National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)

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Wikidata Q1219310, film, IMDb tt0085995, TMDB 11153: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title.

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Who talked about it

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Came from

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Led to

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No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

The Pointer Sisters: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (music): The Pointer Sisters → National Lampoon's Vacation. 'I'm So Excited' also appears in Vacation (Christie Brinkley scene), Beverly Hills Cop, Miami Vice and NBA ads.
    “It's in National Lampoon's vacation, in a pivotal Christie Brinkley scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:27:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Weird Science: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Weird Science → National Lampoon's Vacation. The red-Ferrari woman who keeps appearing in Vacation is another magical 80s dream woman.
    “You have vacation where like the dorky dad's driving cross country and, 0 my god, in a red Ferrari.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:06:49 · Kyle Brandt (0.70 sure it was them)

What About Bob?: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (era tone): What About Bob? → National Lampoon's Vacation. Both reflect a time when comedies let protagonists do outrageous things; Clark Griswold kidnaps people at the end of Vacation.
    “Well, vacation was like that too. Remember, at the end, Clark Chris, like he kidnaps people.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:45:12 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

craft (2)

  1. craft (music): The Pointer Sisters → National Lampoon's Vacation. 'I'm So Excited' also appears in Vacation (Christie Brinkley scene), Beverly Hills Cop, Miami Vice and NBA ads.
    “It's in National Lampoon's vacation, in a pivotal Christie Brinkley scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Working Girl’ With Bill Simmons, Amanda Dobbins, and Joanna Robinson · 1:27:47 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. craft (era tone): What About Bob? → National Lampoon's Vacation. Both reflect a time when comedies let protagonists do outrageous things; Clark Griswold kidnaps people at the end of Vacation.
    “Well, vacation was like that too. Remember, at the end, Clark Chris, like he kidnaps people.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘What About Bob?’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan · 0:45:12 · Van Lathan (0.70 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): Weird Science → National Lampoon's Vacation. The red-Ferrari woman who keeps appearing in Vacation is another magical 80s dream woman.
    “You have vacation where like the dorky dad's driving cross country and, 0 my god, in a red Ferrari.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Weird Science’ With Bill Simmons and Kyle Brandt · 0:06:49 · Kyle Brandt (0.70 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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