of Pig in a Poke:
The Froegers.
The Froegers?
No one's ever beaten the Froegers.
Mr. Froeger, tell us about yourselves.
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.
Good luck to all of you.
Now, let's take a look at our categories.
Pharmacology.
American Explorers.
Chronology of the Pharaohs.
The Geography of the Brain...
...and History of
Early Hungarian Cabinet Making.
Not bad.
Froegers, since you're the challengers,
you get to pick the first category.
The Hungarian one.
Nobody knows anything about Hungarians.
I don't know. Kent, we'd like
The Geography of the Brain.
The question is:
What are the pyramidal tracts?
Five seconds.
The pyramidal tracts are
a housing development outside of Cairo.
Too bad.
You're the champions
if you answer correctly.
The pyramidal tracts...
...are a complex of multi-synaptic
lower motor neurons...
...which interconnect the basal ganglia
with the reticular formation.
You said, "Lower motor neurons."
The answer is: Upper motor neurons.
- Upper! Upper!
- Nobody wins.
- We're still in it.
- Froegers, select another category.
- Early Hungarian Cabinet Making.
- American Explorers.
American Explorers. Griswalds.
In 1804, an expedition explored an area...
...from the Louisiana territory
to the Pacific Coast.
For the grand prize,
what lieutenant led that expedition?
- I give up.
- Wait a minute, Dad.
Quiet down! I think I got this one.
Come on, Dad.
Time's up. Do you have an answer?
- Clark!
- That's it!
Clark, of Lewis and Clark.
The Griswalds are our grand prize winners!
No, that was a mistake!
She doesn't know that.
Come on out here!
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."
- This is going to be some vacation, kids.
- Yeah, Dad.
Rusty, give me a hand and set the table.
Why can't Audrey do it?
Because Audrey has company.
- Rusty, come on!
- Wait a minute.
Russ, obey your mother.
I can't stand the thought of being
away from you for whole two weeks.
It'll be like before we met.
Before we met, my life was horrible
and meaningless. Wasn't yours?
Sort of.
Let's light it up!
Audrey, please eat something.
Everybody, listen up.
Let's look at the map
and go over our schedule.
The plane will fly us
from Chicago to London.
That's Madrid, Dad.
You're right. This must be
one of those old medieval maps.
Dad, I made a decision.
I can't leave Jack.
Besides, the food in Europe is fattening.
And I like her thin. She eats too much.
Clark, why don't you and I go alone?
It's obvious the kids don't even want to go.
Of course they do.
We're a family.
We're going to Europe as a family.
- Don't we have a say in this?
- I think we should vote on it.
I can be big about this.
We'll be a democracy. Everybody votes.
Who will be president?
Let's vote on that.
We'll have a secret ballot.
Write down your choice...
...give it to your mother.
This will be for the President
of the Republic of Griswald.
All right, that's one for Clark.
One for Rusty.
One for Jack.
One for Clark.
That's two for Clark.
As President of the Griswald Republic,
I move we go to Europe.
Jack, you wait here.
What are you doing?
A little memento before we go away,
I just got the kids.
I don't want anyone to see me like this.
No one will see you.
Remember that song you did
in college in that musical?
No, I'm not going to do that. I won't do it.
I'm going to erase this.
Okay. Go over there.
I'm ready. Wait a minute. Okay.
Don't stop.
Sexy. I love you.
The Pig in a Poke