National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is not your typical Christmas classic. Clark Griswold would love nothing more than to host the most perfect Christmas ever.

While the first installment in the Vacation series, predictably titled National Lampoon’s Vacation (1983) had an R rating, the follow-up, 1985’s European Vacation, went for PG-13 because PG-13 ...

When absolutely nothing goes according to plan when Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) is celebrating the holiday season with his family, in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, it is uproariously ...

Those aren’t my only National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation thoughts, as I have several other random observations from the 1989 classic: The opening animation and song really kick it off.

It’s probably safe to say that none of the boundary-pushing contributors to the groundbreaking counterculture humor magazine the National Lampoon ever asked themselves about the sickest of their ...

‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’: THR’s 1983 Review. On July 29, 1983, Warner Bros. unveiled the Harold Ramis-directed comedy in theaters. ... There’s nothing worse than a family vacation.

The talent that graced the pages of National Lampoon is legendary and after its creative peak (1970-1975) many of its contributors, including the likes of John Hughes (The Breakfast Club) and ...