Summer officially started on Friday and in a couple weeks we’ll be celebrating the 4th of July!
Looks like it’s vacation season and so I thought this week we’d feature links to online articles about the classic movie, National Lampoon’s Vacation. It was originally released on July 29, 1983 which means that in a couple weeks it’s going to be 42 years since it first hit the theaters!
Below are a half a dozen links to the original film plus a video link to a documentary and then there’s the weekly MBIP Coming Attractions!
Read John Hughes’ Original National Lampoon Vacation Story That Started the Movie Franchise - Before it was a movie and before John Hughes became a teen movie tycoon, he was a writer for the National Lampoon magazine and Vacation was an article titled, “Vacation ’58.” It was a little darker in tone than the movie for which he wrote the script. Here’s the lead line to the original article: “If Dad hadn’t shot Walt Disney in the leg, it would have been our best vacation ever!”
‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ - The original NY Times 1983 review by Janet Maslin.
14 Road-Worthy Facts About National Lampoon’s Vacation - Number 13 is interesting and something I had never seen, warning: It’s not very good.
20 things you probably didn’t know about ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ - Number 11: I never realized that was Jane Krakowski till I read this!
30 Things We Learned From the ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ Commentary - Notes from the DVD commentary.
‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ Stars: Where Are They Now? - A gallery of then and now photos and information of what the cast has been up to since 1983. *Spoiler Alert: Imogene Coca and John Candy are still dead.*
Inside Story: National Lampoon’s Vacation - This is a great documentary about the movie with most of the actors talking about the experience of making the movie.
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MBIP Coming Attractions
Monday: Last night there was a fun event in the Heights at the 33 Room parking lot featuring booze, books and local authors! It was a lot of fun and I’ll have photos of the event tomorrow!
Tuesday: We’re continuing our hot dog tour and I’m stopping at Emo’s this week to look at the creepy clown and have our weekly hot dog. Hot diggity dog!
Wednesday: I’m celebrating summer by snapping some photos of Vanna Whitewall in her bikini and getting some ice cream at a new ice cream shop in Peoria Heights!
Thursday: I’m going to a celebration for Rizzi’s Italian Restaurant’s 30th anniversary this week and I’ll have photos from that celebration on Thursday!
Friday: I’ll be enjoying some snacks for this week’s Friday Bites! post.
Saturday: We’ll be looking back at something from Peoria’s past for the next Meanwhile, Back In Peoria’s Past post.