How could they go on for an hour and twenty minutes about Christmas Vacation, and absolutely NO mention of Aunt Bethany and Uncle Lewis?! Just an absolute disservice.
@terry79078 ай бұрын
Die Hard is the greatest Christmas movie.
@CesarSanchezfool9 ай бұрын
Batman Returns, Lethal Weapon, Eyes Wide Shut, Trading Places, Gremlins, Money Train, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Friday After Next, In Bruges, Why Him, Iron Man 3, The Family Man. All Christmas Movies!!!!
@punchsmack9 ай бұрын
Some people forget Lethal Weapon is a deep Christmas movie too. Nice list.
@savage_skirt53869 ай бұрын
Yep. Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, The Ref and Bad Santa always make my Christmas movie watch list --- Oh...plus The Ice Harvest. Critics hated it, but I rather like it (big Billy Bob Thornton and Oliver Platt fan)
@chrisb96809 ай бұрын
Eyes Wide Shut the best xmas movie 😃
@heevestenry53849 ай бұрын
With an emphasis on the “X” 😂
@thebestrapperindcthebestra64299 ай бұрын
reach lol
@savage_skirt53869 ай бұрын
Beautifully shot movie
@scottbarkley4969 ай бұрын
Fidelio
@initialreactions4119 ай бұрын
Solstice movie haha
@farisbosnic17869 ай бұрын
Wayne Jenkins 1:14:19
@Able4069 ай бұрын
I love how they all four dog on Roger for giving it 2/4 stars, but no one mentions Sean just gave it 3/5 on Letterboxd
@at0mly9 ай бұрын
This movie is one of the all time greats. I can't even guess how many times I've seen it.
@quinnsack62129 ай бұрын
Literally not one mention of Aunt Bethany and Uncle Lewis?! I've never been more disappointed in you guys.
@eric0804809 ай бұрын
I still gotta give the edge to OG Vacation due to the talent involved: Harold Ramis, John Candy Eugene Levy & Anthony Michael Hall.
@matthewegan1039 ай бұрын
Dion Waiters award = aunt bethany.... is rusty still in the navy?
@jeppr0x9 ай бұрын
Here's your Wayne Jenkins button 1:14:06
@wheresrain9 ай бұрын
Lord's work etc..
@MLNYD9 ай бұрын
GOD DAMN
@untexan9 ай бұрын
Give Chris Ryan a blank check and let him put whatever amount he wants on it
@garymickelson72797 ай бұрын
There is another chapter in the Griswolds Vacation lore which I highly recommend. It is an original story and a musical to boot ~ The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation. The family goes to NYC to see the hottest show on Broadway but Clark falls victim to a fake ticket scam. Ellen gets a great story as well ~ the most popular Times Square character is obsessed with her and leads an entire army of Times Square characters to win her heart. The show had a World Premiere in Seattle in 2022 with the hope of moving to Broadway. Great songs, funny script and more heart than you would expect from the Vacation-verse. Still waiting for the show to make it to Broadway...
@martinmcdonough95239 ай бұрын
What with the "BTTFIII" disrespect? It's a warm, wonderful conclusion to the greatest trilogy. "LOTR" arguably stopped being a trilogy when Peter Jackson made it a six-part series.
@alexanderwassmann35929 ай бұрын
Love this…but, fellas, 53+ minutes b4 1983’s “A Christmas Story” gets a legit XMAS comedy mention?!
@kylesmith71139 ай бұрын
**If Christmas (as a plot devise) is removed from the film, does the inciting incident/conflict/action, around which the story revolves, still occur?** That is how you determine if X movie is indeed a Christmas movie. If not for the Nakatomi Corp. Christmas party, John McCain is fighting crime in the streets of NY. If you were to remove all-things Christmas related, the film would no longer work. As such, Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie.
@bertmustin9 ай бұрын
What's hurt 'It's a Wonderful Life' is NBC Universal buying the rights and airing it only like twice on regular tv.
@savage_skirt53869 ай бұрын
Seems Like Old Times is good. If you do that one, you must also do Foul Play.
@plissken21569 ай бұрын
7:27 - Sorry guys. Best Defence was not Chevy Chase but rather Dudley Moore.
@adverseinperpetuity9 ай бұрын
Xmas is 100% not about the crucifixion sean lol
@savage_skirt53869 ай бұрын
CR Speak No Evil theory is genius
@Scotter45369 ай бұрын
The best lines: "Shitter's full!" "Honey, have you checked our shitters?"
@mattymac13999 ай бұрын
@Scotter4536 Word. Also: "You can't see the line, can you Russ?"
@asufluffhead9 ай бұрын
Let's analyze a movie that doesn't need analysis. No thanks.
@mattymac13999 ай бұрын
Great movie. Nice to hear the original Black Christmas getting a nod. Shout out to the 1978 Christmas heist thriller The Silent Partner.
@forthesnowflakes76919 ай бұрын
Christmas vacation, Home Alone, Die Hard and Fast times at Ridgemont High (it's a Christmas movie to me)
@chrisg22149 ай бұрын
Jason Sudeikis. I feel like he’s very Chevy Chase.
@leemcqueen5009 ай бұрын
Bill is wrong full metal jacket made $120 million on a budget of $16.5-30 million.
@scottbarkley4969 ай бұрын
Bill is an idiot
@BB-ud6gf9 ай бұрын
Jason Sudeikis is a pretty good “everything’s going to shits, trying to save it all” actor, I think. Just for a more modern example of a Chevy chase comp.
@savage_skirt53869 ай бұрын
agreed --- and he's also an everyman
@johnlembo78949 ай бұрын
Why do they keep saying Chevy Chase was in Best Defense?
@gdn869 ай бұрын
As far as some form of prat fall comedy, Ryan Gosling did it well in The Nice Guys.
@Headhoncho9 ай бұрын
Did I miss this - no mention of Uncle Lewis ???
@bjorncollier53399 ай бұрын
One up for Die Hard as a Xmas movie.
@exprezzionАй бұрын
THE most rewatchable movies of my childhood watching HBO in the 80s: Ferris, Goonies, Rocky IV, Delta Force, Back to the Future, Revenge of the Nerds, WIldcats, Karate Kid, Empire, Jedi, Doc Hollywood, My Girl, Better Off Dad, Breakfast Club, Mask, Strange Brew, Bad News Bears Back in Training, The Toy, Midnight Madness, and the action documentary The Legend of Billie Jean. Let's keep "The Feed" turning 'em out. Shout out to Dream On, First and Ten, Tales from the Crypt, and even Herman's Head. Halcyon times.
@LenGott83459 ай бұрын
My favorite Christmas movie of all time. Loved this as a kid.
@SuperYova9 ай бұрын
Still arguing over what's an "Apex Mountain" after all these years (34:14). IFYKYK.
@ScottBeedom20 күн бұрын
I always love the 'Die Hard' Christmas movie debate, for all those that dont class it as one yet hold up 'Its a Wonderful Life' as the greatest Christmas movie of all time. First of all I fucking love both movies but aside from the opening and very end 'Its a Wonderful Life' is not a Christmas movie aside from those bookends whereas Die Hard does take place on Christmas Eve, ends with a classic Christmas song...Any thoughts?
@a.r.t939 ай бұрын
1:10:29 Reminds me of Patrice O'Neal's bit on O&A where Jurassic Park on the SyFy network would be "Dinosaur Forrest"
@scottbarkley4969 ай бұрын
Home Alone 2 easily
@SergeKulyk19 күн бұрын
Griswolds was close to having a Simpsons live action. Any weekend update anchor could play Clark and recast the kids everytime and you could keep making Vacation movies.
@Wayne-fo9ew7 ай бұрын
Not to be that guy but....Chevy Chase IS NOT IN "Best Defense". He IS in "Deal Of The Century". Here endeth the lesson.
@smh81-e4l4 ай бұрын
Why does Van always talk more when with these guy…Chris and Sean seem like second tier…best Rewatchables are Bill, Sean, and Chris.
@eddiewinehosen666527 күн бұрын
21:13 there's no argument Bill. One guy won every final and 2 3peats, never taken to a game 7 in a finals series. The other is a hack that's jumped around stacking teams and still have lost finals and even been swept!
@Molson-xg9hs9 ай бұрын
This is my go to for laughs at Christmas time. Chevy is at his all-time best in his exasperation in this and Randy Quaid is perfectly used here.
@JamesT659 ай бұрын
The old guy frying the Christmas tree kills me everytime after the cat exploding under the sofa just sends me.
@snuffleduffle9 ай бұрын
Putting the uprooted Christmas tree mystery to rest here... It was a deleted scene Clark goes to a gentleman sitting in a lawn chair next to a sign that says bring your own chainsaw or something like that of course clock didn't bring the chainsaw so he rents him a shovel and he has to dig it out himself... There's actually a still photograph of the scene
@spencerkindra88229 ай бұрын
This is my favorite Christmas movie so I've been waiting for this episode for a while now haha.
@michaellucero6458 ай бұрын
Marisol Nichols played Audrey in Vegas Vacation.
@paulhitchcock25432 ай бұрын
I’d argue will Arnett or Joel McHale for a recast for Clark.
@79valis9 ай бұрын
John Cleese was a great "things not going right" comic actor.
@Simon-lg9kp9 ай бұрын
bill said that weird tyler perry micro aggression and got embarrassed
@alf13809 ай бұрын
Sean Fennessey: "Christmas represents Death." Uh...what?
@devinleisinger48558 ай бұрын
Please put raising Arizona on the rewatchables or a Coen brothers
@MrBendacornaАй бұрын
Did Bill say he hasn’t seen “Barbershop?”
@PraiseTheMostHigh4HeisKingАй бұрын
Terminator 2. Def best first 35 minutes in history
@ProfessD9 ай бұрын
So down with Hate Watch Rewatchables. The Rehateables
@gdn869 ай бұрын
My son (3-1/2 at the time) made me replay the turkey scene over and over. Even he recognized the comedy in the modern day. Christmas Vacation is a forever classic. Every beat is solid.
@thomasparker24479 ай бұрын
It's great because it's not just jokes - it's really about something, a dad screwing up because he really wants to do something great for his family. And then, of course, all old/black and white movies are "shit" - the usual incisive Bill Simmons "nothing existed before 1975" analysis.
@brennansnyder4769 ай бұрын
That's not true. Bill is a Celtics fan. If nothing before 1975 existed, then the Celtics would only have like 5 rings. Then they would be even further behind the lakers than they actually are...
@thomasparker24479 ай бұрын
Zing! (And of course BS would go ballistic if anyone were as dismissive of old basketball players as he is of old movies.)@@brennansnyder476
@SECRETARIATguy2246 ай бұрын
How about A Christmas Story?
@bradbrunoehler40959 ай бұрын
1:10:07 Tyler Perry I’m dying 😂😂😂
@alexandrial78779 ай бұрын
nah vegas vacation is the best in the series
@prestongrissom92879 ай бұрын
Chevy is Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrel. Vince’s political leanings and personal habits and Will’s physical comedy
@williamjones60319 ай бұрын
1. Clark's boss is played by Brian-Doyle-Murry (Bill Murry's brother) calls him greaseball and various names before he get's it right at the end. 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.🤣 He doesn't get his name right until the 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. Clark is going to need that 20% bonus to repair the house.🥺 13. My picks in order: Christmas, Vacation, European and finally Last Wages
@TheGodfather-bm3ow9 ай бұрын
Toy story 3 , Rocky 3, Indian Jones and the Last Crusade , And you can kinda count the good, the bad , and the ugly are all better than Christmas vacation has trilogy movies.
@Bandana_Boi9 ай бұрын
How you gonna have another man string up your fuckin Christmas lights, Bill?
@jordancaselberry32239 ай бұрын
Starved rock Illinois has plenty of mountains
@LiterateMtnMan9 ай бұрын
Steve Carell runs into doors pretty good. His Get Smart reboot was an excellent and underrated homage to the OG.
@gdn869 ай бұрын
I've been making a ritual on Christmas Eve and Day to play the top christmas movies, and I've never seen A Wonderful Life all the way through, so its now in the rotation. Streaming has a big advantage there.
@devinleisinger48559 ай бұрын
Bad Santa
@swannie359 ай бұрын
Vacation Christmas Story Home Alone Gremlins
@stevetollerud11929 ай бұрын
My favorite Christmas movie by far- the ending was too over the top with the police etc, . When will there be a re-listenable? Review past albums? I'm available if you need a host Bill ??
@joeg22589 ай бұрын
Honestly Fred Clause ain't bad:)
@thebestrapperindcthebestra64299 ай бұрын
best lampoon is the christmas one it’s yo fuckn funny….
@andrewolson59749 ай бұрын
Glen Howerton would kill it as recasted Clark Griswold
@victoriarendon32949 ай бұрын
This movie, Scrooged, and The Ref are my faves.
@CesarSanchezfool9 ай бұрын
Not only is Die Hard a Christmas movie. So too is Die Hard 2!
@johnwilson83859 ай бұрын
2nd Christmas is a banger of an idea - well done, CR.
@betterthanumjf9 ай бұрын
Finally a good movie thats on cable a lot. Now do paid in full
@CD-gk9ix9 ай бұрын
Home Alone trumps them all.
@pesky7169 ай бұрын
The Ref is top of the list.
@pvthitch9 ай бұрын
Spielberg's 1941
@savage_skirt53869 ай бұрын
I was a little kid when Home Alone came out, so i have a soft spot for it. As i got older, i lean more toward Christmas Vacation and maybe even The Ref
@toddkonrad24079 ай бұрын
Goddamn, The Ref. That’s a good one.
@zappadadooi909 ай бұрын
My top 10 Xmas movies: 10. Home Alone 2 9. Carol 8. The Holdovers 7. Rudolf (claymation version) 6. Home Alone 5. Die Hard 4. Bad Santa 3. Eyes Wide Shut (yeah, it's a Xmas movie. It's Kubrick's version of Its A Wonderful Life) 2. A Christmas Story 1. Christmas Vacation (the DEF of rewatchable) PS oh yeah, Elf is garbage
@morganwu7679 ай бұрын
The holdover
@zappadadooi909 ай бұрын
@@morganwu767 The Holdovers, w/Paul Giamatti. Great movie. Watch it
@donovanphelan98789 ай бұрын
Uncle Louis was Frank’s dad in Sea of Love
@johnlembo78949 ай бұрын
Uncle Louis. Uncle Leo was in Seinfeld. 😊
@ldmb19669 ай бұрын
Easily
@charlesgoings11109 ай бұрын
Kevin Hart is the Comp for Chevy. Y’all must have all drawn a blank on that one. Love the show. ✌️
@CharlieHustle16879 ай бұрын
Nooooooo, why Van on this one?! This is an iconic movie and you bring in the worst guest.
@DemocracyFirst20259 ай бұрын
Terrible ending
@nealwhaley639 ай бұрын
Am I the only one who hates It’s a Wonderful Life?
@savage_skirt53869 ай бұрын
No, I never liked it
@OJ_Pimpson9 ай бұрын
Die Hard is a text book Christmas. If you can understand why, you’re likely retar ded
@initialreactions4119 ай бұрын
Die hard is a Christmas movie outta Gen-Cringe (43-58)
@johanericsson24039 ай бұрын
How about a Rewatchables where we don't even talk about the movie?