If you’re afraid of the first day of camp and not remembering who anyone is, Netflix has released a featurette to reintroduce you to Camp Fire Wood. Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is a limited 8-episode series that comes out July 31, 2015 on Netflix.
“Working on this just feels like when we shot Wet Hot — it was really cold, we’re moving really fast and everybody’s having sex with each other,” said Amy Poehler.
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp stars; Janeane Garofalo as Beth, David Hyde Pierce as Prof. Henry Newman, Molly Shannon as Gail von Kleinenstein, Paul Rudd as Andy, Christopher Meloni as Gene, Michael Showalter as Gerald “Coop” Cooperberg/Alan Shemper/Ronald Reagan, Marguerite Moreau as Katie, Ken Marino as Victor Pulak, Michael Ian Black as McKinley Dozen, H. Jon Benjamin as Mitch / Can of Vegetables, Zak Orth as J.J., A. D. Miles as Gary, Amy Poehler as Susie, Bradley Cooper as Ben, Marisa Ryan as Abby Bernstein, Kevin Sussman as Steve, Joe Lo Truglio as Neil, Elizabeth Banks as Lindsay, Judah Friedlander as Ron Von Kleinenstein, Chris Pine[2] as a mysterious figure, Jon Hamm as a secret spy, Jason Schwartzman as the boy’s camp head counselor, Kristen Wiig as a snobby Camp Tigerclaw counselor, Michaela Watkins as a tough New Yorker, John Slattery, Josh Charles as a tough guy from a rival camp, Randall Park as a camp librarian in love with Gail, Jayma Mays, Lake Bell, Paul Scheer as a journalist, Rob Huebel as Professor Newman’s rival, Richard Schiff as Professor Newman’s superior, Michael Cera, and “Weird Al” Yankovic.
