National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989): "Hallelujah! Holy shi*t! Where's the Tylenol?"

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12/24/22 • 69 min

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Hallelujah, holy shit! Hear that sleigh, Santa's on his way, hip hip hooray its Doom Generation! Clark W. Griswold (Chevy Chase) a family man, is determined to have a good old fashioned family Christmas, not only with the immediate fam, Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo), Audrey 3 (Juliette Lewis) and Rusty 3 (Johnny Galecki), but the old folks as well (Diane Ladd, Doris Roberts, John Randolph, E.G. Marshall, Mae Questel, William Hickey). In true Griswold fashion, things don't go as planned when cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) shows up sans gifts and all the audacity, the lights won't light but the tree will, a subscription to the jelly of the month club, and everyone is assaulted by a SQUIRRRRREEELLLLLL! Why is the carpet wet Todd (Nicholas Guest)? I don't KNOW Margo (Julie Louis-Dreyfus)! It's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation - this time, Merry Xmas from Doom Generation!

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