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That’s all part of the experience, honey. ***This Review of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation Has a Spoiler Section*** Intro / Part Two of our MMO Christmas Specials - Top of the show Non Spoiler Review of Christmas Vacation Cast & Crew & Oscar Level Actors - 1:56 Production Profile & Origins at the National Lampoon - 10:43 Movie Specs & Typical Critical Scores for an MMO Fave Comedy - 11:51 Plot / Premise & Our Expectations for the Rewatch - 15:04 Production Values & We Review “Holiday Road” Just For Fun - 15:50 Performances & Where Is Chevy Chase Now - 18:51 Final Thoughts on the Script & Oscar Lens - 23:56 Spoiler Warning Dance Music - 24:46 The Plot - 25:49 (Worst: Best Neighbors Ever - 28:47) (Clark Griswold: Everyman - 31:50) (Best: Family’s Here - 33:37) (Christmas Lights - 34:50) (The Attic - 37:00) (Best: Oh Come All Ye Faithful - 39:08) (Cousin Eddie - 41:01) (Worst: Sledding - 42:57) (Is Santa Coming? - 45:11) (We’re All in for a Real Treat - 46:51) (The Bonus, is A Mental Breakdown- 50:01) (But What To My Wandering Eyes May Appear - 54:15) Outro / Social Media / Words of Wisdom - 58:35 National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is one of the Mike’s all time favorite holiday films, and the other Mike really enjoys it as well. So we knew this was a must review. We just didn’t realize we were gonna have THIS MUCH FUN. Our podcast devolves into the Chris Farley Show, but if that was a classic, perhaps our fandom over this movie and the terrific comedy cast involved will shine through & result in your audio pleasure. In fact, Also Mike revealed that one of his Spotify playlists is called “Pleasurable Guilt,” and that might be the category for this film. (We’re on Spotify now BTW. So check us out.) Per usual, we attack this review via our tried and true Oscar Sprint Profile format. There’s a full non-spoiler section including cast & crew filmographies, production stories, movie specs, & reviews of the production values, performances, and script. Then we dive into nearly every beat of the plot during our spoiler section and turn into Chris Farley, Chris Farley, and Oscar to reference that great SNL sketch one final time. Adulthood changes our views on this movie, and we do have a lot of fun poking holes in the script logic and the cartoon realism of all the hijinx. But we also gush over the comedic talents on display, quote WAYYYY too many of our favorite lines, and praise the film for how it satirizes all of the lovable bloopers in the Vacation universe. This is part 2 in our Very Merry Holiday Movie Reviews, and do go back to listen to our look at The Muppet Christmas Carol. We’ll continue to review a Christmas movie per week leading you into the big holiday on December 25th. We’re also continuing to conquer awards season coverage both as movie critics and Oscar pundits. Our MMO Weekly episodes give you timely updates on all of the precursor award show winners and nominations, and we just did a full breaking news episode on the Golden Globe noms. Now if you’re getting your Oscar watchlist ready, check out all of our 6 part Oscar Trailer series and our monthly previews to get learn about all of the contenders for red carpets. Then of course, we’ve reviewed 25 films in our Oscar Sprint Profile series and 10 more 2018 movie events to help you get ready for all the big award shows. And we’re not done yet, not by a long shot. We’ve done a ton of Oscar retrospectives, reviewing many full categories of our favorite races from film history, an entire series of halfisodes on Best Original Songs, and of course, directed preview retrospectives like we’ve done with Dario Argento’s Suspiria and Julie Andrews’ Mary Poppins before we review the remake or sequel respectively. JOOOOYYYYY TOOOO THE WORLLLLLD!!! We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!