Spoiler Alert. The ending to 1983’s National Lampoon’s Vacation was that Griswolds finally made it to Walley World and had an amazing time. However, that is not the original ending that they shot.
Today, Beverly D’Angelo shared with us the way the movie was supposed to end before the test audiences saw the film.
This is a still from the ORIGINAL ENDING of the first Vacation- that never made it into the finished film! Originally, when we found that Walley World was closed, the Griswolds go to Walley’s home and Clark holds him at gun point, demanding that he perform for us. Then, contented, we get on the plane and fly back home to Chicago- hence the airplane seats and hats in this photo. Roy Walley was played by the great song and dance man Eddie Bracken, and it was a great scene!
BUT. About four months after we wrapped, we were called back for reshoots. Producer Matty Simmons explained to me that audiences would be too let down if the Griswolds never made it into the park after all the catastrophes along the way. Harold Ramis brought in John Candy as the security guard we kidnap and you know the rest.
I wish they would’ve kept that scene as compared to the one we saw. It would’ve been more fitting to their failed road trip. Which one do you prefer?
Jennifer Hudson may be an EGOT winner, but she is not a triple threat. Although, that might change because today, on her talk show, Meghan Trainor showed her how to Twerk. Who would’ve thought? But seeing is believing. And do you believe that she can dance now?
Also, on the daytime talk show, Trainor revealed why she keeps some of the plaques in her bathrooms. Why? She wants her guests to know the tunes she wrote for other artists. So when her friends are taking a pee in her bathroom, the singer knows she has their undivided attention. I have to admit that is brilliant. But I am sure her guests are more into the fact that her bathrooms have his and her toilets. At least I would be.
On October 14th, Michael Myers’ 44-year murderous reign is coming to an end, and he is not going quietly. How loud his death will be, is up to his sister Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis). After watching the trailer, it sounds like Scream Queens would die to be in this film…
Halloween Ends will be playing in theaters and streaming on Peacock. I am so happy I spent $20 for the streaming service because this makes it worth it!
Today is Gwyneth Paltrow’s 50th birthday, and she is wearing nothing but her birthday suit for the milestone. Can you believe she is celebrating her golden birthday because her body doesn’t show it? It looks as toned now as when she won the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, a movie and performance I was not in love with.
John Stamos and Lori Loughlin reunited, and they gave us a little bit more than just seeing them together. They showed us pictures of them when they were Uncle Jesse and Aunt Becky on Full House, with the song Teenage Dirtbag playing in the background.
Ironically, the actress wasn’t a dirtbag back then. However, now, I think some of us can say that she is one after her scandal.
I always find it interesting how we forgive some and others we don’t. Do you think her crime was forgivable?
