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Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

They're younger. They're hotter. They're wetter.

20156.41 Season8 EpisodesEnded

Overview

It's the first day of camp in this outrageous prequel to the hilarious 2001 cult classic movie. And at Camp Firewood, anything can happen.

Created by Michael Showalter
Written by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Lauren Caltagirone, Joe DeRosa
NetworksNetflix

Top Cast

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo

Beth

Molly Shannon

Molly Shannon

Gail von Kleinenstein

Paul Rudd

Paul Rudd

Andy

Christopher Meloni

Christopher Meloni

Gene

Ken Marino

Ken Marino

Victor Pulak

Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler

Susie

Bradley Cooper

Bradley Cooper

Ben

Chris Pine

Chris Pine

Eric

Jason Schwartzman

Jason Schwartzman

Greg

John Slattery

John Slattery

Claude Dumet

Themes & Keywords

musicalsummer camprivalryminiseriescampsummercounselorcamp counselor1980s

About Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is a comedy series that first aired in 2015 exploring themes of musical, summer camp, rivalry, miniseries, camp, summer. Created by Michael Showalter, it stars Janeane Garofalo, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd. It's the first day of camp in this outrageous prequel to the hilarious 2001 cult classic movie. And at Camp Firewood, anything can happen.

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