Obviously Christmas Vacation should be viewed in the next few weeks but European Vacation shouldn't be forgotten. It is a seriously underrated classic.

This movie perfectly captures the utter frustration of traveling cross country with your family. Clark Griswold’s mental breakdowns are truly a thing of beauty.

Christmas Vacation is a true classic. Clark's breakdown in this movie is just a practice session compared to his collapse into madness in Christmas Vacation.

His son shotgunning the beer during their talk is one of my favorite scenes.

"A dead person breathed on me!" Awesome line.

The movie's original ending, which was scripted but never filmed, was a lot darker as Clark and his family take theme park owner Roy Wally hostage at his house and force him to sing songs. However, a SWAT Team breaks in and they save Wally while Clark and his family end up in jail, but Wally let's them off the hook and tells them that they have been banned from his theme park for life and they must never return to California ever again. The agree and the Griswolds fly back to Chicago.

The scene where Clark is missing and shows up when his wife is on the phone ALWAYS gets me. 16:49 "The man was a saint with children and a genius with food additives and.. CLARK!!" Such a brilliant delivery. Like my fave, absolutely. Picturing her calling the police and describing him based on his ability with spices.

What a great way to spend my lunch at work, watching two nice dudes react to a classic American comedy. I appreciate your content dudes.

Christmas Vacation is definitely a must watch - it really shares the original's charm - he tries SO hard to stay positive and keep moving...and always nice to see his wife have his back.

The sequels are worth the watch, even "Vegas Vacation". Avoid "Christmas Vacation 2: something something Eddie's Aloha Christmas somebullshit" like a plague though.

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Originally, and I believe it was shot, Edna was NOT dead and we saw her on the roof with her hands tied and twitching, trying to break free, obviously implying that Clark actually killed her! Lol!

I remember my dad showing me this movie when I was a kid, and loving it, then watching it as an adult and seeing multiple things that I missed as a kid. I was so glad that the remake held up and was pretty funny as well.

This is one of the most Iconic Comedies of all time, and I'm happy to see both of you guys watching this! I hope more are on the way from the both of you soon! *Columbo... Columbo...*

I can't get over how much Chevy Chase reminds me of Markiplier when he also gets angry! The speech pattern and the crazy eyes! lol

Christmas Vacation is just as amazing! Highly recommend it!

Back in the 80’s my family used to drive from New Jersey to Georgia every summer to visit family who lived in the backwoods. This movie cracked us up so much because it reminded us of our own trips. It’ll always have a place in my heart. We even stopped at the most random tourist spots and truck stops just like Clark. Great memories.

Hats off to the great Imogene Coca (Aunt Edna)! Now best know for this movie, she was one of the inventors of live TV sketch comedy, winning her Emmy in 1952.

The funniest "vacation from hell" road trip movie I've ever seen!

Definitely should do Christmas vacation and, if you haven’t seen it, the movie Vacation that involves the son taking his family to the same amusement park.

Vacation is one of my favorite road trip movies. I still remember my first actual vacation/road trip that I went on by myself as an adult over to Pennsylvania back in 2003. My exit in Pittsburgh was closed, and I ended up getting lost in downtown Pittsburgh. After stopping to get directions (this was before I had a cell phone), I got on US 22 heading east out of Pittsburgh. They were widening the road and had it narrowed down to one lane in each direction. I was literally crawling at about 2 miles per hour and watching the temperature gauge on my Grand Am slowly going up because I wasn't moving and couldn't just pull off out of the stop and go traffic. I had to roll my windows down and crank up the heat to draw the heat out of the engine and cool it down. Keep in mind that this is in August. Next thing I know I'm yelling Clark's speech "This is no longer a vacation. It's a quest." Finally, traffic did clear up, and when I got to the B&B that I was staying at, a heavy thunderstorm came through, setting off the town's tornado sirens.

growing up we recorded this movie off the TV and would watch it several times a week, my brother, sister and I could recite the entire edited for TV version from memory

I honestly don't even mind Vegas Vacation... but you need to do European and Christmas for sure.

Christmas Vacation is a MUST! It’s our Christmas favourite, we usually watch it twice over the holidays.

Saw this when I was really little back in mid 80s I'm still in love with Christie Brinkley

All I can think as they get stranded in the desert is that it’s Better Call Saul all over again

One of my favorite Christmas movies! Great time watching it with you guys! Thanks for watching!

I was about 11 , it was late , my mums flicking through the channels and turns this film on just as the intro music kicks in. Sat glued to the TV , became a fond memory and one of my fave films .classic.

The Girl in the Ferrari wasnt just some random hot girl, it was Christie Brinkley the biggest Supermodel at that time, She was also in the Video for Billie Joel’s Uptown Girl

“Aunt Edna reminds me of the grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine.” Well, you’re not wrong.

Christmas Vacation is a definite must. European Vacation and Vegas Vacation are worth watching too, but Christmas Vacation is on my Annual Must Watch Christmas Movie List.

My favorite part about these guys is that it not just one of them that does most of the talking which usually happens with reactions done by multiple people

Seeing movies like this classic give me tremendous joy and sadness at the same time , they make me laugh harder than ever but I don’t know if comedies will ever be this good again

Wow this is such a classic, great to see you two having a blast with it and yes, the vibrating bed was a staple in various cheap motels. If you can i would love to see your reactions to Christmas Vacation, would be fitting for the upcoming holidays

I don’t know if it has been mentioned previously but the blonde in the Ferrari is supermodel Christie Brinkley (Billy Joel’s ex and the inspiration for his “Uptown Girl”). Imogene Coca, who plays Aunt Edna, was one of the geniuses of early TV comedy and Eddie Bracken (Mr. Wally) starred in several classic Preston Sturges-directed comedies in the 1940’s.

Definitely watch Christmas vacation next! It may be my favorite outta the whole series and its such a great Christmas movie that its belongs in the list of required Christmas movies to watch every year.

loved this film as a wean, this and the European Vacation were regularly watched to cheer up me an my brothers.

Absolutely love watching your guys' reactions to some of my favorite films, being able to live vicariously through y'all. Always excited to see a new recommended in my feed! I have a feeling you guys both might have seen it, but if not, I'd recommend the 1997 film Contact with Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey. It's a Zemeckis film that's based off a Carl Sagan novel (at least loosely, there were obviously some things that had to be changed for Hollywood). Also, the film is dedicated to Sagan as he passed a few months before the film premiered. Lots of touching moments and a good sort of self-realization moment at the end of the film

Christmas Vacation is a traditional watch every year in my family lol it's fantastic

Clark's breakdown in this and Christmas Vacation are so damn hilarious.

John Hughes refers to the short story he wrote upon which this was based in the movie Sixteen Candles -- the license plate for the family in Sixteen Candles is V 58, short for the title, "Vacation '58"

I had forgotten how may of the gags get resued in the sequels and yet are still hillarious....Like the wifes line "This is our first gun" but by CHristmas Vacation it is " This is our first kidnapping"

Since nobody else did, I guess I’ll point out - the car salesman was Eugene Levy at the beginning.

The summer I was 12, and my sister was 15, our family drove to The Grand Canyon to take the mule ride to the bottom. Things went rather badly.... But it was a memorable trip!

Let’s goooooooo also if you don’t notice when they were cleaning the dishes in the beginning of the movie they just scraped the plate then put it up they never actually cleaned them.

Absolutely do Christmas Vacation! It’s not as messed up but it’s still got some iconic moments, I love to watch it during the holidays

Hope you get to 3 AMIGOS some day. Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, and Martin Short what can go wrong? Great video guys.

Before the 'bop your baloney' line, Dale says, "This guy taught me something really neat last year." Lol, WHAT GUY???

Who else recognized Egon Spengler's voice as Marty Moose, and as the off-screen policeman asking Roy Wally if he was ready to press charges? Yep, it was Harold Ramis, who I think was the director of this one.

In my humble opinion, Christmas Vacation is the best of the series. You're in for a real treat.

When I watched this for the first time I was shocked at how insane it actually is. All the references from TV shows did not do it justice, I actually came into it thinking I was going to watch a "normal" movie.

I think, you should seriously watch "What's up doc?" It's such an underrated comedy, but its hilarious all the way through, the witty dialogue, the situations the performances, everything is great!

Route 66 is the road with the attractions you mention, and that is the setting of this movie. Before the Eisenhower Interstate program of 1956, it was the longest interstate road in the US, running from Chicago to Los Angeles. It was the "holiday road" from the early Twenties to the early Sixties. Any coast to coast travel was pretty sure to take Route 66 for some length, back in those days. At the time of this movie, the Eighties, it was mostly unused, deserted, and poorly maintained: You would have to be a 'Clark Griswold' to plan your road trip on it. Nat King Cole wrote and performed the popular song "Route 66" in 1946. The character "Wally" closely resembles the real life Walt Disney. "Wally World" became a common nickname for Wal*Mart, used by employees to subtly express their level of job dissatisfaction and their low regard for that company.

I loved how much you guys laughed at this movie :) Chevy Chase is hilarious in everything :) I didn't see if you mentioned his son Rusty is played by Anthony Michael Hall from Sixteen Candles which I think is also a John Hughes movie :) I think you guys would enjoy an old comedy with Tim Conway & Don Knotts called The Private Eyes 1980. No one is reacting to it on KZfaq, unfortunately. It may be an older movie but for those that like movies like Airplane, Blazing Saddles & the Vacation movies, you might also enjoy The Private Eyes :)

Imogene Coca who played Aunt Edna is a legendary actress who sadly is lost to time only a handful of people she worked with are still alive.

Another movie series where a car gets messed up over the course of a road trip is SMOKEY & THE BANDIT 1 & 3.

Hughes originally wrote this as a short story for National Lampoon Magazine. Based on his own experience.

I never knew until a few years ago "Holiday Road" was written and performed by Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac

Christmas Vacation!!!! It's one of the best Christmas movies ever made.

I can say as someone who's had many roadtrips with my parents and brother, even our worst trip wasn't as bad as the trip from this movie. Still a classic.

Christmas Vacation is an absolute must! Also you guys have to do Vacation 2015, one of the funniest films ever😂

Love this movie!!1 Watched the Vacation movies as a kid, this and Christmas Vacation are amazing. You should definitely watch Christmas Vacation. It's one of the best Xmas movies and as funny and catastrophic as this film haha

While Vacation is a classic, I think I like European Vacation more... and, of course, Christmas Vacation must also be on your list this holiday season!

Such a classic. Good choice. Something that I always felt had a similar style of humor was a movie called Problem Child. I would love to see your guy's reaction to that movie.

Chevy's Fletch and Fletch Lives movies are pretty good. :)

Yo that chick in the car is Christy Brinkley. One of the most Famous Super Models that ever existed :)

Nice one on the level of sarcasm in your product placement. I really dig when youtubers take the money and then communicate passively that they were forced to. For anyone out there curious, as I am a professional drinker who goes to meetings and everything, I've been using pedialyte powder for years as a hangover remedy, especially in hot climates. Now, back to Chevy Chase and his amazing cocaine fuelled comedy!

GRISWALD FAMILY CHRISMAS TIME!!

Christmas Vacation is next. I hope you catch the similarities. So funny!!! I love your reaction. Great job guys!

"This December we could do _Christmas Vacation..."_ well as long as you watch _European Vacation_ first, because that's the second installment.

Christmas Vacation is an absolute must!

HAHAHA Liquid IV water. It's just sugar and salt. You guys are troopers.

My favorite John Hughes movie and one of my all time favs! Thanks for reacting to this hilarious movie gents!

You've discovered the heritage of the Magic Fingers vibrating bed.

I’ve always maintained Ellen killed Aunt Edna when he told her to shut up and not move from the car indirectly.

Your reaction gave me so much joy!

I have the National Lampoon magazine that has the original story in it. Very good reading! Roy Wally looks just like Walt Disney's brother Roy who was the business manager and ran Disney after Walt passed.

Christmas Vacation is the best of the four, and while it is divisive, I like Vegas Vacation.

1. FACT: They don't crush cars right away. They will resell them and then sell the parts. 2. My favorite part is when the ALL fall asleep in the car while it's still rolling. 🤣 3. There's no way he would have gotten a parking place right in front of the "Long Branch" saloon. 4. "Bop your baloney"="Spank your monkey"🤣🤣 5. The guy at the campground is Brian Doyle-Murry (Bill Murry's Brother) and he played Clark's boss in "Christmas Vacation". 6. He's crazy. I'd take Beverly DeAngelo 😍😋over Christy Brinkley any day. 7. Who didn't love John Candy? 8. Mr. Walley played the toy store owner in "Home Alone II". Do the rest of the Vacation movies. Especially Christmas Vacation.

Yes!!! Christmas Vacation is a must!!!

Great movie and one of the classics. Beverley D'angelo plays Clarks wife really well, dealing with the crap she gets dragged through. Smoking hot too!

I have been checking KZfaq daily for the next video drop from you dudes, super excited that you picked this classic. As another commenter said, hopefully Christmas vacation gets done with the holidays coming up. (Btw don't understand the low view count on the Tremors watch, that's one of your better episodes.) Thanks for the great content dudes, keep it coming!

I don't know who does your editing but it is spot on! They pick the perfect cuts!

Vegas Vacation is my all time favorite!

That was so fun! Gotta do "Christmas Vacation", especially in December!

Great video, such a blast of a movie to watch. Mostly watched the TV edit over the years so I always forget about the Audrey Mary jane sub plot. Christmas Vacation would be a great Dec. movie, hopefully it does happen. Clark once again...has a rough time

The iconic Family Truckster.....You think you hate it now, wait 'til you drive it!

This was made from a short story written by John Hughes that appeared in The National Lampoon Magazine in 1979. It's dark because of the counter culture nature of the magazine at that time. The screenplay was faithful to the magazine story which, being a print version, could create more outrageous images and leave it up to readers to imagine. Putting the story into visual form makes it more real.

What is the thing shaking the bed? Magic Fingers. 🎵 They got a room service menu for food and drink A porcelain throne and an aluminum sink Two big pillows to rest my head A Magic Fingers and a king-size bed Put in a quarter Turn out the light Magic Fingers makes ya feel alright Uh feel alright Feel alright Magic Fingers makes you feel alright 🎵 This Hotel Room ~ Jimmy Buffett

I have been on that roller coaster about 40 times. It's Colossus at six flags Magic mountain, in Valencia California.

Super fun review! Yes the Christmas sequel is the bomb! Super funny!

I was pretty much Rusty's age when this movie was made. I swear we had the same wardrobe.

Their old car was a Vista Cruiser! If you don't know what that is, you've never seen That '70s Show. Okay, I gotta look up to see if you've reacted to John Hughes' Planes, Trains, and Automobiles yet! The deputy in the Old West tourist town was Richard Dreyfuss's little brother.

Missed you guys!

Can't wait till you can do National Lampoon's Christmas that was so good!

One thing that makes the scene where the cop (James Keach) pulls the Griswolds over, even more dark. Is the fact thought James and Chevy Chase where actually trying to hold back from laughing at how screwed up the scene was.

I highly recommend watching the other Vacation movies because I love them but I'll give you a fair warning that the kids change in each movie considering years go by between filming. Not the biggest deal and it actually brings something a little fresh to each one considering they're not exact copies of the last ones. I'm really excited to see you guys watch the others.

Yooo‼️ congrats on the sponsorship dudes! Can't wait till you watch the next national lampoon 😂😂😂😂👍🏻👏

15:10 this is the kind of moment you just DON'T WANT to experienced. I imagine the one who's yelling is a person that is especially timid, fearful and doesn't get angry easily (like tari from Smg4). Like the one who is out of his character. That would be even worse actually.

Been subbed for months and I gotta say, Im so happy ya'll finally got a sponsor! Congrats you two, you deserves some monies :D Im using that coupon friday when I get paid, god knows I need to drink more water lol.