Summer Camp Culture

Camp Tamakwa pennant makes cameo in ‘I Want You Back’

As he did in his movie Big Time Adolescence in 2019, film director Jason Orley made sure to include a reference to the summer camp he attended as a kid in the recently released romantic comedy I Want You Back. While he took a page out of Sam Raimi’s book by including the iconic Camp Tamakwa t-shirt in Big Time Adolescence, Orley took an even subtler approach in I Want You Back, including a 1997…

Katie Couric reunites cast of ‘The Parent Trap’ 1998 for charity

In honor of the 22-year anniversary of the release of the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, Katie Couric reunited the cast to talk about the film and raise money for World Central Kitchen.

The reunion debuted this morning on Couric’s Instagram.

“The most incredible thing about ‘The Parent Trap’ in itself is even still younger generations and little kids that go to camp they even know it…

Dark Horse Comics releasing Stranger Things mini-series set at Camp Know Where

Dustin’s time at Camp Know Where will be explored in a new four-part comic miniseries coming in September from Dark Horse Comics.

Dustin arrives at Camp Know Where to navigate the new social hierarchy without the support of his Hawkins adventuring party. While also faced with nerdy bullies, a new menace haunts the young scientists and camp counselors. A mysterious figure with sinister intent…

New York Times bestselling author releases memoir about summer camp

New York Times bestselling author Iris Krasnow relives her summer camp experiences and shares the lessons she’s carried with her from her time as a camper at Camp Agawak in Wisconsin in a new memoir.

Krasnow first attended Camp Agawak at eight years old and after a 40-year hiatus from the camp returned on staff to resurrect the defunct camp magazine she wrote for as a camper.

Fron the…

Jerry makes s’mores, becomes leader of clay people in ‘Rick and Morty’

After their family vacation is detoured by Rick discovering he had fathered a bunch of clay people with a planet, Jerry is determined to still have fun camping with his screen obsessed kids in the “Childrick of Mort” episode of Rick and Morty.

While Summer and Mort have their devices out, Jerry pulls out a retractable fire stick and a marshmallow and quickly makes a s’more, which Summer…

Camille mocked Bambi for having a 'Camp Rock' DVD in a recent episode of the HBO show 'Betty'

When Camille visits fellow skater and filmmaker Bambi’s apartment, she gives him a hard time when she sees he owns a Camp Rock DVD in the “Zen and the art of Skateboarding” episode of HBO show Betty.

“It’s good,” Bambi (Edmund Donovan) says when Camille (Rachelle Vinburg) asks him why he owns “a Disney Channel movie from 2007.”

“I mean, I thought so, too, when I was, like, seven,” Camille…

'The Last Dance' documentary series ended with scene reminiscent of summer camp

The Last Dance, the 10-part documentary series about the end of the Chicago Bulls dynasty closes with Phil Jackson, Steve Kerr and Michael Jordan describing a scene that sounds more like something out of the last night of summer camp than an NBA postseason team meeting.

“He asked everybody to bring in anything you want to write about what the team means to you,” Steve Kerr says. “And every…

Top Chef All-Stars get creative in summer camp kitchen

Using summer camp as a theme for a reality TV show isn’t a new or original concept and it’s not even unique on television right now. Martha Stewart set up Camp Bakeaway in her backyard for a new show that premiered recently and Alton Brown had Camp Cutthroat a few years ago just to name two examples.

Top Chef All-Stars aired a summer camp-themed episode this week — “Cabin Fever” (Season 17,…

Harvey Bushkin one of Jerry Stiller’s most memorable roles

While his son Ben Stiller stole the show with his demented fitness guru character Tony Perkis, one of Jerry Stiller’s most memorable roles was as Harvey Bushkin in the 1995 movie Heavyweights.

Harvey and his wife Alice (played by Jerry’s wife and Ben’s mom Anne Meara) appear early in the film in a promotional video talking about how excited they are for their 33rd summer as owners and…

#SummerCamp provided a 'first stage' for SNL's Chloe Fineman #JewishCamp

Saturday Night Live cast member Chloe Fineman credited Camp Kee Tov with providing her an early platform in her pursuit of comedy in a recent Jewish Journal article.

“The camp [did] ‘skits’ every morning while counselors put sunscreen on children sitting on the grass,” Fineman was quoted saying in the article. “And dare I say, that was my first stage. Kee Tov was magic. All my friends were…

Fictional #SummerCamp: Squaw Lake Bible Camp in 'A Simple Favor'

The fictional Squaw Lake Bible Camp in Michigan makes an appearance in the 2018 movie A Simple Favor starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively.

Anna Kendrick’s character, Stephanie Smothers, ends up at the camp on a quest for information about her friend Emily whose body was found near the camp she attended as a kid.

Posing as an interested parent, Stephanie asks to see some old photos from…

There's a special edition #CampTShirt Day coming up this Thursday, May 7

International Wear Your Summer Camp T-Shirt is an annual tradition that takes place in November when camp still seems so far away.

With Covid-19 wreaking havoc on summer schedules and camps are making decisions to cancel for the summer or move to online #NotCampCamp, camp couldn’t feel further away than it does right now.

All the more reason for another #CampTShirtDay don’t you think?

'Lady Talk' widows visit grief camp in Funny Or Die series season finale guest starring Lennon Parham

Lennon Parham guest stars as Shawna Culotte in the season finale of Funny or Die web show Lady Talk.

If the setting of The Shawna Culotte Widow’s Retreat looks familiar it’s because it’s where ’90s Nickelodeon show Salute Your Shorts was filmed: Griffith Park Boys Camp.

References are made to Salute Your Shortswith the episode title — “Salute Your Culottes” — and the trumpet opening in the…

‘Troop Zero’ nails talent show David Bowie cover

It’s not specifically a summer camp talent show, but Troop Zero features a talent show performance at a scout jamboree that may have an argument for one of the best ever in a talent show scene of a movie.

Christmas and her ragtag troop of misfits have to overcome a ton of obstacles just to get to the jamboree with a dream of winning the talent show and getting their voices on the recording…

Netflix announced the acquisition yesterday of A Week Away, a musical film set at Christian #summercamp

Netflix announced Wednesday the acquisition of A Week Away, a faith-based musical film set at a Christian summer camp.

Directed by Emmy Award-winning music video producer and film director Roman White, the film tells the story of a troubled teen named Will Hawkins (Kevin Quinn) who has a run-in with the law that puts him at an important crossroad: go to juvenile detention or attend a…

Hollywood power couple launch online Camp Hello Bello

Online summer camp feels like a bit of an oxymoron since one of the many things we love about camp is the part where we disconnect from screens and get out into nature and connect IRL.

But given our current state in a global pandemic, an online summer camp is better than no camp.

Hollywood power couple Kristen Bell (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation, Veronica Mars) and Dax Shepard (Ble…