Twenty Things You Might Not Know About the Movie 'Vacation'-- Part 1

From the May  29, 2015, Today by Matt Murray.

Earlier this month, I wrote about the Family Truckster car from the movie 'Vacation' being at the Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois. This is one of my favorite movies.

Here are 20 more things about the movie:

1.  Anthony Michael Hall, who played Rusty Griswold,  was going through puberty during the shooting and grew three inches during the shooting..

2.  The film was written by  John Hughes (who went on to write other 80s classics like  "The Breakfast Club" and  "Sixteen Candles" and was based on his story "Vacation '58."

3.  Shooting for the movie required a real-life road trip for the cast and crew and the film was shot in more than 15  locations across four states.

4.  "Vacation" is the only R-rated movie in the series.  There was some semi-nudity, plus the scene supposedly from East St. Louis, which director Harold Ramis called the most politically  incorrect sequence he ever shot.

5.  There were five Wagon Queen Family Trucksters made and used in the production of the film allowing each to be  altered in certain ways for the wear and tear of the drive.

--Cooter

Thoughts About Movie 'Caddyshack'-- Part 2: What About Lou Loomis and Carl Spackler?

**  Even though the movie was inspired by Illinois, it was set in Nebraska and shot in Florida.

**  The concept was sold as "Animal House" on a golf course.

**  "Caddyshack" may be signature Bill Murray, but older brother Brian Doyle-Murray was more involved.  Bill spent just a short time on set; but Brian provided the idea, co-wrote the screenplay (with Rami and Kenney), then played the manager of the caddyshack.

**  Brian based Lou Loomis, his character, on Lou Janis, an Indian Hill caddy master.  According to Bill Murray's golf memoir, Janis "would bet on anything."  In the movie, Loomis wagered that a member would pick his nose and eat it.

**  As early as the mid-1970s, Bill Murray was performing variations of his character, Carl Spackler --  his side talking, imbalanced, philosophical groundskeeper -- as a cast member at Second City.

--RoadDog

TEENAGERS AND CATS:  Cats and teenagers yawn in exactly the same manner, communicating that ultimate human ecstasy--  a sense of complete and utter boredom.

Thoughts About the Movie 'Caddyshack'

From the July 23, 2020, Chicago Tribune "Forty thoughts on 'Caddyshack' by Christopher Borrelli.

The movie "Caddyshack" was released 41 years ago now (40 years ago back in 2020) and tells the story of working class caddies, slobs, wiseasses, and nouveau rich who clash at a Chicago country club.

This is one of my favorite movies and I was able to watch it a short time ago.  It was great then as it is now.

Here are some of Mr. Borrelli's thoughts on the movie:

**  "Caddyshack" was directed by Harold Ramis, who grew up in Chicago's Rogers Park and died at his home in Glencoe in 2014.  He made his career -- "Animal House," "Ghostbusters, "Stripes" -- on movies about irreverent guys facing down an establishment.  

"Caddyshack" was his first directing job and was based on stories from the Murray brothers of Wilmette--  Bill, Brian, et al.  They caddied public courses in Evanston and at Indian Hill Club, a private course in Winnetka.

Too Funny, Especially the Swimming Pool Scenes.  --CootShack