wife and I have shirts that says, "and why is the carpet all wet Todd," and the other says "I don't know Margo."

[@mrgamerwatch100]

Merry Christmas Holden and Jen! thank you for everything that you do

[@JDdiGriz]

Merry Christmas You guys, thanks for the reaction, it was great. A couple of quick FYIs, National Lampoon was a popular college humor magazine that was pubished from 1970 to 1998, raunchy & vulgar are pretty much their brand of humor. The movies are all based on their articles. The Vacation movies are based on a series of articles where all the writers would get together and combine their worst memories of familiy vacations and then exagerrate them for the sake of comedy. Since Clark was the main character of the stories, the humor was all very dad based. This was the only movie where they say home, the rest of the movies are the Grizwald's travelling.

[@cinderblockstudios]

Merry Christmas Holden and Jen! This was perfect for cooking breakfast to!

[@jonathanaliff6121]

My Grinch moment: If Clark W. Griswold were charged and convicted of all the crimes he committed or conspired in during the Vacation series, he'd be serving multiple life terms.

[@TomCat777]

Another awesome reaction. The actress who played aunt Bethany had an extensive vibe over career, most notably the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl from Popeye the Sailor shorts and movies. A Very Merry Christmas from my family to yours.

[@glenns7252]

You should watch the first movie in the series, it just called national lampoon's vacation, they travel from Chicago to California to "wally world" a Disney land type place, you see cousin eddie for the first time, clarks kids are played by different people each time to keep the ages accurate. Theres a European vacation and i think another one in the series. National lampoon's is a comic book like mad magazine i think, but the movies are connected to SNL

[@damyr55]

There's one where they go to Vegas. I believe that's the last one (not counting the remake/reboot, or whatever that was a few years ago)

[@glenns7252]

I think you're right because i haven't seen it

[@simonSeysz]

This years cutest couple award goes to Holden and Jen!!! MeRRy ChRiSTmAs🎄

[@Timbuktu407]

Definitely my favorite Christmas movie! Well done reaction as always! My only complaint is we nearly got a “Holden Thomas Hardman!”- and didn’t. 😂 Just curious, do you guys celebrate Christmas and Hanukkah in your house?

[@peperino25]

Please react to : *National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)* New sub from Chile+1

[@biguy617]

I have the Eggnog glass from the movie. The Rusty actor in this movie is Leonard from Big Bang Theory. Aunt Bethany is the voice of Betty Boop. Uncle Louis is the voice of the mad scientist from Nightmare before Christmas.

[@MarkDemeo]

Also Ellen's Mom is Doris Roberts from Everybody loves Raymond.

[@CaddyJim]

I've never seen a reactor cut this one up this much you had some massive jumps & cuts. People are willing to watch for 30 minutes or more, this was 15

[@robertespley248]

Yep love this film as one of my festive 5 films to watch every year.. Home alone Muppets christmas Carol It's a wonderful life Die hard ( don't judge me) Nat lampoon's christmas vacation Although starting this year I may have to add "Violent night" into the mix

[@MattFusano]

We watched this every year growing up and the first time I watched it with my wife she didn’t care for it but now it’s a classic we watch every Christmas Eve and she loves it

[@sebastianandres8781]

i recommend you watch the original _National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)_ ______________________________________

[@silverscarab8072]

Christmas Vacation is actually a sequel to National Lampoon's Vacation... Which does follow most of the same characters as this one, but it's an actual road trip vacation.

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

Well technically a sequel to European Vacation, but point taken.

[@ryans413]

It’s the third it goes Summer , European , Christmas , Vegas and then the 2015 Vacation

[@JoshieboyStudios]

“I’ve never watched community” OH REALLY, REACTION CHANNEL 😏

[@Eidlones]

National Lampoon started out as a comedy magazine, like Cracked or MAD. It started delving into comedies, but around the late 90's the film side wasn't doign great, and if I remember correctly, they sold the name. So basically all the movies for the past 20 years that has "National Lampoon's" on it, are just some random direct to dvd trash company that bought the name to get some kindof recognition.

[@chadbailey7038]

National Lampoons VACATION 😊. It’s the original and that’s where they travel. Also highly recommend. These two are the best of the series

[@krisa990]

I dont agree with you there Holden,I dont found it was vulgar in any shape or form...it was rather harmless to what we see today on tv and social media...this is a great christmas movie,a classic....Chevy Chase was perfect in this,he and Randy Quaid,uncle Eddie,are the clear stars here of this movie..

[@thorguff]

It's so weird how these adults see every sick, crass, blatantly vulgar thing on Facebook, Instagram, and other platforms that their very kids use but then they recoil at a movie being "raunchy."

[@timothywhitfield8785]

Vacation Part 1 is rated R but 2,3 and 4 are PG-13... then 5 is back to Rated R (where Rusty takes his kids on vacation.) Chevy Chase and Beverly DeAngelo do have have cameos though. Vacation 1983, European Vacation 1985, Christmas Vacation (1989) Vegas Vacation (1997) and Vacation 2015

[@Allaiya.]

I just watched this for the first time on Christmas Eve also. It was sooooo cheesy. I was also surprised by some of the adult humor. But I enjoyed it. Lol

[@LivinMyJeffLife]

I had only ever seen about 30 seconds of this movie until I watched this😅🎄 Merry Christmas🎄

[@fallenhero3130]

It sounds like Holden was thinking of the plot of the first VACATION (1983), which is also worth reacting to.

[@anthonyzarate9807]

Holden, I have watched a couple of your reactions before. Like Exorcist, E.T., & Halloween (1978). I like the E.T. reaction, so I thought I would check this out. I grew up in the 1970's & 80's as a Catholic, now I'm religious, believe in God, read the Bible, but would consider myself "non-denominational". I love watching funny holiday movies, and it helps remind me to stay positive and have faith. Anyways, I'm just starting the reaction, but have a question. You mentioned Chevy Chase is a "douche-bag" in real life (or that is the rumor). I don't mean any disrespect, but wondering why you would say this before the movie and not after (for your wife's sake)? The reason I ask the question, is this is a Christmas movie with a "feel good" type of vibe. Don't you think that could ruin the vide (whether consciously or subconsciously) for the first time viewer?

[@bregoiron82grimm71]

Love this movie. Year by year. CLASSIC (Marry Chistmas from Germany)

[@ryans413]

You guys should watch Summer vacation and Vegas Vacation as well

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

I heard that 76% of this film’s budget was spent on getting NASA and ILM to work together to find solutions for straightening the curls out of Johnny Galecki’s hair.

[@DJLawrence]

I was just thinking y'all should react to Community. "Vacation" is a series of movies and the 1st is the cross-country travel. I can't remember all of em off the top of my head but Vacation, Christmas Vacation, Euro Vacation (?), Vegas Vacation, i think there are more

[@BichaeldeAngelo]

Merry Xmas guys!! Thank you for all that you do!

[@monovision566]

“Family” movies have gotten a lot more tame is the thing. Even rated R movies have gotten sexless and have less swearing now. Movies used to feature a lot of things for a wide audience. This movie would have been PG if the PG-13 rating hadn’t just been introduced.

[@Fonny222]

I read that Chris Columbus was supposed to direct Christmas Vacation but left before filming started because of Chevy Chase being a jerk. John Hughes got him to direct his other movie Home Alone instead.

[@williamozier918]

15:32. Most family movies are basically kids movies that adults can enjoy to. I feel like the Vacation movies are movies for adults that kids can enjoy to.

[@virtuallyveronicka]

One of my favorite family Christmas movies is Angels Sing. It is very funny, has a great story, and awesome music that reminds me of my family. Merry Christmas!! 🎄

[@CaturdayNite]

You would like Community, Holden. Give it a watch (for you, in your time, with no editing. Just in your own time and enjoyment rather than having to set up a Reaction Video)

[@baron7755]

My word does Jen look exceptionally beautiful here

[@LovelessDogg1]

Chevy Chase was a difficult person to work with on Community because he is age and the years of doing the physical comedy that he's known for has destroyed his body to the point where it' was painful to be on set, plus he's just tired of Hollywood (Ironically, Randy Quaid went kind of nuts for some of the same reasons) and being typecast as this type of character. He, very much like Bill Murray, spent years of his career trying to break away from the roles they were known for. Sadly, only one of them managed to succeed at it. He was super frustrated while working on a show he was never interested in doing and that's pretty much it.

[@evancundiff6038]

For my family you can’t not watch this on Christmas. I’m pretty sure you’ll get kicked out of the family if you don’t.

[@MrJquintel]

Most of the other NL's movies are traveling movies. Vegas is probably my fav

[@mikegilgenbach4840]

It is still considered family friendly if the adult humor is disguised enough that it takes knowledge to recognize it. If it doesnt spell out or introduce the adult aspects of the humor, it would pass, back in the day. What scenes were you thinking of specifically? The nipply hooter scene?

[@markcastellanet9672]

You have never watched community? Okay, now you have to watch community.

[@ZackMuffinMan]

Merry Christmas!

[@johnthemachine]

I honestly don't know how 2 grown adults can sit through this movie and not know who the target audience is afterwards.

[@robertanderson6929]

Got to love the Rocky Mountains _of Illinois_ in the background as they are driving out to get their tree.

[@JeremyAustin-hw1qy]

Yes your not wrong chevy chase has been known to be a nightmare to work with it started during the first season of snl and has been an on going problem throughout his movie career

[@Belnick6666]

all national lampoon movies with chevy chase are great, the other ones are just using the name and using females without clothes to draw views

[@SeyaDiakite7]

Merry christmas to you two. Thank you for existing

[@LN-Lifer]

Haven't missed it once since the year it came out Original vacation was one of my dad's faves and this became an instant tradition in our household from the start

[@cwallacefilms]

Y’all should do ‘A Christmas Story’

[@alsims2007]

please watch community lol.

[@nbunnysnowboard]

I saw this when I was really little but I barely remembered it and my brothers didn’t remember it at all so my mom showed it to us today and we sat under the blankets on the couch with all of our dogs and watched it and it was a great Christmas! Glad you and Jen had fun watching it! Happy Holidays Holden and Jen!

[@heckit4187]

I just turned 20 in November this year, and we as a family in my house, have watched Christmas vacation every year at least once since before I can even remember. As a kid you don’t get the humor and language kinda just slides out of the movie that young, so honestly I’d say it’s a family movie. Definitely a Christmas movie to watch with the kids. But i get its 2022 almost and some people don’t want their kids watching stuff like this 🙄 but I think everyone’s family would enjoy this it’s a great time

[@damyr55]

Same. A lot of comedies I watched as a kid had some raunchy stuff in them. A lot of the time it flies over your head as a child

[@viastephtop]

Totally. I didn't even notice a lot of the more adult humor until i was far older.

[@TTHBLOX_]

This is a christmas tradition in my family To watch this movie

[@3DJapan]

1:59 The name comes from The Harvard Lampoon, a parody magazine at Harvard University similar to The Onion. It became so big that they started making movies, mainly raunchy comedies. Unfortunately as the 90s came along they started licensing the name out to just about anyone and some really horrible low budget movies came out under the name. Probably the last decent one was National Lampoon's Van Wilder, starting Ryan Reynolds.

[@jasonspaulding3949]

Merry Christmas you two

[@ceougin20]

I don’t even need to watch this one before liking it. This is a thanksgiving tradition! Now… where’s the Tylenol!

[@Sarkastik2007]

Let bygones be bygones and no hard feelings. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your loved ones. Let God that we both believe in make through all of us a better world for us and our children. Stay safe and carry on with the party 🙏🏻🥂🎉🎄.

[@Fsudryden]

This movie is still my favorite Christmas movies of all time. I saw this when it came out in theatre because my dad and I were fans of the previous two movies. I think most Americans can find something to identify with in this film that they experience during Christmas. I saw this in my early teens with my parents and we were fine. We would watch it every Christmas with Its A Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story. Merry Christmas to you and your family Holden.

[@AndrewJamison79]

We had an old VCR that had 2 trays so you can copy one tape to another and it had a 2x speed mode to copy it as the movie had to play while it copied this movie is even funnier in 2x speed also if you get the DVD listen to the rant he gives about his boss in Spanish its hilarious the Spanish voice actor who played Clark nailed it !

[@3DJapan]

As for traveling you might be thinking of one of the other Vacation movies where they traveled.

[@__Black_Sheep__]

As someone who's watched this movie every year since I was born, I can say without a shadow of a doubt that it is a family movie. That being said I thankfully grew up in a home that wanted to treat the children like adults so nothing was off limits when it came to topics of conversation or movies. I can somewhat see how if you he up in a super strict house this wouldn't classify as family friendly but to me it is.

[@knowmoresecrets]

"Driving through Holt...and Crestview." From Crestview, can confirm.

[@kmt749]

Merry Christmas from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@zmarko]

Audrey: He worked really hard grandma. Grandpa: so do washing machines. 🤣 Such a great quick joke.

[@MediaLoverChris02]

This isn’t even my favorite one. My favorite is the ORIGINAL National Lampoon’s Vacation.

[@needfood3052]

Klaus for next year 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Edit: I remember those weird knock off "National Lampoon."

[@tarzapopohead]

Speaking of Jim Carry I recommend THE TRUMAN SHOW.

[@iamgoose20]

My favorite Christmas movie!! Along with Die Hard!!

[@pennycopperhatch9315]

The first two Griswald Family movies were more "Raunchy" and had nudity in it!....The Griswald kids are different in each movie too!...lol...

[@3Rayfire]

Merry Christmas....but, have you guys not watched Vacation and European Vacation???? This is the third one.

[@LoungeActVideos]

Worth checking out Community! Super funny show with great rewatchability.

[@ThePharaz]

The TV version edited out the profanity and made it more like PG and not PG-13. Talking about standard network TV and not cable TV. Traveling somewhere other than getting a Christmas Tree was not this movie. You may be mixing it up with one of the other Vacation movies in the series: National Lampoon's Vacation (1983); National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985); Vegas Vacation (1997); National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2 (2003); Vacation (2015).

[@williamjones6031]

1. Want chaos? All we need is Eddie. 🤣 2. GOOF: The lights outside the attic window don't match the pattern with the rest of the house. 3. My favorite part is when Ellen pulls the chain on the trap door. 🤣🤣 4. Mae Questel played Aunt Bethany. She was the original Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, This was her last gig.😇 5. In the big rant scene the other actors had Chevy's lines written on placards so he wouldn't get his lines out of order. 6. Living next door to them must be kind of like living next door to the Bundys. 7. Fun fact; Chase actually hurt his hand karate chopping the reindeer. 8. Clark's boss is Brian-Doyle-Murphy (Bill Murry's brother) calls him greaseball when he drops off his gift. Then doesn't get his name right until the very end. 9. Ellen is played by Beverly DeAngelo. She also played in "Every Which way but Loose" with Clint Eastwood and in "Hair". EWWBL would be a great first time share but "Hair" would give you copywrite issues. Finally, she has a couple of kids with Al Pacino. I like her better than the sales girl.😍😋🥰 10. This IS my Christmas movie every year 11. Fun fact: This is the only Vacation where Audrey is older than Rusty. 12. My picks in order: Christmas, Vacation, European and finally Last Wages.

[@arcaderival7633]

believe it or not, there IS a Christmas Vacation #2: That movie features Eddy, and his family for their vacation. its GOD AWFUL, but it exists.. then there are other "vacations" with Chevey Chase, like Vacation (1983), European Vacation, Vegas Vacation,.

[@RyoHazuki224]

As for the "Vacation" movies, this is technically a sequel to the first "National Lampoons Vacation" movie from 1983, and the "European Vacation" from 1985. Those two movies they do travel places. This one just kind of shows another aspect of the Griswold family, where while its a Vacation movie, they don't actually go on any trip this time lol.

[@Tortugadelamuerta]

Every year and this movie still holds up i see myself as the cousin Eddie of my family look

[@chadhoward5976]

I love this movie. When I was a kid I didnt catch the more adult material, it kinda went over my head. I loved how much yall laughed at the "no no Im well awair of that honey" scene hahaha. Merry xmas!!!!

[@kevinehle6637]

The original Vacation movie is an absolute classic! Must-watch.

[@Y0Da77]

You're probably confusing this with National Lampoon's Vacation or National Lampoon's European Vacation which are both prequels to this one.

[@MichaelSmith-pt3ip]

I'm new to the channel but I'm really enjoying your content!!! (liked and subscribed) Yet I'm baffled as to how Jen hasn't seen some of these movies... and also kind of envious. If I could go back and watch Christmas Vacation for the first time again without ANY prior knowledge??? ...or Aliens??? ...or Predator??? Wow! That would be the best night of movie watching in the history of my life. Regardless, ya'll keep making 'em and I'll keep watching 'em!!!!

[@roderickmacsween2820]

You should watch Vacation, European Vacation and maybe even Vegas Vacation.

[@daniellanctot6548]

To the 80s “families”: It totally WAS a Christmas family movie 😂 Forgive us, kids: We had brain damage from all the DDT they used in the mid 20th century 🤪🤣

[@sorensmith9873]

There are several other Vacation movies, the original, this one, European Vacation, and Vegas Vacation. There was a 2015 reboot with Ed Helms as a grown up Rusty Griswold who takes the family on his own vacation. All of them star Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo

[@billfrantz1638]

More Chevy Chase films! Fletch (1985) and the other Vacation movies! 👍

[@craig725]

Has Jen watched the other vacation films? (Original, European or Vegas)?

[@3Rayfire]

My favorite Christmas movie. And since I saw it as a child...it's still family to me. But the whole National Lampoon's brand is like that. Remember, National Lampoon is the college humor newspaper of Harvard, emphasis on the college humor.