Remember the hit movie “National Lampoon’s Vacation”? Remember the Griswold family heading west to find misadventures in an ugly station wagon?
Here’s the original story that inspired it all, written by John Hughes. It’s a hoot.
Warning: Although the story takes place on and off Route 66, don’t try to duplicate this on your own vacation, kids. And some the language is what a lot of adults use.
(Hat tip to Tim Steil.)
I’ve seen that movie about 10 times. I love it. What a great road trip flick.
You can really see the influence on the movie. John Hughes’ script takes the old family vacation out there a bit, but it’s funny.
I went to the IMDb site and you can see where connections were formed between actors for future shows.