Fiction Empire

Film 1985. Written by John Hughes, Robert Klane. Directed by Amy Heckerling. Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Jason Lively, Victor Lanoux, Eric Idle.

Source Features: BBB (9) TIMELINE (8) MAP (3) QUOTES (1)

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BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU

Deiter's
Restaurant that the host of the Pig in a Poke TV game show mentions: The Griswalds have just won a fabulous European vacation! We'll fly the whole family to London, England to start a two-week vacation extravaganza you'll never forget. On to Germany, where you'll enjoy a fine meal at Dieter's, and dance to the gay music of Esther and the Black Forest Girls...

Herald Tribune
Newspaper than Ellen reads on the train to Rome.

La Donna Nella Doccia

BBB

Video

Adult Films

La Donna Nella Doccia
Movie advertisement featuring still photo from Ellen's striptease performance that Clark filmed before the family left for Europe that was on the videcamera that was stolen from them. Translation: "The Wet Hot Wife".

MicroTech
Software company that Pig in a Poke TV game show contestant Mr. Froeger mentions, inspired by MicroSoft: I won my Nobel Prize in 1967. My wife won hers in 1970. Our son, Moe, has just been elected to the board of Microtech, a computer software corporation. Our daughter, Ruth, is the youngest female ever to be accepted at Harvard Law School.

Pig in a Poke
TV game show on which the Griswald family wins a trip to Europe.

Regal Car Polish
Automotive product that the Griswald family wins on the TV game show Pig in a Poke.

Royal Imperial Windsor Hotel

BBB

Travel

Hotels

Royal Imperial Windsor Hotel
Hotel where the Griswald family stays. Also referred to as the "Royal Imperial Windsor Arms".

Signore Cappacino
Coffee machine product that the Griswald family wins on the TV game show Pig in a Poke.

Wally World
Clark wears his Wally World T-shirt from the original movie.

FICTITIOUS TIMELINE

August 8, 1945

Dates

20th Century: 1st Half

Birth Dates

August 8, 1945
Clark Wilhelm Griswald born - Date of Birth on his United States passport.

July 26, 1979
Issued Date on Clark Griswald's United States passport.

July 25, 1989
Expiration Date on Clark Griswald's United States passport.

February 27
Date stamped in Audrey Gridwald's passport.

June 9
Date stamped in Clark and Rusty Gridwald's passports.

June 16
Date stamped in Ellen and Rusty Gridwald's passports.

June 19
Date stamped in the Thief's passport.

September 3
Date stamped in the Thief's passport.

MAKE BELIEVE MAP

Pyramidal Tracts
Joke Clark makes on the Pig in a Poke TV game show: The "pyramidal tracts" are a housing development outside of Cairo.

Republic of Griswald
Joke that Clark makes when the family votes for the president of the newly democratic family: This will be for the President of the Republic of Griswald.

Skyline Drive
The Griswald family's address in Chicago.

OTHER

Rusty Griswold

Other

Quotes

Rusty Griswold
Rusty Griswold: Oink oink, my good man!

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