"Vegas Vacation" - a look back at films that feature Las Vegas, site of NFPA's Conference & Expo

Have you ever gone to a casino and played "Rock, Scissors, Paper" or "Guess Which Hand"? The next movie in our series of films that feature Las Vegas is the 1997 comedy "Vegas Vacation", where Chevy Chase reprises his role as the bumbling patriarch of the Griswold family. In this movie, the Griswolds travel to Vegas after Clark earns a bonus check for inventing a long-life food preservative. Featuring "Cousin Eddie" (Randy Quaid) as well as cameos by Sid Caesar, Wayne Newton, and Christy Brinkley, this filmed earned more than $36 million and was the fourth in the Vacation film series (the only one not sponsored by National Lampoon).

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- Mike Hazell