It s a beaut, Clark.
Families normally gather at this time of the year to celebrate the holidays together but, unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic is disrupting those plans. To help lighten the mood, Ford has enlisted the assistance of Clark and Ellen Griswold who know a thing or two about big family Christmas celebrations. Comic legend Chevy Chase and actress Beverly D Angelo have reprised their iconic National Lampoon s Christmas Vacation roles for a new Ford Mustang Mach-E commercial where they reenact the famous house lights scene.
Like in the movie, Ellen comes to Clark s rescue by simply flipping the right electrical switch. Only this time, the Mach-E provided the juice for the Christmas lights.
Griswold Family Returns for Mustang Mach-E Ad
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If you’re lining up a list of Christmas movies to marathon this week,
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is probably on there somewhere near the top. (Right next to 1989’s
Elves, no doubt.) Ford is banking on people spending time with the Griswold family this week, enlisting Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo for a new ad showing off the 2021 Mustang Mach-E. In the short video, titled
Electri-Vacation, Chase and D’Angelo reprise their respective roles of Clark and Ellen Griswold.
The new TV spot, which debuts Dec. 22 during the Saturday Night Live Christmas Special, recreates one of
The actor re-enacts classic ‘Christmas Vacation’ lights scene as part of tie-in with NBC’s SNL
By
E.J. Schultz.
Published on December 20, 2020.
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It’s been 31 years since Chevy Chase starred in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.” But Ford is banking that the slapstick holiday flick carries enough relevance today to give its new electric Mustang a jolt.
In a new ad released this weekend, Chase, now 77, reprises his role as the bumbling Clark Griswold. Along with Beverly D Angelo, who plays Ellen Griswold, Chase re-enacts the famous scene in which he plugs in 250 strands of Christmas lights. In the movie it causes a neighborhood power outage, but in the ad, Ellen Griswold simultaneously plugs in the Mustang Mach-E, which steals the show.
Ford Mustang Mach-E Joins Griswold Family For Christmas Reunion ++ No, it isn t a Wagon Queen Family Truckster-themed EV.
We ve learned a lot of things about the Ford Mustang Mach-E when we got our hands on one. Primary of those would be that the crossover EV offers more than just its Mustang badge, but we ll save the specifics and let you go through our First Drive Review.
What we didn t know is that the new Blue Oval nameplate can reunite a popular family on an
electri-vacation. Yes, that s the main theme of Ford s latest ad featuring the Griswold Family from the 80s hit movie
Christmas Vacation Actors Reunite To Promote Ford Mustang Mach-E
Griswold family re-enacts famous lighting scene only to have the Mustang Mach-E steal the spotlight. Ford launches new Mach-E commercial during Saturday Night Live Christmas special.
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If you’re like me during the Christmas season the move “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is a holiday must-see tradition. I watch the movie over and over and I can quote lines from the movie all day long.
Chevy Chase, the star of the movie plays the goofy but lovable Clark Griswold who is determined to have the greatest Christmas ever for his entire family. Of course, nothing goes right including the memorable scene where he tries to light the Christmas lights on his house.