 Caddyshack 1980  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray, Michael O'Keefe, Sarah Holcomb, Scott Colomby, Cindy Morgan, Dan Resin, Henry Wilcoxon, Elaine Aiken, Albert Salmi, Ann Ryerson, Brian Doyle-Murray
Rodney Dangerfield plays a rich, obnoxious, land developer who joins a posh country club in hopes of buying it. Chevy Chase takes on the role of a golf champ/playboy who never keeps his score. Bill Murray plays the groundskeeper who fights a losing battle against gophers, and Ted Knight is great as the scatter-brained club president in this silly, but entertaining, film. Dangerfield steals the show.
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Caddyshack II 1988  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Arkush
Cast: Jackie Mason, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Dyan Cannon, Robert Stack, Dina Merrill, Randy Quaid, Jessica Lundy, Jonathan Silverman, Brian McNamara, Marsha Warfield, Paul Bartel, Chynna Phillips, Pepe Serna
Eight years after the original "Caddyshack," the sequel appears with Jackie Mason in the role of millionaire contractor Jack Hartounian. Jack's daughter Kate (Jessica Lundy) wants to join upper-crust Bushwood Country Club whose members can't stand Jack. A solution is found by Jack when he buys the majority of Bushwood's stock and turns the country club into an amusement park featuring golf. The confrontation between Jack and the members is finally solved through a golf match.
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Cops and Robbersons 1994  PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest, Robert Davi, David Barry Gray, Jason James Richter, Fay Masterson, Richard Romanus, Miko Hughes, Sal Landi, Ronald L. Schwary, Jack Kehler, Dawn Landon, Amy Powell, Jim Holmes
Norman Robberson (Chevy Chase) has always dreamed of being a detective. Now, the police have moved into his home and are using it for a command post to spy on Robberson's neighbor. The cops' biggest problem is Robberson, who wants to be in on the action.
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The Couch Trip 1988 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Chevy Chase, Donna Dixon, Richard Romanus, Mary Gross, David Clennon, Arye Gross, Michael Ensign
A mental patient trades places with his attending psychiatrist and then finds himself hosting a radio talk show in Los Angeles. The film is based on the notion that there is a thin line between sanity and insanity, yet it does not shed any new light on the issue.
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 Dirty Work 1998  PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Saget
Cast: Norm MacDonald, Artie Lange, Chevy Chase, Christopher McDonald, Traylor Howard, Don Rickles, Jack Warden, Fred Wolf, Adam Sandler, John Goodman
Mitch Weaver's (Norm MacDonald) motto is "Never take crap from anybody." To that end he and his friend Sam McKenna (Artie Lange) have mastered the art of executing dirty tricks to get revenge. Now, when Sam's father (Jack Warden) needs money for a heart transplant, Mitch and Sam help out by performing their dirty tricks for cash.
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Doogal 2006 G, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Comedy
Director: Jean Duval, Frank Passingham, Dave Borthwick
Cast: Daniel Tay, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, William H. Macy, Chevy Chase, Judi Dench, Kylie Minogue, Ian McKellen, Kevin Smith, Cory Edwards, John Krasinski
An old legend relates the story of three magical jewels falling into the wrong hands and combining into a force so powerful that it could freeze the Sun. In this animated family adventure, candy-loving mutt Doogal (Daniel Tay) crashes into the magic carousel, and the accident releases the evil Zeebad (Jon Stewart) from his prison. Zeebad vows revenge by freezing the Earth forever, but first he must find the three magic jewels. Never fear, the good wizard Zebedee (Ian McKellen) tells Doogal about the jewels, and Doogal and friends Dylan (Jimmy Fallon), Brian (William H. Macy), and Ermitrude (Whoopi Goldberg) set out on a fantastic adventure to save the world.
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Fletch 1985  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Joe Don Baker, M. Emmet Walsh, Richard Libertini, George Wendt, Kenneth Mars, Geena Davis, Bill Henderson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, William Traylor, George Wyner, Tony Longo, Ralph Seymour, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I.M. "Fletch" Fletcher (Chevy Chase) is a big city newspaperman who goes undercover and poses as a bum. He stumbles onto a story when Santa Monica aviation executive Alan Stanwyk (Tim Matheson), who has bone cancer, offers him $50,000 to murder him so that his family can collect on his life insurance. Fletch believes that there is more to the story and, before long, uncovers a drug dealing connection between Stanwyk and police Chief Karlin (Joe Don Baker).
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Fletch Lives 1989 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Chevy Chase, Julianne Phillips, Hal Holbrook, R. Lee Ermey, Richard Libertini, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Cleavon Little, Richard Belzer, Geoffrey Lewis, George Wyner, Phil Hartman, Patricia Kalember, Titos Vandis, Don Hood, Dennis Burkley
When L.A. investigative reporter "Fletch" Fletcher (Chevy Chase) inherits his aunt's crumbling Southern plantation, he heads to Louisiana where he hooks up with probate lawyer Amanda (Patricia Kalember) who then is found dead in Fletch's bed. Fletch is the prime suspect and now must use his investigative skills to find out what really happened.
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Foul Play 1978 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Director: Colin Higgins
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith, Rachel Roberts, Eugene Roche, Dudley Moore, Brian Dennehy, Marc Lawrence, Chuck McCann, Billy Barty, Marilyn Sokol, Don Calfa, Bruce Solomon, Cooper Huckabee, Pat Ast
A librarian, Gloria Mundy (Goldie Hawn), becomes the "girl who knew too much" when she unwittingly discovers a plot to kill the Pope. Never fear, undercover cop Tony Carlson (Chevy Chase) comes to her rescue, and they encounter unforgettable characters, and even a car chase through the streets of San Francisco, in their efforts to prevent the horrendous crime.
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Funny Farm 1988 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Chevy Chase, Madolyn Smith-Osborne, Kevin O'Morrison, Joseph Maher, Jack Gilpin, Brad Sullivan, MacIntyre Dixon, Caris Corfman, William Severs, Mike Starr
This entertaining comedy is about a writer and his wife who move to rural Vermont. The purpose of the change of pace is to enable the writer to find peace and quiet as he creates his new book. What they discover is that rural living has unique problems that are unsuspected by the couple.
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Funny Money 2006 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leslie Greif
Cast: Chevy Chase, Penelope Ann Miller, Armand Assante, Christopher McDonald, Robert Loggia, Guy Torry, Rebecca Wisocky, Kevin Sussman, Alex Meneses, Marty Belafsky, Zoltan Butuc, Joanne Rubino, Marco Assante
Middle-aged executive Henry Perkins (Chevy Chase) accidentally trades briefcases with a Romanian mobster on the subway. After opening the briefcase at a bar and discovering $5 million inside, Henry heads home to tell his wife Carol (Penelope Ann Miller) and to make plans to head out of town with the money. But, Carol is throwing Henry a surprise party, and she isn't crazy about Henry's plan. Soon they are joined by their friends (Christopher McDonald and Alex Meneses) and other party guests. Also arriving on the scene are a suspicious detective (Armand Assante) and a homicide detective (Kevin Sussman). Last, but not least, to join the party is Mr. Big (Zoltan Butuc) who has come to retrieve his $5 million.
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Last Action Hero 1993 PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Adventure / Fantasy
Director: John McTiernan
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, F. Murray Abraham, Art Carney, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mercedes Ruehl, Tom Noonan, Anthony Quinn, Chevy Chase, Danny DeVito, Charles Dance, Frank McRae, Robert Prosky, Ian McKellen, Joan Plowright
Eleven-year-old Danny (Austin O'Brien) gets a magic ticket, once owned by Houdini, to meet his hero Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger). Danny enters the theater and is catapulted from the real world of the theater, through the movie screen, and into Slater's sports car. Slater is battling a trio of bad guys–Benedict (Charles Dance), Vivaldi (Anthony Quinn), and The Ripper (Tom Noonan)–and Danny becomes his assistant. Then, Benedict steals Danny's magic ticket stub and propels himself into the real world where he and The Ripper create havoc on Times Square. Their actions force Slater to leave his cinematic world and cross over into reality to stop the villains. Will Slater's heroic actions succeed in the real world? The film is filled with cameo appearances/voices.
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 Man of the House 1995 PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Orr
Cast: Chevy Chase, Farrah Fawcett, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, George Wendt, David Shiner, Art LaFleur, Richard Portnow, Richard Foronjy, Peter Appel, Chief Leonard George
The trials and tribulations of a stepfather (Chevy Chase) trying to bond with his new son (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) are exacerbated during an Indian Guides camping trip.
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jim Norton, Pat Skipper, Rosalind Chao, Paul Perri, Richard Epcar
After a bizarre accident, Nick Holloway becomes invisible, and a corrupt government agent has devious plans to take advantage of his condition.
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Modern Problems 1981 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ken Shapiro
Cast: Chevy Chase, Patti D'Arbanville, Mary Kay Place, Nell Carter, Dabney Coleman, Brian Doyle-Murray, Mitch Kreindel, Arthur Sellers, Sandy Helberg, Neil Thompson
After a truck empties nuclear waste material on him, air traffic controller Max (Chevy Chase) develops unusual mental abilities: he can physically move objects via his brain waves.
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 1989 PG-13, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Christmas Vacation
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Diane Ladd, Miriam Flynn, Juliette Lewis, E.G. Marshall, John Randolph, Johnny Galecki, Doris Roberts, Cody Burger, William Hickey, Mae Questel, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, Sam McMurray
One thing you can always say about the Griswolds is that they never give up. This time, instead of leaving home, Clark (Chevy Chase) prepares the family home for an old-fashioned Christmas. Relatives arrive, and pandemonium follows.
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National Lampoon's European Vacation 1985 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama
aka: European Vacation
Director: Amy Heckerling
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Dana Hill, Eric Idle, Victor Lanoux, John Astin, Paul Bartel, Mel Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Jason Lively, Didier Pain, Cynthia Szigeti, Malcolm Danare, Kevi Kendall, William Zabka
The Griswold family is back at it again. This time, Clark and Ellen (Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo) and their children Rusty and Audrey (Jason Lively and Dana Hill) compete on a family game show and win a trip to Europe. There is plenty of trouble awaiting them in Europe–from London where Clark must learn to drive a European car, to Paris where their camcorder is stolen, and then on to Germany to meet relatives IF they can find the correct home. All of this culminates in the camcorder thief selling erotic pictures of Ellen and then Ellen being kidnapped by other thieves. By the vacation's end, the Griswold family is very happy to return to American soil.
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National Lampoon's Vacation 1983 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
aka: Vacation
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Eddie Bracken, Miriam Flynn, James Keach, Frank McRae, Brian Doyle-Murray, Eugene Levy, John Candy, Christie Brinkley, Jane Krakowski
Clark and Ellen Griswold (Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo) set off on a cross-country trip to visit Wally World theme park with their children Russell "Rusty" (Anthony Michael Hall) and Audrey (Dana Barron). On the trip, they experience troubles, bizarre events, and laughs that culminate with their arrival at Wally World–only to find it is closed for the season.
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 Nothing But Trouble 1991 PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dan Aykroyd
Cast: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Demi Moore, Taylor Negron, Bertila Damas, Valri Bromfield, John Wesley, Raymond J. Barry, Brian Doyle-Murray
After being arrested for speeding, a couple (Chevy Chase and Demi Moore) become "guests" at the home of their judge–a "hanging" judge, J.P. Alvin Valkenheiser (Dan Aykroyd). Valkenheiser pronounces death sentences, and the pair end up in the dungeons below the judge's mansion.
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Oh, Heavenly Dog! 1980 PG, 104 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Joe Camp
Cast: Chevy Chase, Benji, Jane Seymour, Robert Morley, Omar Sharif, Alan Sues, Donnelly Rhodes, Richard Vernon, John Stride, Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Benji appears in his third film. Chevy Chase plays a murdered detective who is reincarnated in Benji's body. The plot is, of course, that Benji/Chase tries to find the killer.
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Orange County 2002 PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jake Kasdan
Cast: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow, Lily Tomlin, Harold Ramis, Chevy Chase, Kevin Kline, R.J. Knoll
Shaun's (Colin Hanks–son of Tom Hanks) transcripts get fouled up by his guidance counselor (Lily Tomlin), and the result is that he fails to get accepted into Stanford. Undaunted, girlfriend Ashley (Schuyler Fisk–daughter of Sissy Spacek) and his brother, Lance (Jack Black), join Shaun on an ill-fated trek to Palo Alto where he hopes to talk his way into the university.
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Our Italian Husband 2004 PG-13, 91 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Ilaria Borrelli
Cast: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Brooke Shields, Chevy Chase, Pierfrancesco Favino, Rich Duva, Jennifer Macaluso, C.S. Lee, Diego Serrano, Jillian Stacom, Sean T. Krishnan
Struggling sculptor Vincenzo (Pierfrancesco Favino) left Italy and a wife behind when he came to New York City to start a new life. That new life included a new wife, Charlene (Brooke Shields), who is now pregnant. Out of the blue, Vincenzo's Italian wife (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) appears on the scene, and Vincenzo is caught in the middle as sparks fly.
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Seems Like Old Times 1980 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jay Sandrich
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Charles Grodin, Robert Guillaume, Harold Gould, George Grizzard, Yvonne Wilder, T.K. Carter, Judd Omen, Marc Alaimo
This Neil Simon comedy is about Nick's (Chevy Chase) efforts to get help from his ex-wife, Glenda (Goldie Hawn), after he unwittingly became part of a bank heist.
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Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird 1985 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure / Musical
Director: Ken Kwapis
Cast: Carroll Spinney, Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Paul Bartel, Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, Chevy Chase, Sally Kellerman, Dave Thomas, Joe Flaherty, Richar Hunt, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, Laraine Newman, Brian Hohlfeld
Thinking that he would be happier living in a foster home, Miss Finch (Sally Kellerman) takes Big Bird (Carroll Spinney) from his home on Sesame Street to live with the Dodo birds in Oceanview, Illinois. But, now Big Bird wants to return to his nest, and, because he is flightless, he takes a hitchhiking trip filled with adventure back to Sesame Street. This movie for kids features good music throughout.
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Snow Day 2000 PG, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Chris Koch
Cast: Chris Elliott, Mark Webber, Jean Smart, Chevy Chase, Pam Grier, Zena Grey, Schuyler Fisk, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Iggy Pop, John Schneider
When a blizzard forces a school closing for the day, 15-year-old Hal Brandston (Mark Webber) sets out to make the most of it by impressing the beautiful Claire (Emmanuelle Chriqui). Meanwhile, others in his family get involved in their own struggles during one day of precious time off.
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Spies Like Us 1985 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Donna Dixon, Steve Forrest, Bruce Davison, Bernie Casey, William Prince, Frank Oz, Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown, Tom Hatten, James Daughton, Jim Staahl, Costa-Gavras, Ray Harryhausen
Inept government workers Emmett Fitz-Hume and Austin Milbarge (Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd) yearn for the exciting lives of espionage agents. They cheat on their Foreign Service Board exams for the CIA and get promoted. What they do not know is that the CIA considers them to be disposable and uses them as decoys for the real spies. They are dropped off in Pakistan where they fight Pakistani rebels and become involved in trying to stop Gen. Sline's (Steve Forrest) plan to start World War III.
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 Three Amigos! 1986 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Western
Director: John Landis
Cast: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Patrice Martinez, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, Joe Mantegna, Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Philip Gordon, Fred Asparagus, Santos Morales, Tino Insana, Kai Wulff, Norbert Weisser
This film is a parody of "The Magnificent Seven," minus four of the heroes. Three silent-screen cowboys–Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short)–have been fired from the studio when they receive a message from Carmen (Patrice Martinez) begging them to save her Mexican town. They think that Carmen is paying them to perform their singing routine in a show, but she really wants them to rid her town of marauding El Guapo (Alfonso Arau) who is terrorizing her friends and neighbors. They do head south of the border and arrive in Carmen's town and then learn that Carmen has been kidnapped by El Guapo. What do they do? They perform acts of heroism–just like they have done on the screen–and save the town.
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Tunnelvision 1976 R, 75 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Brad Swirnoff
Cast: Phil Proctor, Howard Hesseman, Ernie Anderson, Edwina Anderson, Chevy Chase, Gerrit Graham, Betty Thomas, Al Franken, Laraine Newman, Ron Silver
This funny story is a satire on television and what messages its shows are really giving.
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Under the Rainbow 1981  PG, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Rash
Cast: Chevy Chase, Carrie Fisher, Billy Barty, Eve Arden, Robert Donner, Adam Arkin, Mako, Jack Kruschen, Gary Friedkin, Joseph Maher
Bruce Thorpe investigates espionage via the little people playing "Wizard of Oz" Munchkins on the set in Hollywood. Talk about a terrible "comedy,"...
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Vegas Vacation 1997 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
Director: Stephen Kessler
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Miriam Flynn, Ethan Embry, Marisol Nichols, Christie Brinkley, Wayne Newton, Jerry Weintraub, Sid Caesar, Shae D'Lyn, Siegfried Fischbacher, Roy Horn, Wallace Shawn, Julio Oscar Mechoso
This is the fourth in the series of Chevy Chase "Vacation" films about the hapless Griswold family who–by now–should know to NEVER take a family vacation together. The Griswolds visit Las Vegas, and Clark (Chevy Chase) hits the blackjack table and, encouraged by the dealer Marty (Wallace Shawn), loses all of his money. Meanwhile, Clark's wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) falls for lounge singer Wayne Newton (Himself) and is invited to sing with him. Their daughter Audrey (Marisol Nichols) joins up with her stripper cousin Vickie (Shae D'Lyn), and they visit dance clubs. To make the vacation a complete disaster, their son Rusty (Ethan Embry is great at playing dice and falls in with gangsters. Cousin Eddie (Randy Quaid) offers to help, but will Eddie succeed in bringing the family to its senses?
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 Zoom 2006 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy
Director: Peter Hewitt
Cast: Tim Allen, Rip Torn, Kevin Zegers, Courteney Cox, Chevy Chase, Spencer Breslin, Kate Mara, Michael Cassidy, Ryan Newman, Cornelia Guest, Thomas F. Wilson, Ridge Canipe, Danny McCarthy
Jack Shepard (Tim Allen) is called back to work as superhero Captain Zoom in order to train a group of kids as superheroes who will fight for what is right and transform the world.
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| 1. Caddyshack (1980)
2. Caddyshack II (1988)
3. Cops and Robbersons (1994)
4. The Couch Trip (1988)
5. Deal of the Century (1983)
6. Dirty Work (1998)
7. Doogal (2006)
8. Fletch (1985)
9. Fletch Lives (1989)
10. Foul Play (1978)
11. Funny Farm (1988)
12. Funny Money (2006)
13. The Groove Tube (1974)
14. Last Action Hero (1993)
15. Man of the House (1995)
16. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
17. Modern Problems (1981)
18. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
aka: Christmas Vacation
19. National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
aka: European Vacation
20. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
aka: Vacation
21. Nothing But Trouble (1991)
22. Oh, Heavenly Dog! (1980)
23. Orange County (2002)
24. Our Italian Husband (2004)
25. Seems Like Old Times (1980)
26. Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird (1985)
27. Snow Day (2000)
28. Spies Like Us (1985)
29. Three Amigos! (1986)
30. Tunnelvision (1976)
31. Under the Rainbow (1981)
32. Vegas Vacation (1997)
aka: National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation
33. Zoom (2006)
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