Netflix's Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp starts tomorrow. The follow up (prequel series) to the 2001 cult classic features the return of the films original star studded lineup, including Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Chris Meloni, Michael Ian Black and Paul Rudd just to name a few. Joining the cast are newcomers, Mad Men vets Jon Hamm & John Slattery. Now, co-creator Michael Showalter is opening up about when he found out the original had become a cult classic.
Wet Hot American Summer star and co-creator Michael Showalter recently opened up to TV Guide about how the original 2001 film became a cult classic:
“I feel like it was a year or two after the movie kind of came and went in theaters. I guess it must have come out on DVD. And I started to hear about college campuses having Wet Hot screening parties or some kind of alternative-y movie theaters having midnight screenings. And you'd see people Facebooking pictures of themselves in Wet Hot costumes at Halloween, things like that.
“And then people stopping me on the street and just starting to get the sense that it had some kind of generational appeal, that it was connecting in a really deep way.“
The movie has even helped bring families together and make true love bloom, as Showalter added:
“I've mentioned this before, but people would say it was kind of a litmus test for how they chose their friends and relationships. If you went on a date with somebody and they didn't like Wet Hot, it was kind of an indicator of whether or not you were compatible with that person.”
What do you think about Showalter’s comments? Would your partner pass or fail the Wet Hot litmus test? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section at the bottom of the page.
Be sure to check out the all new prequel series, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, streaming this Friday, July 31 at 3 a.m. eastern on Netflix.
