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Movies On The Radio: Vacation Time

Ahhh, summer. Time for vacations and vacation movies.
Reza Vaziri/Flickr-Creative Commons
Ahhh, summer. Time for vacations and vacation movies.
Ahhh, summer. Time for vacations and vacation movies.
Credit Reza Vaziri/Flickr-Creative Commons
Ahhh, summer. Time for vacations and vacation movies.

Pack your bags people. It’s summer, and you know what that means: Vacation time! 

 Do you vicariously sip sangria through watching Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” or  practice your moves along with Baby in “Dirty Dancing?” Do you re-live the dog days of summers past with the gang in “The Sandlot?” 

 Maybe nothing reminds you of how good you have it now like cringing over the Griswalds’ family road trip to Wally World. 

 Whether you like movies that take you “Under the Tuscan Sun” or give you a relaxing “Weekend at Bernie’s,” let us know your favorite vacation movie. Email sot@wunc.org or tweet at us with #sotmovies and your pick could be featured in our next Movies on the Radio.   

 Bon voyage! 

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Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
Jennifer Brookland is a temporary producer for The State of Things.