The Definitive Guide to Comedy
David Wain has been on the cutting edge of digital comedy since the turn of the century, making short films for his live comedy shows with Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black, debuting a webseries (Wainy Days) on the streaming platform My Damn Channel in 2007, helping Rob Corddry take …
Getting the gang back together proved so much fun last year, why not do it all again? That’s the spirit! Netflix announced today that Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later will come to its streaming screens much sooner than later — with an eight-episode order set to premiere in …
Friend of the site Julie Seabaugh put together an oral history on Wet Hot American Summer for this week’s Variety, just in time for the launch of the prequel miniseries this Friday on Netflix. Would you believe they tried to make a Wet Hot TV series way back in 2003? …
Michael Ian Black is familiar to anyone who has watched TV in the past two decades — first as a member of MTV sketch group The State, later in shows including Ed, Stella, Michael & Michael Have Issues, and several other series not named after first names. This summer, you …
How do you pull off a prequel to a cult comedy movie 15 years later? It’s not exactly movie magic, but it’ll be funny. “We thought it was funny that in the original we played a bunch of thirty year olds playing teenagers. Now we’re in our forties and our characters …
Netflix has announced premiere dates for its upcoming slate of original series and stand-up comedy specials including the long-awaited reunion of Wet Hot American Summer, as a miniseries prequel (WHAS: First Day of Camp) on July 17. Just take a look at the confirmed cast: The streaming service also has …
How did Netflix not announce this earlier in the week when it already had the full attention of the TV Critics Association? Regardless… Wet Hot American Summer officially is back in production! The cult favorite film from 2001 has found its cast members reunite a few times since, usually either …
Here is a treat for fans of the 2001 comedy film, Wet Hot American Summer. Singer/songwriter Ken Webb has written an ode to Gene, the camp’s cook played by Christopher Meloni (whom you all recognize from Law & Order: SVU). It’s called, well, “The Ballad of Gene.” Roll the clip!
