Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Name: Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: July 31, 2015
Rating: 74
Cast: Michael Ian Black, John Slattery, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Ken Marino

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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

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Netflix | Release Date: July 31, 2015

Starring: Michael Ian Black, John Slattery, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Ken Marino, Janeane Garofalo, Amy Poehler, Jordan Peele, H. Jon Benjamin, Marisa Ryan, Michael Showalter, David Wain, Bradley Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, Lake Bell, Marguerite Moreau, A.D. Miles, Nina Hellman, Jason Schwartzman, Zak Orth, Jo Lo Truglio

Summary: The prequel to the 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer set during the first days of camp features a majority of the original cast including Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Meloni, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, and Molly Shannon.

Creator: Michael Showalter and David Wain

Genre(s): Comedy, Music

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S1:E8. Day Is Done
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Verne Gay

Jul 30, 2015

Season 1 Review: The series actually improves on the movie. This is consistently funnier, weirder and more inventive. Read full review

Ray Rahman

Jul 27, 2015

Season 1 Review: It’s all just an excuse for creators David Wain and Michael Showalter to craft more hilariously absurd, endlessly quotable moments (plus a ridiculous Reagan impression) that will more than satisfy fans of the movie. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Jul 22, 2015

Season 1 Review: Wain and Showalter mostly acquit themselves, and for every dud plotline (“Coop’s” romantic flailings are actually more of a drag this time out) there’s a correspondingly uproarious one. Read full review

Sonia Saraiya

Jul 30, 2015

Season 1 Review: The eight episodes together make for just four hours of television, which is only a bit longer than a very long movie; the natural breaks of title sequences and credits serve to break up the gleefully disjointed adventures into bookended chapters. And because making a prequel series 15 years later with the same actors set on just one day is patently ridiculous, the style of humor that Showalter and his longtime collaborator David Wain bring to Wet Hot American Summer: First Day Of Camp is spot-on: It embraces that absurdity, and pushes it to every possible extreme. Read full review

Mike Hale

Jul 30, 2015

Season 1 Review: The shaggy humor is amusing enough. Read full review

Mark Peikert

Aug 3, 2015

Season 1 Review: The 8-episode series (only six episodes were made available to critics) mostly succeeds by sheer force of will. The viewers are so bombarded by jokes that something is bound to tickle you eventually-–though truth be told it may take awhile. Read full review

Chris Cabin

Jul 23, 2015

Season 1 Review: The series ultimately feels like a nostalgia trip, less for the era in which it's set than for the original film that spawned it. Read full review

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IndianaParkWars

Aug 21, 2020

I’ve already done a review about the movie recently and it has the same effect on me as the show does. However, the show is ten times stupider, which I may like better that way. Many parts of the show are very frustrating, but that’s all part of the charm of it. If the movie wasn’t weirdI’ve already done a review about the movie recently and it has the same effect on me as the show does. However, the show is ten times stupider, which I may like better that way. Many parts of the show are very frustrating, but that’s all part of the charm of it. If the movie wasn’t weird enough with 20-year olds playing 16 year olds, these actors are 30-year olds playing the same 16-year olds, but two months prior. So, the characters are younger but the actors are older. This show is absolute absurdity and full of intentional plot holes. I love it with all my heart. In fact, as a freshman in college I was hanging out with some friends and they put on the show. Rather than talk to the girls in the room, I was enthralled by how surprisingly funny the show was. Later on, I was introduced to the movie and the second show. But, I was drawn in by “First Day of Camp” and I’ve watched it probably ten times now. It never gets old and I keep noticing new things.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 31, 2015
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  S1:E8. Day Is Done
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  S1:E7. Staff Party
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  S1:E6. Electro/City
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  S1:E5. Dinner
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  S1:E4. Auditions
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  S1:E3. Activities
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  S1:E2. Lunch
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  S1:E1. Campers Arrive
  Air Date: July 31, 2015