In the opening monologue, Jackson mentions that that particular show is geared towards teens. There is a March 2000 episode of Saturday Night Live with host Joshua Jackson and musical guest NSYNC. I can MOST definitely live without Snapchat, selfies, people stupidly saying “bae,” but I still need my color TV with reality competition shows, and a computer (why I didn’t pick the 1950s). Though I graduated high school in 2011, I wish I spent my teen years in the late 1990s-early 2000s. It’s no secret that I adore high school movies, and the 1990s, so put the two together, and obviously I love it. That’s when his anti-aging abilities became known to the public too. Paul Rudd did Clueless (1995) and Romeo + Juliet (1996) prior to WHAS, but he didn’t become a well-known comedic actor until Anchorman (2004) and teaming up with Judd Apatow. Of course, Cooper has gone on to be nominated for three consecutive Oscars for Best Actor, and Poehler dominated on SNL and became Leslie Knope. It was Bradley Cooper’s first movie, and it was released two months before Amy Poehler joined Saturday Night Live, so essentially they were nobodies. So what makes a movie a cult classic? I think what makes WHAS better over time is how huge the film’s stars have become. Since it’s become cooler, perhaps critics want to be “in” on the jokes. I attribute the higher approval rating to the original’s cult classic status. I doubt the writing and humor got 3 times better. The new Netflix series has 92% critics’ approval rating. It has a 32% critics’ approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and only grossed $295,000 at the box office. Upon its release in 2001, WHAS was not well-received. I don’t know why, but people laughing at jokes can be funnier than the jokes themselves. The audience cracking up over every single joke is as hysterical as Shemper himself. Showalter pulls double duty (actually triple duty), as the show’s host, a hilarious Alan Shemper. The preppy Susie (Amy Poehler) and Ben (Bradley Cooper) organize the camp’s annual talent show, taking place that night. She tells him that he can call her “Beth” after he calls her… “Beth.” It’s some of Rudd’s finest work.Īnother big story involves Camp Director Beth (Janeane Garofalo) romancing Professor Henry Newman (David Hyde Pierce). He lets a camper drown on his watch, and gives major sass when picking up a chair and a food tray from the floor. He openly cheats on her with Lindsay (Elizabeth Banks), complete with barbecue sauce all over her face. Unfortunately though, Katie is dating Andy (Paul Rudd), also known as the biggest douche on the planet. Co-writer of the movie, Michael Showalter, plays Cooper, who has a tragic bowl cut, and is in love with Katie (Marguerite Moreau). It’s the last day of summer camp at Camp Firewood. In honor of the 8-episode prequel Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, which premiered on Netflix earlier this week, I look back on the original cult classic, and what makes a movie a cult classic. Where would we be today without October 3rd being a national holiday or Emma Stone’s priceless reaction to lobster?īasically, I’m a fan of every aspect of this movie. Did Travis Birkenstock (Breckin Meyer) ever find his Cranberries CD? I certainly hope so, but I’m just glad that another 90s alternative band gets a shout out.Ĭlueless paved the way for movies like Mean Girls (2004) and Easy A (2010). Cher gets existential, mentioning a fellow cult classic, Twin Peaks, and Christian references my 1950s boyfriend, James Dean. I mean, the lead and her best friend are named after famous singers who now do infomercials. In general, the references in this movie are killer. And can we bring back calling girls “Bettys” and boys “Baldwins”? Much better than “on fleek” and “bae.” And can I mention how great the lingo in Clueless is? “As if” has become a classic and a “Monet” sounds straight out of Parks and Recreation’s Tom Haverford’s vocabulary.
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