Iowa dairy farmer recreates ‘Christmas Vacation’ movie scene

The thought to recreate the second from the movie “Christmas Vacation,” a few household whose Christmas plans flip into an enormous catastrophe, “came at the right time, when we were emptying out the manure pit,” he famous.

“When she’s full, she’s full,” he stated, in regards to the process his farm takes on twice per yr.

In the film, Cousin Eddie, performed by Randy Quaid, is in entrance of a relative’s residence along with his recreation automobile (“That there’s an RV. It’s a good looking vehicle, ain’t it?”). He proceeds to greet the neighbors as he empties the camper’s septic tank into the storm sewer whereas sporting a bathrobe and winter cap, smoking a cigar and sipping a beer.

In the Hansen video, which was first posted Monday on TikTok, “Farmer Blake” is seen “agitating the manure” as a way to make it simpler to empty the pit. He dons an an identical outfit (which incorporates his spouse’s bathrobe) and smokes a cigar. Instead of a beer, he’s holding a gallon of Hansen’s milk.

“We hope it lightens the mood around the holidays, especially during these difficult times with the economy the way it is,” Hansen stated.

The video has already gotten loads of clicks on TikTok and different platforms, together with Facebook.

He first noticed the film across the time it got here out 30 years in the past, and yearly his household tries to rewatch it.

“It has so many good lines that you can use in everyday life,” Hansen stated.

The farm is consistently looking for inventive methods to indicate off its operations and the way its product will get “from the cow to the table.”

“People don’t understand how much money the manure saves us in fertilizer,” Hansen stated. “It helps us grow our crops, and those crops feed our cows.”

Hansen believes what’s actually capturing folks’s consideration is his legs, that are seen under the white bathrobe.

“My family says I have the ugliest legs,” Hansen quipped.