Plot
The film's events take place almost exclusively on August 18, 1981, at Camp Firewood, a summer camp located near Waterville, Maine. It is the last day of summer camp, which means counselors have one last chance to have a romantic encounter with another person at Camp Firewood. The summer ultimately culminates with a talent show.
Beth (Janeane Garofalo), the camp director, struggles to keep her counselors in order — and her campers alive — while falling in love with Henry (David Hyde Pierce), an astrophysics associate professor at the local college. Henry has to devise a plan to save the camp from a piece of NASA's Skylab, which is falling to Earth.
Coop (Michael Showalter) has a crush on Katie (Marguerite Moreau), his fellow counselor, but has to pry her away from her rebellious, obnoxious, and obviously unfaithful boyfriend, Andy (Paul Rudd). Only Gene (Christopher Meloni), the shell-shocked Vietnam war veteran and camp chef, can help Coop win Katie — with some help from a talking can of vegetables (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin). All the while, Gary (A.D. Miles), Gene's unfortunately chosen apprentice, and J.J. (Zak Orth) attempt to figure out why McKinley (Michael Ian Black) hasn't been with a woman; and Susie (Amy Poehler) and Ben (Bradley Cooper) attempt to produce and choreograph the greatest talent show Camp Firewood has ever seen.
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