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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Subject: European Vacation
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Date: Sun, 4-Aug-85 00:00:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug  4 00:00:00 1985
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>     Warner Brothers seems to have little confidence in "European
>Vacation", as they sneaked it out into the theaters without sub-
>stantial advertising.  In the light of the success of "Vacation",
>which didn't have that many more good laughs, the studio's lack
>of confidence is surprising.  "National Lampoon's European Vaca-
>tion" will probably satisfy fans of the early film, but has few
>attractions for anyone who didn't like "Vacation".  Enough people
>liked the first film to assure "European Vacation" at least a modest
>success.
>-- 
>        			Peter Reiher
>				reiher@LOCUS.UCLA.EDU
>        			{...ihnp4,ucbvax,sdcrdcf}!ucla-cs!reiher

Well, I liked "vacation" but I didn't like the sequel much at all.
The original had a certain class to it.  Less crassness and an element
of black comedy.  The sequel is standard fare formula comedy.
A few good jokes, but not enough to be worth it.

I suspect the reviewer preferred Vacation, too.  Why else did he go to
European Vacation (unless he was dragged along.)
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473