A Kentucky household induced fairly the commotion this week with their “Cousin Eddie” Christmas show, prompting a police response after a involved neighbour known as in a half-naked man standing on a garden.
Officers had been tipped off to the Shepherdsville show on Dec. 21 by a dispatcher, who described the scene as “a male standing outside. He is naked. He has a robe covering part of his body. He is exposing himself, and he has a hose between his legs,” stories The Associated Press.
In actuality it was only a model in a gown, arrange by two National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation superfans.
A ‘Cousin Eddie’ Christmas show is proven within the Dogwood subdivision of Shepherdsville, Ky., on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022.
WDRB through The Associated Press
Joni Keeney informed Fox affiliate WDRB that she and her husband needed to convey some chuckles to passersby and arrange the show as a tribute to Randy Quaid’s gassy, foul-mouthed character within the 1989 vacation movie.
“Everybody has a ‘Cousin Eddie,’ in their family, everybody,” Keeney defined to the outlet.
Kenney mentioned she was in a position to observe down a model and sourced out a white gown and belt, trapper’s hat, cigar and beer can.
The completion was an orange hose — a callback to the scene the place Cousin Eddie’s RV plumbing turns into “full” within the film and he pumps sewage onto Clark Griswold’s property.
A ‘Cousin Eddie’ Christmas show is proven within the Dogwood subdivision of Shepherdsville, Ky., on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. The show seemed slightly too actual and police had been known as to test it out.
WDRB through The Associated Press
Photos of the show additionally embrace callbacks to different scenes within the film — a flipped-over armchair exhibits the define of the Griswolds’ cat, who viewers will recall bought cooked in an unlucky Christmas tree gentle mishap.
Kenney informed Fox News that other than the one name to police, the show had delighted her neighbours and he or she plans so as to add to it in coming years. She mentioned she’ll additionally cling a Clark Griswold model from her roof, too.
As far because the police response, an officer informed Fox that they didn’t make any arrests or difficulty a quotation. Instead, they had fun and took just a few images.
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