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05-05-2003, 07:11 PM
thanks to FILMJERK.com:
Does Randy Quaid no longer believe in himself? After an impressive year in 1996, with roles in "Independence Day," "Kingpin" and "Get On The Bus," Quaid has somehow found himself in a veritable cornucopia of loser films and TV shows. Fear of not making his next mortgage payment must be the deciding factor for accepting yet another turn as the terminally dumb Cousin Eddie in the horrendously titled "National Lampoon's Cousin Eddie’s Christmas Vacation Lost," and NBC-TV movie of the week, giving us one more reason to not remember his incredible start thirty years ago in films like "The Last Picture Show" and "The Last Detail.:
The only thing that makes this report even remotely interesting is that Dana Barron, who played Audrey Griswold in the original "Vacation" movie twenty years ago before being replaced by the late Dana Hill, Juliette Lewis and Marisol Nichols in subsequent sequels, will be returning to the series.
The story, what little it is, concerns Cousin Eddie being fired from his job at Christmas time. Hoping to avoid a lawsuit because he’s bitten by a laboratory monkey, Eddie's former employer sends him and his family on a vacation to the South Pacific. While there, the family and their pretty tour guide get stranded on a tropical island, where Eddie will finally get his chance to prove himself as a man and a good provider.
Keeping in the "Vacation" tradition, all of Eddie and Catherine's previous kids (Vicki and Dale in the first, Rocky and Ruby Sue in the third) have been replaced. In "Christmas Lost," they have but one child now, a twelve year old boy named Third, who is as intelligent as Eddie is a lunkhead. Replacing the daughter character will be Uncle Nick, a lecherous, unkempt gentleman who shows up on the family’s doorstep unexpectedly after his wife has left him.
Amongst the many surprises in store this winter is that Eddie has a last name. Never before revealed in the previous four feature films, Eddie's family have been given the surname of Tuttle. Great. Do they have a relative in Tacoma, Washington named Tom? And how to the Tuttles fit into Mrs. Griswold's family, since her maiden name was Smith?
Maybe we'll find out in "National Lampoon’s Cousin Eddie’s Summer Siberian Vacation Spectacular" if this turns out to be a ratings smash.
You have been warned.
"National Lampoon’s Cousin Eddie’s Christmas Vacation Lost" Scorecard
Director: Not yet signed
Writer: Matty Simmons
Producer: Elliot Fridgen
Executive Producer: Matty Simmons
Casting Director: Kim Orchen Cooper
Production Start Date: May 30, 2003
Shooting Locations: Los Angeles
Does Randy Quaid no longer believe in himself? After an impressive year in 1996, with roles in "Independence Day," "Kingpin" and "Get On The Bus," Quaid has somehow found himself in a veritable cornucopia of loser films and TV shows. Fear of not making his next mortgage payment must be the deciding factor for accepting yet another turn as the terminally dumb Cousin Eddie in the horrendously titled "National Lampoon's Cousin Eddie’s Christmas Vacation Lost," and NBC-TV movie of the week, giving us one more reason to not remember his incredible start thirty years ago in films like "The Last Picture Show" and "The Last Detail.:
The only thing that makes this report even remotely interesting is that Dana Barron, who played Audrey Griswold in the original "Vacation" movie twenty years ago before being replaced by the late Dana Hill, Juliette Lewis and Marisol Nichols in subsequent sequels, will be returning to the series.
The story, what little it is, concerns Cousin Eddie being fired from his job at Christmas time. Hoping to avoid a lawsuit because he’s bitten by a laboratory monkey, Eddie's former employer sends him and his family on a vacation to the South Pacific. While there, the family and their pretty tour guide get stranded on a tropical island, where Eddie will finally get his chance to prove himself as a man and a good provider.
Keeping in the "Vacation" tradition, all of Eddie and Catherine's previous kids (Vicki and Dale in the first, Rocky and Ruby Sue in the third) have been replaced. In "Christmas Lost," they have but one child now, a twelve year old boy named Third, who is as intelligent as Eddie is a lunkhead. Replacing the daughter character will be Uncle Nick, a lecherous, unkempt gentleman who shows up on the family’s doorstep unexpectedly after his wife has left him.
Amongst the many surprises in store this winter is that Eddie has a last name. Never before revealed in the previous four feature films, Eddie's family have been given the surname of Tuttle. Great. Do they have a relative in Tacoma, Washington named Tom? And how to the Tuttles fit into Mrs. Griswold's family, since her maiden name was Smith?
Maybe we'll find out in "National Lampoon’s Cousin Eddie’s Summer Siberian Vacation Spectacular" if this turns out to be a ratings smash.
You have been warned.
"National Lampoon’s Cousin Eddie’s Christmas Vacation Lost" Scorecard
Director: Not yet signed
Writer: Matty Simmons
Producer: Elliot Fridgen
Executive Producer: Matty Simmons
Casting Director: Kim Orchen Cooper
Production Start Date: May 30, 2003
Shooting Locations: Los Angeles