National Lampoon's European Vacation with Jon Gabrus

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check Productions / Talkhouse

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Comedy, Film Reviews

4.6 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 168 minutes

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Summary

Congratulations! You’ve won an all-expenses-paid vacation with Griffin, David, Ben, and Jon Gabrus to Europe! Only downside is…well, you have to watch this movie. From the strange cultural stereotypes to the unfortunate lack of jokes, Amy Heckerling’s sequel to National Lampoon’s Vacation isn’t the smoothest trip. But, it certainly gives us an excuse to talk about one of the most beloved franchises of the 1980s! Join us for Stonehenge stories, a deep dive into Beverly D’Angelo’s incredible biography, travel talk, and a whole lot of Chevy chat. Listen to Action Boyz and Staying Alive Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook! Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Blank Jack with Griffin and David
0:04.7	Blank Jack with Griffin and David
0:08.7	Don't know what to say or to expect
0:11.7	All you need to know is that the name of the show is blank check
0:17.7	Hey, look kids, there's Big Ben.
0:25.0	There's a podcast again.
0:29.8	He's going in circles.
0:31.2	He keeps having to point out the podcast.
0:33.8	Here's the thing.
0:34.4	This movie has a great kind of golden age of poster tagline's tagline,
0:39.6	but there was no way to do justice to it without using the exact words they use. So I want to
0:45.8	just read the tagline. Go ahead. We love a good multi-sentence tagline. I mean, I saw it,
0:52.1	and I was just like, this tagline is appropriate. It describes
0:54.7	the film. It's not that funny. For over 2,000 years, Europe has survived many great disasters.
1:01.3	Now for the real test, Chevy Chase and his family are coming from America.
1:06.4	Oh, you know, just electrified. And using Chevy and that Clark Griswold is of the time too.
1:11.8	I do think that's a little rude.
1:13.4	We notice this as well on, spoiler alert, next week's episode.
1:19.4	Next week's talking.
1:20.1	Look who's talking.
1:21.4	That poster similarly has a tagline that name checks Travolta and Kirsti Alley rather than putting them above the title as like star billing.
1:30.8	Not characters, but it's like this was an era of like you sneak.
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