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National Lampoon's Vacation

CastChevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Christie Brinkley, Eddie Bracken, Brian Doyle-Murray, Miriam Flynn, James Keach, Eugene Levy, Frank McRae
Year released1983
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Clark W. Griswold tells the car salesman, "Ed, I’m not your ordinary everyday fool." (0:04)

Clark imitates a scene from Psycho. (0:19)

Clark’s wife Ellen, referring to their son: "Clark, tell Rusty to behave himself." 
Clark: ”Rusty, behave yourself.” 
His sister Audrey calls Rusty, “Retard.” (0:25)

Ellen’s cousin-in-law Eddie Johnson tells Clark, referring to his daughter Daisy Mabel, “She was born without a tongue but don’t you worry about her..." (0:27)

Eddie tells Clark"... the army cuts my disability pension..." 
Eddie’s daughter Vicki hands Audrey a handful of marijuana cigarettes. (0:33)4

Clark tells Ellen, "... It’s drivin’ me crazy." (0:43)

Police officer Wilson tells Clark, "... I’d split your skull with the butt of this revolver..." 
Clark: ”... It was very confusing...” (0:44)

Clark tells the others, "... I was driving like a maniac." (0:46)

Clark tells Ellen, "Don’t be silly." (0:48)

Clark: "Ah, it’s nothing to be proud of, Rusty." 
Ellen tells Aunt Edna, ”Move out of that seat, and I’ll split your lip.” (0:51)

Clark tells the mechanic, "You're out of your mind." (0:58)

Clark tells Ellen, “Don’t be silly.”
Ellen, referring to Edna, "... She’s dead." 
”That’s the meanest, coldest...” 
Clark: ”Just didn’t want to get caught up in a funeral...” 
Ellen: ”You’re the most self-centered, egotistical, manipulative...” (1:02)

Ellen: "... What a nightmare." (1:04)

Clark asks Ellen, "Would you rather I slipped her in the night deposit box at the funeral home?" (1:06)

Ellen tells Clark, referring to Edna’s son, "... you left his dead mother..." 
Clark: ”... I gotta be crazy...” (1:07)

Clark tells the woman in the red Ferrari, "... this is highly confidential..." 
Woman: ”... I’m in the mood for some fun.” 
Clark: ”... you have to... look like a fool.” 
”... You only go round this crazy merry-go-round once.” 
”This is crazy. This is crazy. This is crazy.” (1:11)

Audrey starts to light a marijuana cigarette. (1:16)

The Griswolds suggest Chariots of Fire (1:22)

Ellen: "Clark, have you lost your mind?..." (1:25)

Clark tells amusement park owner Roy Walley, "... Lost a very dear member of the family along the way..." (1:32)

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