National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
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Gotta disagree. Christmas Vacation is funny as hell, but it has a lot more plot holes and suspension of disbelief than the OG Vacation.
Any age. There are a lot of adult themed jokes, but a kid won’t understand the context. A handful of swear words and one finger gesture.
I’d be fine with any aged child watching it, personally.
I probably started watching this with the family by age 8. And I still turned out to be a functional adult member of society.... more or less.
I've seen this scene a zillion times and I never noticed him rearranging his junk. Now I can't unsee him doing that.
It took me forever to realize why the “something real nice” part was so funny - it was after Clark said he’d buy gifts so the nice gift for himself was on his dime
I’m a father of 2 boys and 2 girls with the oldest child being a 10yo girl.
Maybe l’m still too naive to think I can raise a princess, but I feel there are too many cringe moments for her. I would for sure be uncomfortable with the scene of clark daydreaming about the pool and her swimming suit hits the window.
I fully admit there are plenty of “hidden” or adult humor moments. I know she would LOL at the scene of Clark going off on his family and asking for the Tylenol.
Surprised this one hasn't been mentioned yet.
I also like how it gives you a nostalgic look at late ‘80’s Walmart. They had that “Made in America” campaign at the time plastered on everything.
He is! He’s got some of my favorite lines in a couple of those movies.
“Don’t forget that report, Bill.” (Christmas vacation)
“Your honor, your honor. Heh.” (Caddy shack)
The TV version cleans a lot of the bad parts out but leaves enough for the adults to enjoy it. We all know the scenes we like already.
So when I moved to LA I got a job with the studios. I am one of the guys who climbed the roof and put on lights and took them off after shooting was done
Also if you look at the Griswald neighborhood, you will notice it is same as Danny Glover neighborhood in Lethal Weapon.
It was shot on Warner Brothers backlot
Also if you look at the Griswald neighborhood, you will notice it is same as Danny Glover neighborhood in Lethal Weapon.
It was shot on Warner Brothers backlot
I always wondered how they screwed up the geography so badly in this scene. Eddie is from Kansas, and the Griswolds live in a suburb just north of Chicago. But Eddie says, “Gas money give out in Gurnee” while describing their trip in. Gurnee is way north of where the Griswolds live. There would’ve been no reason for Eddie to drive through Gurnee.
How about when they’re driving through the rugged mountains of eastern Illinois to get their Xmas tree?
Easily enough explained. Eddie has a metal plate in his head and this was pre-GPS days.
An RV like his had to have a dashboard compass. The metal plate interfered with the compass.
Plot hole solved.
Yeah, plus they had driving around for awhile in that thing. It’s never stated that they were taking the direct path from Kansas to Chicago.
If your kids ride the bus to school, there’s nothing in this that’s going to be shocking to them.
I think I saw the OG vacation at maybe 10. My parents were big fans and figured exposing me to such great art was important.