'Wet Hot American Summer' (2001)

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Who had the most fun with the 80's? Stranger Things vs. Wet Hot American Summer. We also discuss taking things personally and how to handle "tough love" in the film business.

Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American satirical comedy film directed by David Wain from a screenplay written by Wain and Michael Showalter. The film features an ensemble cast, including Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Michael Showalter (and various other members of MTV's sketch comedy group The State), Elizabeth Banks, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper (in his film debut), Amy Poehler, Zak Orth, and A. D. Miles. The film takes place during the last full day at a fictional summer camp in 1981, and spoofs the sex comedies aimed at teen audiences of that era.

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The film was a critical and commercial failure, but has since developed a cult following,^[3] as many of its cast members have gone on to high-profile work. Netflix revived the franchisewith the release of an eight-episode prequel series starring most of the film's original cast, on July 31, 2015; and an eight-episode sequel series, set ten years after the original film, on August 4, 2017.