Cousin Eddie Himself, Randy Quaid, Coming to Missouri!

If you're like me (and may God help you if you are), you watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation annually. If that's the case, you might want to know that Randy Quaid aka Cousin Eddie is scheduled to make a rare appearance in Missouri.

This was the moment when Cousin Eddie came into our lives in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Now, you can meet Cousin Eddie Randy Quaid in Missouri as Missouri Comic Con has just announced that he will be their special guest next April. Here are the details they just dropped this week on their Facebook page:

RANDY QUAID - GUEST SPOTLIGHT
MISSOURI COMIC CON
APRIL 11 & 12, 2026
Randy Quaid is an Academy Award-nominated actor for his breakout performance in The Last Detail (1973) opposite Jack Nicholson. Randy has created fan-favorite characters with the self-sacrificing pilot-Russell Casse-saving the Earth in "Independence Day," Cousin Eddie in National Lampoon's "Vacation" film franchise, and as Amish bowling sensation Ishmael Boorg in "Kingpin" from the Farrelly Brothers.

The official Missouri Comic Con website confirms that plans are for Randy Quaid to join them next April. Their Facebook event page says it will all happen at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds. That means if meeting Cousin Eddie Randy Quaid has been on your bucket list, you can put a check in that box next Spring. Just don't go falling in love with the RV in the parking lot, though.