kidnapped.
- Where's the car?
- Over there. Here's the keys.
There they are!
Hey, Dad, there's the Colosseum!
I've talked so much. What about you?
What are your parents like?
There's really not that much to say.
They're just normal parents.
My Dad's all right.
He's a little slow sometimes.
God, that's Dad!
- What happened?
- Not much. Mom's been kidnapped.
Darn it all!
Excuse me. There's a man in the trunk.
I'm coming!
Take my hand!
Clark, where are you going?
Get back here!
You bastard!
Come here.
Still on holiday?
Sorry. I'm looking for someone else.
No problem. I'm used to it. Good luck!
He kidnapped my wife.
You all right?
I love you, Sparky. You're my hero.
I know.
Your parents are actually pretty cool.
Yeah, they're good
for a few laughs, sometimes.
Now can we go home?
Look.
The Statue of Liberty.
I never thought I'd be so glad
to see the Statue of Liberty.
Me neither.
The great thing about traveling
is you really appreciate coming home.
I've got to go.
I never realized
how much I've missed America.
I bet America's missed the Griswalds.
I'm very sorry. Let me get...
My jacket is caught.
Yup. The Griswalds are back!It's time for America's favorite
game show: Pig in a Poke!
"Pig in a poke
It pays to be a glutton
"Pig in a poke
Oink! Oink! Oink!
"Pig in a poke
You could win all or nothing
"Pig in a poke
Oink! Oink! "
So, let's meet our current champions:
The Griswalds.
Here's the star of our show,
Kent Winkdale.
Clark, it's time for your big decision.
Will you keep what's in the poke,
or risk everything...
...and go for the big prize?
Johnny, remind the folks
what they've already won.
The super-charged Honda 750 motorcycle!
A dream kitchen with brand new
major appliances! And for Clark...
...the king of the family...
...a ten-year supply of Regal Car Polish...
...the car wax of royalty!
First, Clark, remind our audience
who you are and what you do.
I'm Clark W. Griswald.
I'm in food additives, not preservatives.
Not preservatives!
What about the family?
This is my wife, Ellen, my son,
Rusty, and daughter, Audrey.
Hello, Ellen.
Hi, Rusty.
Audrey.
You've won some fantastic prizes.
Do you want to keep them...
...or risk everything, and be a pig?
Be a pig!
Let's keep what we have.
I love the Signore Cappuccino.
Don't do it.
Nobody ever wins the grand prize.
We've decided.
Oink, oink. We'll be pigs.
So long, motorcycle.
You're very brave. I wish you luck.
Now, a fantastic surprise.
Back, by popular demand...
...the all-time winningest family
in the history 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.
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