Concerned neighbour calls police over ‘Cousin Eddie’ Christmas display – National | 24CA News
A Kentucky household induced fairly the commotion this week with their “Cousin Eddie” Christmas show, prompting a police response after a involved neighbour referred to as in a half-naked man standing on a garden.
Officers have 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,” studies 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 by way of The Associated Press
Joni Keeney advised Fox affiliate WDRB that she and her husband wished to deliver 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 stated she was in a position to monitor down a model and sourced out a white gown and belt, trapper’s hat, cigar and beer can.
The final touch 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 regarded a little bit too actual and police have been referred to as to test it out.
WDRB by way of The Associated Press
Photos of the show additionally embody callbacks to different scenes within the film — a flipped-over armchair reveals the define of the Griswolds’ cat, who viewers will recall obtained cooked in an unlucky Christmas tree gentle mishap.
Kenney advised 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 stated she’ll additionally grasp a Clark Griswold model from her roof, too.
As far because the police response, an officer advised Fox that they didn’t make any arrests or problem a quotation. Instead, they had amusing and took a number of pictures.
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