Camp Movies!

[CAMPFRIEND]

I think that there are a lot of great camp movies out there. I think I have two that are my favorite: Meatballs and Poison Ivy. I know that most people have seen Meatballs but Poison Ivy is an old camp movie. It’s had Michael J. Fox in it.

What is your Favorite?

[rockinsmiles]

I havent seen that many camp movies :( i want too though! haha. hey kind of topic but instead of camp movies does anyone know of any camp books???

[camper]

yeah a lot of camp books...there is even a whole series that just came out called Camp Confidential which is about a group of 11 year old girls at camp. they're for kids about that age but i've read them all they're really fun. then there's Sleepaway by Laurie Susan Kahn it's kind of like a scrapbook of girls all over the country who went to camp from like the 1920's...there are a lot of pictures and quotes from the girls as well as her own memories of camp. she came to my camp to talk about the book 2 summers ago, that was fun! Michael Eisner (the disney CEO) wrote a book about his camp experience as a kid, it's called Camp. And last but not least, a former camper/counselor at my camp who now writes for Sports Illustrated (his name is Seth Davis) wrote a book about my camp, it's called Equinunk, Tell Your Story and it's about a summer that he came back to be a counselor when he was 30 to follow a group of boys to write the book. it's a really fun read obviously for me, but i think any camp people would really enjoy it.

[Skater Bubbles]

Those books sound good, I will have to read some of them. As for movies, the only camp movie I have seen is Wet Hot American Summer which is pretty funny. I watched it with my best friend (works at my camp) and her husband (my camp director) and we laughed and compared people in the movie to people at our camp- It was pretty fun!!

[Kerrbear]

The Parent Trap always reminds me of camp... Heavyweights... oh! of course, Camp Nowhere!

As for books, I know the Baby Sitters Club went to camp in a special and the Saddle Club too...

[speedx5xracer]

Is it me or did we already have this topic.. any way Wet hot american summer, With out a paddle, Camp Nowhere and Heavy Weights

[Skater Bubbles]

Speed-We haven't had this topic already here, but it was on the ACA boards!

[rockinsmiles]

Yeah i remember it over there :) since i have only seen parent trap (which i dont think really reminds me much of camp) i cant say what is my favorite movie! i did the start of wet hot american summer. the funny thing is that is what the name of our camp newsletter turned out to be!

[CIT386]

I love Wet Hot American Summer. I hope my camp is never like that movie.

[CAMPFRIEND]

I have to say I am happy my camp is not like that movie! I don't know how it would ever get like that. You have to love movie magic. I wonder how many parents have seen that movie and not wanted their kids to go to camp?

[Flukie]

Indian Summer! Great movie.

[campnerd99]

It Takes Two with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen begins at camp. There's also a really good episode of Full House centered around camp.

[camper]

campnerd99 that's my favorite episode of full house!

[who_stole_my_loofa]

Hahaha yeah sooo funny! Lakoda Lakoda Lakoda Lakoda the camp that we love is Lakoda Lakoda.. yes, that is the cheer from the Full House episode! haha

Oh and just so everyone knows.. Wet Hot American Summer= my camp! LOL!!!

Did anyone mention Meatballs?!? Simply the best!

[campCardinal]

I love Indian summer. I just watched it last week! I also love Meatballs, but that shows the innappropriate side of camp, where as Indian Summer is more of a touchy feely movie. I also am reminded of camp from Parent Trap. And I enjoy the camp episode of Full House. I also like Wet Hot American Summer, Heavy Weights, and Camp Nowhere. And, Salute your Shorts is coming to DVD "soon." so that's exciting.

As for books, I've read a couple. I've read Sleepaway: The Girls of Summer and the Camps they Love, Sleepaway (a collection of short stories), and I'm currently reading The J.A.P. Chronicles, I'll quote the back with "After 17 years , the girls from Willow Lake Camp and reunite and find that some things have changed, while others will always remain the same. It's not very campy right now... but it's still a fun read. It's by Isabel Rose.

[camper]

omg the jap chronicles is AMAZING i forgot to mention that one...such a great book and a REALLY great representation of what my camp is like (minus like the scandal and the way most of the people are really mean haha) but tradition wise...that camp is my camp!

[Skater Bubbles]

Wow Salute your shorts is coming to dvd? That is exciting!! Yea for Nickelodeon in the old days!!

[KiwiCRB]

I haven't seen many of those but i'd have to say for me, Troop Beverly Hills always reminds me of camp, even though it isn't very campy during most of the movie.

[CAMPFRIEND]

I haven't seen many of those but i'd have to say for me, Troop Beverly Hills always reminds me of camp, even though it isn't very campy during most of the movie.

That movie was on TV this weekend. It gave me a good laugh!

[collissimon]

Mine isn't a movie about camp, but it's a movie that always makes me think of camp...

Stand By Me

...when the kid cries, it sounds just like one of the kids I worked with my first summer, who talked about the same kind of stuff. I haven't watched it for a while, I'll have to make time for it!

[crbtigger]

"Ernest goes to camp" is also a random, mindless, fun movie!

[CAMPFRIEND]

"Ernest goes to camp" is also a random, mindless, fun movie!

Great movie. I did not think about that one!

[code3cadet]

what is that fat kids camp move ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????? the one were the owner of the camp sail the camp to some skinny guy and they give them no food and have to exersize all day.

[CAMPFRIEND]

what is that fat kids camp move ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????? the one were the owner of the camp sail the camp to some skinny guy and they give them no food and have to exersize all day.

Heavy Weights! That is a good camp movie as well.

[code3cadet]

ya that is it that is a good move laght, cry and watched it like 20 times

[CAMPFRIEND]

It is a great movie!

[code3cadet]

what best port do you like in it

[camper]

i like the parts w/the blob in that movie. i always wanted my camp to have it and then finally we got one, but it doesn't work nearly as well haha.

[code3cadet]

The blob is cool we had somthing like that at the camp I worked at but not as fin and not as big

[CAMPFRIEND]

I think that I like the part with the go-carts the best. I wish that I could have somthing like for my campers!

[code3cadet]

ya at the camp that I work at we have ATV, dirt bikes and go-cats that we have the kids drive. it is so fun to dive them. we only had 3 kids git hart on them this year

[collissimon]

Has anyone seen Mean Creek? What did they think?