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The Aftermath: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

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The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

New Guest Expert! On this week’s Aftermath, it’s a Christmas miracle! Rebecca speaks with THE Director of Photography on National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. The one and only Thomas Ackerman. An accomplished cinematographer and Professor in the department of film at UNCSA, Tom shares anecdotes from the set and shares incredible firsthand knowledge of the tone and experience film director John Hughes was trying to capture. Afterward, Patreon subscribers can hear the post interview breakdown and see if anything Tom had to say altered the verdict. Not a subscriber? Click and join below! Happy Holidays Alarmy! 

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Patreon subscribers will get access to our content ad free as well as our aftermath

0:44.9

post-interview discussion and final verdict. We'll also be putting out

0:48.8

additional bonus episodes and other fun stuff.

0:52.6

Here's a preview of guest alarmist,

0:54.8

where I step aside and let a guest walk us

0:57.7

through a personal tragedy,

0:59.3

and together the alarmist crew figures out who's to blame. This month Leopoliot discusses the sisterhood of the traveling disaster.

1:08.0

But I do want to say it's like what always happens too is that like you have these like you know

1:14.3

know destinations you want to go to but then something always happens along the way

1:17.5

there's always magic involved yeah what's the magic what's such the bummer is

1:22.0

that Leah and Sarah didn't get to kind of find those pockets of magic in their

1:28.2

Well did you we don't know was there a magical moment even though all this chaos was going on that you guys think about like with

1:35.0

on memories? There was some ravioli that we had when we first got into France.

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