NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION (1983) | MOVIE REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING

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[@tastyneck]

My favorite joke in this whole film is "You think you hate [the Family Truckster] now, wait until you drive it." It's subtle and genius.

[@LordVolkov]

The way Eugene Levy runs rings around Clark 🤣🤣🤣

[@kentmont]

My favorite is “Audrey, when they close a road they put up BIG signs. Like this one.”

[@BOT_JERRY]

Everyone's is different. The one that stuck with me is what happened with me so I enjoy it a lot.. it's the desert scene where the son chugs the beer. Ahhhh meme Rory's

[@kylereese4822]

Fun fact... the pool and skinky tent area/set still has remains there... it`s on a filming location video on YT...

[@kentmont]

@@kylereese4822 Reese! You’re alive!

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

I love the "you think you hate it now, just wait 'til you drive it" line, because it's a car salesman *actually telling the truth*.

[@OneThousandHomoDJs]

Imogene Coca was so afraid of being "too mean" to the other actors that she'd ask them, after a take, "was that too much?" She was a genuinely sweet and lovely woman, and she was one of the first TV stars; one of the most high-profile female actors of the era, most notably on "Your Show of Shows."

[@steve-eq8kx]

I remember her on her own show called "Grindl" in 1963. She had a neat trick where she could have one eye wide open and the other shut with no sign of a squint.

[@stevensprunger3422]

She also played a cave woman in the obscure “it’s about time” weekly tv show

[@frugalseverin2282]

I remember her playing a tipsy Toothfairy on "Bewitched" for 2 episodes.

[@steve-eq8kx]

@@stevensprunger3422 good memory- it's about time, it's about space- it's about two men in the strangest place.

[@shallowgal462]

I know that about her from a history book when I was a kid, but I already knew her from Bewitched.

[@rbrtck]

"I'm not your ordinary, everyday fool." That's right, Clark, you are truly one heck of a special kind of fool! 🤣

[@raerobertson5509]

Fun fact: In the original version of the movie, when it shows the Griswolds crossing the Mississippi River from Illinois into Missouri and Ellen says "I don't think this is the right exit," Clark then says "What does it matter as long as we get across the river?"... in the very next scene when they're lost in the bad neighborhood there was a caption at the bottom of the screen that said "East St. Louis". This made no sense because East St. Louis is in Illinois. They later edited it out.

[@rbrtck]

That girl in the red sports car is Christie Brinkley, one of the top models in the US at the time, and probably elsewhere, as well. The whole audience would have recognized her back in the day, because her face was everywhere.

[@Dr.Acula76]

Also married Billy Joel who everyone should also know

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

She was his uptown girl

[@MasterBiffpudwell]

In the 80s almost every teenage boy had a poster of Christy Brinkley (Ferrari girl) on their bedroom wall. They also had Farrah Fawcett and Bo Derek posters on their walls.

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Sports illustrated cover 1981

[@SilentBob731]

A lot of people prefer Christmas Vacation, but this one will always be my favourite. Couldn't even guess how many times I've seen it since I was a kid. Another awesome reaction, you rock Addie. 👍✌❤

[@moonlitegram]

yea this is by far my favorite of the NL films

[@todderickson2435]

I like Christmas Vacation, but this one is WAY better! An absolute classic!!

[@curtismartin2866]

Christmas Vacation really needs this as a foundation.

[@coldwhite4240]

I agree, this is the best of the series. And Dana Barron was the best Audrey too, IMO.

[@mikesilva3868]

Christmas vacation and vacation from 1983 are the funniest in my opinion 😊

[@tapoemt3995]

"Daddy says I'm the best at it" was too naughty for tv in the 80's so that line is changed to "My Science Teacher says I'm the best at it" 🤣

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Yeah " F yo mama" became " who do I look like Christopher Columbo?"

[@martinbraun1211]

Please watch the John Candy movie "Uncle Buck".

[@thomasreynolds5744]

I hope she watches the Resident Evil Movies with Milla Jovovich

[@aramire7]

Also The Great Outdoors with John Candy. Funny movie.

[@JasonBorn89]

​@@aramire7also 'Only the Lonely' underrated John Candy film

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Randy Quaid is so brilliant as Cousin Eddie, in this movie and others. I just love him all around, but never moreso than in that role.

[@greggburke7796]

I cant believe that the kids were actually 15 and 17 when this movie came out. Anthony Michael Hall looks about 13, but he was 15, and the actress who played his sister looks 12. She's actually 17.

[@joeconcepts5552]

"Getting there is half the fun, you know that." Such ominous words.

[@ink-cow]

Don't forget the fried cat in Christmas Vacation. That kind of dark humor was on-brand for National Lampoon, the magazine that branded these movies.

[@matthewcostello3530]

Eddie's son is the first person to utter a line on the sit com "Cheers"

[@JeremyAustin-hw1qy]

A tiny fact about this movie during the scene where Clark gets pulled over by the cop and while they are both talking about the dog if you notice neither of them can keep a straight face

[@Daehawk]

Those were FUN movies for their day. I was a teenager when these came out and me and my friends laughed our butts off and talked and talked about these movies for years.

[@fzoid3534]

I've seen this movie so often but right now I just realized that the car salesman at the beginning is the dad from American Pie.

[@andrewpeppin4769]

This movie is older than I am and I JUST noticed that when he leaves Wally world to go to the sporting goods store, the car he cuts off is the same model, but in the blue colour he said he ordered at the beginning of the movie.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Harold Ramis direct this movie. The same man directed Groundhog Day & play as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters trilogy.

[@logann7942]

There are only two Ghostbusters movies.

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Yes there is, third sequel called Ghostbusters Afterlife.

[@socalpaul487]

The amusement park is Six Flags Magic Mountain. The white wooden roller coaster is the Colossus. I was a ride operator on the Colossus form '79-'81. This was filmed after I left, but my friends were the ride operators for "Vacation".

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Thanks for telling me that, for forty years I've always wondered, Who the hell was running those rides.

[@charleslee8313]

A few months ago, when I drove to Orlando, and I saw the sign "Walt Disney World -- Next Two Exits," I immediately thought of Clark going "Walley World -- Next Three Exits". I love this movie.

[@EsotericRage]

8:25 best double take ever 🤣 🤣 🤣

[@fakereality96]

Your facial reactions in this are hilarious!!! Thanks!!! 🤣

[@davewhitmore1958]

The French kissing reaction was GOLD!

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Frank Jane krakoski no less.

[@phillipcummins5038]

"Yeah but Daddy said I'm the best at it" That reaction to that line is the best reaction I've ever seen you give Addie! It made me laugh for so long. Thanks 🤣

[@alextan1478]

Fun reaction, Addie. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) looks like so much fun and I'm so glad that you enjoyed this movie. My favorite scenes were when they made it to Walley World, only to discover that it was closed, and when they went on all of the rides with Clark holding a BB gun to the security guard.

[@alextan1478]

Speaking of John Candy, I also suggest Spaceballs: The Movie (1987).

[@joshuacampbell7493]

I love the songs Holiday Road & Dancin Across the USA 🎵.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

"Holiday Road" being used in every "Vacation" movie except "Christmas Vacation," of course.

[@rbrtck]

Notice the photo that shows that the family flew back home. Wow, they actually learned something.

[@carpetfluff35]

This is still my favourite of the Vacation movies, back when they still had a little edge to them.

[@GangstaStan010]

Word. As much as it sucked to be packed into a car for miles (Dad eventually upgraded to Van) these Family movies make you appreciate those times. You suffered. But you suffered as a family. 😂

[@bigdragon8004]

Fun fact. Holiday Road was written and performed by Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac.

[@miked2445]

I just watched Across the Spiderverse and havent gotten nearly enough reactions and reviews in. While binging, I saw your video and at that moment I realized how much Ive come to enjoy and look forward to your reactions! They mean something to me. I dont know how we got here, but were here. So cheers to you and all the other viewers and thank you. Ill get back to the Spider-Man stuff after your video.

[@niftymagic]

Look at rusty’s height difference from beginning and at the end. He grew 6 inches while filming.

[@EzraPeterson]

2:43 if you watch this scene again in full you'll notice Ellen is scraping food off the plates, handing them to Clark who proceeds to wipe them with a towel and put them directly away instead of the dishwasher which is open for that reason. Took me 30 years to notice that

[@PatrickWagz]

haha, I just mentioned the same thing, but I think I picked up on this gag after about 25 years!! 🙃

[@EzraPeterson]

@@PatrickWagz haha it's amazing how many times we can watch something and still miss things. But that's what makes it so great!

[@Linerunner99]

If you take everything that went wrong on every vacation you've ever taken combined... then match it with things that (hopefully) never happened... you have half this movie. One of the all time classics.

[@jdogjohnson382]

One of those movies thats just fun!

[@mikebrown7799]

Hi Addie, I hope you had a nice vacation!🙂Since you already saw Christmas Vacation I'm sure you noticed a new set of children. This is a running gag in these films that the children keep changing with each sequel. Great reactions to your second Vacation film, Addie!!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@DylansPen]

Watching this one sets the tone for the rest and you know all the inside jokes. We watch Christmas Vacation every year as well. Also the music in this is so good, Lindsay Buckingham's song Holiday Road is perfect.

[@wyrmshadow4374]

Merry Christmas! Shitter was full!

[@jeffl9167]

@@wyrmshadow4374 have you checked your shitter?

[@steelers6titles]

RE Christie Brinkley: "She's ugly" LOL

[@MountainMan.]

When he shouts for Russ but Russ is standing right next to him :) Love your reactions in this one

[@lurkerrekrul]

The woman in the red car is supermodel Christie Brinkley. They changed the music for whenever Clark sees her. Originally they used "I'm So Excited", but copyright got in the way, so they had to change it for the video release. I'm pretty sure that the version on pay cable had the original soundtrack.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

Even so, you'd think Warner would be willing to spring for the clearance on it for such a popular movie. 🤷‍♂

[@RichardinNC1]

My craziest family vacation was when I was 18 and had a 6mo old sister! We rented an RV and pulled a boat 600 miles to a lake. Starting with a 2 hour delay getting the trailer lights fixed, a 12 hour drive to start the trip, my dad hitting his head on the RV bunk ceiling, a wrong turn and detour, 4 days straight of rain, and a leaky water system in the RV that soaked the carpets. Fortunately my father could fix it. We finally did have a few days of fun on the lake, only to have a 600 mile drive back home.

[@netzombiee646]

A bit of trivia about this move … the original ending had Clark kidnapping Roy Walley at his home (something they later used in Christmas Vacation), but that ending didn’t do well with test audiences … so months after the original ending was filmed, they re-filmed the ending at the amusement park … during the break between filming the original ending and the new ending, Anthony Michael Hall (Rusty) had a growth spurt … throughout the entire movie he was shorter than his mom, Ellen (Beverly DeAngelo), but in the ending scene at the amusement park, he’s taller than Ellen.

[@ericstarkey551]

I love how its storming when they get into phoenix, I lived there for 17 years, and an Arizona super storm lasts only about 10 mins.

[@phookadude]

In the original story, which was in a single dedicated issue of National Lampoon, Clark ends up going to prison for shooting Walt Disney.

[@billbabcock1833]

While my family managed to avoid killing anything on our driving vacations, but we had our share of disasters. And many years later, looking back, they made the trips better.

[@Dr.Acula76]

Same. And those disasters are the memories my family still talks about

[@joeconcepts5552]

"It think you're all @#$%ed in the head!" That's a sure sign the vacation has turned a corner. There's of course a similar meltdown/monologue in Christmas Vacation.

[@Malmern]

This brings back memories. This has a funny title in Norwegian. "Hjelp, vi må på ferie!" which translates to "Help, we gotta go on vacation!" 🤣

[@rbrtck]

And now for _European Vacation_ (second movie) and _Vegas Vacation_ (fourth and final movie; _Christmas Vacation_ was the third).

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

There's 5 if you count the 2015 sequel/remake hybrid... but this one and "Christmas Vacation" are the only ones that are almost universally loved.

[@colormedubious4747]

You might have missed the subtle (for this movie) gag with the dishes. Ellen thinks Clark is helping her LOAD the dishwasher. Clark thinks he's helping Ellen UNLOAD it so he's just wiping the unwashed dishes with a filthy rag and putting them in the cabinet.

[@bigjay123]

FYI, That's always what we're thinking. I think you Awkward Ashley Burton and Mary Cherry would be an awesome reaction team.

[@PatrickWagz]

Nice reaction. But, you missed the very subtle joke at the beginning where Ellen is scraping the food off the plates, and Clark just then wipes them with a towel and puts them away in the cabinet... as if they are clean!!! And, it was another Aunt (Bethany) in Christmas Vacation.

[@andrewft31]

If you love 80s comedies you can’t go wrong with Police Academy 1 and 2

[@yournamehere6002]

Just Police Academy. The sequels are awful, including 2

[@TheYoungDoctor]

My favourite is Citizens on Patrol.

[@yournamehere6002]

@@TheYoungDoctor meh

[@andrewft31]

@@yournamehere6002 the second one has more of Michael Winslows sound affects like when he is eating and this couple sits near him and he makes it as though they are eating loudly lol ruins a relationship in record time. Plus Bobcat is always funny.

[@yournamehere6002]

@@andrewft31 not a Bobcat fan

[@3DJapan]

I can't imagine a theme park would ever shut down in the middle of the busy season for repairs. If I ride needed repairs they're shut down just that ride.

[@philmullineaux5405]

The mechanic/sheriff in a ton of movies and an original member of, The Band. His partner also in a bunch of movies and the TV show, Miami Vice!

[@jonlate4581]

The boy is Anthony Michael Hall from many things around that time. Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science....

[@ericwatson54]

This actually happened to me and a friend. We went to Magic Mountain on a beautiful sunny day in September. It was closed for the season. 😐

[@shallowgal462]

Did you notice Clark's old car that got crushed was a Vista Cruiser? If you're a fan of That '70s Show, you know the car. Yes, Rusty in this one was in The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Edward Scissorhands, and on TV's The Dead Zone, and Rusty in the Christmas one was on Roseanne, The Conners, and The Big Bang Theory. As you might guess, European Vacation and Vegas Vacation have different Rustys too. And Audreys. And they celebrate their 15th wedding anniversary in 1997 in Vegas. John Hughes wrote this based on a childhood vacation - 1959, I think.

[@cleonmagabeefy8500]

Thank you for making me happy for 31 minutes and 41 seconds!!!

[@sca88]

I had a friend in college, when she was a kid, the lady in the red Ferrari (Christie Brinkley) used to babysitter her.

[@robdaddy69]

You missed the past when they where told to freeze and Helen grabs Clarks junk, I think that's the funniest part especial when they shake hands them she puts her hand right back 😂

[@glennthompson1173]

In my opinion this is the best Vacation by far.

[@tarzapopohead]

fun fact is that the actually film crew drove from Chicago to LA to simulate the movie while shooting.

[@bradpriebe9218]

Yes, that is Brian from Breakfast Club. Aunt Edna made it in one piece but the dog didn't 😳😉 And my favorite thing in the whole movie is watching people react to the girls talking about french kissing and the cousin says "Yeah, but Daddy says I'm the best at it"🤣🤣🤣

[@wyrmshadow4374]

The Family Truckster was meant to be a freakshow combination of all the ugly parts of 1970s stationwagons. If you've seen Parks&Rec you should recognize the blonde in the Ferrari. 40 years later Christie Brinkley still looks AMAZING.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

Hard to believe this movie turns 40 this summer.

[@scalefree]

yes Rusty is played by Anthony Michael Hall who plays Brian in Breakfast Club. well spotted.

[@rbrtck]

Your heart didn't lie. Leave it to Clark to make good on a flippant promise (to kill the dog) by accident, and in about the most horrific kind of way.

[@rbrtck]

"You think you hate it now, but wait till you drive it." Yeah, Clark will hate it even more--that's what he meant!

[@mikefetterman6782]

"Rusty" went on to be in a series of teen movies in the 80s, most notably, the Breakfast club, and Pretty in Pink. Later see him in the movie "ThE Dark Knight" as a pain in the butt reporter.

[@Osprey850]

Addie predicted the dog being dragged and Aunt Edna being left on the patio. Maybe she has a darker sense of humor than she lets on.🤔

[@aproudamerican2692]

In deleted scenes the dog was limping while walking on the side of the road headed back home. The dog was also seen in Vegas Vacation. *Feel better.*

[@TimSmith-uc4pk]

Yes. Michael Anthony Hall did the Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles. Chevy Chase has a number of movies under his belt including Caddyshack playing opposite of Bill Murray. Christie Brinkley ( The Blonde ) was a super model back in the day. The Late an great John Candy did The Great Outdoors playing opposite Dan Aykroyd, Uncle Buck and Planes, Trains, And Automobiles playing opposite Steve Martin. He was also in Home Alone.

[@BeastOfWarZ]

Another great job.

[@ITPalGame]

Blonde sports car lady is former supermodel Christie Brinkley, former wife of singer Billy Joel. Jane was a crush of mine since, "Ally McBeal" (1997 TV series). She has a cute nose on the same cuteness level of Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[@coldwhite4240]

Great reaction, Addie, glad to see you had fun watching this one, and may I say you're looking fantastic in this video as always! When you said early on "that poor dog" and "at least we found the motel and no-one died" I was probably not alone in thinking: "Lady, you ain't seen nothing yet!" 😂 Then the penny dropped as to the kind of comedy you were watching by the time you said "At some point are we going to end up dragging the dog?" and you had it sussed from there on!

[@smoothmove7566]

He's Farmer Ted in sixteen candles, what a great movie that is.

[@Peter-ny4mu]

There was a movie about flying somewhere for a family vacation. It was call Die Harder (Die Hard 2). Not sure the outcome was better!

[@calebwilliams7659]

The blond girl daughter of Cousin Eddie grew up to become famous actress Jane Karakowsi.

[@cutekittens228]

@30:15 Thank you so much Addie, we need more positive thinkers in the world like you 🙂

[@robertsanssouci2093]

The St Louis scene is hilarious to me. I live in St Louis

[@3DJapan]

I have never seen a movie show how airbags work or what they look like correctly.

[@geek1027]

I remember seeing this in the theater. I was the only one who laughed when the cop said "the dog probably kept up for a mile or so." Not sure what that says about me.

[@rickardroach9075]

25:24 Don’t forget the dog.

[@mauriceedwards9588]

Yes its a nightmare from beginning to end I've lost count how times I've seen this on to Wally World.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

My parents taped this movie off TV circa '85/'86 (not long after we'd seen "European Vacation") and we watched it regularly for the next several years. Of course, as a result of seeing this edited-for-TV version, I didn't know about the 'attempted vehicular blowjob' scene until getting it on DVD in the early '00s (a friend of mine had told me about the 'nudie book' scene, Audrey's pot through-line, and the shots of Ellen's breasts when we watched it together some time in the early '90s). And, well, this taped version also at least still had the Pointer Sisters song "I'm So Excited" playing during Clark's 2 on-the-road encounters with the girl in the red Ferrari... which has been replaced with the "Little Boy Sweet" song used during their rest area encounter in between said 2 scenes since being released on DVD. It frankly annoys me a bit that Warner Brothers apparently can't be bothered to spring for the clearance for this song in order to reinstate into the movie once again. I feel it had much more immediacy in those scenes.

[@keithwarrington2430]

The girl in the red ferrari being Christy Brinkley

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

@@keithwarrington2430 Yes, most people here already know that. 'Girl in the Red Ferrari' is literally what her character is called in the credits.

[@Topherlee2]

Little behind the scenes on the cop dog leash scene, #1: The scene was going to be very dark than what it ended up being, you would actually see blood trails behind the rear tires but decided not to do that. #2: Chevy and the actor who played the cop kept trying to keep a straight face because they were laughing so much, they were actually crying out of laughter.

[@Kiernan5]

Aunt Edna is Ellen's aunt. The aunt that was in Christmas Vacation was Clark's Aunt Bethany

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

... which makes you wonder after seeing "Christmas Vacation," was Edna the sister of Ellen's mother or father?

[@toob1979]

IRL, Imogene Coca (Aunt Edna) was a dear, sweet little old lady, as everyone called her. This is one of the first movies to actually go cross-country and shoot along the way. The shoot wasn't nearly as arduous as the Griswold family trip. However, director John Hughes didn't find out until after they began filming that Coca had a huge phobia of going long distances by car related to a serious accident she'd been in when she was younger. Everyone felt terrible for her having to live her greatest fear for the whole shoot. The stunt people did set a world record for distance traveled through the air in a station wagon.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

*Harold Ramis directed; John Hughes just wrote this one.

[@jamesellis1972]

It is a crime that Addie does not have over 100k subscribers.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Who else recognized the voice of Marty Moose as belonging to the film's director, Harold Ramis -- better known for his role as Ghostbuster Dr. Egon Spengler (rest his soul).

[@LordVolkov]

I enjoy all of the original Vacation movies, but European Vacation is probably my fave. For a movie with John Candy and Eugene Levy (the car salesman) - Armed & Dangerous, with Meg Ryan

[@Someinsanegenuis]

To bad so few reactors watch European Vacation. Most just watch the first one or Christmas Vacation.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

"European Vacation" doesn't hold up for me. It's a little too broadly-written, and Audrey is really annoying in it. The funniest part for me was Eric Idle (of Monty Python fame) as the extremely polite British tourist that the Griswolds literally keep running into throughout their trip. Ultimately the movie is merely a footnote for me in terms of it being the first time I ever saw tits on the big screen. I've never seen "Vegas Vacation" or the 2015 remake/sequel hybrid, but I haven't heard good things about them, either.

[@BubblyRainbows]

I originally saw all of the Vacation movies in one marathon on one day. I remember liking "European Vacation" the best at the time. But I've seen so many reactions to this and to "Christmas Vacation" and never saw a reaction to "European Vacation." I'd love to see a reaction to it just to see if I still like it. I barely remember it now.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

@@BubblyRainbows Just goes to show how far more well-regarded this and "Christmas Vacation" are compared to the other movies in the series.

[@bryanb3352]

John Candy and Eugene Levy are also in Splash which is some of the best of Levy.

[@philmullineaux5405]

Another great John Hughes movie! The son also in his movies, Johnny B Goode and Breakfast Club!

[@PatrickPrejusa]

each vacation movie features the same character names for the kids with different actors at different ages

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

This one follows a lot of the same beats as Christmas Vacation just on a road trip. The guy who was at the camp played the boss in Christmas Vacation, Bill Murray's brother.

[@anthonyg309]

Great reaction! 😂 Hoping you watch European Vacation next

[@rbrtck]

Clark was lucky enough to come away from this road trip with his life, let alone his freedom.

[@TheYoungDoctor]

Fletch and Fletch Lives are also very good Chevy Chase films.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

As well as "Foul Play" and "Caddyshack."

[@keith9716]

Walt Disney played the part of Roy Wally in this movie. And the theme park is actually Six Flags Magic Mountain.

[@franp1913]

walt disney was already dead for 17 years when this came out

[@EntertainmentFan11]

Welcome to the Griswold era of the "National Lampoon" movies!

[@Billinois78]

Another funny 80s 'vacation' movie is "The Great Outdoors", which stars John Candy and Dan Aykroyd. I think you'd like that one, too. About the poor dog - If it helps, consider the possibility that the dog did indeed slip out of the leash right away, and that the police officer was only assuming there would be a carcass, and that all he saw was the leash and jumped to conclusions.. By the way, I don't know if you already know this, but National Lampoon is the name of a comedy magazine that spoofs/parodies pop culture, current events, etc, hence the word 'lampoon'. It was started by a couple of Harvard grads who previously worked on a similar publication at the university, called The Harvard Lampoon. Apparently, that one has been around since the 1870's. Not a typo. It's that old.

[@williamjones6031]

1. FACT: They don't crush cars right away. They will resell them and then sell the parts. 2. My favorite part is when the ALL fall asleep in the car while it's still rolling. 🤣 3. There's no way he would have gotten a parking place right in front of the "Long Branch" saloon. 4. "Bop your baloney"="Spank your monkey"🤣🤣 5. The guy at the campground is Brian Doyle-Murry (Bill Murry's Brother) and he played Clark's boss in "Christmas Vacation". 6. He's crazy. I'd take Beverly DeAngelo 😍😋over Christy Brinkley any day. 7. Who didn't love John Candy? 8. Mr. Wally/Eddie Bracken played the toy store owner in "Home Alone II". Do the rest of the Vacation movies. Especially Christmas Vacation.

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

9. Walley World is a pretty obvious parody of Walt Disney World (or, given its setting in California, more likely Disneyland) -- Mickey Mouse/Marty Moose, 'Walley' itself being another nickname for Walter, Roy being the name of Walt's brother, and Roy Walley even being made to vaguely look like Walt Disney himself. P.S. As she mentioned in this video, she already did "Christmas Vacation" during the holidays last year. Check out her reaction to it.