Comedy classic National Lampoon's Vacation turns 40 this weekend. cm_crockford looks back on the darkly funny film and its pitfalls:
. Forty years later, it’s strange to think about a comedy this darkly funny creating a successful franchise in an age dominated by bigger blockbusters. It’d be easy for any film fans reading this to now consider and mourn the demise of theexemplifies the best and worst aspects of the National Lampoon school of laughs, as well as why Chevy Chase never understood his own stardom.
, D’Angelo tells her aunt to “Sit down and shut up!” Audrey fails to light the joints Cousin Vicki gives her, while Rusty shotguns a beer when Dad isn’t looking. He also cheerfully points out to Clark how “you killed a dog.” Under the stress of driving hundreds of miles a daytrying to have a good time, the happy suburban family cracks just like anyone else would.
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