{"id":49721,"date":"2022-12-05T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49721"},"modified":"2022-12-05T16:42:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T21:42:39","slug":"your-moment-of-holiday-zen-clark-griswold-loses-it-in-national-lampoons-christmas-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49721","title":{"rendered":"Watch Clark Griswold Lose It in &#8220;National Lampoon&#8217;s Christmas Vacation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TQXuazYI_YU\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny f*cking Kaye!&#8221; &#8211; Clark Griswold<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all been there. The stresses from the holiday season can make anyone a bit on edge. But if you combine holiday expectations of comfort and joy with the harsh realities of day to day life, something&#8217;s gotta give. Enter Clark Griswold. In <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=national+lampoon%27s+christmas+vacation&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National Lampoon&#8217;s Christmas Vacation<\/a><\/em> Clark (played by a never better <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Chevy%20Chase%7C533403&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chevy Chase<\/a>) wants nothing more than to surprise his family by telling them that he&#8217;s having a swimming pool put in as his gift to them. Unfortunately, his plans for winning Christmas are complicated when he doesn&#8217;t get his expected holiday bonus. That crushing blow coupled with the annoyance he feels from being surrounded by his offbeat relatives causes him to blow a gasket in the film&#8217;s comedic highpoint. (Although you may disagree with this, in which case let us know your favorite moment in the comments). What follows is a hilarious tirade that anyone who has ever been stressed by the season can relate to.<\/p>\n<p><em>This piece originally ran on MovieFanFare in 2017, but we are reprinting it today as part of our month-long celebration of classic holiday TV specials and movies spanning the history of Hollywood<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to have the hap-hap-happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny f*cking Kaye!&#8221; &#8211; Clark Griswold We&#8217;ve all been there. The stresses from the holiday season can make anyone a bit on edge. 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