I betcha didn't know...Christmas Vacation Edition!

Cody Burger who plays Rocky, did not have a single line in the entire movie.

In the scene where Clark has his total breakdown after receiving his “Christmas bonus” – membership in a jelly of the month club – he rattles off a jawbreaking, tongue-twister of an insult about his boss. The crew had placed cue cards all over the set behind the camera so Chevy Chase could read the whole insult without stopping. In its entirety, the quote is:

Aunt Bethany (“Is your house on fire, Clark?”) is played by Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. Christmas Vacation was her last movie.

The Griswold house is actually an exterior set on “Blondie Street” on a Warner Brothers back lot in Burbank, CA, as is Todd and Margo’s house (the neighbors next door).  The house has been altered a lot to serve other movies, especially the interiors, which are also only a set, not a real house

In one of the virtual tours on that site, you can see what appears to be the Griswold foyer set as it looks today.  The staircase as seen in the movie:

According to the Warner Bros. website, Blondie Street was built to look like a suburban neighborhood. It has also been home to many movies and TV series, including American Beauty, Pleasantville, Gidget, Bewitched, The Partridge Family, and Eight is Enough. There are 12 residential homes on the street in a variety of styles (some with practical interiors).

In this long shot looking down the street, you can see the house that was used for Sergeant Murtaugh’s (Danny Glover’s) family in the Lethal Weapon movies.

Here’s a close-up of Danny Glover’s house that I took from the first Lethal Weapon movie. To the right of it, you can see a house that looks like Samantha and Darrin’s in Bewitched!

This is the first National Lampoons movie with the Griswolds to feature Rusty younger than Audrey. In the past, Audrey was the younger sibling.

Younger Audrey, Older Russ

To Younger Russ, Older Audrey? Um John Hughes did you not watch the first movies in this series?!? Audrey is suppose to be the YOUNGER sibling! 

 Chevy Chase appears in some scenes wearing a black Chicago Bears ball cap. He wears the same Chicago Bears cap throughout all four Vacation movies. 

The scene where the cat bites on the Christmas lights cord and gets electrocuted was nearly cut from the movie. Prior to the first test screening. the studio execs wanted the scene taken out, fearing that it might offend some viewers, but producer Matty Simmons begged them to leave the scene in, and they eventually gave in to his request. After the first test screening, the test audience had scored the cat electrocution scene as the No. 1 favorite scene throughout the entire movie.

And there you have it folks! :) Learn anything about the film you didn't know?