Chevy Chase and the Griswolds reunite for Super Bowl “Vacation” ad, short film, or both?

My friends at Comedy dot com found this footage online of what appears to be a reunion of the original National Lampoon's Vacation family, the Griswolds, with patriarch Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) and wife Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) heading to the beach, in a short film called Hotel Hell Vacation.

Well, actually, the circumstantial evidence — a running-time just shy of 30 seconds, ending with a teaser for a company called HomeAway.com and a date of Feb. 7 that coincides with the Super Bowl — would lead just about anyone to believe this is a Super Bowl commercial. Would you like to see that now? Can do. (Don't think I don't know I'm giving you free advertising, HomeAway.com) Roll it!

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