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This week, we're cruising back in time to revisit an episode all about a TV show that burned bright, and then burned out real quick. But those are exactly the things we celebrate here, so enjoy this week's classic episode on The Chevy Chase Show!~~~You love Caddyshack, right? How about “Weekend Update” on SNL, or all the National Lampoon Vacation movies? Classic! Then you're bound to love a talk show hosted by the one and only Chevy Chase, right? Right?? Ray teaches Rob about the late night TV wars that followed Johnny Carson's retirement; the perils of shooting hoops during your very first entrance as a talk show host; the air biscuit that tainted Whoopie Goldberg's short-lived experience as a late night host; and why Fox probably wishes it did at least one test episode of The Chevy Chase Show… If you like what we're doing, please support us on Patreon, or you can subscribe to our bonus content on Apple Podcasts. And we'd love to find even more listeners, so if you have time, please leave us a rating or review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts. And if you have any other thoughts or feedback you'd like to share with us, we'd love to hear from you - feel free to email us or send us a message on social media.TEAMRay HebelRobert W SchneiderMark SchroederBilly RecceDaniel SchwartzbergGabe CrawfordNatalie DeSaviaWEBSITESIMDbRotten Tomatoes ARTICLESEntertainment WeeklyThe New York Times 1The New York Times 2The New York Times 3

Plan on watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation this holiday season? Listen to the film's director Jeremiah Chechik talk about the impact that movie has had on him and on our holiday entertainment traditions. He'll talk about the making of the film and why the Griswold Family have become a staple in holiday viewing. This episode was originally released on December 2, 2019. https://traffic.libsyn.com/forcedn/shapingopinion/323_-_Encore_-_Christmas_Vacation_Movie.mp3 Are there any movies you just have to watch every year during the holiday season? Maybe you like to watch Frank Capra's classic called It's a Wonderful Life that featured Jimmy Stewart. Or, perhaps your favorite move is one of the Home Alone films, written of course by John Hughes. Or, just maybe your holiday season wouldn't be complete without inviting Clark Griswold and family into your home. It's been 30 years since John Hughes wrote the script for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, which itself was the third sequel in a series of National Lampoon Vacation films, starring Chevy Chase. The film was based on a short story that John Hughes wrote for National Lampoon in December 1980. That story was called, “Christmas '59.” The movie was no small budget affair. And it featured an ensemble cast of already established actors, and a few who would become A-list Hollywood stars. In addition to Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo played Clark's wife Ellen. Juliette Lewis played their sarcastic teenage daughter. Johnny Galecki played their son, Russ. Randy Quaid delivered an unforgettable performance as Cousin Eddie, and he was joined by an all-star ensemble cast that included Miriam Flynn, who played his wife, and John Randolph, Diane Ladd, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, who played the parents of Clark and Ellen. Other notable actors who made their mark on the film were William Hickey, Mae Questel, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brian Doyle-Murray. Christmas Vacation debuted at number-2 at the box office, grossing nearly $12 million that opening weekend. It would top the box office charts three weeks later, eventually grossing over $71 million in the United States. And that was before it hit the home video market and landed its place on our list of holiday season traditions. For Jeremiah Chechik, it was his first chance to direct a full-length feature film, and a comedy. Links National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, IMDB Jeremiah Chechik An Oral History of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Rolling Stone Christmas Vacation Movie Facts, Good Housekeeping About this Episode's Guest Jeremiah Chechik Jeremiah Chechik was born in Montreal, Canada in the fifties and grew up surrounded by books, home made radios and every issue of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. He got himself a scholarship to McGill University in physics but at the last moment shifted his major to the arts. He was active in the anti-war movement and filmed documentaries on the Black Panthers. He directed plays, studied with John Grierson, the father of the documentary film and later became his assistant. After graduating, he moved to Toronto, worked as a master printmaker for the rare books library at University of Toronto, experimented with coupling the photographic processes to stone lithography and helped start a gallery (A-Space). He received Canada Council Grants, had many solo shows and became one of the first artists to work in laser holography. His success as a fine artist brought him to the attention of advertising agencies and fashion magazines and before long he moved to Milan and began a career as a fashion photographer for Italian Vogue. Jeremiah photographed editorial for Vogue and Harpers Bazaar as well as fashion and beauty campaigns worldwide eventually bringing him back to Canada to begin his evolution into film as he continued to work in photography but without exhibiting. Soon he moved to New York and began a meteoric ris...

Joined by guest, ‘Jordan' - the guys take a look at the now classic Christmas comedy, Christmas Vacation, from the National Lampoon Vacation comedy franchise.Ep 31https://www.instagram.com/the_study_podcast?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

POOR Preparation = POOR Showing Hunter Labrada's National Lampoon Vacation from BODYBUILDING Masters Olympia 2023 Romania   #chevychase #80s #80smovies #beautiful #Vacation #hardwork #Hardworkmakesthedreamwork #comedy

You never know when your big break will happen.  In this episode co-host Terry Sampson share how he landed his big break compliments of Harold Ramis. 

In this delicious episode, the dads briefly "continue" their discussion of vacations before completely derailing into a big ol' pile of food. Damian talks about juggling two kids with two different mothers, Eric discusses international relations at EPCOT, Scott gets into the challenges of finding good restaurants for the whole family, and Joe tells us the best thing to do with a tongue. Other topics include visiting extended families, the National Lampoon Vacation movies, and what Alaska will do when the revolution comes. Sorry this episode is late. We lost part of our previous episode when we started talking about vacations. Joe did his best to try and salvage it, but alas, no joy. We now officially have a lost episode. Check out our Facebook page and our YouTube channel. Eric's Links http://www.emagill.com/ The Unapologetic Geek The Streaming Heap If you would like to contact us and let us know how we are doing, please email us at Fromheretopaternity@gmail.com. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rawandunprepared/message

Clark W. Griswold and his vacation adventures are some of the funniest movies of all time. In this episode, I rank the movies as I see them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-casey8/support

Welcome to our newest movie franchise! The National Lampoon Vacation movies! This first of FIVE episodes is probably our most technically challenged episode ever! Plagued by microphone issues and a plumber in the apartment next to our studio, this episode was a lot of work to put together! BUT, alas, we are here and we are talkin' VACATION, BABY!Over the next ten weeks we'll be discussing the following five comedy classics:National Lampoon's VacationNational Lampoon's European VacationNational Lampoon's Christmas VacationVegas VacationVacation (2015)Joining us to kick off this series are our interns, Hope Abel and Henry Korneffel!And don't forget to become our patron over at www.patreon.com/L2W for only $1 a month to hear us discuss non-franchise classics such as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Swiss Army Man, and Matt Reeves's The Batman! You'd be a fool not to join!

Book Vs. Movie: National Lampoon's VacationThe 1979 Short Story by John Hughes vs the 1983 Chevy Chase Movie The Margos are celebrating summer with a look at one of the most popular “family” vacation movies ever filmed--National Lampoon's Vacation. Directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo, the film is remembered as a classic comedy but due to the National Lampoon magazine influence (we get into THAT history here!) It features crude, blue humor that was normalized by the magazine in the 1970s and is based on a John Hughes short story Vacation ‘58. John Hughes would go on to be THE John Hughes of teen comedies (Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles) and adult “dramedies” (Planes, Trains, and Automobiles & She's Having a Baby) but at the time of this short story publication (Summer 1979), he was a young adman/copywriter who wanted to break into films. His story revolves around a family taking a road trip to California from Illinois in a station wagon. It's funny and profane with many of the elements we would see in the adaptation. Harold Ramis directed the film on a tiny budget and made the father versus the son the protagonist. It is known today for its weird sense of humor, Christie Brinkley in a red Ferrari and one the best theme songs ever written (Holiday Road by Lindsey Buckingham.) Also, racism, incest, animal & elder abuse, masturbation, and Randy Quaid. This one is a real hodge podge of everything 80s in the best and worst possible way. So, between the original story and the 1983 adaptation--which did we like more?In this ep the Margos discuss:The incredible (and very short) life of John HughesThe impact of National Lampoon on comedy in the 70s and 80sThe cast: Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold,) Beverly D'Angelo (Ellen Griswold,) Anthony Michael Hall (Rusty,) Dana Barron (Audrey,) Imogene Coca (Aunt Edna,) Randy Quaid (Eddie Johnson,) John Candy (Russ Lasky,) Christie Brinkley (Girl in the Bikini,) Eugene Levy (Ed, the car salesman,) and Jane Krakowski (Cousin Vicki.) Clips used:Clark gets the carNational Lampoon's Vacation trailerRandy Quaid BBQCar crash sceneJohn Candy Walley WorldMusic by Holiday Road by Lindsey BuckinghamBook Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts. Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.comEmail us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.comMargo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine

Book Vs. Movie: National Lampoon's VacationThe 1979 Short Story by John Hughes vs the 1983 Chevy Chase Movie The Margos are celebrating summer with a look at one of the most popular “family” vacation movies ever filmed--National Lampoon's Vacation. Directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo, the film is remembered as a classic comedy but due to the National Lampoon magazine influence (we get into THAT history here!) It features crude, blue humor that was normalized by the magazine in the 1970s and is based on a John Hughes short story Vacation ‘58. John Hughes would go on to be THE John Hughes of teen comedies (Pretty in Pink, 16 Candles) and adult “dramedies” (Planes, Trains, and Automobiles & She's Having a Baby) but at the time of this short story publication (Summer 1979), he was a young adman/copywriter who wanted to break into films. His story revolves around a family taking a road trip to California from Illinois in a station wagon. It's funny and profane with many of the elements we would see in the adaptation. Harold Ramis directed the film on a tiny budget and made the father versus the son the protagonist. It is known today for its weird sense of humor, Christie Brinkley in a red Ferrari and one the best theme songs ever written (Holiday Road by Lindsey Buckingham.) Also, racism, incest, animal & elder abuse, masturbation, and Randy Quaid. This one is a real hodge podge of everything 80s in the best and worst possible way. So, between the original story and the 1983 adaptation--which did we like more?In this ep the Margos discuss:The incredible (and very short) life of John HughesThe impact of National Lampoon on comedy in the 70s and 80sThe cast: Chevy Chase (Clark Griswold,) Beverly D'Angelo (Ellen Griswold,) Anthony Michael Hall (Rusty,) Dana Barron (Audrey,) Imogene Coca (Aunt Edna,) Randy Quaid (Eddie Johnson,) John Candy (Russ Lasky,) Christie Brinkley (Girl in the Bikini,) Eugene Levy (Ed, the car salesman,) and Jane Krakowski (Cousin Vicki.) Clips used:Clark gets the carNational Lampoon's Vacation trailerRandy Quaid BBQCar crash sceneJohn Candy Walley WorldMusic by Holiday Road by Lindsey BuckinghamBook Vs. Movie is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. Find more podcasts you will love Frolic.Media/podcasts. Join our Patreon page to help support the show! https://www.patreon.com/bookversusmovie Book Vs. Movie podcast https://www.facebook.com/bookversusmovie/Twitter @bookversusmovie www.bookversusmovie.comEmail us at bookversusmoviepodcast@gmail.com Margo D. @BrooklynFitChik www.brooklynfitchick.com brooklynfitchick@gmail.comMargo P. @ShesNachoMama https://coloniabook.weebly.com/ Our logo was designed by Madeleine Gainey/Studio 39 Marketing Follow on Instagram @Studio39Marketing & @musicalmadeleine

The gang talk about their nightmare vacations or what would make a vacation a nightmare for them befo rereminiscing on the National Lampoon Vacation saga and Viva-ing Las Vegas (sans Elvis) with the Griswolds for their last Vacation of the summer! --- Follow the gang on Twitter & Instagram! And send us movie suggestions at nostalgiaeffectpod@gmail.com. Watch Amy talk more movies over on her YouTube channel: youtube.com/themoviechecklist --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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Plan on watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation this holiday season? Listen to the film's director Jeremiah Chechik talk about the impact that movie has had on him and on our holiday entertainment traditions. He'll talk about the making of the film and why the Griswold Family have become a staple in holiday viewing. This episode was originally released on December 2, 2019. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/shapingopinion/Encore_-_Christmas_Vacation_Movie.mp3 Are there any movies you just have to watch every year during the holiday season? Maybe you like to watch Frank Capra's classic called It's a Wonderful Life that featured Jimmy Stewart. Or, perhaps your favorite move is one of the Home Alone films, written of course by John Hughes. Or, just maybe your holiday season wouldn't be complete without inviting Clark Griswold and family into your home. It's been 30 years since John Hughes wrote the script for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, which itself was the third sequel in a series of National Lampoon Vacation films, starring Chevy Chase. The film was based on a short story that John Hughes wrote for National Lampoon in December 1980. That story was called, “Christmas '59.” The movie was no small budget affair. And it featured an ensemble cast of already established actors, and a few who would become A-list Hollywood stars. In addition to Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo played Clark's wife Ellen. Juliette Lewis played their sarcastic teenage daughter. Johnny Galecki played their son, Russ. Randy Quaid delivered an unforgettable performance as Cousin Eddie, and he was joined by an all-star ensemble cast that included Miriam Flynn, who played his wife, and John Randolph, Diane Ladd, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, who played the parents of Clark and Ellen. Other notable actors who made their mark on the film were William Hickey, Mae Questel, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brian Doyle-Murray. Christmas Vacation debuted at number-2 at the box office, grossing nearly $12 million that opening weekend. It would top the box office charts three weeks later, eventually grossing over $71 million in the United States. And that was before it hit the home video market and landed its place on our list of holiday season traditions. For Jeremiah Chechik, it was his first chance to direct a full-length feature film, and a comedy. Links National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, IMDB Jeremiah Chechik An Oral History of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Rolling Stone Christmas Vacation Movie Facts, Good Housekeeping About this Episode's Guest Jeremiah Chechik Jeremiah Chechik was born in Montreal, Canada in the fifties and grew up surrounded by books, home made radios and every issue of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. He got himself a scholarship to McGill University in physics but at the last moment shifted his major to the arts. He was active in the anti-war movement and filmed documentaries on the Black Panthers. He directed plays, studied with John Grierson, the father of the documentary film and later became his assistant. After graduating, he moved to Toronto, worked as a master printmaker for the rare books library at University of Toronto, experimented with coupling the photographic processes to stone lithography and helped start a gallery (A-Space). He received Canada Council Grants, had many solo shows and became one of the first artists to work in laser holography. His success as a fine artist brought him to the attention of advertising agencies and fashion magazines and before long he moved to Milan and began a career as a fashion photographer for Italian Vogue. Jeremiah photographed editorial for Vogue and Harpers Bazaar as well as fashion and beauty campaigns worldwide eventually bringing him back to Canada to begin his evolution into film as he continued to work in photography but without exhibiting. Soon he moved to New York and began a meteoric rise as a ...

Out d'Coup podcast for Friday, June 18, 2021. Sean is on his National Lampoon Vacation across the country with his family - latest sightings indicate his in Utah. So, as friend-of-the-show Chris puts is: Our Friday politics round-up is getting an upgrade.   On this week's show, I am joined by two guests hosts from the Sisters of the Night Caucus podcast, Shanna Danielson and Angela Valvano!   Follow the Sisters of the Night Caucus podcast on Twitter: @TheNightCaucus. Subscribe to their podcast on Anchor, Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.   Join our Discord to live chat during the show and all week long: https://discord.gg/BnjRNz3u

In this one, we talk about way too many things and some of these things are National Lampoon Vacation movies as they pertain to Rusty Griswold, Andy Likes Beaver (Dams), Mouth Congress, Dungeons and Dragons Casting, Edgar Wright's Running Man, The Disney+ Obi-Wan, Cassian Andor, and Luke Skywalker shows, Black Superman, Coming 2 America, and our review of WandaVision's Series Finale starts at 1:43:25. Thanks for listening! sundaysundaysandwich@gmail.com   "No..no...No...NO...no...NOOO...NOOOOOOO!" -Agatha Harkness

Join The Reel Movies Guys during the month of December as they celebrate Reel Christmas Month. Each Week for 25 Days, Kevin and John will be reviewing some of your favorite Holiday Classics. On todays episode, the guys will be taking a look at the 1989 holiday classic, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon. Will The Reel Movie Guys find the third entry in the National Lampoon Vacation series to be a burnt out light in the strand? Or maybe this film will be the the shiniest out of the bunch? Contact us: Email: thereelmovieguys@gmail.com Facebook: The Reel Movie Guys Twitter: @TheReelMovieGuy @GasMaskDragon27 @12JohnD Gmail: TheReelMovieGuys@gmail.com Yahoo Mail: TheReelMovieGuys@yahoo.com The Reel Movie Guys is a group where we talk about everything movies. Real Guys x Reel Movies x Real Thoughts Don't forget to like, subscribe and share!!!

***This cast was nearly lost :/ and barely wrestled back from the missing audio gods.... Sorry for the uneven, sometimes poor audio quality*** We’re joined by author and John Hughes enthusiast D.X. Ferris to unpack the third film in the National Lampoon Vacation series, which was written by Hughes and based on his National Lampoon magazine short story “Vacation ‘59.” Swapping road trips for a stay-at-home old-fashioned family Christmas, the Griswolds endure flammable cats, flammable Christmas trees, and flammable sewer gas in a Yuletide celebration for the ages. So fill up your Marty Moose glasses with eggnog, grab your chainsaw, and check your sh!tters because this is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday episode of Legends Podcast! For more geeky podcasts visit GonnaGeek.com   You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: LegendsPodcastS@gmail.com You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at www.legendspodcast.com, www.legendspodcast.libsyn.com

Miriam Flynn is an actor and voice actor best known as Cousin Catherine in the National Lampoon Vacation series of motion pictures. She joins Tim to talk about here work on the National Lampoon Christmas Vacation movie, her own memories and how the film has found a way into America's holiday season entertainment traditions. https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/She_was_Cousin_Catherine_auphonic.mp3   The cast has been described as one of the best ensemble casts for a holiday movie. It was an all-star cast of veteran and not so veteran comedic actors at the highest level. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation arrived at the end of the 1980s, a decade that saw the arrival of those iconic John Hughes movies. Films like The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Beuller's Day Off. These have been described as films that defined a generation. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was the third in a series of sequels from the Vacation franchise, most starring Chevy Chase and an ensemble cast. A short story from John Hughes was the inspiration for the Christmas Vacation film, and he was the writer on both that film, but also the original National Lampoon's Family Vacation movie and others. It was also the most successful of the Vacation movies. The film debuted at number-2 at the box office, grossing nearly $12 million that opening weekend. It would top the box office charts three weeks later, eventually grossing over $71 million in the United States. And that was before it hit the home video market and landed its place on our list of holiday season traditions. In our last episode, we had the chance to talk to the film's director Jeremiah Chechik. Today, we'll get the story from a different perspective, from a member of that ensemble who sat around the Griswold holiday table. As Cousin Catherine, she would try to make the best of a Clark Griswold Christmas. Links National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, IMDB Miriam Flynn, IMDB The Cast of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, SimpleMost About this Episode's Guest Miriam Flynn Miriam Flynn is an actor and voice actor who is best known as Cousin Catherine in the National Lampoon Vacation series of motion pictures. She appeared in the Academy Award-winning motion picture, “Babe,” a number of other films and several television Series, along with animated features and series.

Miriam Flynn is an actor and voice actor best known as Cousin Catherine in the National Lampoon Vacation series of motion pictures. She joins Tim to talk about here work on the National Lampoon Christmas Vacation movie, her own memories and how the film has found a way into America’s holiday season entertainment traditions. https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/She_was_Cousin_Catherine_auphonic.mp3   The cast has been described as one of the best ensemble casts for a holiday movie. It was an all-star cast of veteran and not so veteran comedic actors at the highest level. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation arrived at the end of the 1980s, a decade that saw the arrival of those iconic John Hughes movies. Films like The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off. These have been described as films that defined a generation. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation was the third in a series of sequels from the Vacation franchise, most starring Chevy Chase and an ensemble cast. A short story from John Hughes was the inspiration for the Christmas Vacation film, and he was the writer on both that film, but also the original National Lampoon’s Family Vacation movie and others. It was also the most successful of the Vacation movies. The film debuted at number-2 at the box office, grossing nearly $12 million that opening weekend. It would top the box office charts three weeks later, eventually grossing over $71 million in the United States. And that was before it hit the home video market and landed its place on our list of holiday season traditions. In our last episode, we had the chance to talk to the film’s director Jeremiah Chechik. Today, we’ll get the story from a different perspective, from a member of that ensemble who sat around the Griswold holiday table. As Cousin Catherine, she would try to make the best of a Clark Griswold Christmas. Links National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, IMDB Miriam Flynn, IMDB The Cast of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, SimpleMost About this Episode’s Guest Miriam Flynn Miriam Flynn is an actor and voice actor who is best known as Cousin Catherine in the National Lampoon Vacation series of motion pictures. She appeared in the Academy Award-winning motion picture, “Babe,” a number of other films and several television Series, along with animated features and series.

Plan on watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation this holiday season? Listen to the film's director Jeremiah Chechik talk about the impact that movie has had on him and on our holiday entertainment traditions. He'll talk about the making of the film and why the Griswold Family have become a staple in holiday viewing. https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/Directing_National_Lampoons_Christmas_Vacation_auphonic.mp3   Are there any movies you just have to watch every year during the holiday season? Maybe you like to watch Frank Capra's classic called It's a Wonderful Life that featured Jimmy Stewart. Or, perhaps your favorite move is one of the Home Alone films, written of course by John Hughes. Or, just maybe your holiday season wouldn't be complete without inviting Clark Griswold and family into your home. It's been 30 years since John Hughes wrote the script for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, which itself was the third sequel in a series of National Lampoon Vacation films, starring Chevy Chase. The film was based on a short story that John Hughes wrote for National Lampoon in December 1980. That story was called, “Christmas '59.” The movie was no small budget affair. And it featured an ensemble cast of already established actors, and a few who would become A-list Hollywood stars. In addition to Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo played Clark's wife Ellen. Juliette Lewis played their sarcastic teenage daughter. Johnny Galecki played their son, Russ. Randy Quaid delivered an unforgettable performance as Cousin Eddie, and he was joined by an all-star ensemble cast that included Miriam Flynn, who played his wife, and John Randolph, Diane Ladd, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, who played the parents of Clark and Ellen. Other notable actors who made their mark on the film were William Hickey, Mae Questel, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brian Doyle-Murray. Christmas Vacation debuted at number-2 at the box office, grossing nearly $12 million that opening weekend. It would top the box office charts three weeks later, eventually grossing over $71 million in the United States. And that was before it hit the home video market and landed its place on our list of holiday season traditions. For Jeremiah Chechik, it was his first chance to direct a full-length feature film, and a comedy. Links National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, IMDB Jeremiah Chechik An Oral History of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Rolling Stone Christmas Vacation Movie Facts, Good Housekeeping About this Episode's Guest Jeremiah Chechik Jeremiah Chechik was born in Montreal, Canada in the fifties and grew up surrounded by books, home made radios and every issue of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. He got himself a scholarship to McGill University in physics but at the last moment shifted his major to the arts. He was active in the anti-war movement and filmed documentaries on the Black Panthers. He directed plays, studied with John Grierson, the father of the documentary film and later became his assistant. After graduating, he moved to Toronto, worked as a master printmaker for the rare books library at University of Toronto, experimented with coupling the photographic processes to stone lithography and helped start a gallery (A-Space). He received Canada Council Grants, had many solo shows and became one of the first artists to work in laser holography. His success as a fine artist brought him to the attention of advertising agencies and fashion magazines and before long he moved to Milan and began a career as a fashion photographer for Italian Vogue. Jeremiah photographed editorial for Vogue and Harpers Bazaar as well as fashion and beauty campaigns worldwide eventually bringing him back to Canada to begin his evolution into film as he continued to work in photography but without exhibiting. Soon he moved to New York and began a meteoric rise as a director of groundbreaking and award-winning com...

Plan on watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation this holiday season? Listen to the film’s director Jeremiah Chechik talk about the impact that movie has had on him and on our holiday entertainment traditions. He’ll talk about the making of the film and why the Griswold Family have become a staple in holiday viewing. https://traffic.libsyn.com/shapingopinion/Directing_National_Lampoons_Christmas_Vacation_auphonic.mp3   Are there any movies you just have to watch every year during the holiday season? Maybe you like to watch Frank Capra’s classic called It’s a Wonderful Life that featured Jimmy Stewart. Or, perhaps your favorite move is one of the Home Alone films, written of course by John Hughes. Or, just maybe your holiday season wouldn’t be complete without inviting Clark Griswold and family into your home. It’s been 30 years since John Hughes wrote the script for National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, which itself was the third sequel in a series of National Lampoon Vacation films, starring Chevy Chase. The film was based on a short story that John Hughes wrote for National Lampoon in December 1980. That story was called, “Christmas ’59.” The movie was no small budget affair. And it featured an ensemble cast of already established actors, and a few who would become A-list Hollywood stars. In addition to Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo played Clark’s wife Ellen. Juliette Lewis played their sarcastic teenage daughter. Johnny Galecki played their son, Russ. Randy Quaid delivered an unforgettable performance as Cousin Eddie, and he was joined by an all-star ensemble cast that included Miriam Flynn, who played his wife, and John Randolph, Diane Ladd, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, who played the parents of Clark and Ellen. Other notable actors who made their mark on the film were William Hickey, Mae Questel, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brian Doyle-Murray. Christmas Vacation debuted at number-2 at the box office, grossing nearly $12 million that opening weekend. It would top the box office charts three weeks later, eventually grossing over $71 million in the United States. And that was before it hit the home video market and landed its place on our list of holiday season traditions. For Jeremiah Chechik, it was his first chance to direct a full-length feature film, and a comedy. Links National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, IMDB Jeremiah Chechik An Oral History of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Rolling Stone Christmas Vacation Movie Facts, Good Housekeeping About this Episode’s Guest Jeremiah Chechik Jeremiah Chechik was born in Montreal, Canada in the fifties and grew up surrounded by books, home made radios and every issue of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. He got himself a scholarship to McGill University in physics but at the last moment shifted his major to the arts. He was active in the anti-war movement and filmed documentaries on the Black Panthers. He directed plays, studied with John Grierson, the father of the documentary film and later became his assistant. After graduating, he moved to Toronto, worked as a master printmaker for the rare books library at University of Toronto, experimented with coupling the photographic processes to stone lithography and helped start a gallery (A-Space). He received Canada Council Grants, had many solo shows and became one of the first artists to work in laser holography. His success as a fine artist brought him to the attention of advertising agencies and fashion magazines and before long he moved to Milan and began a career as a fashion photographer for Italian Vogue. Jeremiah photographed editorial for Vogue and Harpers Bazaar as well as fashion and beauty campaigns worldwide eventually bringing him back to Canada to begin his evolution into film as he continued to work in photography but without exhibiting. Soon he moved to New York and began a meteoric rise as a director of groundbreaking and award-winning com...

With no specific theme for the episode, Tim and Dustin sip some bourbon (or rye in this case) and have general banter. We discuss if Deliverance (which we are co-hosting a screening of on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at the Mayflower Arts Center in Troy, Ohio) is a horror/thriller or action movie, we improvise the creation of a series of horror movies which get spawned into haunted mazes to be franchised across the globe, we discuss the National Lampoon Vacation series of movies, and we improvise the creation of the Proscenia Film Society's Theory of Subjective Film Relativity. Join us for some rye-fueled banter and send us your suggestions of movies that would pair well with bourbon and what movies you classify in your personal Theory of Subjective Film Relativity. podcast@prosceniafilmsociety.org or @prosceniafilm on Instagram and Twitter.

Summer blockbuster season is upon us and we're here to be your guide. Join us this week as we cover some summer releases of interest and let you know whether any of them are worth your time. We also discuss some recent Hollywood news, find out what all the Lost actors are doing now, and definitively say crown a king among the National Lampoon Vacation franchise.

It's finally here! Avengers: Infinity War is blowing the doors off cinemas worldwide and has serious implications on the fate of the Marvel Universe. But is it better than Transformers? Join us this week as we break down what worked and what didn't in this big-budget, comic book epic. We also cover some recent movie news and find out that Christian has very strong feelings about the National Lampoon Vacation series. For the spoiler-wary among us, timecodes are listed below:Movie News: 0:00:00Avengers - Spoiler Free: 0:13:22Avengers - Spoilers: 0:23:46Things We're Watching: 0:56:05  

"You remember Ruby Sue".  Upon its December 1989 release, "Christmas Vacation",  the hilarious third installment in the National Lampoon "Vacation" series, instantly became a holiday classic. In this episode we dive into the history of this film, uncover some cool trivia and chat with one of the film's youngest stars!   Ellen Latzen played "Ruby Sue" in the film...the daughter of Cousin Eddie.  Ellen joins us to talk about what it was like being a child actor in the late 80's and her memories from working on this legendary film. www.facebook.com/oddpodcast www.twitter.com/odd_podcast email: theoddpodcast@gmail.com     

HOLIDAY ROOOAAAAAAD! Summer's about to kick off, we talked all about VACATION! Our basement dwelling heroes join Mike and Will to discuss the National Lampoon Vacation flicks, their own dream travel destinations, and vacation success/horror stories! Also... Someone almost drowned on stage... Just listen.  Unsung Heroes is a live show brought to you by ZEROES ON HEROES hosts Mike Mercadal and Will Watkins. We record live, at the Creek and the Cave in Long Island City, New York every Thursday. We put out an open invitation to any would be Heroes to join us on stage for a 5 minute display of their super talents.  Follow our Zeroes: @MikeMercadal & @WilliamAWatkins

Hey, we are counting down the top ten funny movies!This was an already made list, so if you don't agree, drop us a line withsome of your favorite comedies.We also discuss our own person favs as well!Listen to our top ten here!!!Go here for the top 25 Comdies!You can check out these youtube links and see what we're talking about!And now for the top 10!10 The Jerk.9 National Lampoon Vacation.8 Caddy Shack.7 Annie Hall.6 Raising Arizona.5 Young Frankenstein.4 This is Spinal Tap.3 Monty Python and the Holy Grail.2 Airplane.And number 1! Ghostbusters.Thanks for listening and don't forget to like us on Face Book!You can also download us from Itunes!