Wait… there’s a “Wet Hot American Summer” Netflix series?
When the sweater fondler did this shiz happen? You see? This is the karmic injustice I end up getting dealt for nearly never watching T.V. anymore. I miss out on the good stuff. I end up outta the loop about the fact that one of my favorite summer camp movies is being made into hours of entertainment for me to waste my life away on while eating my feelings. And while I was specifically already planning for exactly that in about a week or two when I transmogrify into a sanguine spewing shrew, I can’t. ‘cause I just checked.
And it looks like I’ll hafta wait when that happens again in August instead.
The bastards refuse to share it with us till late July.
For those of you doing the confused dog head-tilt and who’ve never seen the original satirical film, I’m both sorry for you and jealous. I’m sorry that you won’t have the association memory to enjoy it when I employ gifs from the flick or lines like that whole sweater fondling opener I just did at the start of this article. But I’m also ridiculously jealous, because that means you can go watch it now and experience all its preposterous wonder for the first time ever.
Here’s a big burgery taste (#morereferencesyouwontget) of what you’ve been missing:
(That pizza party bit at 1:21 gets me every effing time)
In fact, I highly suggest you just go watch it now.
You’re not doing anything. It’s Memorial Day weekend. So, just press pause on this blog via the top right horizontal line icon (No! Not the X anything but the-…) and go watch it immediately….Are you done yet? Good. Now we’re on the same level. So, do you see how in the original film, the quality ridiculousness of it is only improved by the fact that they intentionally chose an excellent but older bunch of actors (Bradley Cooper, Molly Shannon, Amy Poehler) to play summer camp attendees (while they were all roughly in their 20’s and 30’s)? That’s what’s gonna make this upcoming series so great. I always thought of that comic casting choice as a kindofa nod to the likes of the “Beverly Hills” T.V. show – buncha old hags and prematurely receding hairlines playing 17 year old cheerleaders and jocks. This upcoming WHAM (fun acronym) series will be like a hyperbolic version of that, since they’re, thankfully, keeping all the OG talent. (Versus doing that annoying thing the “Clueless” show did when it resulted in the huge giant disappointment that anyone trying to fill Alicia Silverstone’s sacrificed party pumps inevitably delivers.) It’s worlds better, ’cause now they’re all 40 and 50 and playing even more youthful roles.
You might be wondering why I’m excessively excited about this. Wish I knew.
It’s definitely not ’cause I’m too poor to holiday, don’t have a social life, and never went to summer camp.
Regardless, I can’t wait to forget real life’s a thing and gang bang my brain with all 8 episodes of this at once.
