"Wet, Hot, American Summer"... the Musical?

Posted by Emily Farris

 

We're not huge fans of Broadway around here. We had the acting "bug" in our system for a while in high school and we may have been voted "best actress" in our senior class. A love of theater may have been about 3.06 per cent responsible for our move to New York at age 18 and at one time, we may have referred to ourselves as "Rentheads" (but at that time our eyeliner was thicker than our eyebrows and we may have also dated a few guys with goatees). However, about seventeen minutes after moving to the big city, we quickly flushed the acting bug from our system, never to suffer from it again. What we're saying is, there was a time when our tastes were, um different. We thought getting dressed up and going to a Broadway show was exciting. Now we pretty much avoid Times' Square like The Plague and if someone is visting and is just dying to see a musical, it always seems to work out that we have an important meeting—because bloggers have lots, and lots, and lots of important meetings to go to. Seriously.

That said, if "Wet, Hot, American Summer," the greatest movie ever made about a summer camp that's so bad its good, is made into a musical, we're busting out the eyeliner and finding a date with a goatee. Seriously, kids, that movie is the reason we became summer camp counselors at 25 (but don't tell, or we might lose our gig this summer).

[MTV News: Stella On Stage? Wain In Talks For ‘Wet Hot American Musical’]


Comments

just_maibe said:

Hahaha I went to summer camp before I saw that movie, and I must say that movie IS summer camp. It was shot at the camp neighboring mine. I can't wait...if this totally gets made i'll be first in line.

February 4, 2008 11:16 AM

Brian Fairbanks said:

You obviously haven't seen Meatballs.

February 4, 2008 12:26 PM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

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