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Nicolette Scorsese was born on 6 January 1954. She is an actress, known for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Boxing Helena (1993) and NYPD Blue (1993).

Beverly D'Angelo and Chevy Chase in 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation'. Warner Bros. While the cover itself is a fake rendering made for the movie, the man in the image is Chechik, the director confirms to PEOPLE.

12, scores of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation aficionados crunched the numbers and came up with a consensus figure of about $20,000 in 1989 money, or about $49,000 today.

In 1989, the installation of an inground pool ranged between $16,000 and $24,000, according to the LA Times.

Christmas Vacation (1989) - Nicolette Scorsese as Mary - IMDb.

Vacation (1983) - Christie Brinkley as The Girl in the Ferrari - IMDb.

Clark : [Lisping due to the cold] The most enjoying traditions of the season are best enjoyed in the warm embrace of kith and kin.

In the movie, the Griswolds lived in Greater Chicago. The actual house featured in the 1989 movie was built on a Warner Brothers lot in California.

Christmas Vacation (1989) - Randy Quaid as Cousin Eddie Johnson - IMDb.

With incandescent bulbs burning five hours a day for a month, ComEd calculates, that display would cost the Griswolds $7,462 in today's dollars.

How much did Chevy Chase make on Christmas Vacation? ›

Chevy earned $6 million for 1989's "Christmas Vacation". That's the same as $12.5 million in today's dollars.

WE FINALLY FIND OUT WHAT THE “W” IS IN CLARK W. GRISWOLD. A passport seen in the opening credits reveals the W stands for “Wilhelm.”

I'd wager he was making $77-$80k in 1989, so his bonus was probably about 25 percent…. On a $80k salary, a 25% bonus would be $20K.” Another Redditor added some context, “He also made a breakthrough on non-nutritive cereal varnish… mentioned a few times in the film.”

Like so many luxuries now only available to those in the top tax brackets, pools were once well within the reach of the middle class. That same 20-by-40 Gunite pool cost about $3,400 in the 1950s (or $32,000 today).

A regular poured-concrete in-ground pool could go 10-15 years between resurfaces. Assuming you kept up with your resurfacing, a poured-concrete in-ground pool could easily last 50+ years. Higher-end concrete pools were often made out of shotcrete. As its name suggests, this is basically the same as concrete.

Otis is the model on the poster above the character Rusty Griswald's bed in the 1989 film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Otis was also featured in 1990 and 2000 issues of Playboy magazine.

In the DVD commentary for this movie, Chevy Chase said that the nickname was Beverly D'Angelo's idea, and she still affectionately calls him Sparky.

No character in the Vacation franchise has given Clark more headaches than Cousin Eddie Johnson (Randy Quaid), who, despite his title, is not related by blood to Clark or Ellen. He is, however, married to Ellen's actual cousin, Catherine (Miriam Flynn).