What You Never Knew About National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

(The shortened opening. NC is in a completely excited state and speaking very fast)

NC: Hello, I'm the Nostalgia Critic. I remember it so you don't have to. I'm sorry. I know I don't look my best, I'm not shaving or anything, but...we're so close to Christmas! I mean, we are so friggin' close, I just wanna get this video done with! (Calms down) Okay, okay. Without further ado, welcome to another rendition of...What You Never Knew. (beat) Oh, screw it! Let's just finish it up so we can celebrate Christmas!

(The logo of What You Never Knew is shown with two large eyes)

Voice: I never knew that!

NC: With all the famous Christmas specials out there, let's take a look at one of my favorites: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

(Clips from National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation are shown)

NC (vo): Every family's gone through something similar to what this family had to go through...okay, well, maybe not exploding a flaming Santa and reindeer into the sky.

NC: (beat) Twice.

NC (vo): But everybody can find something to connect with. We've all seen this movie a million times, but nevertheless, there's still probably a few little touches you might've missed. They're not behind the scenes, they're just all the little details happening right in front of you that you probably never realized before. And we're gonna take a look at them here today.

NC: So let's make a classic even more classic. Let's take a closer look at National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.