National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) FIRST TIME WATCHING Movie Reaction & Review

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[@jbwade5676]

😢😢😢😢

[@Outlet_Maul]

I think the game console was the Intellivision it was the compactor to the Atari and I believe the game was K.C. Munchkin. Intellivision's Pac-Man clone.

[@jrobwoo688]

Please watch National Lampoon’s Senior Trip starring Hawkeye himself, Jeremy Renner.

[@adamclifton29]

National Lampoon's European Vacation is the 2nd movie

[@heatsinker_5517]

Hi Mary, Wally World is actually Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Ca. just north of Los Angeles.

[@DouglasJohnson.]

The original "Vacation" and "Christmas Vacation" are the best in the series. "European Vacation" and "Vegas Vacation" are both super funny, and well worth a watch.

[@bryanmack4054]

European vacation is probably the most underrated one for sure…I love the scene on the train where they’re getting on each others nerves by making noise

[@americanmutt9089]

@@bryanmack4054 Mine was in the restaurant where the couple at the table behind them were going at it.

[@LordVolkov]

​@@bryanmack4054 EV is wildly underrated. I think it's a bit eclipsed by Eurotrip, as they share a very similar vibe.

[@Hardrock1a]

“She’s going to flash!” Me: “That’s Christi Brinkley, she’s not going to flash, damn it!”

[@jdanon203]

Kind of funny to see Mary not recognize Christie Brinkley. Though I guess with Brinkley being 70 now, you'd probably have to be at least 40 or 50 years old to know who she is.

[@RobotWillie]

@@jdanon203 I am 34 and know her pretty well, but one reason I am also a big Billy Joel fan and them being married at one time and having a daughter and at least a few of his songs being dedicated or inspired by her or mentioning her. Plus she is the woman in his video for Uptown Girl. Of course I am on the cusp of the ages you mentioned, and there are probably sadly not a huge amount of people into Billy Joel my age either or younger at least to the point of knowing his work more than causally (such as the tidbit she painted the cover picture on his last pop/rock oriented album River of Dreams). I remember hearing her name as a kid too and my dad mentioning her when I first started getting into Billy Joel before I delved into his history. And I would have been writing songs about her too I don't blame him. Of course its also a bit of a joke with fans and people that he scored way out of his league but he charmed her with that piano good!

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

@@RobotWillie my aunt & cousin are neighbours with Christie in California; & she is always naked when she is outside, & my aunt asked her why & Christie said, "So I don't get any tanlines!" now my aunt & cousin are always naked when they're outside too 😂

[@EKomar-z6h]

I was thinking pretty much the same thing! 😇

[@johnmiller7682]

@@RobotWillie I'll never forgive her for the way she ended it with him. Or, I should say, the way he found out she was cheating on hm.

[@Area51byDaveReale]

"You may think you hate it now but wait `til you drive it." I love how much of a double edge sword that is. :)

[@phila3884]

That's some of the smart writing that I mentioned in my comment, too that elevates this movie above the average 80's comedy.

[@samgilbert5684]

One of my all time, top ten favorite quotes.

[@Jordashian93]

When Harold Ramis, John Huges, and Chevy Chase come together you can guarantee a gallon of substantial madness and laughter.

[@0okamino]

However, this was the _only_ movie involving all three of them together. It took some pretty special team-ups to make a National Lampoon’s movie really work, which all but a scant few of them unfortunately _did not_ have.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

Lindsay Buckingham wrote “Holiday Road” and he played electric guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, percussion, drum programming and sang vocals on the recording. Pure musical mastery. Wally World was played by Six Flags Magic Mountain

[@Skrubb_Lord]

You can recognize Magic Mountain in Valencia, CA via the orange tower.

[@MiketheCabbie]

And he was such a great guitarist, when he quit Fleetwood Mac, it took TWO guitarists to replace him.

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

He didn't quit, they kicked him out.

[@lil-joe5824]

Collassol. Now, it had become twisted Callassol.

[@FloridaMugwump]

​@@MiketheCabbieThat was the fifth incarnation of Fleetwood Mac. Weak compared to Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.

[@robertschneider1977]

No offense to Christy Brinkley, but if Beverly D'Angelo was my wife, I wouldn't be looking anywhere else lol.

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

Well said, Sparky.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Billy Joel is the luckiest little troll that ever lived when he landed her!

[@RyneMurray23]

I totally agree. Beverly D'Angelo in these movies... Absolutely gorgeous👍🏼👍🏼

[@richardbalducci4490]

Al Pacino Approves This Message.

[@davewhitmore1958]

​@@richardbalducci4490 hoo- wah!!!

[@jrobwoo688]

Chevy Chase is great in the comedy Fletch.

[@georgesykes394]

His finest role!

[@Howie-du7ov]

"My name is Ben, Ben Dover"

[@georgesykes394]

@@Howie-du7ov Using the whole fist doc?

[@norwegianblue2017]

I think his most underrated movie is Funny Farm.

[@TylerLL2112]

Great movie. Great theme music.

[@normlee6566]

The mysterious blonde is Christie Brinkley, who at the time was the top supermodel in the industry. This was her first film appearance. She would later marry (and eventually divorce) singer Billy Joel who featured her on his hit, "Uptown Girl" which he wrote regarding a different supermodel. That pairing gave hope to average looking, short guys that they too could attract a tall, gorgeous supermodel (however unlikely). The first National Lampoon movie I can recall is Animal House, featuring among others, John Belushi. However, a number of jokes did not age well.

[@raytruhn602]

It aged just fine if you have a sense of humor

[@Taylorswiftfan13308]

I thought she did ok in this. I mean, I know her role in this was just really an extended cameo, but given the shaky record of models/singers/other non actor celebrities stepping into the limelight, she did well.

[@alexp601]

Kingpin is a must watch too!

[@ericseitzler81]

They're actually working on a sequel right now

[@TheRtmac]

Animal House is a classic National Lampoon comedy

[@fortmanr]

Yes!

[@andrewkline5611]

Some of the comedy has aged at a Sixteen Candles level, but yes.

[@gsparkman]

And the FIRST National Lampoon film.

[@GeraldH-ln4dv]

Aunt Edna was played by TV pioneer comedian Imogene Coca. She and comedian Sid Caesar hosted a variety comedy skit show in the very early days of TV called Your Show of Shows, which aired from 1950-1954.

[@floretion]

"Better Off Dead" is another great Christmas comedy.

[@supremedream1764]

That was an underrated 80s gem. John Cusack stole the show.

[@floretion]

@@supremedream1764 When I was in the 6th grade my parents moved to a new town and I didn't have any friends- except for a boy in the 8th grade who sat next to me on the bus... and for months before I ever even saw the movie, he would recount scenes from it to make me laugh on the way home.

[@christiencabaniss2636]

I love Better Off Dead. Sadly John Cusack hated it and has done everything he can to squash it. It is definitely THE quintessential 80's comedy. Funny, until you said it, I forgot it was Christmas time in the film.

[@ericseitzler81]

All of you owe me $2 for each comment

[@LordVolkov]

It works well for New Years too😉 $2!

[@martinbraun1211]

Please watch "Harry and the Hendersons" (1987). It's one of my favorite childhood movies.

[@martinwhite3559]

Yes, I liked this as a kid. Fun family movie.

[@krashd]

Known as Bigfoot and the Hendersons in the UK for some inexplicable reason, as though naming it after something most 80's Brits had likely never heard of would make it sell better.

[@socalpaul487]

I was ride a operator at Magic Mountain '78-'81. Mostly on Gold Rusher 1978-1979 and Colossus 1979-1981. (The white wooden roller coaster}. I left shortly before filming of this movie, but my friends were the ride operators for this movie.

[@zzygyy]

Great old rides before everything changed in the 90s.

[@TheTrmetzgar]

I went to magic mountain for the first time during that time period and it was great. Who knows you might have been working that day? Fun fact I went there for my honeymoon.

[@avengeme1987]

I used to go to magic mountain as a kid.. good times

[@SleepParty30]

that shot of the dead grandma on the car's roof under the rain is so blood curling and hilarious at the same time.

[@The-Underbaker]

Beverly D'Angelo is easy on the eyes, but Christie Brinkley is on another level!

[@zedwpd]

She couldnt tell them apart

[@kurtfrancis4621]

D'Angelo is a very good singer as well!

[@jdanon203]

@@kurtfrancis4621 Which she'll find out when she watches Vegas Vacation.

[@pjm71-68]

​​@@jdanon203even though there wasn't much of it, her singing in Coal Miner's Daughter was better. In fact, the movie overall was better.

[@reservoirdude92]

Christie is a beautiful woman but she is literally skin and bones. Beverly has it ALL.

[@cliffchristie5865]

This is based on a short story in The National Lampoon magazine. In the original story it's 1958 and the family is going to Disneyland. When they find it closed the dad buys a real gun, goes to Walt Disney's house, chasing him down and shooting him in the leg. Aunt Edna is played by tv comedy pioneer Imogene Coca. I'm sure it amused her to know she could still get laughs, even after her character dies.

[@terencejay8845]

I read the original story in an anthology and about two-thirds of the way through I thought 'This is National Lampoon's Vacation plot!'

[@cliffchristie5865]

@terencejay8845 With the kind of necessary or logical alterations to get it from page to film. Don't want to make a period piece, don't want to get sued by Disney, etc.

[@shaunoday3646]

Wally world, I believe, is supposed to be Disneyland. They had moose as a mascot, whereas Disney uses Mickey Mouse.

[@deathinc]

and 'Wally', Walt Disney.

[@user-EricWatson55]

That was Magic Mountain.

[@leehammel691]

And Walt Disney formed Disney Studios together with his brother Roy. Owner of Wally World was Roy Wally.

[@cp368productions2]

​@@user-EricWatson55 Magic Mountain is what they used but they were deliberately intimating it was supposed to be Disneyland.

[@Howie-du7ov]

And the Wally World song that they were singing is kind of a parody of The Mickey Mouse Club theme song.

[@rhinno1969]

Zip-a-dee-doo-dah 😜 National Lampoon's Animal House 👍

[@wmason1961]

While Wally World does not actually exist, the words were in use before walmart took off. I give this movie credit for making wallyworld the word we still use for walmart.

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

When I was young, my father had a car with the gas cap under the back license plate. It confused quite a few gas station attendants, I can tell you. 😂

[@jimglenn6972]

There were some cars built in the 50’s with hidden gas caps. I heard about a man whose car was stolen. When police came to get his report, he said don’t worry because it will turn up. A couple of days later it was on the side of the road out of gas. He said that the gas cap was in the brake lights!

[@Travelinmatt1976]

In the late 90s I had a 1964 Dodge Polara. It had a push button automatic so the drive selection was push buttons on the dashboard left of the steering wheel. When I would take it in for inspection they kept looking for a gear shifter on the column or the floor, hilarious.

[@gnericgnome4214]

when I was young, it had almost become standard. Still think it's a great idea. I get so annoyed having to be aware of which side of the pump I'm on in my little Honda pedal-car these days. Gimme back my 67 Bonneville.

[@paulamoya7956]

My Sister lives in NSW’s . She has for almost 40 yrs . I also have Five Nieces and a Nephew living there in NSW ‘ s Oz. I love your channel . Have watched since the start . ⭐️🎄💫

[@DuckdaringZ]

"I feel like he took the wrong exit again." LOL! That made me laugh so hard.

[@ghidrah76]

5:01 the 80’s was a fun time..breakdancing, arcades, playing sports, hanging outside and going home when the lights came on….it was simpler times.

[@SurvivorBri]

Your reactions, especially to comedies, are helping my lonely heart. I'm having a really hard time this holiday season. It's been rough. Your laugh is infectious. Thank you for bringing so much joy to KZbin. Also, I hope your back is feeling better ❤️

[@laudanum669]

I just took a vacation with my younger brother, we are both in our 50's. i can't tell you how many times we both quoted lines from this movie. It was a great time.

[@theCommentDevil]

The sandwich dance is my favorite part

[@darthken815]

"Oh God! The dog went on the picnic basket!" 😂😂😂

[@spartacusthelegendarygamer8723]

Sorry folks, the you tube is closed. The moose out front should’ve told you.

[@khylenance]

Classic. These movies warm my heart! Not sure if you’ve seen Vegas vacation but that’s another great one

[@alexbebout6931]

Nah the part where hey put aunt edna on top of the car in the rainstorm 😭 "married? oh, you mean those people I'm with?😏" 🤣 I also died laughing when they pulled up and the parking lot was empty lmao, after all they went thru and the place is closed 😭

[@bluej511]

Omg how young does Eugene Levy look in this, good lord.

[@0okamino]

For an even younger Eugene Levy, there’s _SCTV,_ though he looks about the same there as well. I always looked forward to skits with him and Joe Flaherty together.

[@LordVolkov]

He's also very young in Armed & Dangerous, with John Candy & Meg Ryan.

[@JeffPhillips-dn2fg]

Many people who grew up in the 70s-90s, including me def think this is top 5 best comedies of all time. Absolute classic and still funny, so watchable, and so quotable. Thanks for this great reaction. European vacation is the Griswold family winning a trip to Europe and I think it is also very funny. It came out after this movie and before Christmas Vacation. Love to see you add it to future comedy movie polls.

[@3DJapan]

The first National Lampoon film was Animal House, about a college fraternity.

[@johnmiller7682]

Road trips can either be the most fun you've ever had, or the worst nightmare, and everything in-between. That's what makes them so much fun.

[@americanmutt9089]

I actually liked European Vacation which was the next one before Christmas Vacation. Vegas Vacation was alright too.

[@stupidsmart-phone6911]

You're right about people seeing their towns. Especially Kansas, people there get excited any time the state is barely mentioned. This one time

[@SaintGregTravel]

They actually re-filmed the ending months later. You can tell Russ had a growth spurt and is now significantly taller than his mom!

[@mikepeters-do3te]

European vacation is another in the Lampoon series.

[@eaglevision993]

As an European, I can attest they pretty much sum up every country they visit right on point.

[@djentyman4002]

“I don’t know why they call this stuff hamburger helper. It does just fine by itself” -Cousin Eddie. Still a quote I use to this day mostly because he was spitting facts 😂

[@jmillz666]

This advent calender of Mary's movie watches has been exceptional 🎄🙏❤️

[@myquickwit]

The only other one I’d say is worth checking out is Vegas vacation. Love the videos. Keep up the great work. Happy holidays.

[@tofersiefken]

Have you checked out Animal House (1978), another National Lampoon production? John Belushi was well-known for his role in that movie prior to The Blues Brothers.

[@BatmanFan76]

I still can’t stop singing Holiday Road to this movie. 😅 🎵Holiday rooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad, holiday rooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!🎵

[@ziggythedrummer]

It's a running gag throughout the National Lampoon's Vacation series (this, European and Christmas) that the kids are played by different people in each one, yet remain around the same age. Though in Christmas Vacation, cousin Eddie's kids are Rocky and Ruby-Sue; Dale and Vicki aren't seen at all, Rocky and Ruby-Sue aren't seen in this film though must have been born to be as old as they appear in 1989. European Vacation is worth watching too, it stars William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence from Karate Kid/Cobra Kai) as Audrey's boyfriend, and also features local talent in the Europe scenes like British comedians Mel Smith, Robbie Coltrane (Hagrid) and Eric Idle of Monty Python fame.

[@nishblaze]

This movie is one of the GOATs! I can always sit down and watch this any day.

[@alharron2145]

Hope you're feeling better, Mary! "What About Bob" is one of my favourite comedies, but "National Lampoon's Vacation" is good fun too!

[@ericseitzler81]

Yeah except when Bill Murray was yelling at Richard Dreyfuss telling him how much he hated him between takes

[@josephD32]

"Wally World" was a stand-in for Disneyland, but was filmed at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. I've been on that coaster, then Colossus--now Twisted Colossus.

[@illstreamthat]

'You think You hate it now...wait until you drive it.' Still use that line today.

[@joshuaweber4266]

Thank u for uploading this video on my 26th birthday 🌹 u made my day

[@mikeclemens795]

Happy birthday Joshua!

[@CraigWelchans]

My favorite part is when Clark loses it after dropping off Aunt Edna in Phoenix. That rant is hilarious.😂

[@JohnPristas]

I knew this movie forward and backward when I was a kid. I knew the script and would use quotes in conversation. Loved it, it was funny and dark at some points Great movie!

[@johnbuchanon7717]

Yes, had Clark worked with a travel agent who would have known about the Wally World shutdown, he would have avoided all this. National cell phone coverage and internet weren't available to most folks in '83. Most advertisements and phone numbers would have been in travel magazines; the writing was all about the funny awkwardness of travel and the extremes families would take to go somewhere like Disney World. They did play up a lookalike of Walt Disney and his surviving brother "Roy", with their trademark skinny mustache, who was overseeing the corporation at the time. That same year big blocks of stock shares were being sold off to investors outside the Disney family; I was caught up in the Christmas time layoffs. It was a good time to poke fun at the company, kinda like now. Great reaction Mary!

[@delskioffskinov]

Mary! Thank You for another year of great content and my yearly Christmas best wishes! Have a great one Lass and can't for next years videos and keep on laughing it's adorable!

[@mwflanagan1]

You should see that wholesome and sweet wife in the film adaptation of ‘Hair’. Thanks for this one, Mary.

[@kevinhayes1656]

You should check out National Lampoon’s Van Wilder. That’s a hilarious movie too.

[@mattreaction]

You can check out National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)

[@cronoluminara6911]

Gods these movies are gold Chevy was on fire back then

[@PGHDude]

Wally World is a take on Disney Land. As someone in car sales, no we don’t crush cars on the lot lol. The family lives in Chicago suburbs.

[@eaglevision993]

The 80s had probably more aggressive sales strategies. The moment you inquire about a new car they already shred your old one to gain advantage and add a reason why you should buy a new one right now.

[@PGHDude]

@ hahaha touché.

[@chrisbell9075]

That Kamp Komfort guy that Clark rents their tents from in this one also plays Frank Shirley,, his boss who Eddie kidnaps in 'Christmas Vacation,' Mary.. I just realized that watching this reaction..

[@jasonlmeadows]

I saw this in the theater in 83 and even after all these years Clark's freak out in the car is still hilarious. Yes, Beverly D'Angelo is beautiful but damn Christi Brinkley in her 20's is beyond beautiful! For me she was the ultimate super model, way better than Cindy Crawford could have ever hoped to look.

[@Sarah_Gravydog316]

my aunt & cousin are neighbours with Christie in California; & she is always naked when she is outside, & my aunt asked her why & Christie said, "So I don't get any tanlines!" now my aunt & cousin are always naked when they're outside too 😂

[@Raven5150]

Vegas vacation has aut Edna's real life husband sid Caesar, they were an amazing comedy duo back in the day

[@LordVolkov]

I didn't know they were a couple. That makes their paired jokes even funnier!

[@Raven5150]

@LordVolkov im pretty sure they were maried

[@bearsroar9135]

European , Christmas, and Vegas vacation movies are really good movies

[@steamtrainpower]

Best quote from Marty Moose: Sorry, folks! We're closed for two weeks to clean and repair America's favorite family fun park. Sorry, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh!

[@hawkmaster381]

That was Harold Ramis' voice!

[@TheRussian13]

I used to make cross country road trips when I was younger. I would sometimes drive all day, only stopping for gas. Texas was one of the more difficult places to get used to because you can drive over 12 hours and still be in Texas.

[@MikeWood]

Reading the comments, Christie Brinkley has entered the chat. :) Back in the day she was the it girl. The supermodel of her time and later married to Billy Joel. She was something else. Also, it's a funny movie. The car salesman Eugene Levy looks so young here.

[@MisterHPlays]

tbh I'm with Clark. I'd rather drive cross-country than fly anymore.

[@likecrazyhorse]

Vegas Vacation is another gem in the series

[@jjsdad4952]

I watched all Vacations as they came out and actually prefer European over Christmas. Fun flick

[@MrKeychange]

Yup, we need to get taught that. 😂 I wasn't doing it right for years. hahaha I learned how to do it to a girl before I learned how to do it to myself properly. lol

[@cbradfordgorby3237]

The family road trip was a bit of a "middle-class American tradition", at least as I experienced it. My mother was a teacher so from June through to August she was not working and thus my dad's yearly vacay was scheduled to coincide with that. As a kid I never really appreciated the sacrifices they had to make in order to provide "us kids" these journeys outside of our everyday worlds, but as an adult and knowing the sort of logistical planning required for these sojourns I treasure these experiences much much more. This film is nostalgic for me since its a cartoon exaggeration of my childhood and the humor comes from being able to relate to the "what if THIS had happened"?

[@johndeaux3703]

04:25 It's a Bally Astrocade system.

[@PatrickCooperPhotography-nw1pp]

This film was based on a short story written for the National Lampoons magazine. And apparently, that short story is from the point of view of the young son. Whereas the film version largely revolves around the father (Clark.)

[@teeheeteeheeish]

For me it goes: Christmas Vacation, Vegas Vacation, European Vacation, and Vacation. But I love all of the films.

[@3DJapan]

As a kid in the 80s we did a lot of road trips. We traveled from Philadelphia to Florida every couple years. I get the feeling people don't do road trips as much these days.

[@David-s6e4q]

You have become my absolute favorite KZbinr 👏🎉

[@Pokyhawk]

Thank you Mary for another premium comedy reaction. This movie is a prime example of a Chevy Chase parody. Roy Walley is of course a parody of Walt Disney complete with Mickey Mouse transformed into Marty Moose (keeping the initials & complete with theme song). Wally World of course in their version of Disneyland. I always wondered, if Disney had known how much of a classic staple of Hollywood this was to become, would they have bartered for all the advertising over the last 41 years? Probably not but this movie (and the three that followed) have been watched over and over even to the point of the sequel that was made about the grown children in 2015 (not that great but you can't not finish the franchise 🤷‍♂). You should also check out Beverly D'Angelo (Ellen Griswold) in Clint Eastwood's _*Every Which Way... *_ movies. They too are both classic 70s comedies. Ya gotta love a good comedy franchise 🤣. (Vegas Vacation is actually pretty good and European Vacation is worth a watch as well) See you in the next one .

[@krashd]

0:50 No, this movie _is_ National Lampoon's Vacation 😉

[@martinwhite3559]

European Vacation is also good but Vegas Vacation is my fav. I think there is a movie called Vacation about Rusty all grown up with his own family vacation. It is separate to the other movies in this series.

[@user-mg5mv2tn8q]

Yes, starting Ed Helms as the grown-up Rusty.

[@hawkmaster381]

When some actors play a part, you can see the same personality in every role, case in point - Tim Allen. No matter what name you stick on his character in his movies, they all have that same Tim Allen personality. Chevy Chase is such an amazing actor that his character Ty Webb in Caddyshack is a completely different personality. When you watch Caddyshack or Foul Play, even though those characters are silly, you can't even imagine them being Clark Griswold.

[@user-EricWatson55]

The S.W.A.T. team was actually holding their rifles while riding the rollercoaster! 😂

[@PatrickCooperPhotography-nw1pp]

Dedicated to the job!

[@Ryan713]

Growing up, we used to call our home town Wally World. It had several train accidents and a high concentration of bars & liquor stores. One local shop made t-shirts that said "Wally World" which featured an alcoholic bum hanging out on the town gazebo.

[@ctakitimu]

Oh great, Holiday Road is back in my head again! Took me years to get rid of that earworm, it's so good!

[@eddawg79]

I love the National Lampoon Vacation movies. European Vacation and Vagas Vacation are pretty good.

[@reconsoldier135]

All the Vacation movies are hilarious, you need to watch European Vacation and Vegas Vacation now

[@hackermusic3355]

Looking for the gas tank always makes me laugh. I worked at a truck stop in the 70s and people would pull up and say "fill it up" and go inside leaving me standing there trying to figure out where the filler was.

[@michaelleung4816]

This movie was based on a story that the film's writer John Hughes wrote for National Lampoon magazine. It was about his family's road trip to Disney Land. Much of what happened in this movie happened to Hughes' family.

[@emilsitka9537]

In Christmas Vacation Clark uses Marty Moose cups to drink eggnog.

[@edwardosquidawardo]

My dad not only looks like Clark Grizwold but also acts like him as well. He’s the best dad I could ever ask for

[@ericseitzler81]

Did he try to cheat on your mom with Christie Brinkley

[@chrisbell9075]

Clark has the weirdest luck when it comes to vehicles. In this one & in 'Christmas Vacation,' both times he goes from seconds away from killing himself & his entire family to somehow ending up at his destination.. *"We're here!"* 🤣🤣🤣

[@ProBreakers]

Wally World is actually Magic Mountain, near LA. I drive past it all the time when my family heads down there but I’ve only been once like 20 years ago.

[@johnniekight1879]

Usually the car gets crushed at the junkyard. Mr Walley was also Mr Duncan in Home Alone : Lost In New York. "Clark is a bit problematic" LOL

[@Uriahjw]

The motel where they stayed after losing their credit cards is in my hometown of Pueblo, Colorado. There is a video from a youtuber that stops at every main point on the movies trip. The motel is still operating today. Its located on lake avenue near the hospital. Just incase anyone wanted to google the location.

[@darindunham7401]

Yeah and Coolidge Kansas is actually Boone Colorado lmao.

[@rjd8417]

Christmas Vacation is great and a must see this time of year.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Maybe it is because I was pretty much exactly Rusty's age in 1983 and I took cross-country road vacations with family, but this is my favorite Vacation movie by a mile.

[@tomstanziola1982]

Aunt Edna is played by the late Imogene Coca, Mary. She was one of the best comedians of all time, and a very nice lady in real life. I've heard it said that when this movie was being made, she was worried that she was being too mean as Aunt Edna.

[@Skynet_Cyborg27916]

Mary there is also NL European Vacation and NL Vegas Vacation in case you’re interested

[@ericseitzler81]

Don't forget the other Christmas vacation with cousin Eddie

[@SlayerGuy]

Wally World (Six Flags Magic Mountain) had about 3 roller coasters at the time and now they're the roller coaster capitol of the world with 20!

[@bryanmack4054]

I love how Clark is trying to be Superdad in these movies but gets increasingly unhinged by the end from all the stress

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16:53 --- Hollywood history.. Longest jump ever performed by a station wagon at the time..