He didn’t direct any of the Vacation movies, but he put his stamp on those first three films in so many ways. Something all three of these comedies have in common is John Hughes, who in the 1980s could pump out screenplays faster than most writers could pen a flash fiction short story- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, for example, was reportedly written in its entirety in a single weekend.
If there was a trilogy that should’ve stayed a trilogy, it was the Vacation series, which has an excellent and highly quotable first entry (1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation, directed by Harold Ramis), a lesser if underrated second entry (1985’s National Lampoon’s European Vacation, directed by Amy Heckerling), and a hugely beloved third entry that plays on millions of home television screens every December (1989’s National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, almost directed by Chris Columbus). In the long history of movies nobody wanted or asked for, near the top of that list has to be Vegas Vacation, released twenty-five years ago in February 1997, a film with an existence so questionable even the National Lampoon in the title was dropped. Synopsis: In the fourth outing for the vacation franchise, the Griswolds have to survive Vegas fever when they go to Las Vegas for a fun family vacation. Starring: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo, Randy Quaid
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