The Griswolds were so important to my life, I probably went on more vacations with them than I did with my own family, for all the times I re-watched their movies on VHS. Yes, even Vegas Vacation. I really think you could have sent the Griswolds anywhere and had a fun story. I wish they […]
When I talk about Franchise Fred, people may assume it’s the big franchises, the Fast and the Furiouses (Furiae?) and Terminators. Some have already expressed surprise that Vacation is one of my number one franchises. I think you could send the Griswolds anywhere and it would be funny, so I was thrilled when they […]
This may be the ultimate Franchise Fred interview. Vacation was maybe my number two franchise to revive. I still want Back to the Future IV, but it’s too late to have it come out in the real 2015. You can always take the Griswolds anywhere though, and if it’s been nearly 20 years since […]
Today was the press junket for the new Vacation, starring Ed Helms as Rusty Griswold, Clark Griswold’s son from the four earlier Vacation movies, now grown up taking his own family on a vacation. Helms told us that he initially passed on Vacation because the original was a sacred cow to him. His manager convinced […]