The Rewatchables: ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ | Chevy Chase’s Road Trip Classic | The Ringer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan gather the family together for a road trip by revisiting the 1983 classic ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation,’ starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, and Anthony Michael Hall.
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The rewatchables on TH-cam has begin my favorite content online. I love that Van is a more consistent cohost. He’s such good energy.
One of the best episodes. Thanks for the full episode on YT. Should add to the experience.
Van is a likable guy and a good guest. Excellent movie choice
Hi van
When he isn't crying about racism which he does every podcast
I’m from St. Louis. That is a fair representation of East St. Louis - then and today
doesn't st louis have one of the highest murder rates in the country?
These elites don't know what Hamburger Helper is.
Chevy Chase killed it in Fletch, but he IS Clark Griswold!
The best quote of this or any other comedy in the history of mankind:
"It's only the biggest goddamn hole in the world."
"Clark, watch your language."
"Make that the 2nd biggest."
When Craig was commenting, they were looking at him like at Spider in Goodfellas.
Lost my on-screen boob virginity to Beverly D’Angelo in this movie. 🐐
Craig is wrong, my son is 8 doesnt get half the jokes and references and this is still his favorite movie
49:04 They really have no idea what Hamburger Helper is. It's pasta that you add meat to.
Van is a great guest, but Bill you and all of your guests should stop seeking out racism where it doesn’t exist. The St Louis scene is racist? Give me a break. 1. It’s comedy 2. 5 minutes after Van calls it racist he basically validates the depiction by telling a story about another crappy neighborhood.
Nothing to be proud of Russ......50 yards.
Van Lathan is a great guest, really solid.
For a black movie, maybe… it was all over the place
@@bobsiyt6548what?
I disagree he's another one that thinks everything is racist which is lazy
Give me an example. @@arizonaFIREent
Agreed, he was good here
Craig is the youngest person but he vocally sounds the oldest.
Dude Van is soft! I saw Vacation at a theater in an inner city and the black people there laughed the most at that St Louis scene! It was a joke! Than Van says Clark did a crime cause he was desperate! Dude it was a comedy not a social experiment!
Guys, it’s 4 movies with Vegas Vacation (that’s a hardcore in your face movie. Excellent one)
The Great Outdoors is Vacation adjacent
Great Outdoors and Vacation would make a great double feature
The stakes aren’t as high in Great Outdoors, though. That vacation looks like playtime compared to what the Griswolds experienced.
I must have rewatched CR recite Clark’s Edna eulogy 20 times. Not only my favorite part of the movie but there’s something so hilarious about CR’s delivery. I crack up like Fennessey when CR says “International Immobilare” in the GF3 rewatchables. 😂
God I loved Rembert Explains America. Wish he made more Ringer Appearances.
I totally forgot about that, such an awesome concept and well written. Felt like I was there.
@1:08:20 exactly; at this point in time, I think the majority of people identify Chevy as Clark, not Fletch.
It's painfully obvious.
Agreed. Both characters are hilarious but Clark Griswold is more iconic. Chevy only played Fletch twice whereas he played Clark five times and one of those times was in 2015. The last time he played Fletch was 1989. Not to mention that no other actor has ever played Clark Griswold but Jon Hamm has also played Fletch.
If I go to a sporting event, concert, or theme park, I gotta say, 'First ones here."
Bill you missed its a quest not a journey lol
Gold
A quest for fun
1:10:04 Van with the most unexpected John Diehl deep cut, Madhouse. Not really rewatchable but with John Larroquette, prime Kirstie Alley, crazy houseguests, cocaine and Dennis Miller, it’s worth the 90 minutes at least once.
yet he had no idea about sullivan's travels
The 1983 Vacation Poster by Peruvian-American fantasy artist, Boris Vallejo, could have been another, 'What's Aged The Best.' Its imagery is so out of place and yet so appropriate for this movie. What a beautiful collector item.
This is crazy, this is crazy, this is crazy!!!
Bev wasnt old enough to be those kids' mother. She was 29/30
Rewatchables Apex Mountain right here ^^^
I knew they'd take the St. Louis scene to task for being (in their race-obsessed eyes) "racist." It's not racist, just as Blazing Saddles isn't racist. If the St. Louis scene was written exactly word for word and directed shot for shot by a black filmmaker, Rewatchables wouldn't give it a second thought.
Wayne Jenkins 1:14:45
Bill's not wrong about Hanks.
You watch his character in Money Pit and think he'd have made a decent Clark, if the movie had been made 5 years later.
I could see JB Smoove in the Clark role.
Bill is right. AMH is the greatest teen actor ever. Comedy is much harder than drama!!! Says every actor ever. His teen roles are 10x more memorable and Rewatchable than River or Leo.
Funny Farm is good
Seems Like Old Times is hilarious
Great movie. Great episode.
River Phoenix destroys Michael Anthony Hall.
For the all black cast of Vacation I think cousin Eddy should be played by Kat Williams. He'd be hilarious.
You have all this time to watch this movie. Research it. And your “pickynits” doesn’t involve nobody being in charge of the rides to start or stop them??? That’s my biggest nit pick of this movie. It’s as if robots just controlled when they started and stopped the rides.
There is another chapter in the Griswolds Vacation lore which I highly recommend. It is an original story and a musical to boot ~ The Griswolds' Broadway Vacation. The family goes to NYC to see the hottest show on Broadway but Clark falls victim to a fake ticket scam. Ellen gets a great story as well ~ the most popular Times Square character is obsessed with her and leads an entire army of Times Square characters to win her heart. The show had a World Premiere in Seattle in 2022 with the hope of moving to Broadway. Great songs, funny script and more heart than you would expect from the Vacation-verse. Still waiting for the show to make it to Broadway...
Cmon y’all, there is nothing like breadcrumbs in hamburger helper lol, you can tell they haven’t had it in decades! Great pod
Roy Wally is related to my cousin's husband - he was at their wedding. I didn't have the balls to say anything to him...missed opportunity.
Apex Mountain for a Ferrari 308 is definitely Magnum PI
One of the more underrated funny moments in this movie: After dinner, when everyone is sitting around cousin Eddie's living room and cousin Eddie is subtly hinting at his dire financial dilemmas and is slowly working up the courage to ask Clark for a loan, out of nowhere, aunt Edna just blurts out, "Why don't you just ASK him for the money, Eddie?! He sure as hell can't take a hint!" A very 'Kramerish' moment.
Aunt Edna was the best. "Dog Killer!"
Beverly in Every Which Way But Loose flick.
Orville’s gal
More rewatcables and MO MO WESLEY MO!!!
Best episode yet guys. Loved very second.. I was 8 when this came out and maybe the most watched movie of my childhood.. Pumped for the Xmas vacation episode!!
@1:14:19 for Chris Ryan's Wayne Jenkins.
Yeah… he does it every episode - it’s not as funny the 156th time you hear it
My son is 8and this his favorite movie, we just took a road trip to amusement park guess what movie was playing when we get to our bungalow, thats rewatchable
The producers generations podcasts will be terrible
Great episode, love this movie
Are we laboring under the misapprehension that "Danger Zone" is a good zone? Is there a better example of cheezy bad 80s rock plus horrible shitty tiny digital production and bad keyboard patches?
Yes. Footloose. I don't have much to say for the technical comparisons, but as far as being cheesy and awful song, awful movie, that's my pick for worst Kenny Loggins movie theme song.
My uncle Donald had a station wagon I called the truckster lol
Been waiting years for this one!!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏
Cousin Eddie is Ellen’s first cousin
Cory Feldman resume better
I laughed so hard during this episode! I need to rewatch this movie. I personally think, there's something wrong with Clark. He doesn't think things through. He should've listened to Ellen and just flew out to CA. Nobody wants to spend their summer going on a 2 week road trip with their family. Especially, not now. Agreed! Ellen is way too good for Clark. She could've done 100 times better. Bill did bring up a good point. Where's Christy Brinkley supposed to be going? Is she stalking them? They just happen to be going in the same direction.
First
Chevy is Fletch to me
Where's the other guy?
The black guy from the White Shadow who they met in St. louis for the directions was named Nathan Cooke and he passed away in 1988.
Bill~awesome ffootage. :)
I didn't even know you were doing The Rewatchables again on TH-cam!
Praise Baby Jesus!!!
I never saw Fletch, seen Chevy on SNL and other movies. That being said, he's Pierce Hawthorne to me. Great episode, great POD series. I love listening to these while I work.
One more classic part of the scene at cousin Eddie's:
Eddie: "I bet you could use a coolin"
Clark: "now you're talking!"
Eddie: (hands Clark his half-empty can of beer)
Clark: (looks at can with obvious disgust, then wipes it off before he drinks).
Craig?!?!? Ya gotta know the low key funny dialogue and situations. The more detail you catch, the funnier.
Modern Problems is so funny. Watch it again Bill.
Kidnapping is a guaranteed life sentence. Even if they reduce it to false imprisonment, 5 years in prison
Donald Faison as Clark would've been amazing
Captain Ron! Such a great flick.
Funniest movie ever made 😂
Could not recommend the drive through Montana more
THE OLD MAN THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPP!!!!
KI IS DAYTON, OH!
25:17 RV
Excellent!
I only watched the movie right before listening to the pod. I barely cracked a smile. The pod is way funnier than the film itself.
I’ll be “that guy” - a “White” movie should be reviewed by an all white panel. Because you have the other white guys trying to be “PC” and the black guy having a different perspective. It just doesn’t work as well.
By "that guy" you mean "brain damaged"
Disagree. Skin colour is irrelevant to your ability to review a film.
Completely disagree. We already know every American white guy born between 1968 and 1980 has seen Vacation and likes at least one thing about it. I'd much rather go against type and hear what somebody outside the stereotypical demographic thinks of it.
@@farisbosnic1786nope by “that guy” I just want to listen to this without race being involved. I DEFY you to listen to one of the Podcasts Van is involved where a rant or others feel pressured to bring up race. It’s just exhausting. I’m totally okay with a “black” movie or when there is race involved. But every Podcast? I’m annoyed. And so are 75% of the listeners
@@bobsiyt6548wow 75% of listeners share your opinion? Where did you get that number from don't tell me you are delusional and are making stuff up! 😂