Any of you who know me really well, would have seen this coming before I revealed #10. This is my most favorite Christmas movie, in all it's totally inappropriate glory.Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'angelo, Randy Quaid
Plot: All Clark Griswold wanted to do was have a good old fashioned family Christmas. What he got was a tree gone wrong, a house full of bickering inlaws, lights that don't work, an afternoon in the attic, a surprise visitor, a wrapped up cat, a dry turkey, a burned up cat, a set of horrible neighbors, a squirrel, a missing bonus check and a visit from a swat team.
Favorite Moments:- Clark seeing the tree for the first time and then realizing they don't have a saw
- The whole family out on the lawn to see the lights when they don't work.
- The horrible yuppie neighbors, especially the part when they are trying to figure out what happened to the stereo
- Eddie showing up
- Eddie and Clark drinking the eggnog from moose cups and chatting
- Clark and Eddie's shopping trip
- The arrival of Uncle Lewis and Aunt Bethany
- Grace (who died 30 years ago)
- Snotts throwing up under the table
- The cat incident
- The Jelly of the Month Club (it's the gift that keeps on giving)
- The squirrel incident
- The kidnapping and subsequent 9-1-1 call by Mrs. Shirley- The SWAT team arrival
- The explosion
Quotes:
Russ: Dad, that tree won't fit in our yard.
Clark: It's not going in our yard, it's going in our living room.
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Clark: Little full, lots of sap.
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Todd: Hey Griswold, where you gonna put a tree that big?
Clark: Bend over and I'll show you.
Todd: You've got a lot of nerve talking to like that to me.
Clark: I wasn't talking to you.
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Ellen: I don't know what to say, except that it's Christmas and we're all in misery.
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Audrey: I hope no one I know drives by and sees me standing out on the lawn, looking at the house in my pajamas.
Grandpa: If they know your dad they won't think anything of it.
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Eddie: Are you surprised?
Clark: If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet I wouldn't be more surprised.
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Eddie: I just wish the older kids could have come. Our oldest daughter's in the clinic getting cured off the wild turkey. Any my boy is working on his career.
Clark: College?
Eddie: No, Carnival.
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Eddie: Every time Catherine would turn on the microwave, I'd piss my pants and forget who I was for half an hour.
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Eddie: If only Catherine and I could get the money back from that television preacher who was screwing the hockey player.
Clark: What about his kids?
Eddie: His kids can fend for themselves.
Clark: I mean your kids, Eddie.
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Clark: Oh no, she wrapped up her damn cat.
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Clark: Hey kids, an airline spotted Santa's sleigh on it's way in from New York City.
Eddie: You serious, Clark?
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Ellen: I think everyone should go home before it gets any worse.
Clark: How could it get any worse? Look around Ellen! We're on the threshold of Hell!
Oh, there are so many more, and I have more than I need anyway. I'll just leave you with:
8 comments:
How could this NOT be #1 on the list??? I'm with you!
I watched this last year, and I have to say I was not impressed...hey but to each their own, right?!
I do have to say though that I am impressed with your blogging skills with all these movies!
You're usually not one for "dirty" humor, which is probably a good thing. Also, I kind of think you needed to watch this as a teenager in order to really love it, because you have to be somewhat immature. I'm so totally immature and that's why it's my #1.
Haha! maybe! You would think I would like to watch "dirty" movies considering who I am married to and some of the stuff that comes out of his mouth...
We did watch the unedited version, I think, and everyone says that the edited isn't as bad. So I may have to give it another go.
Edited version is certainly not as bad and is just as funny. I know you really keep Skipper in line and you're to be applauded for that!!!
They have an edited version? I didn't know the original was that bad. It has got to be my all time fav Christmas movie.
One complaint of your little countdown. Elf was only #5?? Yeah, yeah, it's your countdown, you can do what you want, but it was only #5??
And you missed my favorite quote:
Clark:"Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. Kiss my ass. Kiss his ass."
This is a great movie. You know we love the "dirty" stuff :-) I love how his mom faints from the whole squirrel situation and lays there on the floor motionless. Then Clark says, "Mom! Don't move." I don't know why, but that makes me laugh so hard.
Love the list! Now, how about favorite love stories for Valentine's Day?
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