Clark W. Griswold Is A Good Family Man

I'm a fan of Chevy Chase. I liked him since his days on Saturday Night Live. I love the way he delivers his lines in movies like Fletch and Caddyshack, sort of care free and aloof. One of my favorite characters in any movie really is Clark W. Griswold.

Clark is the kind of man who loves his wife and kids very much and wants to give them everything. I mean, he gets this picture in his mind about what they deserve and how good it will be, and he won't rest until he gives it to them. And, it has to be perfect.

He won't do it second best. He plots and plans it all. He puts it all into action, and it becomes one big disaster. He becomes too obsessed with it, and it blows up in his face. In Vacation, he wanted to take the family to Wally World. After all of the problems along the way, Wally World was closed. Of course, he flips out as only Clark can do.

In Christmas Vacation, he's gonna be holding the big family get together at his place. Of course, nothing goes right at all. The Christmas lights don't work, the tree catches on fire and his boss doesn't give out the Christmas bonus that year. He had a little help from cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) in the end.

In Vegas Vacation, he nearly blows the whole thing. He's blinded by the glitz and glamor of Vegas and loses the family savings. He nearly loses sight of what is important, but he remembers it's his wife and kids that really matters. He remarries Ellen, his wife of 25 years.

Without his family, he would be lost, and he knows it. He's good at his job, but it's them that he does it for. His life isn't glamorous, but he knows what really matters. He just gets a little too obsessive sometimes in trying to give his family the good times they deserve.

Clark is a good man, and Chevy has done good work making so many movies you can take your family to and have some laughs. It's not that these movies don't get naughty, it's that they don't rely on that humor as the only way to be funny. I wonder how Clark would obsess over his daughter's wedding? Sounds like another movie idea to me.

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