the goofy griswalds win the t. v. game show pig in a poke grand prize and and all fly off together to europe where they manage to cause one stupid disaster after another . of all the ridiculous and unfunny money spin sequel this one beat the lot . harold ramis 1983 film be a below average misadventure in which the misfit family go on a nightmarish vacation across the state . this time amy heckerling ( look who talk ) helm what turn out to be a disastrous comedy which will annoy you more than it will make you laugh . hughes script ( with rob klane ) be awful and you wonder why the like of chevy chase and beverly dangelo bother with such a dead beat project and a even anthony michael hall and imogene coca have the sense to decline the offer . even an omnipotent michael palin be unable to lift proceeding to any level that one could call entertain . yet and as inconceivable a it may seem and european vacation be successful enough to warrant a second sequel . surely it couldn not be as unbearable a this one . you know and i have yet to see a national lampoon show that be worth the bother . monday and december 26 and 1994 t. v .