"Wet Hot American Summer"

the way Showalter says "Day B' Day" makes me lose my shit everytime

I always imagine how much kinkier a night bidet would be.

Like let's not even think of a title for this movie let's just call it "Anchorman".

There is a classic comedy set on an airplane called "Airplane!" so who fucking cares about something like this.

"Day by daaaaaay, day by daaaaaay, oh dear Lord, three things I praaaaaaay."

*enthusiastic clapping*

[song ends]

*silence*

"BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

I love this scene especially since it's a microcosm of the movie as a whole. In addition to all the continuity errors detailed in that link it seems like every character's personality changes from scene to scene

I was loving the movie just fine up to that specific point, but it was when that booing started that I knew it was all-time on my wavelength.

i always thought they started booing bc of the cross. it has been my experience that jews who would boo at a cross would happily sing along to day by day.

I think they mentioned that in the commentary track; it was an unintended alternate interpretation.

In this movie, it makes more sense when it doesn't make sense.

ha i always assumed it was the cross too

This could easily turn into another "That's where I'm a viking" debate, huh.

well if someone was actually arguing fact rather than just saying what they assumed

lol i just looked this up cos i'm totally unfamiliar w/ the musical

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godspell

In the film Wet Hot American Summer, "Day by Day" is performed at the camp talent show. At first, the other campers enjoy the performance, but at the end of the song, booing ensues when an image of the cross appears behind the performers. In the DVD commentary for the film, director David Wain noted that the booing was not directed at the cross but rather at the performance itself.

that's amazing that they accidentally threw in another "don't forget this is a jewish camp" joke

Absurdism, bad taste. Two of my favorite comedic flavor profiles. Good joke.

Always assumed the cross was thrown in at the end to show just how insanely professional and amazing their performance was supposed to be for a camp talent show, thus making the sudden shift to "OMG, you guys suck so bad!" all the more surprising.

iirc i think that was my assumption initially, but that my wife (a vet of jewish summer camps) gave me the alternate explanation, which fit with the roll call scene and others

i guess it's sort of like how one mishears gibberish in songs to fit your personal logic

Where does the gay wedding in the river bed fit into the '80s Jewish summer camp experience?

i didn't attend jewish summer camp in the 80s (i did in the 90s) but fake weddings were not an unknown thing (tho iirc mostly among younger campers), and nascent support for gay relationships was also presence. ymmv, take w/ grain of salt, it probably has nothing to do w/ the '80s jewish summer camp experience, etc.

it's just a great example of the audience finding a fairly logical reason for a moment that was apparently designed to be illogical - and makes me wonder how much the other jewish summer camp bits were an afterthought to the basic "parody of summer camp" movies premise, if they missed that context clue here

i mean believable as it is, it's notable if they could have a jewish summer camp audience boo upon seeing a cross, and say "oh we just had them boo because wacky wow whodathunkit, missed that we put a dramatic signifier of Christianity on the stage"

Maybe. The "joke" of Janeane Garofalo's roll call of jewy-sounding names always seemed, to me, that she was clearly making names up for kids that didn't exist.

Such misunderstandings often arise when a lot of pot is smoked on the set.

while i myself haven't had any experience with jewish kids summer camps, i know enough people who have that i don't balk at the possibility that a movie written by two jewish guys about summer camp happens to have elements that play to jewish kid summer camp experience

So what you're saying is that they're lying that the cross wasn't intended to incite mass booing?

I'm sorry if you're genuinely confused. As I've said repeatedly, I believe them. It's ironic they missed the obvious joke (David Wain always calls Camp Modin, where he went, a "jewish" summer camp in interviews about the movie, so I don't believe all Jewish summer camp references in the film are accidental), but not implausible.

Got it. You prefer the "obvious" joke to the one they intended but, apparently, flubbed.

are you still mad about gravity or something?

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Different strokes for different folks, obv, but jewish kids booing a cross isn't as funny to me as kids booing a spectacular musical performance because it sucks.

i don't see where i said one joke was better than the other. i said i had one interpretation (yours) initially, then heard and believed another based on an element i'd be less likely to catch than they were. which is why i found it ironic to learn the first one was what they were going for.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

that a movie that resonates with people who've gone to jewish sleepaway camp has a moment in that vein that the creators didn't even plan for just makes it all even funnier imo

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ironically, i prefer the ten because it's even more blatantly just crazy bullshit

Preferring The Ten is definitely just crazy bullshit.

The Ten is a grower. I thought it was mostly pretty lame when I first saw it, but I've come around on subsequent viewings.

if i prefer the ten it's by a small degree - they're both classics imo (and with role models and wanderlust being pretty good, i'd say wain's track record might as good as it gets in comedy these days)

Still haven't seen Role Models yet.

it's way better than this middling crap

That's the sort of hearty recommendation that will send me rushing to stream it.

Only Jerry Lewis should make movies about Jewish kids being sent to camps.

Too soon.

Still haven't seen Role Models yet.

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it's way better than this middling crap

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Role Models is so so great, I only wish my hatred for Stifler wouldn't have kept me away from it for as long as it did.

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Netflix in Talks for ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ TV Series

Cult classic “Wet Hot American Summer” could finally make its long-awaited resurrection courtesy of Netflix, according to sources.

The 2001 comedy, which boasted a who’s who of up-and-coming comedic stars playing campers at fictional Camp Firewood, may be turned into a 10-episode prequel for the streaming service.

Netflix declined to comment.

Executive produced by the movie’s creators, David Wain and Michael Showalter, the serialized “Wet Hot” would seek to reunite many of the original cast members who would play high-school-age characters despite the fact many of the actors are currently in their 40s.

yes plz

original cast members who would play high-school-age characters despite the fact many of the actors are currently in their 40s.

omg yes this has to happen

I want Zak Orth to look just like his "Revolution" character.

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