Wet Hot American Summer

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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With Memorial Day around the corner, we're kicking off the summer movie season with the 2001 comedy classic, Wet Hot American Summer. Amy and Paul discuss the difficult process of getting the film put together, how it altered the directions of everyone's careers, and their own personal connections to summer camp. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bros love reality TV. Have you ever noticed your boyfriend or husband in the background while you're trying to wind down and enjoy the housewives?
0:07.0	They linger in the back of the room and ask questions, offer their opinions. But when you ask them to take a seat and watch with you, suddenly they're not interested.
0:14.7	Well, here at Bros & Shows, we are tired of perpetuating that dudes don't love reality TV because guess what we do and it's time we
0:22.0	erase the stigma that comes with it and we cover it all from real housewives to the bachelor
0:26.4	from vanderpump rules to the traitors and we're ready to give you our takes bros and shows a podcast
0:32.0	from the bros for everyone for whoever wants to listen. DC high volume, Batman.
0:38.3	The Dark Night's definitive DC comic stories
0:42.3	adapted directly for audio for the very first time.
0:46.3	Fear.
0:48.3	I have to make them afraid.
0:50.3	He's got a motorcycle.
0:52.3	Get after him or have you shot?
0:54.6	What do you mean blow up the building?
0:56.6	From this moment on, none of you are safe.
1:00.6	New episodes every Wednesday, wherever you get your podcasts.
1:05.6	The year is 2001, and ugh, you taste like a podcast.
1:10.5	I don't like you anymore. The movie, Wet Hot American Summer.
1:17.3	Ah, uh, school.
1:20.5	Uh, um, school.
1:23.6	It's time for Paul and maybe cinematic hot takes and the one of the best will be shot in space.
1:34.3	Hello, everyone, and welcome to Unspooled.
1:41.1	Yes, welcome to Unspool. This is a podcast about good movies, critical hits, fan favorites, must sees, and in case you missed them.
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