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Podcast: Old Roommates
Episode: Ep 204: "National Lampoon’s Vacation" Revisited
Description: Clark. Ellen. Rusty. And...Audrey. Back in 1983, National Lampoon's Vacation featured the Griswolds as the quintessential American family attempting to have a cross-country road trip. The fact that everything went wrong only made them more endearing to movie audiences, more than quadrupling the film's budget at the box office. But now, forty years later, what's the wear and tear on this thing? Is this Chevy Chase's finest "Vacation"? Did Aunt Edna deserve better? And is a dead dog ever a laughing matter? The Old Roommates fill 'er up and revisit this 80's comedy classic through their middle-aged lens. Listen to...