National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation: 30th Anniversary: Casting

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  • Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Juliette Lewis, Johnny Galecki and Diane Ladd discuss the making of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater on December 12, 2019.
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  • @albertascott99
    @albertascott99 4 года назад +1823

    Who else watches this every Christmas eve?

    • @ninjafit3275
      @ninjafit3275 4 года назад +19

      I've already watched it about 20 times since it start on the AMC channel lol. I can almost quote all the famous lines by heart.

    • @zzygyy
      @zzygyy 4 года назад +13

      This and "Die Hard"

    • @NLT31
      @NLT31 4 года назад +3

      I tried to but ran out of time yesterday.

    • @jonathanneill2559
      @jonathanneill2559 4 года назад +12

      Every year ! 🌲🎅✌️🤣

    • @xdogmax6
      @xdogmax6 4 года назад +14

      I watch it pretty much the whole month of december lol

  • @darrcooper
    @darrcooper 4 года назад +306

    I've watched this movie every Christmas for the last 25+ years. Never gets old.

    • @carramrod8232
      @carramrod8232 2 года назад +1

      @🌴ViceGuy nah that’s you for even saying that. The movie is a gem, you are a troll

    • @derekllewellyn6663
      @derekllewellyn6663 Год назад +1

      ​@@carramrod8232 before New show gaslight theater speakers spoof spoke show on the same message from movie and gaslight theater in new

    • @wobber999
      @wobber999 9 месяцев назад

      Because the movie Is brilliant, I love It.

  • @specialed4564
    @specialed4564 4 года назад +922

    It's just not Christmas without watching this movie

    • @andrewyorke3352
      @andrewyorke3352 4 года назад +4

      So true 🙂👍

    • @busterschannel4794
      @busterschannel4794 4 года назад +1

      Watched it last night.

    • @NadaCero
      @NadaCero 4 года назад +7

      Christmas Vacation, Elf, Home Alone, and A Christmas Story. I watch those movies every December.

    • @jules-pierremalartre7800
      @jules-pierremalartre7800 4 года назад +2

      Just finished watching it. Sorry I’m done for another year. Can’t wait to watch it again next year

    • @dannyjacobs6734
      @dannyjacobs6734 4 года назад +1

      My kids grew up watching this every December, and are now in their 20's and coming over for the tradition every year.

  • @robsancho3978
    @robsancho3978 Год назад +73

    Christmas wouldn't be complete without watching this movie.

    • @fredradon2484
      @fredradon2484 Год назад +1

      Yes, this and ELF and A Christmas Story are now my go to's every Christmas

  • @adamriesner1592
    @adamriesner1592 4 года назад +488

    Greatest Christmas movie ever!
    “Why is the carpet all wet Todd?”...”I don’t know Margo!”

    • @pointedspider
      @pointedspider 4 года назад +9

      Ole Todd had it ruff didn't he?

    • @crazle3163
      @crazle3163 4 года назад +3

      Close second behind Die Hard

    • @spencergates3085
      @spencergates3085 4 года назад +10

      Best lines ever!!

    • @NESADDICT
      @NESADDICT 4 года назад +2

      adam riesner best line ever

    • @bkurtz8770
      @bkurtz8770 3 года назад +3

      I have a t-shirt that says "I don't know Margo'

  • @hoisin75
    @hoisin75 4 года назад +252

    What a film! Never gets old, but it’s bitter sweet seeing Chevy age

    • @johnotto4931
      @johnotto4931 4 года назад +12

      No kidding why is he hiding a basketball under his shirt 🤣

    • @Longenecker1776
      @Longenecker1776 4 года назад +12

      One of my favorite actors from the 80’s.

    • @peacefuldays4255
      @peacefuldays4255 4 года назад +11

      I think he might have kept himself up better if it wasnt for his drinking. I read somewhere he had an alcohol addiction some years ago. That bottle will age you overnight!

    • @tremontifan3947
      @tremontifan3947 4 года назад +7

      @HELL'S HITMAN yeah but that still doesn't take away the joy he gave us in watching him and the whole cast in this movie.. CHRISTMAS VACATION , CHRISTMAS VACATION, were so glad it's christmas vacation . LOL. LOVE IT!

    • @BuildASoilJunkie
      @BuildASoilJunkie 2 года назад +2

      I was thinking that smh....

  • @rva
    @rva 4 года назад +206

    Best Christmas film

    • @fayecox9401
      @fayecox9401 3 года назад

      I remember when my hubby first bought it for me on video best film ever first Christmas film I watch every year ,then it’s a wonderful life then polar express ,Santa Claus movie ,then last of all one magic Christmas 🎄🎁☃️🎅❄️

    • @exclamationpointman3852
      @exclamationpointman3852 3 года назад

      I say it a lot, but i probably laughed hardest in my life when i was a kid and saw him on that sled. It totally surprised me and took me off my seat.

    • @Shad0wC0mpany2
      @Shad0wC0mpany2 3 года назад

      Yes, Rebecca. Never gets old every year!

    • @alaskanken2132
      @alaskanken2132 3 года назад

      We play it every year with out fail when we put the tree up and I still bust a gut when he kicks all of the reindeer in the front lane.

    • @dallasparty316
      @dallasparty316 3 года назад

      The Xmas vacation isn't that funny too me...

  • @trixieout
    @trixieout 4 года назад +144

    If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am right now.

  • @timsacco6g694
    @timsacco6g694 4 года назад +264

    Without question the best Christmas movie ever!

    • @shizuokaBLUES
      @shizuokaBLUES 4 года назад +1

      Tim Sacco6g for me, it’s one of those movies , like the Royal Tannenbuams, that you can really only appreciate if you’re American and you grew up there. I enjoyed it but I couldn’t quite get the humour at times.

    • @rockinresurrection6542
      @rockinresurrection6542 4 года назад +3

      @@shizuokaBLUES well I'm german and I've got everything. might be because american christmas is pretty much a copy of the german one

    • @krisskriss1223
      @krisskriss1223 4 года назад +4

      Home alone?

    • @mikesmith3813
      @mikesmith3813 3 года назад

      lethal weapon, the ref, bad santa

    • @Matthew-li4vz
      @Matthew-li4vz 3 года назад

      @@rockinresurrection6542 how is it a copy? That makes no sense.

  • @dealingspades6449
    @dealingspades6449 4 года назад +130

    The movie is "the gift that keeps on giving." Honestly. 😉😊

    • @kenalier
      @kenalier 3 года назад +1

      I used that reference up top and I hadn’t seen your comment til right now lol 😅😅

    • @laurenralph5968
      @laurenralph5968 3 года назад

      @DealingSpades nothing like using the Randy Quaid aka Eddie reference to describe this classic funny Christmas tale

  • @thewheelies6801
    @thewheelies6801 4 года назад +63

    I went to junior high with Johnny Galecki in Oak Park, Illinois, when he got the role. Everybody went nuts when the film came out. heh

    • @mikehiggins9055
      @mikehiggins9055 4 года назад +4

      Is he Lenard from Big Bang?

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 3 года назад +1

      @@mikehiggins9055 Yes

  • @thelemonvr8747
    @thelemonvr8747 4 года назад +67

    I've been watching this movie every Christmas since 1989 and it never stops being funny. My favorite Christmas movie of all time

    • @laurenralph5968
      @laurenralph5968 3 года назад +2

      I watch this movie a lot I’m like it doesn’t have to be Christmas to watch this movie I like pulling this film out for Christmas in July as well there’s nothing like watching a winter time movie during the summer

    • @AndyJay1985
      @AndyJay1985 11 месяцев назад +1

      My grandparents (R.I.P.) had this on vhs. It was pulled out multiple times, regardless of what time of year. ❤

  • @duderama6750
    @duderama6750 4 года назад +254

    Randy wanted to be there, but you know, shitter's full.

    • @MaliciousSRT
      @MaliciousSRT 3 года назад +13

      He's MAGA, they wont let him. Sad

    • @thatruth10111111
      @thatruth10111111 3 года назад +5

      Yea anyone who supports president trump isn't allowed, just a group of has Ben's, except Jonny he's filthy rich, sorry chev

    • @KH-nt7ej
      @KH-nt7ej 3 года назад +5

      I think he went crazy and fled to Canada. 😅🤣

    • @letsgobrandon9771
      @letsgobrandon9771 3 года назад +3

      They kicked him out of the club years ago

    • @fayecox9401
      @fayecox9401 3 года назад +1

      Lol 😂

  • @pointedspider
    @pointedspider 4 года назад +86

    "Would anyone like to say grace"? Aunt Bethany?
    "Grace died 30 years ago!"
    "THE BLESSING"
    "OH, I pledge allegiance to the flag......
    Amen!

  • @BabyLambCreations
    @BabyLambCreations 4 года назад +21

    National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is one of my favorite Christmas movies of all time! I look forward to watch it every single year.
    Happy 30th Anniversary! Hip hip hooray for Christmas Vacation.

  • @jimd2463
    @jimd2463 4 года назад +195

    Chevys face, when cousin Eddie asks Clark, if you was serious when he told the kids Santa’s slay was spotted by radar.

    • @bluestar9463
      @bluestar9463 4 года назад +13

      Best part of the movie - "You serious, Clark?"

    • @Inaworldoflove
      @Inaworldoflove 4 года назад +6

      Best part is the pool fantasy lol

    • @MrAntoniorey
      @MrAntoniorey 4 года назад +10

      Save the neck for me, Clark....

    • @drexlspivey29
      @drexlspivey29 4 года назад +3

      That's easily the worst attempt at spelling a word that I have ever seen. So bad, in fact, that if I didn't know what you were actually trying to say I would have likely developed eye-cancer. Let's do it together:
      S
      L
      E
      I
      G
      H.

    • @pointedspider
      @pointedspider 4 года назад +2

      I dont know what's in this jello but its is gooooooo'ood

  • @EdsterIII
    @EdsterIII 4 года назад +66

    Johnny Galecki as Rusty Griswald. Then on the Roseanne show. Then the Big Bang Theory. He's been in some EPIC STUFF.
    I forgot Leonard Hofstadter was Rusty Griswald. Damn.

    • @EdsterIII
      @EdsterIII 4 года назад

      @Mike Mayhew Wild hey. Leonard Hofstadter was Rusty Griswald. I remember re-watching Christmas Vacation and I was like WHOA!! Roseanne. He was her daughter's boyfriend. Then Big Bang Theory. I didn't put 2 and 2 together but then WHOA. DAMN. SO COOL.

    • @sanctuaryism
      @sanctuaryism 4 года назад

      the one and only.

    • @queenmariani2501
      @queenmariani2501 3 года назад +2

      All these years of watching these movies, I never knew Galecki played Russ!!! Wow! I’m watching this thinking what’s he doing up on the stage? 😂 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @ozieflo9715
      @ozieflo9715 3 года назад +1

      I barely found this out too!!! That's so cool!!! After watching the movie for the first time, I saw that Clark's son was a very good actor. Then after reading the ending credits, I looked it up on RUclips and here we are. Johnny Galecki is a very good actor! Leonard from The Big Bang Theory in a movie with the great Chevy Chase 👍

    • @mairwaugus5203
      @mairwaugus5203 3 года назад

      Last time he was cute.

  • @ou-kd9rc
    @ou-kd9rc Год назад +23

    Christmas Vacation and A Christmas Story, both favorites of our family. The Christmas season wouldn't be the same without them.

    • @dwells37
      @dwells37 10 месяцев назад

      Believe it or not, I've never seen A Christmas Story!

  • @billy1673
    @billy1673 10 месяцев назад +12

    The original Vacation is legendary, but Christmas Vacation has solidified itself as a timeless Christmas classic.
    It’s just not Christmas without the Griswolds.

  • @brandonbvidz9218
    @brandonbvidz9218 4 года назад +103

    Nieghbor: Where are you gonna put a tree that big?
    Clark: Bend over and I'll show ya.

    • @littlesinga
      @littlesinga 4 года назад +14

      The Random Life You got a lot of nerve talking to me like that, Griswold!

    • @brandonbvidz9218
      @brandonbvidz9218 4 года назад +22

      @@littlesinga I wasnt talking to you.

    • @HotelBedSheets
      @HotelBedSheets 4 года назад +12

      @@brandonbvidz9218 Hahaha I just replayed that scene in my head as I read your comments. So perfect! 😂

  • @lizzybizzy3017
    @lizzybizzy3017 4 года назад +60

    “The little lights aren’t twinkling...” “I know that dad, thanks for noticing.” 🤣

    • @mattbrown5921
      @mattbrown5921 4 года назад +5

      I believe it was his father in law that said that line. His dad was always positive, the father in law was the dick

    • @fjorgyn7438
      @fjorgyn7438 3 года назад +5

      Art*.

  • @dr.biscuits
    @dr.biscuits 4 года назад +113

    "I can't swim Clarke"....."I know, Eddie.."

    • @duderama6750
      @duderama6750 3 года назад +2

      The pond would be good for you.

    • @dr.biscuits
      @dr.biscuits 3 года назад

      @@duderama6750 You'll have to speak up, I'm deaf in one eye.

    • @2d40
      @2d40 3 года назад

      @@duderama6750 greasy grimy gopher guts

    • @Amadorcrew
      @Amadorcrew 3 года назад

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @brandonbvidz9218
    @brandonbvidz9218 4 года назад +67

    Amazing movie. Top notch actors. Funniest Christmas movie ever. So many things in the movie are relateable.

  • @kenlowe8659
    @kenlowe8659 4 года назад +23

    The mayor of Jackson Michigan has put on a free showing of this movie every December in honor of his late father. That event has become a yearly tradition in December at the historic downtown Michigan theater. A classic Christmas movie that will never get old.

  • @moegreenbl
    @moegreenbl 4 года назад +21

    This is absolutely one of my favorite movies ever. Christmas movie or even regular movie it doesn't matter. I so wish they can make another one.

  • @kjshepp3287
    @kjshepp3287 4 года назад +14

    My favourite Christmas movies ever I try to to watch it every year it's just brilliant

  • @brandonbvidz9218
    @brandonbvidz9218 4 года назад +116

    "Is your house on fire, Clark?"
    "No, Aunt Bethany. Those are Christmas lights."
    "Don't throw me down, Clark".
    "I'll try not to, Aunt Bethany"

  • @Beandiptheredneck
    @Beandiptheredneck 4 года назад +44

    This move is a cult classic, I literally don’t know anyone who hasn’t seen it multiple times, me and my family watch it every year at Christmas time, it never gets old

  • @michelleprinz929
    @michelleprinz929 2 года назад +10

    I still watch it every holiday just makes me laugh and even puts a
    smile on a grumpy person s face maybe even a chuckle ❤️

  • @fortheloveofmoon
    @fortheloveofmoon 2 года назад +7

    Every Christmas this lovely cast is invited into my home. Thank you for making such a wonderful Christmasy memorable Christmas 🎄 movie.

  • @billgateskilledmyuncle23
    @billgateskilledmyuncle23 4 года назад +72

    Too bad the other grandparents are gone, especially Doris.

    • @gipsystyle7272
      @gipsystyle7272 4 года назад +7

      Doris really was a brilliant actress 😀

    • @stephaniek1076
      @stephaniek1076 3 года назад +2

      @@gipsystyle7272 Yes, Doris Roberts was still taking acting classes and working into her 90s (I heard Patricia Heaton say this, during an interview).

    • @kimfrank2417
      @kimfrank2417 3 года назад +1

      Miss Doris Roberts rip

  • @germanjesus
    @germanjesus 4 года назад +32

    I just watched this movie yesterday
    Classic

  • @FreshCutFrenchFries
    @FreshCutFrenchFries 4 года назад +154

    "Merry Christmas! Shitter's Full!"

    • @rickkanski4505
      @rickkanski4505 4 года назад +2

      Ah you check our shitter lately?

    • @shabba213
      @shabba213 4 года назад +9

      I use this statement throughout the year...the looks I get are never from Anyone who knows what the hell I'm talking about..LOL

    • @gotham23us
      @gotham23us 4 года назад +8

      “Surprised”? Eddie, if I woke up in the morning with my head sewn to the carpet I couldn’t be more surprised than I am right now.

    • @rickkanski4505
      @rickkanski4505 4 года назад +1

      @@gotham23us ya,it looks so nice parked in the driveway

    • @MeTaLLiCa997
      @MeTaLLiCa997 4 года назад +6

      @@rickkanski4505 Now dont you go fallin in love with it Clark because were takin it with us when we leave here next month

  • @ninjafit3275
    @ninjafit3275 4 года назад +162

    HEY CLARK, IF YOUR NOT DOING ANYTHING CONSTRUCTIVE RUN INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND GET MY STOGIE!

    • @fletch2275
      @fletch2275 4 года назад +9

      Is there anything else I can do for you uncle lewis?

    • @LordApathy1
      @LordApathy1 4 года назад +11

      That ain't the friggin' Christmas star, Griz, it's the light over the sewage treatment plant.

    • @AnniePA1960
      @AnniePA1960 4 года назад +14

      Da BLES-SING!!!!!

    • @DaleHardiman
      @DaleHardiman 4 года назад +6

      If he keeps this up, it will be his last Xmas.

    • @rebeccawright5987
      @rebeccawright5987 4 года назад +5

      Grace? She died 30 years ago!

  • @thebatmanfan1309
    @thebatmanfan1309 4 года назад +41

    Mr. Chase is hilarious and poignant in this film. This film is a masterpiece!

  • @hanscombe72
    @hanscombe72 Год назад +1

    I was watching a wonderful documentary on brain surgeons and their work at a major American hospital. The show featured a contest with the staff showing off Christmas sweaters during the holidays. One of the surgeons had the standard red/white/green but in the centre was a knitted motorhome and the text underneath said “that there’s an RV!”. Best inside joke ever!

  • @brujx4u799
    @brujx4u799 4 года назад +55

    Diane Ladd is a national treasure

    • @Inaworldoflove
      @Inaworldoflove 4 года назад +1

      Brujx 4U she was 7 when Chevy was born. Let that sink in.

    • @yeoshow1984
      @yeoshow1984 4 года назад

      ties a Guiness Record ...

  • @Tim.1113
    @Tim.1113 4 года назад +31

    “If you believe in him, and you believe in your mom, and you believe in your.................dad”. That line gets me laughing every time.

    • @myliamag.6512
      @myliamag.6512 2 года назад +3

      ''we're shitting bricks. - you shouldn't use that word- , sorry, we're shitting rocks.''

    • @Matt-xv2cp
      @Matt-xv2cp Год назад

      Ruby Sue

  • @jefferyevans7773
    @jefferyevans7773 4 года назад +6

    Juliet's dad is Geoffrey Lewis, the movie he and Beverly were in together was "Every Which Way But Loose". That was one of my favorite movies growing up.

    • @jefferyevans7773
      @jefferyevans7773 4 года назад

      @pete smyth I didn't know he had passed, he was a great actor, underrated...he was in a lot movies and shows. He was on Gunsmoke, Bonanza, the A-Team, to name a few and good movies too, like High Planes Drifter. If I were an actor I would love to have a resume like Mr. Lewis, and obviously, the fruit doesn't fall far...

  • @SevereTstormFan
    @SevereTstormFan 3 года назад +15

    This is one of those very rare movies where almost every line is memorable

  • @x60hz
    @x60hz 4 года назад +36

    Saw this in the movies in '91. When Eddie says he "pisses his pants whenever Catharine revs up the microwave and forgets who he is" I had to leave the theater I was laughing so hard.

    • @tremontifan3947
      @tremontifan3947 4 года назад +2

      Oh my god!!! That is one of my favorite scenes to. Every time i see it i laugh like hell, even still to this day.. Lol

  • @tommyandrews4992
    @tommyandrews4992 Год назад +9

    Wished cousin Eddie was on this discussion panel! He was so frigging funny!

    • @dobazajr
      @dobazajr Год назад +1

      Randy is in hiding. I think he'd done something illegal.

  • @kenalier
    @kenalier 3 года назад +5

    Christmas Vacation, the gift that keeps on giving still some 30-31 years later

  • @edwardjnarrojr3135
    @edwardjnarrojr3135 2 года назад +4

    Chevy Chase is an incredible Entertaining Comedic Genus and Performer. Love all his work 🙂

  • @paige2732
    @paige2732 4 года назад +3

    Love all of them. Great movie, awsome actors. Thank you all for being a big part of my life through movies and TV shows I love.

  • @shabba213
    @shabba213 4 года назад +4

    Chevy Chase thanks for all the great memories and movies...

  • @keystonekid7451
    @keystonekid7451 4 года назад +8

    “Don’t throw me down, Clark”.
    Best line in the whole movie & Best Christmas movie ever!

    • @ryans413
      @ryans413 Год назад

      Why’s the floor wet Todd. I don’t know MARGO lol

    • @bps3013
      @bps3013 Год назад +2

      "Is the the airport Clark?" Every one of her lines were pure gold!

  • @MsMountaincat
    @MsMountaincat 4 года назад +21

    "Shitters full..merry christmas!" best christmas movie ever!

    • @fjorgyn7438
      @fjorgyn7438 3 года назад

      "Merry christmas! Shitter was full!"*

  • @tiffanyc4802
    @tiffanyc4802 4 года назад +13

    "Surprised? If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be as surprised as I am now."
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @solfly6
    @solfly6 10 месяцев назад +2

    This movie is so well cast. It is, in my opinion Chevy’s finest work. This was the perfect vehicle for him and he made the most of it. As great as the cast is, this is his movie. My favorite scene is with him and Ruby Sue. It’s such a sweet scene. The movie hooks me in every time…

  • @bobscott7253
    @bobscott7253 4 года назад +32

    “It was an ugly tree.”
    “At least it’s out of its misery.”

  • @theunknowndarkpassenger5632
    @theunknowndarkpassenger5632 4 года назад +37

    Man I assume Clark never cancelled that Jelly of the month club.

    • @robertcollins7034
      @robertcollins7034 4 года назад +1

      Pmsl that's funny!

    • @mindriot91_96
      @mindriot91_96 3 года назад +1

      LOL. He's more jelly than man these days, no wonder he has trouble breathing.

    • @goalie2998
      @goalie2998 3 года назад +2

      It was only a 1 year subscription...

  • @nguyenforest1124
    @nguyenforest1124 4 года назад +7

    It’s the gift that keeps giving the whole year Clark

  • @Butterfly-ux4zx
    @Butterfly-ux4zx 3 года назад +2

    I watch it every day for a month until Christmas day for years and years.

  • @daphnelattimer9952
    @daphnelattimer9952 4 года назад +27

    "I don't know what to say, except it's Christmas and we're all in misery!"

    • @Ms79grad
      @Ms79grad 4 года назад

      Smoke them, if have them

  • @bqkmg2037
    @bqkmg2037 3 года назад +5

    One of the best Christmas classic films of all time.

  • @morganwalker9636
    @morganwalker9636 4 года назад +133

    Randy should have been there. I dont care about all the crap, Randy should have been there

    • @jdizzle8751
      @jdizzle8751 4 года назад +19

      Morgan Walker lol. Yeah. The government should give him a temporary one day pardon for the reunion interview.

    • @coreyS33
      @coreyS33 4 года назад +9

      Randy wouldn't wanna be there

    • @wildforthecats661
      @wildforthecats661 4 года назад +44

      He was emptying the $hitter in the street outside.

    • @AnniePA1960
      @AnniePA1960 4 года назад +4

      @@wildforthecats661 lol🤣🤣🤣

    • @zachcoldwell7978
      @zachcoldwell7978 4 года назад +7

      Is he even in the U.S.? I thought he was on the run.

  • @UltimateXmas
    @UltimateXmas 4 года назад +2

    This remains my favorite Christmas movie! I watch it numerous times a year and numerous times in December!

  • @rojavakurdistan8245
    @rojavakurdistan8245 3 года назад +5

    I watched it 10 times in this Christmas. Legendary family 🤶🌹

  • @jehobden
    @jehobden 4 года назад +16

    Diane Ladd is the only survivor now among the actors who played the grandparents. She's about 11 years older than Chevy. It's good to see all of them here.

    • @stephaniek1076
      @stephaniek1076 3 года назад

      In this interview, Ladd says she's about six years older than Chase, so wondered how she could play his parent.

    • @stephaniek1076
      @stephaniek1076 3 года назад

      Ok...looking through all of the comments here, I got curious, so looked up Chase and Ladd. Chase was born October 8, 1943 and Ladd was born November 29, 1935. So, eight years apart.

    • @savvybear11781
      @savvybear11781 3 года назад +2

      she looks great for a woman in her 80s, though,

  • @BeerCigarsAndTexas
    @BeerCigarsAndTexas 4 года назад +28

    For some reason it took me a long time to realize why Clark's fingers were sticking to and ripping the pages of the magazine out but I realized its because he had all that sap on his hands from their tree

    • @mikelp72
      @mikelp72 3 года назад +1

      Looks great! Lotta sap.

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 3 года назад

      Why was he crunching when he was eating dinner?
      I assume it was Eddie’s dog, Snot. But it seemed weird that dog food/cat food somehow got into their cooking

  • @ManuelMenchaca
    @ManuelMenchaca 4 года назад +3

    So many classic lines in that movie!

  • @Brad772006
    @Brad772006 4 года назад +99

    Diane Ladd doesn't look like she as aged a bit.

    • @DIYDaveOK
      @DIYDaveOK 4 года назад +5

      She's wasn't nearly as old as they made her seem in CV. She's not too far away from Chase's age, if I'm not mistaken.

    • @JeepTJWheelin
      @JeepTJWheelin 4 года назад +3

      She's was hot in her day.

    • @my2cents2u
      @my2cents2u 4 года назад +5

      She was 54 when the movie was filmed, which makes her 84 now.

    • @justchillin6117
      @justchillin6117 4 года назад +2

      @@DIYDaveOK shes 9 years older than him

    • @justchillin6117
      @justchillin6117 4 года назад +3

      @@JeepTJWheelin she played on Alice on cbs in the 80s

  • @LogansMoshPit
    @LogansMoshPit 4 года назад +19

    Clark, Audrey's frozen from the waist down.
    It's all part of the experience honey!

    • @sandrasiecgrist9233
      @sandrasiecgrist9233 4 года назад +3

      Logan Jankosky
      The most enduring traditions of the season are best enjoyed in the warm embrace of kith and kin. Thith tree is a thymbol of the thspirit of the Grithwold family Chrithmath.

  • @Lostcause1974
    @Lostcause1974 4 года назад +8

    Juliette Lewis hasn't aged! She could revise her role today!

    • @MsVicki73
      @MsVicki73 4 года назад

      Agree to disagree.. she's got a ton of wrinkles now

    • @Ducati_Dude
      @Ducati_Dude 4 года назад

      Still as Sexy... 😍👍

    • @laurenralph5968
      @laurenralph5968 3 года назад +2

      She’s so damn Beautiful and is aging gracefully thank God she never went under the knife and never got any kind of plastic surgery

  • @VGK4EVER
    @VGK4EVER 4 года назад +3

    Saw it in the theater with my family when I was about 10. It had just come out, I remember everyone laughing a ton.

  • @vengeanceizmine9878
    @vengeanceizmine9878 3 года назад +4

    Christmas Vacation was the BEST one in the franchise! Period. Never gets old.

    • @Disturbed928
      @Disturbed928 2 года назад

      Agree 100%
      1. Christmas Vacation
      2. Vacation
      3. European Vacation.
      As far as Vegas Vacation, Christmas Vacation 2, and the re-boot Vacation, I could care less for any of them.

    • @ryans413
      @ryans413 Год назад

      For me it’s Christmas Vacation then Summer Vacation followed by Vegas Vacation and then the European Vacation and lastly the 2015 Vacation.

    • @chiefscheider
      @chiefscheider Год назад

      @@Disturbed928 You could care less? Interesting, I always thought it was "couldn't" care less 🥴

  • @russell1882
    @russell1882 4 года назад +45

    “Yeah, last season he was a pixie-dust spreader on the Tilt-O-Whirl. He thinks that maybe next year, he’ll be guessing people’s weight or barking for the Yak woman. You ever see her?”
    “No.”
    “She’s got these big horns growing right out above her ears. Yeah, she’s ugly as sin, but a sweet gal. And, a hell of a good cook.”

    • @tmorelli1982
      @tmorelli1982 4 года назад +6

      College?.….. Carnival

    • @mwc1987
      @mwc1987 4 года назад +4

      This entire scene between the two of them was completely ad-libbed. Genius comedy.

    • @dfaircloth30
      @dfaircloth30 4 года назад +4

      “So Eddie can I refill your eggnog, get you a bite to eat..... drive you out in the middle of nowhere, leave you for dead?”

    • @StuUngar
      @StuUngar 3 года назад +1

      @@dfaircloth30 “Noooo, Im doing just fine Clark.”

  • @wheelmanstan
    @wheelmanstan Год назад +17

    I heard somewhere that a lot of the actors in this that played the family basically funded each of their Christmas' with the royalties this film gave them each year. Everyone wants to be in a Christmas film because you just never know if you might be in THE ONE that everyone watches in December generation after generation.

    • @jimjam51075
      @jimjam51075 Год назад +1

      Artie Lange played the store Santa in one scene of Elf and says that STILL gives him good money every year.

    • @wheelmanstan
      @wheelmanstan Год назад

      @@jimjam51075 wow, yeah he had a TINY part too

  • @futureshock7425
    @futureshock7425 4 года назад +2

    on behalf of everyone here commenting, thanks for all the laughs over the years and family traditions putting this on

  • @teresamcclanahan5757
    @teresamcclanahan5757 4 года назад +7

    It just isn’t Christmas, if I font get to watch “Christmas Vacation!” I absolutely Love this movie & could not tell you times I’ve seen it. Never gets old!! 😍♥️🍿 🎥 🤩

    • @mblaze4life
      @mblaze4life 4 года назад +1

      Hello there. Great taste in movies.

    • @teresamcclanahan5757
      @teresamcclanahan5757 4 года назад

      @Michael 73, Hello & Thank you 😊

    • @mblaze4life
      @mblaze4life 4 года назад

      @@teresamcclanahan5757 let's chat sometime?

  • @barryedwardchadwick8162
    @barryedwardchadwick8162 4 года назад +5

    Man it would not be Christmas without this movie!

  • @ozzymorrison8628
    @ozzymorrison8628 4 года назад +55

    Wheres the hot chick from the mall? Lol.."you cant see the line, can you Russ?"

    • @ozzymorrison8628
      @ozzymorrison8628 4 года назад +1

      @besixdouze that's his son's name in the movie lol

    • @ODN67
      @ODN67 4 года назад +5

      @@ozzymorrison8628 Yeah, he says Russ a second time out of surprise that he was there.

    • @ozzymorrison8628
      @ozzymorrison8628 4 года назад +3

      @@ODN67 obviously this guy never seen the movie or any national lampoon's

    • @ODN67
      @ODN67 4 года назад +2

      @@ozzymorrison8628 No, 'Russ?!' was the next line in the movie. He was giving you the next line after the one you gave.

    • @stevensherman4756
      @stevensherman4756 4 года назад +4

      Ozzy Morrison It sure is getting hoooter ... I mean hotter in here. Too much fun!

  • @Wintersnow147
    @Wintersnow147 4 года назад +2

    I love love love all of Chevy’s movies. I never ever get tried I’d watching them. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @Smokyjohnson1983
    @Smokyjohnson1983 4 года назад +30

    Wishing you all “... the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny F**king Kay!”

    • @DaleHardiman
      @DaleHardiman 4 года назад +2

      And hope you're jolly like the people in the nuthouse.

    • @carltonstaples7423
      @carltonstaples7423 4 года назад +2

      And when Santa squeeze his white fat ass down that chimney tonight, he going find the jolliest bunch of assholes in this nuthouse!!!

  • @williamsmith5340
    @williamsmith5340 Год назад +1

    One of my favorite movies

  • @davidsomerset8411
    @davidsomerset8411 3 года назад +8

    This is one of the Christmas seasons must watch. Its just not Christmas without the Griswolds.

  • @pattyfarghaly1821
    @pattyfarghaly1821 4 года назад +2

    That is one of my all time favorite all year long movies. Lol. Love that whole series. It's brilliant.

  • @victoruribe2465
    @victoruribe2465 4 года назад +5

    National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation has always been a modern Christmas classic!! 🎄

  • @bulldogmechanic89
    @bulldogmechanic89 4 года назад +1

    I can still watch it to this day never get bored

  • @Chickd.858
    @Chickd.858 4 года назад +6

    "The little lights aren't twinkling Clark." Lol!

  • @MrHalo087
    @MrHalo087 3 года назад

    Time doesn't wait for anyone. Tough seeing your favorite actors over the years get so old

  • @triuneicthus3524
    @triuneicthus3524 4 года назад +3

    Watch it every Christmas....laughed my ass off today when cousin Eddie asked if Clark was serious about Santa being spotted on his way to Chicago. And when Eddie keeps filling the shopping cart with dog food. And when Clark pushed his mom out of the way when trying to run from the squirrel. And, I could keep going, the whole movie is classic.

  • @grandinfinite5921
    @grandinfinite5921 3 года назад +1

    This movie is one of my Must Watch moviea list during Christmas Season, thank you all!

  • @kkakacek
    @kkakacek 4 года назад +3

    This is the one Xmas movie that we never miss!!!

  • @deansolano1483
    @deansolano1483 4 года назад +1

    This is one of my all rime favorite movies , I watch all year when possible. I do make it a for sure around Christmas Time . Love it .

  • @08c6vette
    @08c6vette 4 года назад +5

    Easily my favorite comedic Christmas movie and as probably everyone commenting here, I can’t even count how many times I’ve seen it.

  • @stonecold5373
    @stonecold5373 Год назад +1

    home alone and christmas vacation two favorite christmas movies ever. christmas vacation is hilarious.
    The jewelry shopping scene , llllllolol. "can i take something out for you?"

  • @lizaw.7313
    @lizaw.7313 4 года назад +3

    This movie is a must every year for our family. I laugh out loud every time!

  • @gemini2012100
    @gemini2012100 3 года назад +6

    "Oh, did I break wind?" "Oh Jeez, did the room clear out?"

    • @laurenralph5968
      @laurenralph5968 3 года назад +1

      Fun fact Mae Questel aka aunt Bethany was the voice of Betty Boop

  • @bootlegdarappertv
    @bootlegdarappertv 4 года назад +1

    Vegas Vacation is still my favorite. Me and my dad use to watch that one all the time.

  • @aubrey1633
    @aubrey1633 4 года назад +6

    Just watched the movie. Its tradition. Merry Christmas.

  • @Ms.MD7
    @Ms.MD7 4 года назад +1

    I just re-watched this movie last night (every Xmas) love it.

  • @dobazajr
    @dobazajr Год назад +5

    I love that movie. It becomes a legendary Christmas film. By the way, I love that Diane Ladd's story.

  • @humblephoenixx9584
    @humblephoenixx9584 4 года назад +10

    “Burn some dust here. Eat my rubber.” 🎄❤️💚❤️💚❤️💚

    • @laurenralph5968
      @laurenralph5968 3 года назад +1

      Dad it’s burn rubber and eat my dust whatever Rusty 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @anglomik
    @anglomik 4 года назад +4

    Every year, for about 5 years now, the day after Thanksgiving...I put up our Christmas decorations. When I reach the point where I'm kicking boxes, throwing plastic Santas, and cursing man & God...I make a drink, put in this film, & laugh out loud at EVERY gag! Eddie: "You surprised, Clark?" Clark: "I couldn't be more surprised if I woke up with my head sewn to the carpet."

  • @deftonestilldeath
    @deftonestilldeath 2 года назад +1

    Best Christmas movie ever! There’s no other Christmas movie that comes close! I watch it at least ten times every December, too bad movies can’t be like this anymore.

    • @lynn1464
      @lynn1464 2 года назад

      I know right.

  • @kittycat6195
    @kittycat6195 4 года назад +20

    Chevy. Get your heart checked, please. ❤️

  • @richardschindler8822
    @richardschindler8822 3 года назад

    We watch this classic at lest three times during the Christmas season, each and every year.

  • @patriciarenteria9065
    @patriciarenteria9065 4 года назад +4

    One of the best Christmas movies ever ♥️ the actor's just a funny family movie ever.