Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
39:41 – 42:28… He's an orderly cuss. It's the funniest scene in the movie, bro. It makes me laugh the hardest now, 40 years later. Is Chevy Chase getting shot? Honestly, the apex mountain of the 80s. Bro. Of the 80s. He talks to that dude for some reason. I'm okay. It's all right. No, they love it. That scene is the... Bro, that scene is so fucking hilarious to me. So he just... And he's so hilarious in it where he's got that, I'm fucking with this guy kind of gloatum. Tenderfoot. Hey, bring me a drink. Yellow belly. And she sees this dude isn't fucking with this guy. He's like, yo, stop fucking with this guy. And he just …
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Is to me the underrated sleeper fucking hilarious scene. I don't get underfoot. He's an orderly cuss. It's the funniest scene in the movie, bro. It makes me laugh the hardest now, 40 years later. Is Chevy Chase getting shot? Honestly, the apex mountain of the 80s. Bro. Of the 80s. He talks to that dude for some reason. I'm okay. It's all right. No, they love it. That scene is the... Bro, that scene is so fucking hilarious to me. So he just... And he's so hilarious in it where he's got that, I'm fucking with this guy kind of gloatum. Tenderfoot. Hey, bring me a drink. Yellow belly. And she sees this dude isn't fucking with this guy. He's like, yo, stop fucking with this guy. And he just shoots a gun full of blanks at him. It's hysterical, bro. Well, we go right from there to we get to meet Eddie's family. Clark's family. Yeah. Or it's... Cousin Eddie. Yeah, Cousin Eddie. Yeah. She's born without a tongue, Clark. She can whistle like a bird, though. He's like a horse. Oh, my God. I'll just say for... In the 80s, this is my favorite stretch of the movie because we got the French kiss part. Daddy says I'm the best at it. You got asteroids. The kid working out is jerking off hands. Yeah. He's doing like that. You ever pop your baloney? It's all fun. No, it's... Guy taught me something really cool last year. You ever pop your baloney? It's just like, what guy? Wait a second. Yeah. A guy taught you how to do that? Eddie said, after I have the baby, I can quit one of my night jobs. The hamburger helper. Yeah. Real tomato ketchup. It is just seven minutes of beauty. The daughter stirring the Kool-Aid with her hands. With her hands. Yeah. Can I help you with that? Please. And by the way, it's just... Bro, it's just... That's the whole fucking thing, bro. Dad says I'm really good. Don't go show them your worm farm. Like, let's go show your cousin's worms. That scene was so iconic. That whole stretch was so iconic that when Jane Krasinski became somebody, I couldn't accept it for like five years. Jane Krasinski. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I couldn't accept it because I was just like, that's the girl from Vacation. I can't unsee that little girl. And then eventually she became... A big deal, yeah. Yeah, yeah. But I mean, even on 30 Rock, I was like, wow, the Vacation? The French kisser? Yeah. She's gonna still keep going? We, grower. The Eddie character. I mean, it's gonna be no surprise when he wins Deion Waiters. It's almost like we could name Deion Waiters after Cousin Eddie. It is an all-time heat check. It's amazing. It's amazing. When he gets him the white shoes, he's like, I remember... Craig, did you know anything about Cousin Eddie heading into this movie? I had seen Christmas Vacation, so yes. So yeah. Okay.
77:54 – 83:02… basically at any point from I would say May through Thanksgiving. Yeah through October. I thought I was going to faint after I got off Superman. It's tough. Apex Mountain Chevy? For me it's still Fletch but I guess if you want to consider it this era I think it's Fletch because he's got this in his back pocket then Fletch and it's like oh we're we're doing this now. The only reason why I'm going to say it's this he's Clark Griswold man. He's Fletch to me. Fletch sets up everything else for him. Really? That sets up the next couple years Do you think that there's a Just 20 seconds here do you think that this …
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Valencia Magic Mountain pick your battles it gets fucking hot. You do not want to go basically at any point from I would say May through Thanksgiving. Yeah through October. I thought I was going to faint after I got off Superman. It's tough. Apex Mountain Chevy? For me it's still Fletch but I guess if you want to consider it this era I think it's Fletch because he's got this in his back pocket then Fletch and it's like oh we're we're doing this now. The only reason why I'm going to say it's this he's Clark Griswold man. He's Fletch to me. Fletch sets up everything else for him. Really? That sets up the next couple years Do you think that there's a Just 20 seconds here do you think that this is a I know a lot about movies is this a Sean Fentessy classic here to where the the average person if you ask them who this guy is they're probably going to say this guy is Clark Griswold. I think it's split. I think it's half Fletch and half Clark Griswold. I think you guys are on your mind. Mark is probably now bigger because they've I think Because of the sequels? Not Vegas Christmas has become so huge because to me it's like this and European are bigger than Christmas No. Do you think they're bigger movies? To me they're more important. I think this movie is probably the most important of the three. I don't know it's an interesting argument. Well you know European had that thing where it was I think it was the first PG-13 movie or one of the first so it had nudity but it was still PG-13 Yeah. Which was very important to a certain demo. I think Christmas has had the longest tail though because it's just on you just know it's going to be on for four weeks every year. And that's a really really great movie in addition to being funny. I can't wait to do it in December. Beverly D'Angelo yes. Anthony Michael Hall it's probably Breakfast Club for him. Anthony Michael Hall Breakfast Club or Weird Science. Family Vacation Movies? Or being in Dark Knight Dark Knight Rises or is it Dark Knight? No the Dark Knight he's in the Dark Knight he's the TV caster yeah he plays the guy Vacation Movies yeah right? The Ferrari 308 GTS I'm going to say yes Christy Brinkley definitely yes you don't it's this over Uptown Girl right? I think it's right around the same time this comes out and then Uptown Girl John Deal not yet it's probably probably dying in special two part episode in season four you ever see a movie called Madhouse with John Leroy and Kirstie Alley? Of course he's in that he's hilarious he's in a lot of stuff I have an important Apex Mountain question let's hear it is Holiday Road Apex Mountain for 80s movie theme songs that play over the credits the open credits so the competition would be Power of Love these songs have to be written for the express purpose of being in the movie Power of Love Danger Zone or Holiday Road Danger Zone is tough I don't know if I can because Purple Rain plays over the end so it has to be written specifically for the movie Power of Love was written for Back to the Future Danger Zone was written for Top Gun oh these are bro these are some what about Call Me American Gigolo wasn't that I don't think that was written for American Gigolo I thought it was yeah I think it was we did that in the rewatchable shit I think it's Danger Zone it probably is Danger Zone but no it's Power of Love because Huey was massive and that was the biggest of all the movies I'm saying that like does Power of Love like set you up for Back to the Future like the way Danger Zone and Holiday Road like Holiday Road so you're saying all encompassing yeah like I think that Power of Love yeah you're right doesn't say you have to go backwards in a vacuum might be the best song Danger Zone Danger Zone you're like I'm gonna watch Top Fucking Gun right now Top Gun and this but in the same way that this movie is kind of like when I hear Holiday Road I think about yeah yeah you're going on vacation it's Tobias so tell me bro good question CR man you still got it thanks brother John Candy no roller coasters in films definitely you ever see Fear oh yeah forget it nevermind or Final Destination Final Destination yeah Dead Aunts Dead Aunts it's the number one Dead Aunt for me yeah I don't know maybe I can't think maybe speaking of Dead Aunts best racehorse name how about Ann Edna that's the one I got here comes Ann Edna I got Ann Edna right there not Pool Waitress Tinder Foot Pickin' Nets Wally World would never ever ever be closed for two weeks under any circumstance Disney famously is open 365 yeah you close for one day but not two weeks you close individual rides the whole park is not going to never happening for two weeks yeah no I mentioned another knit where my son insisted on putting this in the podcast which he's starting to understand at least a little bit even though he tried to change it by just having us rank characters he wanted for a nitpick his was Clark Landing Clark Landing his wife
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