Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp 

Follows the counselors and campers on their first day at Camp Firewood in the summer of 1981.

Creators:

Michael Showalter, David Wain

Stars:

Marguerite Moreau, Zak Orth, Paul Rudd

6 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Marguerite Moreau	...	Katie 8 episodes, 2015
Zak Orth	...	JJ 8 episodes, 2015
Paul Rudd	...	Andy 8 episodes, 2015
Michael Showalter	...	Coop / ... 8 episodes, 2015
Michael Ian Black	...	McKinley 7 episodes, 2015
Bradley Cooper	...	Ben 7 episodes, 2015
Janeane Garofalo	...	Beth 7 episodes, 2015
Amy Poehler	...	Susie 7 episodes, 2015
Molly Shannon	...	Gail 7 episodes, 2015
Lake Bell	...	Donna 7 episodes, 2015
David Bloom	...	Kevin 7 episodes, 2015
Jason Schwartzman	...	Greg 7 episodes, 2015
Thomas Barbusca	...	Drew 7 episodes, 2015
Michael Blaiklock	...	Danny 7 episodes, 2015
George Dalton	...	Arty 7 episodes, 2015
Josh Douglas	...	Rafi 7 episodes, 2015
Samm Levine	...	Arty 7 episodes, 2015
Alexandra Stamler	...	Debbie 7 episodes, 2015
Isaak Presley	...	Kyle 7 episodes, 2015
Elizabeth Banks	...	Lindsay 6 episodes, 2015
Nina Hellman	...	Nancy 6 episodes, 2015
Christopher Meloni	...	Jonas / ... 6 episodes, 2015
Josh Charles	...	Blake 6 episodes, 2015
Eric Nenninger	...	Warner 6 episodes, 2015
John Slattery	...	Claude Dumet 6 episodes, 2015
Rich Sommer	...	Graham 6 episodes, 2015
Michaela Watkins	...	Rhonda 6 episodes, 2015
David Wain	...	Yaron 6 episodes, 2015
Hannah Friedman	...	Becky 6 episodes, 2015
Dan Klein	...	Jeremy 6 episodes, 2015
Lou Becker	...	Electro-City Chorus 6 episodes, 2015
Nick Drago	...	Electro-City Chorus 6 episodes, 2015
Beckie King	...	Electro-City Chorus 6 episodes, 2015
Matthew Shaffer	...	Electro-City Chorus 6 episodes, 2015
Kelleia Sheerin	...	Electro-City Chorus 6 episodes, 2015
Alysha Wheeler	...	Electro-City Chorus 6 episodes, 2015
Joe Lo Truglio	...	Neil 5 episodes, 2015
Ken Marino	...	Victor 5 episodes, 2015
A.D. Miles	...	Gary 5 episodes, 2015
Chris Pine	...	Eric 5 episodes, 2015
Logan Garretson	...	Piano Player 5 episodes, 2015
Hailey Sole	...	Amy 5 episodes, 2015
H. Jon Benjamin	...	Mitch / ... 4 episodes, 2015
Jon Hamm	...	The Falcon 4 episodes, 2015
Randall Park	...	Jeff 4 episodes, 2015
Marisa Ryan	...	Abby 3 episodes, 2015
Kevin Sussman	...	Steve 3 episodes, 2015
Michael Cera	...	Jim Stansel 3 episodes, 2015
Jordan Peele	...	Alan 3 episodes, 2015
Kristen Wiig	...	Courtney 3 episodes, 2015
Judah Friedlander	...	Ron Von Kleinenstein 2 episodes, 2015
David Hyde Pierce	...	Assoc. Prof. Henry Neumann 2 episodes, 2015
Jayma Mays	...	Jessica 2 episodes, 2015
Beth Dover	...	Shari 2 episodes, 2015
Paul Scheer	...	Dave 2 episodes, 2015
Matt Ballard	...	Stu 2 episodes, 2015
'Weird Al' Yankovic	...	Jackie Brazen 2 episodes, 2015
E.J. Callahan	...	Elderly Clerk 2 episodes, 2015
Mark Cirillo	...	JJ's Friend 2 episodes, 2015
Zandy Hartig	...	Denise 2 episodes, 2015
Emily Skinner	...	Froggy 2 episodes, 2015
John Early	...	Logan 2 episodes, 2015
Ali Marsh	...	Carol 2 episodes, 2015
Peter Salett	...	Guitar Dude 2 episodes, 2015
Logistx	...	Breakdancer 2 episodes, 2015

Storyline

Follows the counselors and campers on their first day at Camp Firewood in the summer of 1981.

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Plot Keywords:

camp | ensemble cast | 1980s | coming out | overalls | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 July 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Abominable Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 230 min (Entire series)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo (2.0) Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In reprising his role as Ben, Bradley Cooper shot all his scenes in one day. Initially, Cooper wasn't able to fly to the set in Los Angeles due to commitments with a Broadway play. The filmmakers opted to shoot his scenes in New York City until Cooper was nominated at the 87th Annual Academy Awards, prompting him to travel to Los Angeles. The plan was revamped to shoot Cooper's scenes in a single day, which was the last day of the show's production, on February 26, 2015.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Funniest Netflix Originals (2018)

User Reviews

Great Fun

I have not seen the film this series is based on. But the series is just wonderful, charming, bizarre and a great deal of fun. Its like a parody on 80s teen movies but it ends up something much more. This alternative universe is a warm place to spend a couple of hours in. Paul Rudd is excellent as one of the lead character, he is overacting but so does everyone else in the cast, and it works. In some strange way it doesn't feel like a parody but more like a reality somewhere else. Like a movie started to become real and the characters live on far after the movie ended.

The cast is excellent and its just big names everywhere like Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Banks, Chris Pine and it goes on and on. And its great fun seeing this big names and some in minor parts building up this summer camp universe.

For everyone that likes bizarre, sometimes childish but still funny movies.