National Lampoon's Vacation is an American road comedy film directed by Harold Ramis that premiered in 1983.
Franchise connections to National Lampoon's Vacation[]
National Lampoon's Vacation was the first film in the Vacation franchise, which included:
- National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
- Vegas Vacation (1997)
- Vacation (2015)
Westphall connections to National Lampoon's Vacation[]
- Aleah Walsh appeared in The Goldbergs "Vacation".
- The Vacation franchise is set in the fictional town of Shermer, Illinois, which also serves as the setting of multiple films, almost of all of which had the involvement of John Hughes.
- Wally World, the fictional theme park from this film is mentioned in Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Listening to Fear".
- The Wagon Queen Family Truckster can be seen leaving Chicago in Knight Rider "Knight of the Juggernaut".