The top mistakes in National Lampoon's Vacation http://www.moviemistakes.com/film877 en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:55:40 +0000 5371 In the early part of the film, Beverly D'Angelo and Chevy Chase check into the hotel/motel. She goes in to take a shower but he barges in. If you look real closely, she is wearing underpants and is not nude although she is taking a shower. 5367 In the scene where Christie Brinkley takes off her clothes and invites Chevy into the pool, he takes off his pants and we are supposed to assume he's naked. When he dives in you can see he's wearing flesh coloured underwear. 10656 In the film's first scene, as Clark and Russ Griswold make a left hand turn to pull into the used car lot in Chicago, the upper quarter of the screen shows mountains and palm trees in the background, which is an impossibility for Chicago. I believe the nearest mountain range to Chicago is in Arkansas and the nearest palm trees reside in Louisiana. (This scene was filmed in California, which explains the mountains and palm trees, BUT nonetheless a mistake.) 68128 In the scene where the Griswolds tie Aunt Edna to the roof of the car in a sitting position and drive her body in the pouring rain, pay close attention to the back of her head (which is not covered like the rest of her body). It's easy to see that it's a mannequin, with the pure-white plastic skin. Also, the mannequin's hair is very short in the back, whereas Aunt Edna's is longer. 81843 During the St. Louis part, they show the Griswolds crossing the bridge into Missouri and *then* getting lost in what they title "East St. Louis." East St. Louis is actually in Illinois, so they would have encountered it before crossing the bridge. This has apparently been corrected in the video version.