in the police Shepherdsville, KentuckyCalled in for a scene of a man allegedly exposing himself outside a house – only to find out it was an elaborate homage to a beloved Christmas movie.
When police arrived at the scene on Wednesday, December 21, they were relieved to find that no crime was taking place that day in the small town about 20 miles south of Louisville: it was just a mannequin related to “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” . Movie super-fans, as in local Fox affiliate WDRB-TV Reported.
A dispatcher in Shepherdsville described the scene as “a male standing outside”. He is naked. It is a garment covering a part of his body. He’s exposing himself, and he has a tube between his legs.”
When officers got there, they didn’t see a man in a cloak. They could not find a man at all.
Instead, they found a mannequin dressed as “Cousin Eddie”, the foul-mouthed character played by Randy Quaid in the 1989 film.
The mannequin was wearing a robe and a hat, carrying a beer and a smoking cigar.
The mannequin was holding an orange hose, a reference to Cousin Eddie’s iconic scene in movie When his RV’s plumbing was “full”.
The officers on the scene made no arrests or citations. Instead, they “had a laugh and took a few photos of the performance,” WDRB-TV said.
According to the outlet, Shepherdsville Police Chief Rick McCubbin commented, “There’s never a dull moment.”
The mannequin was that of Johnny Keeney, who said “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” was her. favorite christmas movieand that “everyone has a ‘Cousin Eddie’ in the family, everyone.”
Kenny and her husband WDRB said, so he enlisted the help of Neighbors to make his performance more film-accurate.
“She told me she was looking for a mannequin, and I’m like, ‘Oh my god, here we go,'” said her neighbor, Tamara Gould.
Gould’s husband drank the beer, which was held by “Cousin Eddie,” the outlet reported.
In addition to the Cousin Eddie mannequin, Keeney’s performance was implied Other references for the film.
Beneath a flipped-over armchair (which she said she bought on Facebook Marketplace), Keeney locates a cat made of what appears to be tinsel.
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Kenny wanted “people to have a good Christmas and have a laugh”, she said, adding, “It’s been a hit with the neighborhood.”
“It’s for the best, I guess,” Gold agreed with WDRB.
Next year, Keeney hopes to expand his repertoire to include other characters from the film.
She intends to hang a Clark Griswold effigy from her ceiling, she told WDRB.