Tbh 90s ref i laughed hardest at was barbizon
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 August 2017 18:23 (six years ago) link
"this is our life now"
― Week of Wonders (Ross), Sunday, 6 August 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
Such a great cast, but yeah, Marino definitely at/near the top for me.
And I still laugh just looking at Christopher Meloni.
― circa1916, Sunday, 6 August 2017 21:28 (six years ago) link
opening shot of world trade center *kisses fingers*
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Sunday, 6 August 2017 21:48 (six years ago) link
Yeah adam scott and michael ian scott fully committing to nanny murder was great too
Xp
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 August 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
Er michael ian black
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 6 August 2017 22:05 (six years ago) link
even though the show was intentionally being OTT obnoxious and sloppy with the 90s setting (lampooning recent fan-servicey retro tv shows), I weirdly felt like it accidentally captured the 90s better than most serious pieces set in that era. idk why.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 02:38 (six years ago) link
deliberately bad GEorge H.W. Bush impersonation slaying me
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 02:51 (six years ago) link
"what a shitty totem pole"
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 02:54 (six years ago) link
"no time for chitchat""ok, maybe we'll talk next time"
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 02:55 (six years ago) link
The '90s pastiche songs over the credits are so great. That one at the end of ep 2 or 3 where it's clearly meant to sound like Alice in Chains, Chili Peppers, and Stone Temple Pilots all at the same time! Even the production and drumming is spot-on (and funny).
― change display name (Jordan), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:14 (six years ago) link
is craig wedren (from shudder to think) still scoring this?
― na (NA), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:28 (six years ago) link
it looks like he is
― na (NA), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
Aug '91 seems super specific. They purposely focused on pre-"grunge" '90s, or an era way before the term was completely burnt. It existed but the kids hadn't yet gone apeshit for grunge. So the horrible post-'80s "get with it, this is the '90s man" costume choices felt super on point.
2 or 3 of the songs towards the middle seemed like legit syncs and not Craig Wedren soundalikes. Am I nuts or were The Sundays in one episode? I didn't feel like Shazam'ing or Googling this lol
"Slacker? Oh you mean like that movie that came out 5 weeks ago?"
The whole sequence that concludes with Ronald Reagan repeating "Shit on my shit" while shaming George Bush into shitting on his shit felt like I was watching a Stella short from the early 2000s -- it felt like the logical next step past the "Dance Enis Dance" short, a blend of absurdity/awkwardness that they nail better than anyone else. This was definitely my favorite part lol.
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
oh whoops, there's a ***spoiler*** in that last post, but I guess this thread is full of them already.
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
I guess I'm kinda bummed Netflix couldn't shell out for 2 or 3 more cheap '90s syncs. Wain/TheState/Stella always did such a great job with finding the perfect/funniest song choices and it would've been cool to hear a few more of them.
― billstevejim, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
still listen to "Higher and Higher" from the movie whenever I need to get amped up
― frogbs, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
my wife was laughing at me bc i was telling her how the main theme gets me pumped up and then when it kicked in i was pumping my fists dramatically
― na (NA), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:56 (six years ago) link
the broken wine glasses bit was great
― Neanderthal, Monday, 7 August 2017 18:48 (six years ago) link
I had the day off and the house to myself so i ate some mushrooms and watched every episode today. top notch! would watch again.
― scott seward, Monday, 7 August 2017 21:23 (six years ago) link
lol
Many asking us did @mshowalter purposely fall in this scene? Answer: No. https://t.co/kCyxrZR0V7 @WetHot @MargueriteMorea— David Wain (@davidwain) August 7, 2017
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 August 2017 21:41 (six years ago) link
that was a great fall. there were so many good moments like that.
― scott seward, Monday, 7 August 2017 21:49 (six years ago) link
And now there's
http://io9.gizmodo.com/wet-hot-american-summer-is-getting-its-own-comic-book-1797612515
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 7 August 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
I just realized this and Twin Peaks (ie the only two shows I'm watching) are both about characters named Coop
― na (NA), Monday, 7 August 2017 22:35 (six years ago) link
!
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 August 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
pizza is really yummy for me
― del griffith, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link
the 90s lighting in that spin doctors mac & cheese sequence was so perfect.
king of the camp and rain episodes though, so great. five stars.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 04:24 (six years ago) link
this was way less consistent than the prequel episodes, some of the plot lines didn't have much going for them. but the good stuff was good, the last episode was great.
― iatee, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 04:47 (six years ago) link
Walla-walla Hoo!
― DavidLeeRoth, Tuesday, 8 August 2017 13:40 (six years ago) link
omg the video call
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 03:54 (six years ago) link
yeah agree with iatee that the last season was funnier. this season started and ended strong, but the middle episodes coasted a bit. a lot of the plotlines were not as funny as I think they had the potential to be (like Rudd's "King of Camp")
there's one Debbie Gibson-type song they play at the dance that is phenomenally good for a style parody, from the bits I heard. waiting for the full version to surface somewhere online
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 10:19 (six years ago) link
The first episodes seemed almost entirely joke-free - just way too many dead patches
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 11:17 (six years ago) link
I still haven't got over how bad Search Party was (similar writing team) and it's made me residually grumpy about WHAS
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 11:20 (six years ago) link
Huh to me this is much funnier and more consistent than the prequel season.
― change display name (Jordan), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 15:42 (six years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/craigwedren/sets/wet-hot-american-summer-first-day-of-camp-selected-songs
― Evan, Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:30 (six years ago) link
xpost otm. not that I didn't like the prequel but I found myself being ok with watching an ep at a time whereas I blazed through this season
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:32 (six years ago) link
the prolonged Q&A after the "confetti payload" reveal was great
― Neanderthal, Thursday, 10 August 2017 03:33 (six years ago) link
Rudd's plot line did feel curtailed. In King of Camp they seemed to be suggesting that he and Deegs would find some kinship and bond but then that just never happened and Deegs didn't show up again.
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 August 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
yeah the king of camp thing didn't really go anywhere and wasn't that great. although deegs cracked me up
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 10 August 2017 18:33 (six years ago) link
i just loved the long road warrior intro to king of camp. cracked me up.
― scott seward, Thursday, 10 August 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
I liked Search Party!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 10 August 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
Haven't seen Search Party but Wain isn't involved, right? WHAS humor feels very Wainy.
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 10 August 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
Deegs was funny
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 August 2017 19:01 (six years ago) link
i really enjoyed the first half of this, the second half had its moments but got a little bogged down in plot and had too much reagan/bush instead of just stupid jokes which is all i care about
christopher meloni was once again the all-star, him fighting the can in the winnebago was amazing
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 August 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link
or in the last episode when the restaurant kitchen door swings open and you see emphatically tossing a salad
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 August 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link
xxp showalter is def the most sentimental of the 3 of them. wain is the goofiest i think? probably the humor closest to mine. ian black seems v snarky + dismissive. i love them all. (thought search party was okay but not okay enough to get past the 5th episode.)
― Mordy, Thursday, 10 August 2017 19:37 (six years ago) link
My favorite part was Meloni and Pine bobbing in unison and saying "come oooon" when they were downloading the bunker blueprint.
Also Schwartzman's wave at Garofalo when they were watching the nuke in the sky.
― Evan, Thursday, 10 August 2017 19:38 (six years ago) link
Oh and Meloni meeting his daughter and not getting it. Meloni was insanely good throughout.
― Evan, Thursday, 10 August 2017 19:39 (six years ago) link
my favorite really dumb joke that made me laugh a lot was "can i use your bathroom? i really need to ... take a bath"
― na (NA), Thursday, 10 August 2017 19:40 (six years ago) link
"Full Professor Henry Newman"
― change display name (Jordan), Thursday, 10 August 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link