1. I totally love these hand-illustrated posters of the 80’s, and this one has to be one of my favorites.  Anyway, it’s only slightly interesting to note that they use Chevy Chase’s name instead of Clark Griswold (which would make more sense — it’s not Chevy’s family) in the tagline.

2. Eagles and smoke — AMERICAN PRIDE BABY!  Also, this shores up the southern redneck demographic.

3. I don’t think Chevy Chase has ever been remotely near this ripped in his entire life, so he must’ve just loved this hulking He-Man version of himself.  Check out those muscles!  Taut!

4. Clark’s accessories include: a fishing pole with a skeleton of a fish on the end, tennis racket, two pieces of luggage, and golf clubs.

5. The almost-unnoticed confrontation between dog and snake is the delightful highlight of this poster.  Who will win?  Dog has mass, but snake has venom!

6. Clark is such a man’s man that he has not one, but TWO half-naked ladies clinging to his toned legs in a classic Weaker Sex pose.  Nevermind that one of those females is his daughter, and that the other one is his wife-turned-Playboy-model.  This is the penultimate moment in his life.  It’s all downhill from here.

7. The broken-down car sits off to the side as an afterthought, as does two little stick figures.  We can assume that one of them is Rusty, who isn’t curvy enough to cling to Clark’s leg, so who’s the other?  Eddie?

8. This kinda cracks me up — I don’t know if they were super worried that Chevy Chase wasn’t enough to draw in the crowds or what, but here we have a “Special Appearance by JOHN CANDY” that’s a little desperate, especially since it receives its own box outline just to draw the eye.  Kids!  We’re going to the movie theater!  John Candy commands!