"Wet Hot American Summer"

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maybe you wouldn't go that far, but i would! im SERIOUS.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Best bit not mentioned on this thread yet:

• The uppity blonde theater talent-show directress (the one from SNL) spends the entire movie convinced that her Godspell number cast are hideous, amateur dullards that will ruin her whole show. Fast forward to the talent show, and the cast are "awesome." Though the blonde directress spends the entire number looking over her shoulder while playing their piano accompaniment just to scowl at their ineptitude, the audience is clapping and grinning and seemingly having a great time. The number draws to a close and we're building up to that "star is born" moment, and the audience immediately begins booing with sheer disgust at their hideous, amateurish ineptitude!!!

Doesn't even really work when I describe it, but the way the bait and switch is handled is remarkable.

And the gay commitment ceremony in the river (c. 1981!) is awesome.

― Eric H: not a troll, with one exception (Eric H.), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link

my favorite bit is when the shitty comedian at the talent show calls the Godspell number "Day Bidet"

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:46 (eighteen years ago) link

-- janeane garofalo having her hair flipped over when she tried to be 'hot' (this doesn't sound funny at all now that i put it down)
-- d h pierce barking "I SAID NO" (er this either)

― g e o f f (gcannon), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Bad Santa and School of Rock made me laugh a lot more, but it was still pretty funny.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 16:57 (eighteen years ago) link

i don't remember christopher meloni in this at all!

― g e o f f (gcannon), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Haha really??! He was the insane cafeteria guy who kept saying weird things then deny he said them and then run off.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link

Christopher Meloni is Gene, the cook, the one that humps the refrigerator, and shows Coop "The New Way." He's fucking awesome in it.

― TOMBOT, Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Dudes: the part where Paul Rudd is putting on his jacket in sulky teenager style and he can't his arm through the sleeve!

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:15 (eighteen years ago) link

xpost: wierd, i remember that, but not that it was him. he was in so much shit that i saw before becoming a SLAVE to svu. i have to backdate everything, it's very disorienting. like the gay concierge in "fear and loathing in lv."

― g e o f f (gcannon), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link

He's never topped his OZ character IMO.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link

It's about as funny as PCU, which is... funny in spots. The difference is that Wet Hot American Summer is slightly overrated, and PCU is slightly underrated.

― donut e-goo (donut), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:19 (eighteen years ago) link

...and i've never seen oz!

― g e o f f (gcannon), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:21 (eighteen years ago) link

other good paul rudd moments: when he pronounces journal as GOURNAL, when he says "you taste like burger, I dont like you anymore!" and when he throws the big fit in the cafeteria and makes a big stink about picking up the plates.

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:23 (eighteen years ago) link

"Do something..."
"OR GET THE FUCK OFF THE STAGE!"
*they nod and smile at each other to acknowledge that it was awesome that he just said that*

― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link

I can't believe School of Rock made you laugh, Alex. It didn't even make me crack a smile. I think I sulked throughout the whole ordeal, either that or I stuffed my mouth full of chocolate graham crackers (and couldn't smile as a result).

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link

I'M GOING TO FONDLE MY SWEATERS

Donut, PCU is rated juuuuuuuuuuust right.

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, Paul Rudd getting in a snit about cleaning up the cafeteria is like THE genius moment in this movie.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I laughed so hard that I cried, Mandee.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:26 (eighteen years ago) link

School of Rock = funny.
Wet Hot American Summer = funny.
Bad Santa = funny, but not as funny as you think it is.
PCU = didn't seem that hot, but I only saw it on Comedy Central so they probably edited it or whatever.

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:30 (eighteen years ago) link

n/a OTM re: Paul Rudd cleaning up the cafeteria. That scene is brilliant physical comedy.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link

The cafeteria part is where he does the jacket thing, right? When he's trying to skulk off all bad-ass?

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Nick, I have Jeremy P!ven's phone number, you should call him and tell him you didn't find PCU that funny. Let's see what he has to say about that.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:34 (eighteen years ago) link

this was a hundred times funnier than, say, Anchorman

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Anchorman's outtakes were a hundred times funnier than Anchorman.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link

more hyberboles please!!

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Something that's funny about Chicago is what a big deal Jeremy Piven is here, I guess because he's from here. They're always talking about him in the newspaper entertainment section and what movie he's doing next, even though he's NEVER the star, he's always like Nicolas Cage's loser best friend or Meg Ryan's smart-alec coworker. Chicago, get over Jeremy Piven, he sucks!

― n/a (Nick A.), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link

He's the guy on the Entourage right? He's funny on that show.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:39 (eighteen years ago) link

haha.. he always has a cameo, but nobody cares. he was good as the pharmacist in "singles"

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I actually thought Anchorman was pretty funny. But of course this is funnier. The most unfunny "funny" movie of the last year has GOT to be DODGEBALL. I didn't smile, in fact I think I was frowning.

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I have this long-running feud with Piven that I assume I've talked about somewhere on ILX. He's a poophead. And I saw him on TV the other night and he HAD HAIR, a full head of hair. Who the fuck is he trying to fool? It's like he's flat-out admitting that nobody gives enough of a fuck about him to remember that he's balding and has always been balding and SUCKS, too.

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link

more hyberboles please!!

jeremy piven is the personification of evil, a hundred times worse than Hitler

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link

my friend dated him, hoo boy do I have some stories to tell

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link

GOSSIP GOSSIP!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Yes, spill!

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Nabisco, Nicholas Cage is trying to pull the same stunt. My friends and I were watching "National Treasure" the other night and his hair is just weird - and I was thinking, wasn't he balding like back in 1988?

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link

let's just say someone has a tinky winky - big surprise there, huh.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Your friend's name isn't Wendy, is it?

― nabisco (nabisco), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Hahaha please say yes!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link

YES! (no)

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Damn.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, we already did the P!ven gossip! Use the Archives, folks!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link

i hear he likes to snack on d00kie sticks yessirree (not really)

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Way to protect ILX from dookie G00glers, kyle!

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link

they are a nefarious bunch

― kyle (akmonday), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 18:09 (eighteen years ago) link

I have the mp3 for HIGHER AND HIGHER, the song Coop trains to, if anybody ever needs it. When I downloaded it I thought it would be longer than it is in the movie -- but nope, about 1 minute long.

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 22:08 (eighteen years ago) link

when he throws the big fit in the cafeteria and makes a big stink about picking up the plates.

One of the greatest. It deserves to be in the Comedy Pantheon.

― giboyeux (skowly), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 22:17 (eighteen years ago) link

I love that movie. I need it on dvd.
-- scott seward (skotro...), November 12th, 2004.

yeah, get it on DVD, then you can watch the whole movie with the Fart Option on! (which i think someone mentioned before)

seriously, this is one of the all-time funnies movies EVER.
also, i havent smoked pot since high school really, but once i did and watched this and i swear to god i thought i was going to die from laughing so hard.

youre missing out if you dont like this movie.
and Coop is hot.

(sidenote, Eddie Izzard is also hysterical to watch while high)

― shh! (wide-eyed), Tuesday, 21 June 2005 23:59 (eighteen years ago) link

very funny movie, kinda falls apart at the end but whatev.

i like the punchline of the whole radio kid plot (when it pans down and the wires aren't plugged into anything).

also did you know it's freaks & geeks guy doing the voice of that kid?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 00:09 (eighteen years ago) link

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Wednesday, 22 June 2005 02:27 (eighteen years ago) link

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