Posted on 12/24/2021 11:47:55 PM PST by Trillian
A New Jersey decorator - who created a fake Clark Griswold mannequin inspired by the 1989 holiday film Christmas Vacation - landed himself in hot water after a local fire department was called because of the prank.
The well-designed automated mannequin was created by decorator Doug Peterson, of Oceanport, who posted the prank on TikTok.
The mannequin was meant to resemble the popular Vacation series character Clark Griswold, played by Chevy Chase, who is portrayed as a fun-loving family man fixated on giving his family the perfect Christmas holiday.
The decoration is inspired by a famous scene where Griswold is hanging Christmas lights before the ladder falls and he is trapped dangling from the roof as he calls his family for help.
Peterson, who constructed the mannequin himself, posted a video of the live-action figure mimicking the scene.
In another video, Peterson posted the local fire department passing by his home as they possibly assumed the mannequin was a real-life decorator shouting for help.
It is unclear if the fire department was part of the prank or if they were attempting to help out the fake decorator.
DailyMail.com reached out to Peterson for comment.
Peterson has since posted a series of videos on the fake decoration, as it has received viral social media attention since it was posted.
He explained in a later video how the decoration was constructed in order to give it a realistic effect.
He had used a Michael Myers figure, from the 1978 film Halloween, as a base to create the Griswold mannequin.
n order to create the effect, he used a motor system to get the legs to swing back and forth as well as adding in a sound machine and lights.
Griswold's signature costume was then put on the mannequin and hung
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OK!!!
Has audio, someone called the fire department.
Love the scene in the first Vacation where when Eddie asks to borrow money Clark takes out his wallet but starts stuffing the money back in when Eddie asks for thousands of dollars.
Cheryl Tiegs and Mrs. Clark Griswold could tell us if he’s really hung
Only a plastic surgeon can hang himself.
One of the best Christmas movies ever...
Great to “wath with kith and kin...”
Was Jeffrey Epstein a plastic surgeon?
The lights and power plant bit is mine.
Classic.
Good job, but, he did too good a job. Looked and sounded real.
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