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Maybe you didn't go to summer camp. Or maybe, you're a fan of the classic camp comedy "Wet Hot American Summer". Either way, you're welcome to come join your friends at Camp Firewood - the camp featured in "Wet Hot"; one of our favorite camp movies here at MyCampFriends.com. Just click "Join Camp" near the bottom of this page.
And who wouldn't want to be part of a camp where counselor trips into town are hardcore, camper talent shows are literally earth-shaking, and the cook is a Vietnam-vet who's best friend is a talking mixed-vegetables can? This is camping at its finest, and you can be a part of all of the "Wet Hot American Summer" fun here on MyCampFriends.com...Where Summer Never Ends.
(Click here to purchase this totally awesome flick on Betamax! Or DVD, if your Sony Betamax is on the fritz.)
AND NOW, A NOTE FROM ARTY SOLOMON, AGE 12:
Hi everyone, it's your old pal Artie here; Camp Firewood's favorite morning, afternoon, and evening man on WCFW-FM. The microphone at Camp Firewood has been sadly silenced for the school year, though you Marylanders can still catch me every Thursday from 2:30-6 on Bethesda's own Jewish Day School Radio, 89.9-FM, "The Fox!" (Well, at least you can hear me on the Thursdays when I don't have violin practice, Haftora study, or family dinner at Grandma Sadie's. I hate it there. Everything in her house has plastic on it and smells like death.)
1981 was the best summer yet at Camp Firewood, except for the time I was forced into the shower. Thankfully, my uncle Barry is a prosecuting attorney, and has spoken with Beth, the camp director. Let's just say next summer, my fifth at Firewood, will happily remain shower-free: the way G-hyphen-d intended it to be.
I managed to capture a few photos on the Polaroid I got last year for night five of Hanukkah (only dorks spell it with a "C"), and will now share them with you. So now, without further ado, I'm pleased to present (by the way, I'm doing my famous Howard Cosell imitation right now), the one, the only...
ARTIE'S 1981 CAMP FIREWOOD SCRAPBOOK...TA-DA!
Gary and Gene take time away from their serious kitchen responsibilities to teach Coop a thing or two about "taking it Higher and Higher" the way real men do: through dance. Coop's new macho attitude totally scored him Katie, the hottest counselor in camp. For about 18 seconds.
Who can forget legendary Catskills comedian Alan Shemper's visit on the last day of camp as talent show emcee extraordinaire? Alan always says he's been doing comedy since the late 1700's, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's true! But he added a exciting new wrinkle to his routine this year - the "F" word! If Alan keeps this up, he's gonna be the next Richard Pryor. But a really old, Jewish version; who I don't believe has ever set himeself on fire.
Here's a candid I took of Katie when she wasn't looking. She's
really pretty, isn't she? Kind of like Bailey Quarters, Princess Leia, and Daisy Duke all rolled into one! I mean wow! Uh-oh. Something strange and wonderful is happening to me right now... Oh no, now my Mom's knocking on my door! What do I do! Come on, Artie, think about baseball, think about baseball, think about baseball... Um, uh, we'll be right back after a brief message from "The Money Store".
And we're back. False alarm. But, hey; look! It's Beth and Professor Newman, or "Henry" as Beth calls him. "Henry". Oooooooohhh, they're in looooovvvveeee! I guess that's cool. My mom always said Beth was going to wind up like our Aunt Sylvia who no one in the family talks to anymore because she never had a boyfriend or husband, and spends all of her time with her five cats and drinking beer with the big girls from her softball team.
Hey, did anyone else notice how Gail, the arts and crafts teacher, spent like every single rest hour, free swim, and cabin night with Aaron? On the last day of camp, Aaron told me he's going to use his Bar Mitzvah money to open up a vitamin store with Gail in Santa Monica. That's a long way from Scarsdale, young man!
That's all folks - I'll see you in the Summer of 1982 at the greatest camp in the world, Camp Firewood!
And who wouldn't want to be part of a camp where counselor trips into town are hardcore, camper talent shows are literally earth-shaking, and the cook is a Vietnam-vet who's best friend is a talking mixed-vegetables can? This is camping at its finest, and you can be a part of all of the "Wet Hot American Summer" fun here on MyCampFriends.com...Where Summer Never Ends.
(Click here to purchase this totally awesome flick on Betamax! Or DVD, if your Sony Betamax is on the fritz.)
AND NOW, A NOTE FROM ARTY SOLOMON, AGE 12:
Hi everyone, it's your old pal Artie here; Camp Firewood's favorite morning, afternoon, and evening man on WCFW-FM. The microphone at Camp Firewood has been sadly silenced for the school year, though you Marylanders can still catch me every Thursday from 2:30-6 on Bethesda's own Jewish Day School Radio, 89.9-FM, "The Fox!" (Well, at least you can hear me on the Thursdays when I don't have violin practice, Haftora study, or family dinner at Grandma Sadie's. I hate it there. Everything in her house has plastic on it and smells like death.)
1981 was the best summer yet at Camp Firewood, except for the time I was forced into the shower. Thankfully, my uncle Barry is a prosecuting attorney, and has spoken with Beth, the camp director. Let's just say next summer, my fifth at Firewood, will happily remain shower-free: the way G-hyphen-d intended it to be.
I managed to capture a few photos on the Polaroid I got last year for night five of Hanukkah (only dorks spell it with a "C"), and will now share them with you. So now, without further ado, I'm pleased to present (by the way, I'm doing my famous Howard Cosell imitation right now), the one, the only...
ARTIE'S 1981 CAMP FIREWOOD SCRAPBOOK...TA-DA!
Gary and Gene take time away from their serious kitchen responsibilities to teach Coop a thing or two about "taking it Higher and Higher" the way real men do: through dance. Coop's new macho attitude totally scored him Katie, the hottest counselor in camp. For about 18 seconds. Who can forget legendary Catskills comedian Alan Shemper's visit on the last day of camp as talent show emcee extraordinaire? Alan always says he's been doing comedy since the late 1700's, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's true! But he added a exciting new wrinkle to his routine this year - the "F" word! If Alan keeps this up, he's gonna be the next Richard Pryor. But a really old, Jewish version; who I don't believe has ever set himeself on fire. Here's a candid I took of Katie when she wasn't looking. She'sreally pretty, isn't she? Kind of like Bailey Quarters, Princess Leia, and Daisy Duke all rolled into one! I mean wow! Uh-oh. Something strange and wonderful is happening to me right now... Oh no, now my Mom's knocking on my door! What do I do! Come on, Artie, think about baseball, think about baseball, think about baseball... Um, uh, we'll be right back after a brief message from "The Money Store".
And we're back. False alarm. But, hey; look! It's Beth and Professor Newman, or "Henry" as Beth calls him. "Henry". Oooooooohhh, they're in looooovvvveeee! I guess that's cool. My mom always said Beth was going to wind up like our Aunt Sylvia who no one in the family talks to anymore because she never had a boyfriend or husband, and spends all of her time with her five cats and drinking beer with the big girls from her softball team.
Hey, did anyone else notice how Gail, the arts and crafts teacher, spent like every single rest hour, free swim, and cabin night with Aaron? On the last day of camp, Aaron told me he's going to use his Bar Mitzvah money to open up a vitamin store with Gail in Santa Monica. That's a long way from Scarsdale, young man!For my grand photo finale, check out this crazy collage I made in photo class. There's Andy & Lindsay with some gross-but-kinda-hot tongue action (I hope Katie doesn't see this. No, I take that back, I kind of hope she sees this, so she'll learn to love me), Steve (also known as "that really creepy kid" - which is great, because he makes me feel better about myself) with his pet chicken, and Susie joking around with me again like she always does, giving me the middle finger. She and Ben are so happy together. But, from the looks of her bruised face, apparently Ben wasn't too happy with the campers' rendition of "Day by Day" at talent show. Either that, or he's still upset that Xanadu was such a flop. He talked about it all summer long! Well, that, and how excited he is for "Grease 2", which he says will be even better than the first "Grease". He's going to be a Broadway dancer someday, so I believe him.
That's all folks - I'll see you in the Summer of 1982 at the greatest camp in the world, Camp Firewood!
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