In 1983, frazzled food additives researcher Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) shoved his loving wife, Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo), and their teenage children, Rusty (Anthony Michael Hall) and Audrey (Dana Barron), into their Family Truckster and dragged them from Chicago to Los Angeles amid a string of setbacks, misadventures and disturbing behavior. Here’s the thing, though: It absolutely matters if younger viewers have never heard of the original “Vacation.” Especially since, thanks to reruns on TBS, there’s a chance they’re only familiar with the dreadful “Vegas Vacation.” “The new vacation will stand on its own.” “I’ve never even heard of the original vacation,” his oldest son shrugs. One of the trailers for the sequel/reboot that finally opens July 29 shows an adult Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) reminiscing about the time he and his family drove across the country to visit the Walley World amusement park. Released in 1997, “Vegas Vacation” was so awful, so devoid of anything resembling entertainment, it took 18 years for the next installment, simply titled “Vacation,” to hit theaters. It’s certainly where the beloved “Vacation” franchise coughed and wheezed before expiring in a puddle of its own sick. In an era of high-profile musical residencies and six-figure nightly payouts to the world’s top DJs, it’s easy to forget that Las Vegas once was the place where entertainment careers went to die.
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