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  • ALPHONSO VAN MARSH, CNN NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice over): The European holiday, Chevy Chase's Griswold family dreamed of in National Lampoon's "European Vacation," is increasingly harder for Americans to afford.

    CNN Transcript May 3, 2008 2008

  • Quaid, the older brother of actor Dennis, has also had roles in National Lampoon's Vacation, Independence Day and The Last Detail.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2010

  • (Ever see the deflated bird in National Lampoon's brine recipe.)

    Slashfood 2009

  • (Ever see the deflated bird in National Lampoon's brine recipe.)

    Slashfood 2009

  • A high school civics textbook parody by Doug Kinney, published in National Lampoon back in the 1970s, mentioned that the Bill of Rights was "kept around mainly as an example of good penmanship."

    Antiwar.com Original 2009

  • He appeared in the Oliver Stone-directed "World Trade Center," ESPN's award winning mini-series "The Bronx is Burning" and most recently appeared in National Lampoon's "Dirty Movie."

    Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories special to Lake Tahoe Action Howie Nave 2008

  • As part of the show, contestants were picked off the street to perform on-the-spot auditions for an actual role in National Lampoon’s upcoming comedy, Frat House.

    Buzzine » “16 Minutes of Fame” 2008

  • This almost looks like the outfit Chevy Chase wore in National Lampoon’s European Vacation after all their luggage got stolen.

    PROJECT RUNWAY: Just How Similar Was Kenley’s Dress to Alexander McQueen’s? | Best Week Ever 2008

  • This time, apparently borrowing a page from the Ebersol playbook, he stocked the show with the known and near-known: veteran actor Randy Quaid, teenage star Anthony Michael Hall (who had played Chevy Chase’s son in National Lampoon’s Vacation), young actors Robert Downey Jr. and Joan Cusack, newcomers Terry Sweeney and Danitra Vance.

    It's Saturday Night! Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller 2002

  • This time, apparently borrowing a page from the Ebersol playbook, he stocked the show with the known and near-known: veteran actor Randy Quaid, teenage star Anthony Michael Hall (who had played Chevy Chase’s son in National Lampoon’s Vacation), young actors Robert Downey Jr. and Joan Cusack, newcomers Terry Sweeney and Danitra Vance.

    It's Saturday Night! Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller 2002

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