"My wife Mary Catherine and I, and our kids, repeat keynote lines in great anticipation before they're even delivered. We all laugh like little children, as if it's the first time we've ever heard the uproarious lines. To paraphrase Clark Griswold, played by Chevy Chase: if we all woke up tomorrow with our heads sewn to the carpet, we wouldn't be more surprised."
"Hands down, our favorite scene is the incessant chaos when all goes wacko in the Griswold house from the burning Christmas tree to the dog chasing a squirrel that has invaded the house, and wife Ellen then urges everyone, all the crazy relatives, to leave "before things get worse!" "Worse," rebuts Clark. How could things get any worse? Look around here, Ellen. We're on the threshold of hell!" And they were... ... As we all have been at times in life."
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is a 36-year holiday fixture for a Cape Cod family that repeatedly anticipates and quotes favorite lines. The family especially treasures the chaotic Griswold scene featuring a burning tree, a squirrel in the house, and Clark and Ellen's explosive exchange. Heidi Levitt, a veteran casting director, faced a life-altering turn when her husband Charlie was diagnosed at 57 with Early Onset Alzheimer's. Experts note the disease can take 20 years or more to run its course. Diagnosis does not confirm onset; like cancer, the illness creeps in slowly. The challenge is in learning how to live w
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