Yep, the Griswold's are back! Just in time for Superbowl Sunday

The Griswolds 1983- Russ, Clark, Ellen and Audrey

Ellen and Clark Griswold 2010...haven't they aged gracefully!!! (no sign of Russ and Audrey...yet)


Here's the screenshot from HomeAway's Super Bowl ad, bringing back the protagonists of the 1983 movie 'National Lampoon's Vacation'

We all could relate to Rusty and Audrey at some point in our childhood lives whose parents embarrassed them somewhere along the way on an outlandish vacation of some kind. Am I wrong??

But it looks like this online service is going to get a big boost in publicity: Not only will it be running a TV commercial during the Super Bowl, but the commercial will feature actors Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo in their roles as Clark and Ellen Griswold from "National Lampoon's Vacation," the 1983 comedy about a holiday gone horribly awry.

A press release explains that the commercial is an intro to a whole Griswold-themed "microsite," complete with a "short film" as a promotion, and ensuing ad campaigns both on TV and online--which basically means that this whole thing cost a lot. Oh yeah, there's also a Clark Griswold Twitter account.

Is this awesome marketing or what??

Whether Clark Griswold can fill those shoes has yet to be seen.

Will you tune in??? You betcha I will! Oh and Go Saints...!!! I'm just saying...