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@blampfno Жыл бұрын
Cousin Eddie was like the right amount of salt on a meal. You don't make an entrée out of salt.
@user-mn5zg4bi8h Жыл бұрын
Hal Stewart/Tighten: Exactly!
@WookieGolgberg Жыл бұрын
Exactly. And attempting to make him relatable is like trying to make salt taste sweet.
@Mondomeyer9 ай бұрын
My brother does.
@alvexok55235 ай бұрын
Great way to put it. In the first Vacation and Christmas Vacation it was just the right amount. In Vegas Vacation it was a little too much. In 2003 Island adventure it was waaaaaay too much.
@recessional55605 ай бұрын
All you ever talk about is salt
@righty-o3585 Жыл бұрын
The first Christmas Vacation is still to this day, one of the funniest movies I have ever seen.
@pwareham61 Жыл бұрын
Amen to that
@jeffring8954 Жыл бұрын
I never liked it at all.. Or airplane, animal house, naked gun or any of that just dumb comedy. Now caddy shack that's a funny movie.
@thestateofdelaware8057 Жыл бұрын
I agree, the movie has had a strong hold on my family, we quote it all the time.
@stoopidapples1596 Жыл бұрын
Have watched this every Christmas for my entire life. And I am not a child anymore for reference.
@righty-o3585 Жыл бұрын
@@stoopidapples1596 yeah same here. I'm the same age as Rusty, the son in that movie, and I've been watching that movie since back when I was his age in the movie. So, yeah. I'm right there with ya 🤘
@TechySpeaking2 жыл бұрын
I like how Movie Madness is advertised as "the first movie from National Lampoon since Animal House," completely ignoring Class Reunion ever existed.
@JeonardShadby505 Жыл бұрын
Actually, I think Movie Madness was supposed to be before Class Reunion, but Madness was such a mess with test audiences that Reunion came out a year before Madness, so perhaps the trailer was just released before that delay.
@jackshewan63382 жыл бұрын
Loaded weapon is hilarious so many quotable moments: Cop: c'mon give us names Bad guy: weren't your parents supposed to do that?
@jeshkam2 жыл бұрын
"Colt, I'm cold." 🤣
@hellboundTX333 Жыл бұрын
Luger! You came! "That's personal"!
@hellboundTX333 Жыл бұрын
Is that her? " No, that's her picture..."
@redherronrecords11 ай бұрын
"What does that mean?" "It means i'm pretentious."
@michaelnagle54822 жыл бұрын
"Puzzled John Belushi" should always be a thing in your videos.
@EndOfSmallSanctuary972 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's such an excellent reaction shot
@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.99172 жыл бұрын
He should get the real John Belushi to make a guest appearance in one of these videos.
@hakescrew646 Жыл бұрын
@@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917 Well, I don't think he wants to dig up his grave...
@michaelhontz92182 жыл бұрын
It almost would’ve been funnier if cousin Eddie in his own movie didn’t appear until 20 some odd minutes in and only stuck around for the end. He caused Audrey and his daughter to get ship wrecked. He gets lost on the island trying to not upset Clark and ends up accidentally and inadvertently saving the day.
@planescaped2 жыл бұрын
That would require a screenwriter far more clever and skilled than the money they had for making "Christmas Vacation 2" could afford.
@KJ-tz7vc2 жыл бұрын
Audrey as the main character could have saved it, maybe, in the hands of a good screenwriter.
@UndertakerNeverDies2 жыл бұрын
When you watch this video and you question if he snuck in some fake National Lampoon movies because a lot of them seem too ridiculous to be real films yet they are unfortunately.
@BillPeschel2 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of many of those, so yeah.
@Attmay2 жыл бұрын
I wish they were fake. I wish they had never sold out to Jim Jimirro. He did some good things at Disney, like helping to make their cable channel and home video divisions possible, but he had no business running an adult comedy magazine. Instead, he ran it into the ground. At least MAD Magazine cut their losses after *Up the Academy* which is probably *MAD TV* never even tried to turn their characters into feature film stars when even *All That* spawned *Good Burger,* which works if you think of Ed as a human proto-SpongeBob.
@yellowblanka6058 Жыл бұрын
And someone, somewhere actually enjoys that dreck.
@hadrianadrian4 ай бұрын
I honestly thought TV The Movie was just a movie poster gag in Drake & Josh, but nope it's real.
@Mclovinit8171 Жыл бұрын
The national lampoons series definetly took a dive over the years, but imo christmas vacation the original is and always will be one of the greatest christmas movies of all time. The humor, the writing, the flow of it, was all done to pretty much perfection.
@ralphwiggum1982 Жыл бұрын
National lampoons went down the toilet when they started making nothing but unfunny sex comedies even van wilder i thought was just terribly unfunny
@Mclovinit8171 Жыл бұрын
@@ralphwiggum1982 Vegas Vacation was the last one I could find some enjoyment out of and a few parts made me giggle, but for the most part imo. This series peaked with christmas vacation, the casting, the writing, everything about the movie was done about as well as it couldve been. I felt I knew these characters and could relate to them in the first 20 mins of the movie bc the writing was so well done
@b-zoneonroku20204 ай бұрын
National Lampoon was nothing without John Belushi or Chevy Chase. Just a bunch of cocky Harvard Men flexing and posturing.
@Alex_DC4132 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you went over the history of the National Lampoon brand. Don't know about anyone else, but I spent YEARS wondering what constituted a National Lampoons movie. It felt like there was some connective thread in the early days. But growing up on movies like Loaded Weapon and Senior Trip, I had no idea what connected them.
@KairuHakubi2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I was confused too, I think I had a vague idea that it was named after a magazine I think what happened was the people involved in the licensing were too dumb to know what lampooning was, so they just saw 'poon' and made toothless, tasteless 21st century raunch. man give me that 80s raunch anyday, where it feels really wholesome and you get to see everything.
@elijahblechman86332 жыл бұрын
This. Talk about selling out.
@chachwa99702 жыл бұрын
I never knew anything about it besides Christmas vacation 1 and my parents told me the others weren’t as good
@dangelo13692 жыл бұрын
Actually, nothing. What’s a pity and a shame is that it had great potential as a screen brand. But when Doug Kenney died and the writing staff (Beatts, O’Roarke, Chase, Hughes, etc) left for greener pastures, it gutted the creativity and sharp humor like a fish. It never recovered. And all Hollywood did was engage in necrophilia.
@KairuHakubi2 жыл бұрын
@@dangelo1369 necrophilia would only be the desire to, they actually went through with it. Just saying, everyone gets that shit wrong.
@laural.enright4780 Жыл бұрын
Here's a bit of trivia: The 2000 film Meet the Parents was a remake of an 1992 indie film of the same name. Before the writers of that movie turned to Hollywood and remakes, they were trying to find distribution for their movie. After taking over Lampoon, J2 COmmunications was hoping to start a line of direct to video movies and was interested in making Meet the Parents their first project. A contract was signed, and the creators of the original Meet the Parents were eagerly awaiting the premiere of their movie on video when without a lot of warning, Lampoon pulled out of the deal, leaving the MTP creators high and dry. Considering where Lampoon wound up and where Meet the Parents wound up, it's probably fortunate for the creators of Meet the Parents that Lampoon did pull out of the deal
@favoritemustard35429 күн бұрын
Sort of like "if you let someone borrow $20 & you never see them again, it was money well spent".
@13Gangland2 жыл бұрын
After Chevey Chase stopped making the vacation movies, I think that's where Natonal Lampoon started dying off.
@shinyagumon70152 жыл бұрын
And even then most movies after Christmas Vacation were trash.
@J.S.32592 жыл бұрын
John Hughes had nothing to do with any of the post-Christmas Vacation films. They’re Non-canon shit
@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat2 жыл бұрын
@@J.S.3259 Canon? 😆 😆 😆
@crush41gb2 жыл бұрын
Was the clip of Russ and Clark a deleted scene from Vacation because I don't remember it and I'm not sure if it's on my special edition dvd?
@thisguy592 жыл бұрын
@@crush41gb the clip of them running is in the original vacation when they get to Wally World. The beer drinking is after Clark drives through the road closed sign and sends the Family Truckster airborn
@PaulSebert2 жыл бұрын
Man when you really think about it it's a minor miracle that Van Wilder turned out pretty decent. It's like they found a winning lottery ticket in the middle of all of those awful college movies.
@CinemaBiohazard2 жыл бұрын
I get the feeling an example of National Lampoon's fate was in the first four movies they made: a few hits among a LOT of shit. A lot of it.
@16xthedetail762 жыл бұрын
I had no fuckin idea van wilder was even called national lampoons van wilder. I thought it was literally just "van wilder".
@Astro2012812 жыл бұрын
Van wilder is rewatchable for sure, Ryan Reynolds definitely makes it work
@kandigloss6438 Жыл бұрын
@@CinemaBiohazard I mean it's two good films (I personally don't like Animal House, but that's personal taste, I'm not going to argue it's actually bad) with two mediocre ones in between, I would hardly call that "a lot of shit".
@drugsmcsnortington Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the only reason it worked was because of Ryan Reynolds
@mattwarrensocal2 жыл бұрын
Vegas Vacation was a legitimate entry into the universe and very enjoyable. Definitely a "rental" but still a fun ride
@spderman1232 жыл бұрын
vegas vacation til this day my favorite
@ninomccurley46142 жыл бұрын
You bite your tongue or me and Nick Papagiorgio are gunna be lookin for ya!
@andysorensen17372 жыл бұрын
In fairness, that scene with Cousin Eddie & Clark at the sketchy casino was awesome.
@JamesRIgou Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I agree, Vegas vacation works. Especially the subplot involving Rusty pretending to be the wealthy millionaire George Popadopolus.
@lostNxbox29 Жыл бұрын
the odd thing was that Vegas Vacation didn't carry the National Lampoon's banner thought it was a legit entry in the Griswold universe. But somehow Christmas Vacation 2 was National Lampoon's lol
@80085word692 жыл бұрын
Baby Huey’s great Easter adventure looks like a nightmare I had
@azraelle62322 жыл бұрын
I saw that clip and suddenly decades of successful memory repression were undone like a house of cards.
@80085word692 жыл бұрын
@@azraelle6232 😂glad I’m not the only one
@2Scribble2 жыл бұрын
Yeah all the advertisements for that piece of shit - all the commercials I saw as a kid - shit... it ALL came FLOODING back like decade-old monkey vomit...
@davidcox30762 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure even that short clip caused me brain damage.
@kevinr.35422 жыл бұрын
Imagine someone thinking it's a good idea to make a whole movie about a cheap looking mascot costume
@adoriot2 жыл бұрын
I worked at a video store from 2002-2006. You brought back so many memories with that list of awful direct-to-video Lampoon movies! I remember most of those sitting on the shelves. It felt like a new one came out every other week, and no one EVER rented them!
@film79 Жыл бұрын
Yeah I was working at a blockbuster back then and I always wondered if those movies were somehow used to launder drug money or something because I can’t imagine those movies earn more than $100 legally.
@PatricksCrazyPlace Жыл бұрын
Not surprised. I remember seeing Dorm Daze show up on HBO late at night, watching 2 minutes of it, and going "Who the hell would enjoy this?". Nice to know the answer is no one.
@MASTEROFEVIL Жыл бұрын
Why would your boss even buy them?
@adoriot Жыл бұрын
Well it was a corporate video chain store, we didn’t really have a choice of what movies were sent to us
@azraelle62322 жыл бұрын
Many years ago, my girlfriend and I went to a Blockbuster Video to rent Van Wilder. But since BB never showed the actual covers of any of the movies (everything was in that same generic BB wrap with the name of the movie printed in the basic font on the side), we accidentally rented one of the terrible sequels. When we realized our mistake at home, we thought we'd try to make the best of it by watching it anyway. Those fifteen minutes before turning it off is time stolen from my life that I will never get back and I'm still salty about it all these years later.
@IsmailofeRegime2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's one thing for a crappy movie to be a drama or something, then it's just boring. But a bad comedy can be utterly cringeworthy, annoying, *and* boring.
@J.S.32592 жыл бұрын
Matty Simmons’ autobiography is fascinating, although he obviously didn’t have comedic chops himself. The man went from running the Diner’s Club, essentially the first credit card, to financing National Lampoon
@danmagoo2 жыл бұрын
If I recall, he described how the magazine devolved into something like a quarterly publication that, as one indicator of how different it was from the original, used only censored versions of swear words --- like, ""s - - t" or "f * * k". Sad!
@J.S.32592 жыл бұрын
@@danmagoo the Lampoon name has been sold to 3 or 4 different entities since he washed his hands of it. By the 90’s, the magazine was republishing stuff from the 70’s and 80’s in its pages. I wish there was a coffee table book of its highlights. I still have some key issues, like the October ‘82 OC & STIGGS special
@danmagoo2 жыл бұрын
@@J.S.3259 I have a DVD (or CD, I forget) with scans of all issues from the prime years. It's not well produced, but I'm glad to have it. Also, whenever I remember an especially good article and try to locate it on the disk, it's frustrating how often it turns out to be something from one of their "special" publications (not a regular magazine issue), and so not included. I agree with you that there ought to be a classy "best of" collection.
@kevynhansyn29022 жыл бұрын
I must have watched "Loaded Weapon" several hundred times. It was just hilarious!!!!!
@ashleytuchin76932 жыл бұрын
I watched it all the time as a kid and then rewatched it just recently. It's still hilarious!
@mattyt19612 жыл бұрын
The scene where he is reading the magazine sticks with me... not the greatest moment, but I still love it
@jackshewan63382 жыл бұрын
"quiet, i think we're being followed" (reveals bad guys are in the back seat of their car)
@penske_material2 жыл бұрын
Loaded Weapon 1* 😂
@kcadventures14542 жыл бұрын
I love the bruce willis cameo haha!
@JoJoJoker2 жыл бұрын
Dennis Quaid is a neighbor and is a fairly normal guy living a happy life. Randy’s situation is very sad considering how much joy his performances gave my childhood.
@JeonardShadby5052 жыл бұрын
Very cool, Dennis always seems to be a stand up guy. Definitely sad to see Randy fall down the conspiracy rabbit hole, especially considering he was already an Oscar nominee before he was cast on SNL; the dude was a real talent.
@PerkyPineapple2 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one that unironically likes the idea of a comedy using the same set as a characters home and their "exotic" vacation. I think if it's done well it could be a really funny idea.
@armouredskeptic2 жыл бұрын
Using reaction shots from a superior Lampoons film was a brilliant way to highlight the downfall
@dimitriwarchief30110 ай бұрын
Armoires skepitic?!?
@iceblaster12524 ай бұрын
The Green Man foretold this day.
@tylertheguy31602 жыл бұрын
I have a proposition: after this video, we forget this film exists.
@sourgrapekate10032 жыл бұрын
I would like to find every copy and destroy it, including the film negative. I never need to hear horny Carl Fredricksen ever again.
@KairuHakubi2 жыл бұрын
Already done!
@ricksanchezsflask87942 жыл бұрын
@@sourgrapekate1003 I have a copy and you'll never get it!
@jefferypardue75092 жыл бұрын
I actually do enjoy national Lampoon's Christmas vacation 2 cousin Eddie's island adventure. It is funny with Ed asner and Fred Willard and Eddie getting bit by a chimp. Found my copy at the drugstore on DVD. It is worth looking for a copy to watch .
@pwareham61 Жыл бұрын
I'll second that
@cujoedaman2 жыл бұрын
Totally legit: When the clip of John Belushi popped up and he yells "food fight", I smiled just thinking of that entire movie, like one of those smiles that's just totally involuntary and you just can't help but do it... then literally the next scene the smile was gone...
@bradwolf072 жыл бұрын
My high school did a John Belushi tribute one year. We had skits from different works he was in. I was the lucky one to be the John Belushi in the food fight scene. It was glorious. John Belushi was a great talent. I still remember Animal House fondly, especially with my little personal connection to it.
@cujoedaman2 жыл бұрын
@@bradwolf07 That's awesome :D
@cujoedaman2 жыл бұрын
@@retron-64 There are just too many good scenes to choose just one!
@TheAntiSanta2 жыл бұрын
Finding out that they were just licensing off the "National Lampoon" name to random movies, makes me wish someone had took them up on that offer for like, something entirely not a Raunchy Comedy. Like a Serious Grounded Sci-Fi Flick or just a Slasher.
@christopherwall21212 жыл бұрын
_National Lampoon's Midsommar_
@Sandlerverse2 жыл бұрын
National Lampoon's Hellraiser
@saratheweird41712 жыл бұрын
"National Lampoon's The Lighthouse"
@TritnewNG2 жыл бұрын
National Lampoon's Eraserhead
@EndOfSmallSanctuary972 жыл бұрын
@@Sandlerverse Would still almost certainly be better than all of the Hellraiser sequels after 3.
@TheJohno952 жыл бұрын
That movie was so bad that my ex-wife, who was a HUGE Christmas Vacation fan, asked if we could just cut it off at the point where the shark was dragging their boat. I happily obliged!
@Eidlones2 жыл бұрын
We stopped after their bathroom exploded for no reason.
@greedojenkins99842 жыл бұрын
Did she get the house and kids
@TheJohno952 жыл бұрын
@@greedojenkins9984 *lol* Nope! No kids, but I got the cats! And the house! And the judge offered to give me alimony, but I passed. She didn't have any money, so what is the point?
@XenRiddle4 ай бұрын
@@EidlonesThis comment is hilarious outside of context, lol
@mattjazzfan2288 Жыл бұрын
This is crazy, I didn’t even know they made a second Christmas vacation movie
@MJForever1999 Жыл бұрын
There's reasons for that
@jedhawkins17692 жыл бұрын
Back in the 1970s, during the time of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal, National Lampoon used to be a cult comedy magazine that represented baby boomers who took on the idiocy and humor of their generation with their dark comedy and political satire. Today, it's just an endless mountain of terrible movies with sexual innuendos, outdated humor, and cheesy plot lines going nowhere.
@rayvenkman2087 Жыл бұрын
It’s the precursor to the Onion.
@QuiGonJinn1993 Жыл бұрын
Yeah its always about Horny Collage people trying to get laid. American Pie tried pulling that stunt.
@Calvin-01 Жыл бұрын
One fact you forgot to mention, Eddie is depicted 20 times dumber here than in any of the other movies
@MrIrrationalSmith2 жыл бұрын
Just watching these curated clips is an endurance test in cringe. I can't imagine what it must've been like to actually watch the movies. Hats off to Hats Off Entertainment.
@Gatorade692 жыл бұрын
The guys at Red Letter Media watched it for a Best of the Worst and if I remember correctly they hated the film so much they put the disc through a paper shredder and sent an angry letter to WB.
@azraelle62322 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on TV when it first aired. Pretty sure I resorted to channel-surfing away from it and only going back once in a while to remind myself of the classic cinematic masterpiece I was depriving myself of.
@Apothekari2 жыл бұрын
It's like bowel surgery, twice. No lie this fucking turd of a disaster stinks worse than a month old wino with a home permanent in the septic tank of a slaughterhouse.
@chinabluewho2 жыл бұрын
If you get the chance and want to watch a cringe National Lampoons film not made by national Lampoon then may I suggest O.C. & Stiggs movie (1985) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7mogdBllcq7qn0.html
@Sam-Lawry Жыл бұрын
Loaded weapon is great.
@cindythompson59962 жыл бұрын
"I don't know why they call this stuff hamburger helper cause it does just fine by it self ....my favorite cousin Eddie line ever 😂
@TheSenileFeline2 жыл бұрын
I keep forgetting that this movie wasn't just a fever dream I had back during middle school... Kinda wish it was, tbh.
@GRAHFMETAL2 жыл бұрын
I still love Loaded Weapon 1. Its aged surprisingly well
@Rattrap0072 жыл бұрын
Indeed. Other than the real Vacation films (Chase/DeAngelo) and Animal House, it is the only good National Lampoon film. Maybe VanWilder i haven't seen it. Just from clips they showed nothing else could possibly be good.
@ashleytuchin76932 жыл бұрын
Agreed, I love Loaded Weapon to bits!
@GrantM19842 жыл бұрын
Loaded Weapon one I honestly feel is still kinda decent. Senior Trip which came after it is the only other 1990a NL movie I've seen
@DenkyManner2 жыл бұрын
I think beinga direct parody of Lethal Weapon and other thrillers helped, rather than being a nebulous concept like 'the holidays'. They had a clear target. Still easy to do wrong, like Leslie Nielsen's post-Naked Gun parody films, but less likely to be utter trash. Script was good enough to attract Samuel L Jackson!
@GRAHFMETAL2 жыл бұрын
@@DenkyManner Yeah, the casting made the movie. The jokes were par for the course, but they were delivered so well and so straight that they resembled a Zucker Brothers movie, more specifically like the criminally underrated Top Secret!
@FRACTUREDVISIONmusic2 жыл бұрын
Was recently wondering what happened to National Lampoon - it was a rebel icon growing up in the 70's and 80's, until, it wasn't. Thanks for this!
@jp12x2 жыл бұрын
A better question is "How did it live for as long as it did?" or "What did it do right for a while?"
@DanJackson19772 жыл бұрын
1) Recognition & respect for the magazine / Goodwill of Animal House & Vacation lasted until roughly 1995. 2) what did they get right? John Hughes, Harold Ramis, Belushi, Chevy Chase, and John Landis. In other words, they used to hire talent.
@BugsyFoga2 жыл бұрын
A death so brutal, that not even the 2015 vacation revival could save it .
@RichyJFilms2 жыл бұрын
seen that movie it was shit
@hdofu2 жыл бұрын
Honestly that movie rivaled Christmas Vacation 2 for worst vacation movie… it was actually probably worse as I recall.
@RichyJFilms2 жыл бұрын
@@hdofu ye CV2 was utter crap
@Malkmusianful2 жыл бұрын
I'm still angry that they tried to paint Clark and Ellen as total jerks (according to the people who stayed at their bed and breakfast) in the 2015 soft reboot when the intent of the OG Vacation series is that Clark is so bound and determined to get maximum vacation enjoyment that he ends up destroying everything around him. If anything, Clark shouldn't be anywhere near inhospitable, but trying way too hard to make the guests' stay as memorable as possible.
@hdofu2 жыл бұрын
@@RichyJFilms no disagreement there … but Vacation 2015 had moments that were actually repulsive like that part where they went to the ranch.
@2HackFrauds2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see Loaded Weapon 1 getting the respect it deserves.
@danpeters3258 Жыл бұрын
I'm still waiting for the sequel
@ken46132 жыл бұрын
I'm still stunned from learning they actually had the balls to make a live action baby huey movie.
@roberttreacy82716 ай бұрын
I’m even stunned they made a live-action Cats movie.
@RoyStantz Жыл бұрын
None of the Vacation films after Christmas Vacation 1 can match the lofty heights achieved by Harold Ramis and John Hughes.
@austinthomas8464 Жыл бұрын
Amen
@benbeesley42772 жыл бұрын
It cracks me up. Back in 2005/2006, my roommate who had just graduated from college with a degree in film, got one of his first gigs working on a movie called (at the time) Homo Erectus, which he described as a Caveman comedy. It later turned into one of the really bad National Lampoon movies you mentioned here, The Stoned Age.
@noahbossier11315 ай бұрын
Makes sense
@dkamphaus432 жыл бұрын
I remember when the Red Letter Media guys talked about this on one of their Best of the Worst episodes. It truly made them all miserable.
@d3l3tes00n2 жыл бұрын
I was just about to go to their page HA
@drstrangelove3072 жыл бұрын
Ain’t they always miserable?
@Goldenspiderducck2 жыл бұрын
When Elves looks good by comparison….
@adrenochrome_slurper2 жыл бұрын
*more miserable
@bunkerzero2 жыл бұрын
That's where I heard about this "comedy"
@kibaanazuka3322 жыл бұрын
I remember this being the only film my parents threw into the shredder because of how bad it was
@briancherry80882 жыл бұрын
I introducted this to my kids as "hey, lets watch a really bad Christmas movie!" We were not disappointed. It was a great opportunity to discuss with them the reason why the jokes didnt land. Setup and payoff are completely missing. They tell us the dog stinks. Then people react to the dog stinking. In the original movies they would have had something happen earlier that led to the dogs problem, and we could all go OH I see whats coming... and see? I saw that coming. We love that in movies. The screenwriter didnt understand "show - dont tell". Worse still is how they keep cutting to the house flooding (a shallow reason to cut to snow remiding us this is a christmas movie), but never mention it when they return home. The punchines dont land because there is no setup/payoff. It's just slapstick gags that werent that funny to begin with.
@The3ninjakids2 жыл бұрын
YES!!! I have been waiting for you to review this one, especially since you teased it in your lost Christmas Vacation video. It's one of those sequels I've been told is bad, but I've never seen a comprehensive review on it.
@Contemplativeman1012 жыл бұрын
The RLM crew going over it was enough to keep me away from it
@randybob2752 жыл бұрын
@@Contemplativeman101 I knew I saw a video about this movie somewhere.
@Disturbed9282 жыл бұрын
Same!
@Wapnerzebra162 жыл бұрын
Poor Ed Asner and Fred Willard. I want to feed bad for Randy Quaid too but given his current condition helming a movie was probably the best thing that ever happened to him...
@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat2 жыл бұрын
What's his current condition - being awesome!?
@jackzimmy84612 жыл бұрын
@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat Check out his legal troubles over the past decade. The guy went nuts after his acting roles dried up. Now he claims to be a victim of the deep state because he can’t pay hotel bills, taxes, show up to court dates or register as a citizen in a foreign country. I feel sorry for the guy, his career slump obviously affected his mental health, but going off his Twitter rants, he’s turned into a hobo you avoid at the bus station.
@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat2 жыл бұрын
@@jackzimmy8461 Sounds cool. I wouldn't doubt he better knows what's up than most.
@godboy502 жыл бұрын
I think I spotted Stephen Root as well.
@Delboy2192 жыл бұрын
@@Geronimo_Jehoshaphat He WAS awesome. But now he's the type of guy that you go out of your way to avoid. His family don't even speak to him anymore.
@BalrogUdun2 жыл бұрын
I’ve only seen Animal House, Vacation and Christmas Vacation. I had no idea there were so many sequels and spin-offs.
@springheeljack2982 жыл бұрын
What’s weirdly not talked about at all in this video is National Lampoon Radio Hour which is really wonderful and swamped with talent
@romanramirez78472 жыл бұрын
I agree. A lot of notable names came from Radio Hour like John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Harold Ramis, Christopher Guest and Joe Flaherty.
@junkboxxxxxx Жыл бұрын
Craig Baker the perfect master
@pauljackson24732 жыл бұрын
What a great video. It really explains the decline of National Lampoon. Mostly the movie division. There was a lot of overlap between National Lampoon, early Saturday night live and Second City. They all recruited from the same place and poached the same talent.
@MagicMan5082 жыл бұрын
It sounds like they were never really great other then just 2 or 3 hits
@brutallyhonest1232 жыл бұрын
@@MagicMan508 thats because everyone who started there ended up leaving to get rich somewhere else. The magazine, not the movies. There would be no Simpsons or SNL without TNL
@leviblevins5132 жыл бұрын
I loved Vegas Vacation... I know others don't. Please... PLEASE review it! Merry Christmas hats off!
@chrisdigitalartist2 жыл бұрын
I actually love that one too and it came out in 1997 and that was one of my best years of my life....especially the summer.
@seereadnhear2 жыл бұрын
All those impostor Lampoons should be put in a box set and call it DUMPSTER FIRE.
@anthonyjordanmoviesandmore24702 жыл бұрын
Cousin Eddie is too much of a goofy slapstick character to be the star of his own movie a character like this only really works when he's opposite someone who plays it's straight
@kcgunesq2 жыл бұрын
I think I agree with what you are trying to say, but I'm not sure it is said well. Chevy was often at his best with the slapstick. I don't think of Cousin Eddie as slapstick as much as parody or caricature.
@busterchops2 жыл бұрын
Eric Idle is one of the few things I do remember from European Vacation. Him, Pig in a Poke and Lederhosen dancing/brawling.
@NGRevenant Жыл бұрын
the only thing I remember from european vacation is the tits
@MonkeyspankO2 жыл бұрын
Nothing lasts forever. Great art is as much a sign of the times its created in, as the people who create it. The 70s and early 80s were a weird time. People made due and in some special cases, created something that stands the test of time. The sun has long set on that era, so best to start something new Hollywood! I wonder what the equivalent is today?
@HoshizakiYoshimasa2 жыл бұрын
Reaming the same franchise intellectual properties and stories over and over again.
@Uptomyknees2 жыл бұрын
Your content is fantastic!
@NostalgiNorden2 жыл бұрын
Oh hi Max!
@kalebstigall29892 жыл бұрын
Hey Max it’s Kaleb I’m just gonna cut to the chase I’m gonna make cinematic and I want you to do the voice of a character named kris Samson you want in
@kalebstigall29892 жыл бұрын
@@gonzaloottonello1301 sorry but funny but what
@sleepytreeguy2 жыл бұрын
It really is! I'm so excited every time I see a new video by him. The recent home alone one was so amazing.
@BugsyFoga2 жыл бұрын
Yet another example of Making a sequel or spin-off about the fan favorite side character and It never works.
@VSigma7252 жыл бұрын
Van Wilder is the only post-1990s National Lampoon movie I'd ever heard of, I had no idea they made so many more movies that went direct to video.
@kyleiveglia62842 жыл бұрын
Animal House will always be a classic.
@magicvampirelver1321 Жыл бұрын
That one and the Vacation one with Chevy Chase.
@homefront1999 Жыл бұрын
Christmas Vacation 1 is a big family tradition movie. Once Christmas comes around it's played quite often.
@pictonomii32952 жыл бұрын
I was today years old when I found out that national lampoon was a magazine. As a kid I thought it was Chevy Chase's name.
@DwRockett2 жыл бұрын
Highly recommend “A futile and stupid gesture” for a really great look at national lampoon
@hessxpress Жыл бұрын
this is what essentially what happened with cars 2. they made the comic relief character the main character when they were never meant to be the lead
@dylanmcartoonell15362 жыл бұрын
So THIS was the movie that led Randy Quaid to go crazy and flee the country! XD
@Clay36132 жыл бұрын
He was always crazy, just playing himself.
@monsterguyx63222 жыл бұрын
In 1983, my 14-year-old self somehow tricked my mother into letting me subscribe to National Lampoon Magazine with her Publisher's Clearing House entry form. Thus, I graduated from the Mad Magazine school of satirical comedy to a subversive new world... jokes, with nudity!
@FartSmucker2 жыл бұрын
Loaded Weapon is fucking hilarious, actual gold.
@TheCoreyHodges2 жыл бұрын
Belushi’s look at 10:01 sums it all up.
@joeyclemenza73392 жыл бұрын
you know... i actually chuckled with the shower scene and bryan cranston... he's just such a good actor with great comedic timing. it lands
@SayHello2Kevin2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for reviewing this! I've always been so curious about Christmas Vacation 2 but couldn't bring myself to sit through it. You're doing the Lord's work!
@BigEOT32 жыл бұрын
Speaking of National Lampoon, I really enjoyed Will Forte as Doug Kenney in A Futile and Stupid Gesture. Does a good job there. I like Will Forte when he’s not playing Shaggy in SCOOB. Badly miscast there. But if you want to give an opinion on A Futile and Stupid Gesture, it’s on Netflix[in the US].
@mrcritical67512 жыл бұрын
That movie was good although one complaint I would have is Doug’s death was kinda mishandled and ends up kinda looking like Chevy’s fault for not keeping a closer eye on him
@waverlyking60452 жыл бұрын
The only complaint I have about that movie is how they had a nearly 50 year old Will Forte playing a college student who is supposed to be in his late teens/early twenties. Will Forte is a hilarious comedian and a really good serious actor (watch Nebraska) but he was miscast as a young Doug Kenney.
@Oliviagarry69420 Жыл бұрын
I remember looking at the dvd at my library than texting my parents just knowing this was going to be crap
@WandererTheLost2 жыл бұрын
For some reason, your videos feel like they last way longer then their 20 minute run time but are also super entertaining to watch. It must be all the great information and examples you put into it.
@derryXDINES2 жыл бұрын
Aside from Vacation, Van Wilder, and Loaded Weapon 1, there is 1 other National Lampoon's movie that contains a gem. I believe it was made for Showtime and called Favorite Deadly Sins. It's mostly forgettable, but there's a skit that basically takes Andrew Dice Clay's mid 90s comedy routine and turns it into a short film. It's probably my favorite thing Dice was in.
@Thx-sp6es2 жыл бұрын
Even better than say: the adventures of ford fairlane?
@derryXDINES2 жыл бұрын
@@Thx-sp6es so hard to rank them between each other since this is a short.
@kennypowers1945 Жыл бұрын
Vacation, Christmas vacation, European vacation and animal hosue are the only good ones
@jodybriggs10752 жыл бұрын
You're one of the best things on KZfaq man. I hope you're making a living from this because you make the most delightful content. Merry Christmas and keep up the awesome work.
@dieseldan96862 жыл бұрын
I knew of animal house and the vacation movies and van wilder. But I had no idea those other flops existed. Until I found Christmas Vacation 2 in the $5 bin. I watched it once and forced myself to finish it.
@jkincaid5822 жыл бұрын
It's seriously crazy what happened to this brand. Animal House was one of my dad's favorite films, and I used to watch it all the time with him before he died. Loaded Weapon was one of the first parody films that I got to appreciate cause I was old enough to get the jokes. How did it become a vehicle for off-brand raunch films?
@rayvenkman2087 Жыл бұрын
Easy. All the good talented people went elsewhere.
@598superchris Жыл бұрын
My dad wouldn't watch that film
@powerglover20212 жыл бұрын
National Lampoons Loaded Weapon is one of my all time favorite films! Glad to see it get mentioned in a positive light.
@devonbrooks2465 ай бұрын
Loaded Weapon 1 was a great movie! Needs a blu-ray release.
@AWF10002 жыл бұрын
Man, I can't believe they actually made a solo movie about a character that I hated the most in those vacation movies. Cousin Eddie.
@earlthomas50212 жыл бұрын
I watched this movie when it debuted on NBC in 2003. It came on right after they aired Christmas Vacation back then in the early 2000's Christmas Vacation only aired once or twice on NBC and could not be seen on any other network at the time. Now Christmas Vacation is seen 50 times on t.v every holiday season. This weird sequel was boring, stupid and forgettable. Never viewed it again and it was just now while watching this video on KZfaq I recall it.
@Clay36132 жыл бұрын
Personally, I think this is just more proof of how utterly incompetent Warner Bros. is at franchises past the late 90s. They literally drive anything successful into the ground till people hate it or it makes no money!
@ricksanchezsflask87942 жыл бұрын
To be fair, that pretty much the common strategy Hollywood uses when producing films these days.
@TheMovieHangout2 жыл бұрын
When I graduated college I called their office to try to get a job and they told me the same thing. They said that they are basically a brand that companies buy the name and slap it on their movies. There’s no actual production anymore. Sad!
@kennypowers1945 Жыл бұрын
Vacation, Christmas vacation and European vacation are the best ones
@dustybikes862 жыл бұрын
its really interesting that despite their failures National Lampoon has courted some surprising talent for their crappy movies, I mean Bryan Cranston? the guys from Workaholics, and half of Jackass, I'm sure hidden in the bowels of the National lampoon's catalogue you would find a bunch of other actors making first time appearances that they would rather have you forget...
@littlekingtrashmouth92192 жыл бұрын
Red Letter Media loved the Milwaukee joke
@kranziodelfantastico74332 жыл бұрын
“Loved” might be a bit of a stretch for them being mildly amused at a brief mention to their home state.
@darrinfromvault8012 жыл бұрын
I've known for years this review was coming. & it was every bit I expected for better or worse
@billgateskilledmyuncle232 жыл бұрын
Eddie's island adventure was stupid and cheaply made, but the control tower plane scene where he traumatized the air traffic guy was hysterical.
@chrish78302 жыл бұрын
Never saw this sequel, but would like to thank this analysis for introducing me to the talents of Lee Sung Hi. Good Lord.😳
@nathanforester59932 жыл бұрын
Eventually you should tackle National Lampoon's Last Resort (or Scuba School as it is sometimes called) with the two Coreys, or Loaded Weapon or Men In White.
@bowieinc Жыл бұрын
I find it interesting and ironic that your video on National Lampoons most likely generated more laughter than the collective movies in the last 20 years.
@Noblereach36 Жыл бұрын
Eric idle is one of the main characters from monty python. He cameoed as the bike rider in lampoons vacation and even says some lines from the monty python movies like, “its just a flesh wound.” Which is probably why they made such a big deal out of his return.
@07foxmulder2 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one who enjoys Loaded Weapon 1?
@BigHead26152 жыл бұрын
I remember some number of years back, one of my uncles checked this one out, and later proclaimed it either as, the best, or his favorite of the Vacation movies. After about 5 or 10 years, last year I think it was, I found it at my local LA county public library, so decided well, if it's free, why not..... I won't say that it ruined my life or any other "earth-shattering" claim like that, but it is quite so the WORST movie I've ever seen, and I do wonder what is wrong with that uncle, to think that this could even remotely be better than Vegas Vacation, or European Vacation (and I love those two, European probably being the most underrated one).
@AndrewG4d2 жыл бұрын
Really happy you made a video about this franchise and this film. I always felt a little ill whenever I saw the cover for CV:II in Blockbuster and never once thought "I should rent this". Thanks for confirming my fears!
@alvincash32302 жыл бұрын
I read the National Lampoon every month. It was the best comedy magazine ever.
@teddyfurstman19972 жыл бұрын
Edit: I have watched a National Lampoon 's Christmas Vacation and this is why John Hughes is the heart of the Franchise as well as what made it a Holiday Comedy Smash. The Sequal is just garbage.
@HorribleHomeVideo2 жыл бұрын
doug was long dead by Christmas vacation.. wtf are you talking about
@teddyfurstman19972 жыл бұрын
@@HorribleHomeVideo oops. Thanks for reminding me.
@jevinday2 жыл бұрын
I've never heard of this! my siblings and I were gonna go see christmas vacation in the theater the other day but it was like $15 because it was a movie party. if anyone sees this and isn't aware, your local theater most likely plays classic movies on a regular basis. I live in the Phoenix area and there are constantly theaters playing classic movies for like 5 or 10 bucks!
@rushmore3092 жыл бұрын
One of your best. Fantastic video.
@ChristopherHemsworthCreative2 жыл бұрын
omg the Comic Sans thing hahaha Joe I burst out laughing!
@lilgiantrobot61692 жыл бұрын
Shout out to me for recognizing Luscious Lopez in a one-second appearance in some crappy movie I've never heard of
@jonh31pk2 жыл бұрын
You ain't the only one.
@marlon80952 жыл бұрын
Men of culture
@cabe32312 жыл бұрын
Wow, Dana Barron is virtually ageless. Such a shame she wasn't Audrey more often. The way she looks after Jane Krakowski says her Teacher thinks she's a good kisser in the first movie was amazing- Dana looks as if she's about to cry.
@RichyJFilms2 жыл бұрын
ive met her once :D
@miahthorpatrick10132 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Dana Barron is the only reason I was even slightly interested in this movie.
@cabe32312 жыл бұрын
@@RichyJFilms Wow, I'm jealous. When? And does it confirm the ageless theory?
@garypesci7465 ай бұрын
Apparently you have only seen an edited version of the movie, what she actually said was "Daddy says I'm the best at it" when the girls were talking about French kissing.
@uhf0012 жыл бұрын
this movie made the most sense in the vacation franchise.
@neszero2 жыл бұрын
You should consider doing a video on the Bill Murray film Quick Change. I watched for the first time in many years last night and it still holds up today. You have an incredible knack for pinpointing what made these films great. Always a joy to see a new upload from you.