The fact that Eddie actually kidnapped the guy and delivered him to Clark was such a kind gesture and he clearly loved Clark a lot and wanted to do something nice for him.
Yes, Eddie's an idiot and tends to just be an inconvenience to those around him, but one thing is for certain: he always has Clark's back. He'd do anything for Clark.
Me too, it's the little things that get me. That laugh he does in the mall when the good looking girl ask if she can take anything out for him is another one.
The thing is this scene is so good. Clark kept it together so well for everyone, even though nothing went right and nobody thought Christmas would even happen, he believed in that bonus so earnestly so naively that you didn't even stop to consider that maybe he WOULDNT get it.
@@nicholasmelby5361 ...and I really didn't care to walk down a f*king highway, and across a f*cking RUNWAY, to get back here and have you smile in my f*king face....
Probably the best rage vent I've heard. I don't blame Clark considering what he's put up with during the movie when all he wanted was a perfect Christmas with his family.
Empire Productions I had it as my work ringtone for a little while. It certainly turned a few heads. That and Walter's laugh from The Money Pit were my go-to's during that time.
Funny thing, when we see their backs, they were holding cue cards with the words and phrases Chevy is using, which is why they are so awkwardly posed for continuity when we see them from the front. (Source: DVD cast commentary track)
Doing a scene like this is not as easy as it looks. It has to be funny, but you also have to feel Clark's anger and frustration. Chase pulled it off perfectly.
According to Beverly D'Angelo, all of the actors were wearing cue cards attached to strings around their necks with the different phrases printed on them while Chevy went on his rant.
From Beverly D'angelo "“The rant was divided into sections so that he could go all the way through from the beginning to end without a chance of forgetting his lines or flipping his lines. They were all right there,” she explained." "Well, when you run a scene, you have to block it,” she told The Dinner Party Download in 2015. “You are assigned a place to stand for camera placement and all that kind of stuff. But this particular scene, it was blocked in a way that would allow each of us to have around our necks a piece of rope that was attached to a big cue card.”
There was.. kinda.. just the actors had to wear cue cards with what to call his boss .you can see he looks at each of the members as he goes though his long line.
@@michaelj3385 Never knew any of that. You can tell he definitely traces with his eyes from left to right and glances back a couple times. What a genius yet simple way to get through a scene like this. Just getting through without laughing is q colossal task for most people, imagine all the rest going through his head at the moment.
That line is actually said later, after Clark's second vulgar outburst. ("We're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye.")
The funny thing was that Clark didn't even go into full blown swearing until over halfway through, and even then it was only a few words. Probably tried to censor himself for the kids and gave up lol!
@@ForceMaximus84 remember when I was toying with the idea of making everybody, lock down, mask up and force them to get vax. Most Americans : You didnt well of all the cheap ways to act like these things work.
It's not just those words, but mainly the set-up and execution of that joke. The conclusion to Clark being cheated out of his bonus resulting in him needing a Tylenol is fairly pointless and thus funny.
I’ve been watching this movie every year my entire life. It’s every more hilarious watching it as an adult now and seeing it in an entirely new light. I understand all the stress, the in-laws, the breakdowns haha.
I love how when he's drinking the egg nog he's saying "it's good, it's good" because of the brandy in it, it's like he's trying to get a buzz of of it lmao. Such a great scene from this movie "HOLY SHIT! WHERE'S THE TYLENOL?!"
I use to recite this scene out loud randomly always getting in trouble, got myself kicked from class a few times. Oddly enough i was expelled from middleschool for saying in the middle of class "Its megamaid.. shes gone from suck to blow!"
I think for a lot of us watching the movie, the following is true. The moment he loses it in anger and his father tries to calm him down is such a departure from the rest of the movie in a good way. At this point we've laughed and got to know Mr. Griswold to the point that we really felt like we were in the room with the rest of his family and we felt for him. Though we were laughing to an extent, felt his unrest.
Incorporating the extended family into this movie was great for that reason. And a large part of why this movie's reputation has grown over the years, I think.
just saw these replies. it was one of my finals in junior year of high school where i had to do a comedic monologue that was in a certain time frame. it’s hard not to get heated irl and fall into your character, i broke blood vessels in both eyes. but aced the final :)
My boss gave us all 25$ grocery cards this year. We work in a meat factory and every year they give us a turkey except this year. 24$ doesn't go that far for groceries during the holidays so this rant has been in my head all day.
I've watched this movie so many times and we never get sick of it, one of the best rants in a Christmas movie...."Merry Christmas ya filthy animals, and a happy new year!"
Chevy Chase's acting in these movies is so amazing. This is the most hilarious freakout ever. I just feel a massive amount of nostalgia when seeing these 80's gems even if I wasn't born in that era. All Clark wanted was to have a nice, happy and a lovely Christmas with his family but everything goes so terribly wrong and unfortunately for him. How does this not lift Christmas spirits up? Best holiday film ever. Clark Griswold is a legend. So many funny moments in it. I was literally dying of laughter when he said: "It's up to one year membership in the Jelly of the month club." xD Dude couldn't have had worse luck. It's as if he's cursed from having a good time. This is literally the final nail in the coffin because the evening is already so ruined and broken for him no thanks to his relative who burned his tree down and the gifts as well now his boss is swindling him from his extra bonus money he receives every year. Absolutely love this movie even though I wish they could have had a normal Christmas by the end of the film they deserved it.
It’s simply not Christmas until Clark’s rant is heard.
... and until Hans Gruber falls off the Nakatomy Plaza Tower
Or when Mr. Joshua gets shot by Riggs and Murtaugh or when Ricky says, "Garbage Day!"
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or until i hear Gizmo say "BRIGHT LIGHT!"
Or when Oswalt Copperpot falls down dead in his lair.
The fact that Eddie actually kidnapped the guy and delivered him to Clark was such a kind gesture and he clearly loved Clark a lot and wanted to do something nice for him.
When the chips are down , family is family. No matter how reckless or goofy they are, they got your back.
Plus he wouldnt have to spend a dime for it
His heart is bigger than his brain
Yes, Eddie's an idiot and tends to just be an inconvenience to those around him, but one thing is for certain: he always has Clark's back. He'd do anything for Clark.
Eddie wasn't always the sharpest tool in the shed but he always went to bat for the family and especially Clark.
"Clark, that's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year" gets me every time
That it is, Edward. That it is indeed.
if this isn’t the biggest bag over the head punch in the face i ever got
@@JohnDeereTractorLover1 It's good! It's good!
@@trentonsmith7580 hey if any of you are looking for any last minute gift ideas for me i have one
@@JohnDeereTractorLover1 I’d like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight.
"Clark, the gift that keeps on giving, the whole year" one of the best line's from a well meaning relative, with absolutely no situational awareness.
It's his sincere face and delivery with that line, perfect!
“That it is, Edward”
"HALLELUJAH! HOLY SHIT! Where's the Tylenol?" this is my favorite part of the rant.
freezaplanet419 Lol, mine too 😊😊
freezaplanet419 yes I fully agree he probably had to take some after that line
For me its the best line from all the Vacation movies.
Mine too. Must have been Doug's too when he parodied that line in his Milk Money review as the Nostalgia Critic. ;)
Jontron
The single greatest emotional meltdown in movie history.
When Clark can't build the pool he wanted for his family...
Bill Hiers right and Tom Hanks laugh in the movie The money pit. Lol
I've always been a fan of Bruce Campbell's sanity meltdown in Evil Dead 2
@@ATownPlaya I haven't seen it in years, but watched Dead Meat's kill count the other day and re-lived that amazing scene.
Not as good as his breakdown in the original Vacation movie.
The way he drinks the eggnog always gets me 😂
"It's good.. It's good...... It's good......."
@@PayneToTheMax -Clark W. Grizmuh
Me too, it's the little things that get me. That laugh he does in the mall when the good looking girl ask if she can take anything out for him is another one.
Don't get too attached to her, Clark.
We're taking her with us when we pull out of here in 6 months
“It’s good… it’s good…”
The older I get the more I can relate to the scene
Lol true. As a kid it was just funny, as an adult it's painfully relatable 😂
Amen!!!!
Oh so I'm not the only one lol I think this is every man at some point in his life
Sadly, I can too.
I could relate more if the Griswold's family home was something an average salary man could even dream to afford in 2023.
"National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is brought to you by Tylenol: 'Calming the nerves of men cheated out of Christmas bonuses since 1955.'"
XD I love it
LOL! LOL!
Yes
LOL
ExplorerDS6789 this is me today. I will be looking for another job
My family watches this every Christmas. It is one of our most hallowed and hilarious traditions.
Everytime I watch this every Xmas I end up laughing my ass off every time 😂😂
ours too we watching it still
+cheese4g same
Same
mine also
This is without a doubt the best Christmas scene in existence
"Every time a Clark has a meltdown an angel gets its wings"
Die Hard has some good ones.
No the Grinch and home alone is the best Christmas movie
@@itsyoboykyle6314 read, I meant scene, I didn't say movie...did I?
This and the moment in “The Santa Clause” when Scott freaks out at the office! 🤣
The thing is this scene is so good. Clark kept it together so well for everyone, even though nothing went right and nobody thought Christmas would even happen, he believed in that bonus so earnestly so naively that you didn't even stop to consider that maybe he WOULDNT get it.
This is quite possibly the best movie rant of all time. And classic Chevy Chase.
It's close between this one and Steve Martin's rant in Planes, Trains & Automobiles.
"It's good, it's good!"
@@nicholasmelby5361 both are brilliant!!!
Don’t leave out when he cursed his family out in the car in the original “Vacation!”
@@nicholasmelby5361 ...and I really didn't care to walk down a f*king highway, and across a f*cking RUNWAY, to get back here and have you smile in my f*king face....
Love how Eddie is pondering all this in deep reflection.
Haha agreed
Max Power 😂😂😂
"Where's the Tylenol."
CUT TO: Eddie's RV leaves the house.
its cause eddie had no money, so this was the one gift he could give clark
Max Power "Clark, it's the gift that keeps on giving all year!" 😂😂😂
I loved when he briefly raised his eyebrow while looking at the envelope. Clark couldn’t believe what he was reading. 🤣
Well now, it's not every day you get enrolled in the 'Jelly of the Month Club'... *for free!*
@@skylined5534 Or the ‘Jam of the Month Club’, if you live in the UK, like me.
More than 30 years later, this movie rant never gets old...timeless😁
"And why is the carpet all wet, TODD?"
"I don't know, Margo"
haha :D
Something had to brake the window
My husband and I do this routine all the time
I don’t knoooow Margo
Bend over And I'll show you lol
To this day when I drink egg nog I say "It's good, it's good."
loool, looks like me and my friends aren't the only ones that do that every year hahaha
Good I’m not the only one
Glad I'm not the only one
Never had it
I do it too lmao
Probably the best rage vent I've heard. I don't blame Clark considering what he's put up with during the movie when all he wanted was a perfect Christmas with his family.
“Where’s the Tylenol?” made me laugh uncontrollably when I first saw this movie. Best part of this scene.
And Eddie took it literally.
Keshia Anders I
Bless his heart, Eddie's heart is much bigger than his brain LOL.
Chris I appreciate that, Clark.
Keshia Anders If Chevy Chase didn't make this scene, Randy Quaid was the next person to steal it! Eddie is insane, but so hilarious!!! 😂😂😂😂
Yep. He sure did. I really love this movie. This scene and the hap hap happiest Christmas part are my two favorite parts of the movie.
My dad had this as his alarm..
Empire Productions I had it as my work ringtone for a little while. It certainly turned a few heads. That and Walter's laugh from The Money Pit were my go-to's during that time.
It's my alarm, too. Waking up to this is worth waking up at an ungodly hour
My uncle has it as his ringtone. The look on everyone's face when he gets a call in the store is just priceless 😂
Same here 😂
Awesome!
This is Americans when they find out they're only getting a $600 check after 9 months of negotiations.
Haah not so fast
The best comment of all time 😂😂😂😂
Now 2000 dollar
@@JrzyDvl-ri4zo never be $2000
Best comment ever
1:45 the way it cuts to them watching his rant kills me every time
Funny thing, when we see their backs, they were holding cue cards with the words and phrases Chevy is using, which is why they are so awkwardly posed for continuity when we see them from the front. (Source: DVD cast commentary track)
It is a disgrace whenever this movie is shown "cleaned up" on TV.
Ik tht bullshit u can hear the cuss words
+Daniel Dougan I thought he might have used the F word a few times in this when watching on TV because they do a bunch of editing.
+sportsygirl8 he used it once.
Joel Morris I know, I heard, but I thought he was saying it more than once. This movie is PG-13 or PG? I forget.
It's PG-13
Clark, that's the gift that keeps on givin` the whole year
Remi That it is, Edward.
If this isn't the biggest bag over the head, punch in the face I ever got GOD DAMN IT!!!!!
That it is, Edward. That it is, indeed.
@@andrewschannel4259 It's good It's good
@@Ih8kone Hey, if any of you are looking for any last minute gift ideas for me, I have one
1:19 “Hey, if any of you are looking for any last minute gift ideas, I have one!” The classic Chevy Chase rant begins!
1:26
Eddie’s facial expression at 1:47 omg 😂
His Daughter has the exact same expression
I never really noticed that before, that's brilliant 😂
1:42 What most people want to tell their mean bosses.
On National Boss Day, if they hate their bosses?
My boss is my dad...
Even those who are greedy and stingy?
Yeah too bad the mean bosses get away with two words, "you're fired."
Nick Hughes My boss is the shit, I don't know what you're talking about.
Clarks freakouts in every movie always get me!😂
I like his meltdown in the car from the first film!
Especially when he points a gun at John Candy with the tag still on it 😂😂
2:01 when it’s December 26th and all the Christmas stuff can go back in storage for 11 more months
1:10 when I mix the perfect chocolate milk
So true
"Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where's the Tylenol?" Can't tell you how badly I've wanted to use that line.
Casimus Prime. You and me both. lol
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Pp to
I've snuck it in once. It was great.
every year i do exactly what Clark did while putting up the Christmas lights.
I love how you can see the gears in cousin Eddie's head turning
I smell wires burning.
I'd never even heard of "Christmas vacation" until I met my wife 13 years ago...and now it's one of my all time favorites!!
It's probably the only movie out there I can say for certain I've watched at least once every year since the year it was released.
Doing a scene like this is not as easy as it looks. It has to be funny, but you also have to feel Clark's anger and frustration. Chase pulled it off perfectly.
According to Beverly D'Angelo, all of the actors were wearing cue cards attached to strings around their necks with the different phrases printed on them while Chevy went on his rant.
I just found out that there was no script involved in this scene. One of my favorite Christmas movies somehow got better.
From Beverly D'angelo "“The rant was divided into sections so that he could go all the way through from the beginning to end without a chance of forgetting his lines or flipping his lines. They were all right there,” she explained." "Well, when you run a scene, you have to block it,” she told The Dinner Party Download in 2015. “You are assigned a place to stand for camera placement and all that kind of stuff. But this particular scene, it was blocked in a way that would allow each of us to have around our necks a piece of rope that was attached to a big cue card.”
There was.. kinda.. just the actors had to wear cue cards with what to call his boss
.you can see he looks at each of the members as he goes though his long line.
As MJ says... according to an interview with D'angelo, they used cue cards hung around their necks to help him through it.
@@michaelj3385 Never knew any of that.
You can tell he definitely traces with his eyes from left to right and glances back a couple times.
What a genius yet simple way to get through a scene like this. Just getting through without laughing is q colossal task for most people, imagine all the rest going through his head at the moment.
another fun fact: the scene where he cant get the lights to work he broke his finger punching the reindeer.
Aw they cut it off right before one of the best lines in the movie:
"You're goofy."
"Don't piss me off, Art!"
That line is actually said later, after Clark's second vulgar outburst. ("We're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny fucking Kaye.")
That wasn't this part it was in the other part where he says it will be the happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tapped dance with Danny fuckin' K
+Gina Sebastian Danny Kaye. He was referring, of course, to the movie White Christmas.
0:54 I think Chevy was smiling right there.
Hands down one of the best rants ever.
this is why I love Chevy Chase
Chevy Chase has become the new Mel Gibson 😒
this should be a Tylenol commercial
Edit: Thanks for 1k likes! I didn’t really expect this comment to blow up
I think your right, this would be the perfect Superbowl commercial
It really would be
This would make a funny Tylenol commercial it would
Tylenol: The perfect gift for the jolliest bunch of a**holes this side of the nuthouse! SQUIRREL!!
Hahaha indeed
That is absolutely the greatest rant of all time!!!! LOVE IT!!! (beyond me how anyone could have thumbs down, poor humorless souls)
That's how we feel at times when things go wrong at work and we bring it home. Clark sums it all up for us, in this Christmas classic.
"HALLELUJAH, HOLY SHIT!" Every year! Brilliant.
everyone just stares while he's having a swear fest
The funny thing was that Clark didn't even go into full blown swearing until over halfway through, and even then it was only a few words. Probably tried to censor himself for the kids and gave up lol!
"Its good. Its good."
To be honest, that's probably what I would do...
His cue cards were taped to there chests actually.
If 2020 was a Christmas bonus it would be the Jelly of the month Club!
It’s the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.
If 2021 was a Christmas bonus, it'd be the Automatic Annual Renewal.
The next four years under Biden pretty much.
@@ForceMaximus84 remember when I was toying with the idea of making everybody, lock down, mask up and force them to get vax.
Most Americans : You didnt well of all the cheap ways to act like these things work.
no doubt the best christmas movie in all of history-
HALLELUJAH....Holy shit...Where's the Tylenol?
Best part lmfaoo 😂😂
lmao.. agreed
Agreed!
Hello Megan...how are you doing?
It's not just those words, but mainly the set-up and execution of that joke. The conclusion to Clark being cheated out of his bonus resulting in him needing a Tylenol is fairly pointless and thus funny.
I might get that on my tombstone
That's the give that keeps on giving the whole year.
That it is Edward, that it is indeed
The biggest miracle of this movie was how the hell did Eddie find his boss so easily? 😂😂😂
My family always watches this movie every single Christmas it’s the best
I don't think I've laughed so hard in my life
Edgar Allan Poe WHERES THE TYLENOL!?! LOL
Me too
I miss Clark's little freak outs. Nobody could do it the way he did.
(?) Eddie Will Remember That 2:06
I’ve been watching this movie every year my entire life. It’s every more hilarious watching it as an adult now and seeing it in an entirely new light. I understand all the stress, the in-laws, the breakdowns haha.
I love how when he's drinking the egg nog he's saying "it's good, it's good" because of the brandy in it, it's like he's trying to get a buzz of of it lmao. Such a great scene from this movie "HOLY SHIT! WHERE'S THE TYLENOL?!"
Clark's rant is so epic. That's all I can say about it.
1:43-2:00 so far I've counted, 23 insults🤣
Always be my favorite freakout in any films
0:40
"That, it is, Edward."
Hallelujah! Holy Shit, Where's the Tylenol?
Mike Weber my favorite line XD
When he dips the whole cup in the eggnog 😂😂
Tonk! 😂
@@hiphopboy29 "It's good, it's good, it's good!!!"
1:30 is when it starts
“Nowadays staying in employment IS your Xmas bonus!”
-My Dad
This was me after finding out my grades for the fall semester in college.
hahahaha
I hope you are joking! You better maintain at least a C average in college since you are paying for it.
MrDodger3222
C's get degrees.
andreww1212 Yep they do but A's and B's makes it easy to get into grad school. But yeah, getting the degree is the bottom line.
Ha! Relatable. Heaven forbids that happens to me. XD
"... it's good, it's good ..." HA!!!
LMAO... that look on cousin Eddie's face at the end is hilarious... you can just see the squirrels running around in his head.
They're high on cholesterol
I use to recite this scene out loud randomly always getting in trouble, got myself kicked from class a few times. Oddly enough i was expelled from middleschool for saying in the middle of class "Its megamaid.. shes gone from suck to blow!"
Not my best moment
I feel sorry for you.
On the contrary, this WAS your best moment.
Hey it wasn’t quite as bad as that time you held John Candy at airsoft gunpoint and took him for the ride of his life against his will.
We all have these meltdowns .
I disagree.
The greatest rant any man has ever made towards their employer in history
I think for a lot of us watching the movie, the following is true.
The moment he loses it in anger and his father tries to calm him down is such a departure from the rest of the movie in a good way. At this point we've laughed and got to know Mr. Griswold to the point that we really felt like we were in the room with the rest of his family and we felt for him. Though we were laughing to an extent, felt his unrest.
Incorporating the extended family into this movie was great for that reason. And a large part of why this movie's reputation has grown over the years, I think.
One of the greatest and funniest holiday films ever!
1:35 - My reaction when someone is teabagging my dead body on Halo 4. *You end up losing your SHIT*
I'm doing this monologue for drama tomorrow wish me luck
Using this as a audition monologue
Well, how did they go, guys?
OMFG I WANT TO SO BAD
howd it go
just saw these replies. it was one of my finals in junior year of high school where i had to do a comedic monologue that was in a certain time frame. it’s hard not to get heated irl and fall into your character, i broke blood vessels in both eyes. but aced the final :)
My brothers (Alan) FAVORITE movie. Shocked that he doesn’t have this as a ringtone!
2:05 Cousin EDDIE took it to heart
Merry Christmas 2019🎄
he went the fuck off lol
E. Carter I think he had a moment like that in EVERY Vacation movie lol
Thomas Baron Lol i think you're right
E. Carter I think your ALL Fucked in the head
Forget this "Royal Etiquette" crap that comes from overseas. This Christmas, I'm just going to dunk my cup into the eggnog bowl like this. LOL
+The Viewer it's good... it's good...
0:55/0:56 I love how after Clark kicks the stuff down there his dad says “son” trying to make him stop and calm down.
1:25 onward has copypasta potential.
His rant is my ringtone!! LMAO
It's my bosses ringtone
ha
I’m guessing you always let it go to voicemail :)
My boss gave us all 25$ grocery cards this year. We work in a meat factory and every year they give us a turkey except this year. 24$ doesn't go that far for groceries during the holidays so this rant has been in my head all day.
We've all wanted to do this to our horrible bosses at some point if we had the chance.
HALLELUJAH, HOLY SHIT!
Where's the Tylenol?
Ron Weasley Eddie's face like "Jesus Christ, Clark!" lol 😄
Thomas Baron The fact this whole rant was improvised was amazing.
Clark, that's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.
When the government only give people $600 stimulus check lol
1:55🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I *LOVE* his freakouts in these movies! Hilarious!
One of the greatest lines ever said!
Hilarious and relatable at the same time!😂
It's not truly Christmas until we see Clark's rant.
I thought I was literally going to choke to death from laughing at this scene!
seen this movie 20 times a season for a while. it never gets old
I've watched this movie so many times and we never get sick of it, one of the best rants in a Christmas movie...."Merry Christmas ya filthy animals, and a happy new year!"
Clark gets his Stimulus Check.
Gets me every time 😂😂
This scene makes me want some eggnog...and Tylenol.
Chevy Chase's acting in these movies is so amazing. This is the most hilarious freakout ever. I just feel a massive amount of nostalgia when seeing these 80's gems even if I wasn't born in that era. All Clark wanted was to have a nice, happy and a lovely Christmas with his family but everything goes so terribly wrong and unfortunately for him. How does this not lift Christmas spirits up? Best holiday film ever. Clark Griswold is a legend. So many funny moments in it.
I was literally dying of laughter when he said: "It's up to one year membership in the Jelly of the month club." xD Dude couldn't have had worse luck. It's as if he's cursed from having a good time. This is literally the final nail in the coffin because the evening is already so ruined and broken for him no thanks to his relative who burned his tree down and the gifts as well now his boss is swindling him from his extra bonus money he receives every year. Absolutely love this movie even though I wish they could have had a normal Christmas by the end of the film they deserved it.
Clark is the Christmas gift that keeps on giving the whole year omg honestly!
Hello jelena
If this isn't the biggest bag over the head, punch in the face I've ever got GOD DAMNIT!!!