With the show arriving at the end of the month on Netflix, Wet Hot American Summer prequel First Day Of Camp has** **brought a full trailer online. And – joy! – it’s a thing of comedy beauty.
While the movie took place on the last day of camp in the summer of 1981, the show, as you might be able to guess, takes place on the first. And despite the idea of the Camp Firewood ensemble largely playing teenagers being part of the joke, they all look pretty darned good.
Talking of, pretty much the entire original cast – which included Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Cooper, Christopher Meloni, H. Jon Benjamin (who is promoted from voicing a can of veggies in the film to appearing in the series, seen giving out the rules of camp “no dry humping. No necking. No wet humping…”) and Molly Shannon – is back for this one, with a host of new additions that include Chris Pine, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Jason Schwartzman, Michaela Watkins, John Slattery, Josh Charles, Randall Park, Jayma Mays, Lake Bell, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Richard Schiff.
Subtlety has never exactly been the name of the game for the Wet Hot team, and the series, based on the evidence of this trailer, aims to keep up the madness full tilt, including what appears to be an Under Siege/Steven Seagal parody plot for Meloni’s chef Gene and Paul Rudd’s Andy in typically boastful, rebellious form. The credit run at the end is something to behold.
The series arrives on the streaming service on July 31. Best buy your insect repllent now. But don't spray it on Rudd. Because he's ANT-MAN. GEDDIT? ANYONE? HELLO?