National Lampoon's Vacation | First Time Watching! | Movie REACTION!

[@SlashmanSG]

"He kinda looks like Bill Murray" That's because he's Brian Doyle-Murray, Bill's brother.

[@philrob1978]

Yeah, he looks really young there - he aged incredibly quickly in the proceeding years of the 80s!

[@3DJapan]

​@philrob1978 Yeah, he gained a lot of weight through the 80s. That didn't help.

[@erictaylor5462]

I saw a reaction of Psycho and the woman asked, "Is that Jamie Lee Curtis? How old is she anyway?" It was her mother, Janet Leigh. Jaimie Lee Curtis is a 2nd generation Scream Queen. And I just realized Jaime Lee Curtis isn't a hyphenated surname. Lee is her middle name... And of course Janet Leigh wasn't her given name.

[@winchesterbear]

How did Chandra see a resemblance? I never knew until someone told me.

[@tempsitch5632]

Wrote Caddyshack, also Directed by Ramis, as well as was in Groundhogs Day directed by Ramis.

[@DustinHawke]

She's a SUPER model. That's Christie Brinkley.

[@tonyadler1319]

She was married to musician Billy Joel for 9 years in the 80's and 90's.

[@jaydouglas8845]

@@tonyadler1319 thanks captain obvious.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Wasn't the first for whom the term 'super model' was coined?

[@dicktrickle741]

Beverly DeAngelo had the better rack though

[@jamiemacdonald436]

@@jaydouglas8845 Having a rough day bud? That was unnecessary.

[@joek468]

Back in the day she was "THE" model 😊

[@zedwpd]

Haha you guys are so cute. "I didnt know you could hook up old school computers to the TV." Old school computers had no monitors and REQUIRED a TV.

[@The-Underbaker]

Games consoles such as the Atari 2600, yes, but not for actual computers.

[@jkhoover]

"He kind of looks like Bill Murray." Yes, he does. That's Brian Doyle Murray, Bill Murray's brother and regular in Harold Ramis movies.

[@keithsimpson6563]

You might know him as the mayor in ground hog day.

[@cbyrne7609]

I loved the, "she looks like a model", lol. Yeah, that's Christie Brinkley... one of the biggest and most famous supermodels of all time! The opening song is from Lindsay Buckingham... famous from being the lead guitarist from the "best" lineup of Fleetwood Mac.

[@alojr35]

The parking lot scene was filmed at Santa Anita park a horse racetrack in Arcadia, California. The scenes inside the park were filmed at six flags magic mountain in Valencia, California.

[@benvsreality]

I think a lot of the rides from the movie are still there too, albeit many in upgraded forms.

[@James_Loveless]

The song Holiday Road written & performed by Lindsay Buckingham aka Guitarist of Fleetwood Mac

[@0okamino]

Also the ending theme _Dancin’ Across the USA._ They got twice the Buckingham, which is quite a deal.

[@myproject13ttt]

Not having a cell phone, is what made a road trip back in the day, a journey. You just had to have faith and trust, that it would all work out.

[@0okamino]

Every mile was an adventure in itself.

[@DanielTate-wt9jt]

There's also several other Vacation films in the Vacation franchise including "European Vacation," "Christmas Vacation," and "Las Vegas Vacation."

[@StevePaur-hf4vy]

Eddie's daughter Vickie is actress Jane Krakowski. She is best known for her roles in 30 Rock, Ally McBeal and her appearance as Wanda in the video for Goodbye Earl from The Dixie Chicks

[@misterkite]

Old computers were always hooked up to a TV.. dedicated monitors came later.

[@toddjones1480]

Not always, but it was common.

[@misterkite]

@@toddjones1480 He's using an Apple II, the corresponding "Monitor II" was released in August 1983.. after this movie was in theaters. The first C64 monitor, the 1701, came out in 1985. It was only business machines that had dedicated monitors in the early 80s.

[@anonymes2884]

Commodore Pet yo ! :)

[@ace2k707]

The guy that looks like Bill Murray is his older brother Brian Doyle Murray, also a very fine actor.

[@uncommon_niagara1581]

"It's five pounds of veal"

[@jkhoover]

"Kid's, you noticing all this plight?"

[@0okamino]

“Roll ‘em up!”

[@randysake5031]

You think you hate it now, wait you drive it.

[@darthken815]

Every time I rewatch this and hear Eugene Levy say that line, I automatically think: "Then you'll REALLY hate it!" 😂

[@chasingbirds3073]

The woman in the red car is not just a model, she is the OG supermodel, Christie Brinkley.

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is a must too. If you want another road trip movie, I highly suggest Little Miss Sunshine. The dude behind the counter in Colorado is the older brother of Bill Murray (Brian Doyle-Murray). He also makes an appearance in Christmas Vacation as another character. That desert area is Monument Valley, Arizona and it has been in so many movies. One of the most notable shots is in the movie Forrest Gump for me. If you want a major John Candy movie and a John Hughes film, check out Uncle Buck. Chandra talking about the purse: 25:47 "She's got a "death" grip on it" Me: 😅

[@3DJapan]

3:50 Yeah a lot of home computers back then had to be hooked up to the TV. To be fair you can do the same thing today, modern computers and TVs both use HDMI.

[@patrickbateman7369]

"The car looks amazing" who the hell is looking at the car when one of THE most famous models on the planet is driving it!!!????

[@GatorScribe726]

He’s sitting next to his wife!

[@jeffarbuckle4615]

@@GatorScribe726ha! Yes , good call. Smart man😂

[@eddhardy1054]

Exactly, his beautiful, near at hand and possibly dangerous wife 😉😊🤣

[@eshuorishas9987]

@@GatorScribe726exactly! I saw a 60 year old man driving that car, didn’t you?

[@0okamino]

Of course, the car looks amazing. Christie Brinkley is in the driver’s seat. Even a very used, mismatched brown and mustard yellow (with plenty of rust spots) 1970 AMC Gremlin would look pretty great under that condition.

[@Fred-vy1hm]

I never understood why metallic pea didnt take off. Six Flags Magic Mountain provided the roller coasters for "Wally World" while they used Santa Anita Park for the entrance and parking lot.🤔

[@JeffC26131]

I always wondered if it was metallic pea…or metallic pee 💦🤔

[@0okamino]

If you want to go for something _really_ eye-catching, try the metallic peat. All the vibrancy of moss could be yours!

[@davidpoole5595]

Peat Peat My god man Peat Bring Mr griswolds car back out here

[@tempsitch5632]

The name might not have taken off, but that color was popular. I travelled across the states in the 80’s in a metallic pea Chevy Kingswood. Literally, in the back deck with the luggage behind the three seats.

[@vovindequasahi]

One of my favorite comedies of all time. Isn't all of our goals just having a lovely time as a Family at Wally World?

[@KEVIN-be9zj]

Chevy chase trying to fake cry over the dog is hilarious 😂

[@John_Locke_108]

My old Commodore 64 was hooked up to a TV in my bedroom.

[@0okamino]

Yeah, an actual dedicated monitor was pretty fancy pants stuff.

[@Area51byDaveReale]

20:20 "She`s just going to lose it at some point." Yes. Yes she will.

[@TimSmith-uc4pk]

The truckster was a modified Ford Town Squire LTD Station wagon. The blue car at the pump was an old AMC Eagle. They were popular back in the day. If you have watched Married With Children, then you have seen the truckster in the opening credits getting on the Interstate.

[@scorpiouk5914]

"He looks like Bill Murray". Good call! That is Brian Doyle Murray, Bill's older brother.

[@3DJapan]

I can't imagine an entire theme park would close for maintenance, they'd lose too much money. They would just close individual rides as needed.

[@anonymes2884]

It was actually pretty common for old computers to connect to the TV. You'd plug 'em in to the antenna socket and then manually tune a spare channel to the right frequency, like tuning into a TV station - kids today don't know they're born with their built-in screens and dedicated monitors :). Good movie this, funny but with a bit of an unhinged edge to it. "European Vacation" is good too but it's either "The Three Amigos" or "Fletch" that are my favourite Chevy Chase movie.

[@adamweed9788]

Remember the little tv/video switch box you connected with the 2 little Phillips head screws? Good times😃

[@positivelynegative9149]

3:55 🤣 That was the only way. "Monitors", as we know them today, didn't exist yet.

[@wesleybush8646]

There were dedicated monitors, but the home PC was still in flux, and for some computers you could plug into your television. There were also a lot of hobbyists who built their own.

[@CaddyJim]

*The $52,000 Dollars in 1983 is $165.000 Dollars today in 2024*

[@toddjones1480]

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure is another great '80s comedy about a disastrous cross-country road trip.

[@longfootbuddy]

more people need to react to that one for sure

[@GreatOutdoors1]

The aunt was the wife's aunt. When they mentioned her as a mother they were talking about her brother, which is where they left the body.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

You can hear Harold Ramis' voice in a couple of places, first he plays Marty Moose telling them the park is closed, then an off-screen policeman asking Roy Wally if they should take the crime family downtown.

[@UltraDoug]

Mapley Vacationuts!!! Saw that in the theater when I was 14. Sooooo good and man does it hold up. “DON’T TOUCH!!!” Best line. So fun!! 😂

[@kevinhayes1656]

The woman in the red Ferrari is Christie Brinkley, the supermodel

[@stevemurakami4879]

"That makes you WANT to do a road trip? Did you learn ANYTHING from that movie?" Um... yeah. He wants to meet a supermodel on the way!!! And btw, that was Canadian actor Eugene Levy who sold him the car at the beginning.

[@jamess885]

The song _Holiday Road_ is by Lindsey Buckingham from Fleetwood Mac.

[@jamesdamiano8894]

A great edgy road trip comedy is Midnight Run. You would love it.

[@matthewfike4491]

A 1976 Ford LTD Country Squire station wagon was our “family truckster” for a couple years. Thanks for reacting to this.

[@wetmovie2705]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High Stripes Midnight Run The TOY Sixteen Candles Meatballs Splash When Harry met Sally A fish called Wanda Trading Places

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

Sadly the actress that played Aunt Edna had a stroke while filming, fortunately she recovered and they continued. They actually drove across the country to film this.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

She wasn't just a model, she was The model of the time.

[@xJamesLaughx]

I just love Chevy Chase's rants in the National Lampoon movies. The one in the car in this and the one in National Lampoons Christmas Vacation ranting about his boss just make me bust out laughing everytime.

[@positivelynegative9149]

39:00 Y'all are gonna be Clark & Ellen and live this film. 🤣

[@hfsjfc8111]

Please, continue this saga with European Vacation. Everyone keeps saying to skip it but it continues a gag that gets funnier every movie forward. Keep up the great reactions.

[@yournamehere6002]

People don't have the context of the National Lampoon, a magazine from which this and other movies were spawned. The magazine was way more scabrous and vicious than Animal House, Class Reunion and the Vacation films. The story which this is based on is much darker.

[@stevenprice8253]

The original story was written by John Hughes. And you're right - much darker than the movie.

[@DuckdaringZ]

This is the road trip comedy that created the niche road trip genre. It's still the best.

[@thoso1973]

"She's like a model..!" Indeed and her name is Ferrari 308 GTS.... oh the woman driving it, is nice too 😋

[@awall1701]

Nice, you spotted Bill Murray's brother, Brian Doyle-Murray. 😁

[@patrickbateman7369]

The "Psycho" reference blew over your head, time to react to the movie!!!

[@edgarmoule9825]

Or the fact that it's not very funny

[@billthomas478]

As Canadians it's mandatory that you watch "Canadian Bacon" with John Candy

[@steved1135]

Indeed. Or anything with John Candy really...

[@JohnnyUtah15]

25:51 “Got a death grip on it” I’m ☠️ 😂😂😂

[@joejawson5264]

25:50 "She has a death grip on it." great foreshadowing...

[@misterkite]

80s comedy worth reacting to: Better Off Dead.

[@andrewhelmer6853]

Two dollars !

[@stocks1000]

and The Sure Thing

[@adamweed9788]

Throw in "One crazy Summer"!

[@tempsitch5632]

@@stocks1000I’ve been screaming this at reactors that say they like Cusack, for years.

[@Moondirts]

My mom took me to this in 1983. I was 13. I was soooo freaking embarrassed 😳. One of the greatest movies of all time.

[@joekerr7975]

Pause it at 12:41 for a alternate Thumbnail! 😂

[@The-Underbaker]

"His computer is hooked up to the TV?" Thanks for making me feel ancient, Chandra... my Commodore 64 was connected to a 14in TV way back in the 80's! Monitors were stupidly expensive then, plus you could use the TV for, well, watching TV, so it was more cost effective.

[@jburma]

24:00 “How does he stay so positive?” Well, you see…Clark is an idiot.

[@0okamino]

Which really makes him fairly average.

[@mithroch]

"She looks like a model." Well... at the time she was THE model. That's Christie Brinkley.

[@BouillaBased]

I love a road trip. Driving is one of my favorite ways to get around and see the country. But I have to admit that I've had some "Whistling 'Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah'" breakdown moments.

[@RealBLAlley]

The Wagon Queen Family Truckster is a classic. Christmas Vacation for Christmas.

[@honeybeastie1]

I believe the big roller coaster is The Collossis at Magic Mountain in California.

[@The_Dominic]

I can confirm, as a child in the 70s, and who’s parents owned a Pontiac station wagon, and who’s family insisted on cross country road trips in the summer… it was actually much worse than this! 🤣🤣🤣

[@positivelynegative9149]

25:50 "death grip" 🤣

[@johnpittsii7524]

Hope you two are having an great and awesome day ❤

[@iambecomepaul]

Clark: “Reeeeeaalll tomato ketchup, Eddie?” Eddie: “Nuttin’ but the best!” This movie informed the entirety of my vernacular for years. 😂

[@fightingidiocy7724]

My family went everywhere, always camping, big old' van that slept 6! From DC bottom of Grand Candyon to LA to Toronto and all points in-between, almost every National Park! it was amazing! Peeps also don't forget: Visa/MasterCard were accepted almost no where back then...very rare to find someplace....so on long trips, the SIX of us we'd have to eat at Phillips 76 gas stations!

[@CaddyJim]

*I don't know what computer he was using, but my parents had a Commodore in the 80's that used a TV as the monitor* I played games like *Frogger* on it, but that's about it

[@videogames-movies-tv]

Great movie. For more Chevy Chase from the 80s I would recommend "Fletch" (1985) and "Fletch Lives" (1989).

[@CaddyJim]

*Wally World* is a stand-in for *Disney land* created by *Walt Disney* They went to California but bring up Florida & even the owner is suppose to be similar to *Walt Disney*

[@steved1135]

Total classic. John Candy and Eugene Levy: Canadian legends. I was 12 when this came out and suffice it to say, Christie Brinkley had quite an effect on me. lol

[@jimmyzee7040]

That was Christie Brinkley in the red sports car and she was a super model back then and still looks good today at age 70 years old.

[@brandonwilliams957]

My family used to take road trips from Arkansas to California every summer. I crack up every time I see this movie. I have so many stories. Once my Dad locked the keys in the car when we made a stop. He had to break the window to get in.

[@philrob1978]

Such a riot of a movie - it never gets old! I'd never allow myself to get into such a road trip - I'll be flying, thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it! Not sure how anyone couldn't. :)

[@vincentsaia6545]

John Hughes wrote the movie. He said it was a compilation of all the screw-ups he experienced on vacations with his family growing up.

[@kevinslayzak1214]

Great movie...🔥.. Cannonball run was great too.

[@m.hreels9822]

This is a true crime that you’re just watching this classic now!❤ you’ve been missing out!

[@Rhodes84]

I remember borrowing this video from my uncle back in the late 80's. I never gave it back. He kept asking me for it until my dad bought a new copy 😂

[@ianhill8345]

Great reaction to one of my fav comedies. This movie is so funny and christmas vacation too. Big thumbs up

[@alanflor703]

3:14 That's called run-on or dieseling. Cars from before the '80s could do that after you turned it off. It could do that for an embarrassingly long time. You would have to stand there and wait for it to stop before you could walk away. 23:10 That's Monument Valley in Arizona. Definitely worth a visit. A lot of movies have been filmed there. Better Off Dead is an '80s comedy you would love. Very quotable.

[@iambecomepaul]

“We like to send out a mailer…”

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

That was like a record car jump or something. They bet the stunt guy he couldn't make it that far, well he did it, lol.

[@ernestortiz4555]

Aunt Edna was played by the legendary Imogene Coca, who, along with the great Martha Raye, was known as the big mouth of comedy.

[@zzzkoszzz]

37:09 the rollercoaster was at Magic Mountain-Six Flags in California. I think its was torn down or remade or something. I rode on it in 1984.

[@3DJapan]

Holiday Road was a big hit for Lindsey Buckingham. It's a great song!

[@TimSmith-uc4pk]

A lot of children were conceived in those big cars with bench seats. There was a lot of room for wrestling in cars and trucks back then.

[@tonyadler1319]

I read the short story this was based on a couple of years before the movie in National Lampoon's magazine. The original story was set in the 1950s, and the destination was Disneyland. The part with the dog actually made me laugh when the cop pulled them over. It didn't translate as well in the movie but was very funny the way it was written. In the end, he bought a real gun and shot Disney in the leg at his house before being hauled to jail. If you can find the original story, it's worth a read.

[@jeffarbuckle4615]

I’ve just found this channel in past week. I enjoy seeing husbands various stages of facial hair while I randomly watch their videos 😂

[@shannonpace9433]

The roller coaster was called The Colossus. I rode it in 1980. Six flags Magic Mountain.

[@StevePaur-hf4vy]

Travel was an adventure back then. Even though we have the internet today, old timers like me still do the meticulous and elaborate planning for any trip. Back then everything was done either by mail or over the phone. It was a time when there were paper airline tickets and no cell phones. I took many solo cross country road trips in the 80's. As an adult and when I look back I have fond memories of them but I also say "How the eff did I survive without the technology.".....lol

[@757GLG]

11:17... Literally made me pause the video. Christie would smile. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hinesmaster99]

National Lampoon's Senior Trip. Young Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye)

[@adamweed9788]

Miosky went on to do nothing

[@matthewphilo4332]

National lampoon European vacation is funny 😁

[@JustSomeRandomMusicFan]

Oh, the irony of all the Christie Brinkley comments.

[@sumnerhayes3411]

She looks like a model.

[@barbadosslim]

You have to follow this up with Christmas Vacation and Three Amigos

[@mjtribby6328]

Great movie. Great reaction. This was so great when it came out. A true classic.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

I live a couple miles from old Route 66, near where it starts in Chicago. There’s still a chunk of it left here, before it merges onto I-55, where there’s still some of the past left. There’s this little 24 hour diner off it in McCook that’s simply the best. Go in at 10pm and you’re seated by Mary, she takes your order, cooks it and brings it to the table. The other one that’s rather famous is Dell Rhea’s Chicken Basket, another throwback from a time when driving Route 66 was done.

[@ALT·245]

If you are into road trips, you already did Planes, Trains and Automobiles, but 2 nice comedies would be "Road Trip (2000)" and "EuroTrip (2004)"

[@DefunctGames]

A lot of 1980s computers (and micro-computers) like the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum had you plugging it directly into the television instead of having a dedicated monitor.

[@keithsimpson6563]

The theme park they filmed it at was six flags magic mountain outside L.A. California. I been there like 10 times back in the day. And boy those rides rock.❤