{"id":22888,"date":"2011-10-04T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T11:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=22888"},"modified":"2023-01-24T12:15:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T12:15:20","slug":"national-lampoons-roadtrip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/national-lampoons-roadtrip\/","title":{"rendered":"National Lampoon&#8217;s Roadtrip"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chevy.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22889\" title=\"Chevy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chevy.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chevy.jpeg 468w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chevy-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chevy-278x415.jpeg 278w, https:\/\/cdn-influx-wp.adrianflux.co.uk\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Chevy-296x444.jpeg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>There&#8217;s something about the great American road. It&#8217;s always been an arena of mythic adventures, tortured mishaps and, if you&#8217;re lucky, hilarious comedy.<\/p>\n<p>And the comedy doesn&#8217;t get much more hilarious than that dreamt up by Chevy Chase. His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kn6uqwSjDjY\">National Lampoon<\/a>s series of movies always manage to hit the comedic spot : and there&#8217;s often a lovely bit of kooky, on-period automotive action involved too.<\/p>\n<p>Here, the great man and archetypal American dad, styles out his road trip whilst trying to impress eighties bomsbhell and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/detail.php?id=1666\">&#8216;uptown girl&#8217;<\/a> Christie Brinkley as she shadows their wagon in her targa-topped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pistonheads.com\/buy?s=190\">Ferrari 308.<\/a>. Which, it has to be said, look tantalisingly accessible these days. Especially without a supermodel at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more Chevy action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>of the eighties chucklefest and accessible Ferraris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1779,1781,110],"tags":[82,115,141],"class_list":["post-22888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars","category-culture","category-blog","tag-ferrari","tag-film","tag-movies"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>American Road Trips<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Influx considers the American road trip and it&#039;s links to hilarious comedy such as Chevy Chase&#039;s National Lampoon series.\" 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