National Lampoons Vacation!!
Just saw this on TV again for the milliionth time...Great Movie...I have a question for everyone. In the beginning of the movei where the Anthony Michael Hall and sister are playing a video game system? It looks like a Channel F? Anyone have any ideas??
I always wondered myself, because I'm a huge fan of the Vacation series. After looking into it a while ago, I think it's a Bally Astrocade, but I'm not 100% sure.
(EDIT: And just because I double-checked, the controllers the Griswolds use look a lot like the Astrocade's.)
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Settle down, raise a family, join the PTA
Buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet
And party 'till you're broke and they drag you away
It's okay, you can dare to be stupid
yeah.. the scene features an Astrocade and an Apple II..
"Rusty, please do not eat the truckster"..
I'm a huge Vacation fan. There are numerous video game related things about the movie, like how you can see a Coleco tabletop arcade in the back of the old family truckster and when Russ keeps asking cousin Dale if he has Pac-Man, Space Invaders, or Asteroids (which his dad strangely enough has).
I saw Christmas Vacation last night. One of my favourite comedies of all time.
<Evan_G> i keep my games in an inaccessable crate where i can't play them
Amen to that. Watch it at least once a year.Originally Posted by Evan_G
Sony, we will NEVER forget nor forgive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G0LlXv-nyI
I watched it last night. A Christmastime tradition with my parents and sisters that never gets old.
Settle down, raise a family, join the PTA
Buy some sensible shoes and a Chevrolet
And party 'till you're broke and they drag you away
It's okay, you can dare to be stupid
Todd: Hey Griswold. Where do you think you're gonna put a tree that big?
Clark: Bend over and I'll show you.
Actually, Dale confuses Asteroids with hemmorrhoids:
Rusty Griswold: Hey, ya' got Pac Man?
Cousin Dale: No.
Rusty Griswold: Ya' got Space Invaders?
Cousin Dale: Nope.
Rusty Griswold: Ya' got Asteroids?
Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days.
Also, I plan to make this into a banner for my board at some point:
Suggested captions:
The Third Moon: Eat the Griswolds for 1000 points!
The Third Moon: Home of Pacman's retarded parked-car-chasing cousins
The Third Moon: "Throw more luggage, Honey! It's catching up!"
When the Sat-Nav says you're screwed, you've reached THE THIRD MOON
"If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now."
Just watched this the other night as well, comes on like everyday until christmas. i watch it repeatedly when nothing else is on... lol
Holy shit, how did I not make that out before!? That's hilarious, haha.Actually, Dale confuses Asteroids with hemmorrhoids:
Rusty Griswold: Hey, ya' got Pac Man?
Cousin Dale: No.
Rusty Griswold: Ya' got Space Invaders?
Cousin Dale: Nope.
Rusty Griswold: Ya' got Asteroids?
Cousin Dale: Naw, but my dad does. Can't even sit on the toilet some days.
I always though it was odd how much more the original seems to have aged over Christmas vacation. They were only 6 years apart but Christmas Vacation just seems so much newer to me. For one thing, the video quality looks so much better...I wonder if it's just that they could afford better cameras later on. It could also be that 1983 still felt a bit like the 70's while 89 was making way for the 90's.
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