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---> '''Clark Griswold''': "AND WE "WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE HAP-HAP-HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS SINCE BING CROSBY TAP DANCED WITH DANNY FUCKING KAYE!!"
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* ReferencedBy: One of ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'''s most memorable lines:
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* ReferencedBy: One ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'' with one of ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'''s its most memorable lines:
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* ReferencedBy: One of ''Film/NationalLampoonsChristmasVacation'''s most memorable lines:
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* {{Corpsing}}: Bing Crosby is all-but-losing it during the boys' version of "Sisters."
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* BadExportForYou: They couldn't release an official soundtrack album because Rosemary Clooney was under contract to Columbia Records, while Decca Records owned the soundtrack rights. Two different albums were released; Decca's version had all of Rosemary's vocals done by Peggy Lee, and Columbia's version notably had Betty Clooney (Rosemary's sister) singing Judy's vocals on "Sisters".
* CreatorBacklash: Mel Frank, who was hired to rewrite the script (along with Norman Panama), described the eight weeks of rewriting as "torturous". Overall, he referred to writing the movie as the worst experience of his life.
* CreatorBacklash: Mel Frank, who was hired to rewrite the script (along with Norman Panama), described the eight weeks of rewriting as "torturous". Overall, he referred to writing the movie as the worst experience of his life.
* RealitySubtext: Bob is the workaholic who needs to settle down and have kids to spend time with. Bing Crosby had dropped out of the project briefly to spend time with his own family.
* RefittedForSequel:
** The song "Snow" was a discarded number from the musical ''Call Me Madam'', where it was titled "Free". Some of the lyrics were changed to make it sound more Christmassy, as was the melody.
** "What Can You Do With a General?" was likewise originally for a project called ''Stars on My Shoulders'' that never got off the ground.
* RefittedForSequel:
** The song "Snow" was a discarded number from the musical ''Call Me Madam'', where it was titled "Free". Some of the lyrics were changed to make it sound more Christmassy, as was the melody.
** "What Can You Do With a General?" was likewise originally for a project called ''Stars on My Shoulders'' that never got off the ground.
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/BobFosse was the uncredited choreographer for the movie.
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** Creator/BobFosse was the uncredited choreographer for the movie.
** Dancer Barrie Chase is uncredited for playing Doris Lenz.
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** Creator/FredAstaire turned down the role of PhilDavies.Davies. One song "A Singer, A Dancer" was written specifically for him, and re-worked into "A Crooner - A Comic" to accommodate his replacement Donald O'Connor. He dropped out too and the song was scrapped.
** Gloria Wood was the first choice to dub Vera Ellen's singing, but Rosemary Clooney intervened and recommended Trudy Stabile (who was a friend of hers).
** Another song was recorded for the World War II Christmas show, titled "Santa Claus", but wasn't used in the film. The recording still survives though.
** Creator/BobFosse was the uncredited choreographer for the movie.
** Dancer Barrie Chase is uncredited for playing Doris Lenz.
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** Creator/FredAstaire turned down the role of Phil
** Gloria Wood was the first choice to dub Vera Ellen's singing, but Rosemary Clooney intervened and recommended Trudy Stabile (who was a friend of hers).
** Another song was recorded for the World War II Christmas show, titled "Santa Claus", but wasn't used in the film. The recording still survives though.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is set in an America where nightclubs are places where people dress up, dance formally, and hear live entertainers perform what are today called standards. Those entertainers gain stardom by appearing on regular radio shows and starring in Broadway revues (variety shows). They travel from Florida to Vermont, and thence to New York, by train; once in New York, they appear on prime-time, live-broadcast, black-and-white TV, and at home the whole family gathers around to watch. And the whole plot is centered around men doing things "for an old pal from the Army" — the bond created amongst a generation by UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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* ThrowItIn: Bob's speech about the effects of sandwiches on dreams was nearly completely improvised by Crosby.
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** Bob's speech about the effects of sandwiches on dreams was nearly completely improvised by Crosby.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/FredAstaire turned down the role of Phil Davies.
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* DawsonCasting: 32-year-old Vera-Ellen as "Little Judy". (By contrast, ''older'' sister Betty was played by 25-year-old Rosemary Clooney.) Bing Crosby was 51 at the time the movie was filmed, although Bob Wallace is supposed to be at least a few years younger than that.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Rosemary Clooney claimed that she did the film purely to perform with Music/BingCrosby.
* DawsonCasting: 32-year-old Vera-Ellen as "Little Judy". (By contrast, ''older'' sister Betty was played by 25-year-old Rosemary Clooney.)Bing Crosby Music/BingCrosby was 51 at the time the movie was filmed, although Bob Wallace is supposed to be at least a few years younger than that.that.
* NonSingingVoice: Vera-Ellen's singing voice was dubbed. Numerous sources mistakenly assume Rosemary Clooney sang Vera-Ellen' s part in "Sisters" thus duet-ing with herself, but Trudy Stevens (who was Trudy Stabile at the time) was Vera-Ellen's voice double in all of her songs, namely "Sisters", "Snow" and the "White Christmas" finale. Vera's own singing voice is heard ever very briefly singing in the "arrival in Pine Tree" scene at the railroad station where the quartet reprises - live - the opening lines of "Snow".
* DawsonCasting: 32-year-old Vera-Ellen as "Little Judy". (By contrast, ''older'' sister Betty was played by 25-year-old Rosemary Clooney.)
* NonSingingVoice: Vera-Ellen's singing voice was dubbed. Numerous sources mistakenly assume Rosemary Clooney sang Vera-Ellen' s part in "Sisters" thus duet-ing with herself, but Trudy Stevens (who was Trudy Stabile at the time) was Vera-Ellen's voice double in all of her songs, namely "Sisters", "Snow" and the "White Christmas" finale. Vera's own singing voice is heard ever very briefly singing in the "arrival in Pine Tree" scene at the railroad station where the quartet reprises - live - the opening lines of "Snow".
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/BobFosse was the uncredited choreographer for the movie.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is set in an America where nightclubs are places where people dress up, dance formally, and hear live entertainers perform what are today called standards. Those entertainers gain stardom by appearing on regular radio shows and starring in Broadway revues (variety shows). They travel from Florida to Vermont, and thence to New York, by train; once in New York, they appear on prime-time, live-broadcast, black-and-white TV, and at home the whole family gathers around to watch. And the whole plot is centered around men doing things "for an old pal from the Army" — the bond created amongst a generation by UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film is set in an America where nightclubs are places where people dress up, dance formally, and hear live entertainers perform what are today called standards. Those entertainers gain stardom by appearing on regular radio shows and starring in Broadway revues (variety shows). They travel from Florida to Vermont, and thence to New York, by train; once in New York, they appear on prime-time, live-broadcast, black-and-white TV, and at home the whole family gathers around to watch. And the whole plot is centered around men doing things "for an old pal from the Army" — the bond created amongst a generation by UsefulNotes/WorldWarII.
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** Bob and Phil's performing the girls' number was originally just Crosby and Kaye having some fun, but it turned out so well the director decided to work it in. Watch for Crosby trying valiantly not to [[{{Corpsing}} corpse]] in the middle of the act, particularly when Kaye smacks him in the face with a feathered fan.
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** Bob and Phil's performing the girls' number was originally just Crosby and Kaye having some fun, but it turned out so well the director decided to work it in. Watch for Crosby trying valiantly not to [[{{Corpsing}} corpse]] in the middle of the act, particularly when Kaye smacks him in the face with a feathered fan.fan.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: In one number, you can see future UsefulNotes/AcademyAward winner George Chakiris, who played Bernardo in ''Film/WestSideStory''.
** A grown-up Carl [[Film/TheLittleRascals "Alfalfa"]] Switzer also makes an uncredited appearance in a photograph as Benny “The Dog-Faced Boy” Haynes.
** [[Film/SisterAct Sister Mary Lazarus]] is the housekeeper at the inn that hired a sister act.
** Doris Lenz, the dim-witted blonde dancer with the annoying voice, is played by Barrie Chase, who would become one of Creator/FredAstaire's last regular dancing partners between 1958 and 1966.
** A grown-up Carl [[Film/TheLittleRascals "Alfalfa"]] Switzer also makes an uncredited appearance in a photograph as Benny “The Dog-Faced Boy” Haynes.
** [[Film/SisterAct Sister Mary Lazarus]] is the housekeeper at the inn that hired a sister act.
** Doris Lenz, the dim-witted blonde dancer with the annoying voice, is played by Barrie Chase, who would become one of Creator/FredAstaire's last regular dancing partners between 1958 and 1966.
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** [[SisterAct Sister Mary Lazarus]] is the housekeeper at the inn that hired a sister act.
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** A grown-up Carl [[TheLittleRascals "Alfalfa"]] Switzer also makes an uncredited appearance in a photograph as Benny “The Dog-Faced Boy” Haynes.
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** A grown-up Carl [[TheLittleRascals [[Film/TheLittleRascals "Alfalfa"]] Switzer also makes an uncredited appearance in a photograph as Benny “The Dog-Faced Boy” Haynes.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: In one number, you can see future AcademyAward winner George Chakiris, who played Bernardo in ''Film/WestSideStory''.
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* DawsonCasting: 32-year-old Vera-Ellen as "Little Judy". (By contrast, ''older'' sister Betty was played by 25-year-old Rosemary Clooney.) Bing Crosby was 51 at the time the movie was filmed, although Bob Wallace is supposed to be at least a few years younger than that.
* HeyItsThatGuy: In one number, you can see future AcademyAward winner George Chakiris, who played Bernardo in ''Film/WestSideStory''.
** A grown-up Carl [[TheLittleRascals "Alfalfa"]] Switzer also makes an uncredited appearance in a photograph as Benny “The Dog-Faced Boy” Haynes.
** [[SisterAct Sister Mary Lazarus]] is the housekeeper at the inn that hired a sister act.
** Doris Lenz, the dim-witted blonde dancer with the annoying voice, is played by Barrie Chase, who would become one of Creator/FredAstaire's last regular dancing partners between 1958 and 1966.
* ThrowItIn: Bob's speech about the effects of sandwiches on dreams was nearly completely improvised by Crosby.
** Bob and Phil's performing the girls' number was originally just Crosby and Kaye having some fun, but it turned out so well the director decided to work it in. Watch for Crosby trying valiantly not to [[{{Corpsing}} corpse]] in the middle of the act, particularly when Kaye smacks him in the face with a feathered fan.
* HeyItsThatGuy: In one number, you can see future AcademyAward winner George Chakiris, who played Bernardo in ''Film/WestSideStory''.
** A grown-up Carl [[TheLittleRascals "Alfalfa"]] Switzer also makes an uncredited appearance in a photograph as Benny “The Dog-Faced Boy” Haynes.
** [[SisterAct Sister Mary Lazarus]] is the housekeeper at the inn that hired a sister act.
** Doris Lenz, the dim-witted blonde dancer with the annoying voice, is played by Barrie Chase, who would become one of Creator/FredAstaire's last regular dancing partners between 1958 and 1966.
* ThrowItIn: Bob's speech about the effects of sandwiches on dreams was nearly completely improvised by Crosby.
** Bob and Phil's performing the girls' number was originally just Crosby and Kaye having some fun, but it turned out so well the director decided to work it in. Watch for Crosby trying valiantly not to [[{{Corpsing}} corpse]] in the middle of the act, particularly when Kaye smacks him in the face with a feathered fan.
