Wet Hot American Summer

2001

Directed By: David Wain

Written By: David Wain; Michael Showalter

Starring: Janeane Garofalo; David Hyde Pierce; Molly Shannon; Paul Rudd; Christopher Meloni; Michael Showalter

Wet Hot American Summer is a 2001 American teen comedy film directed by David Wain from a screenplay written by Wain and Michael Showalter. The film features an ensemble cast, including Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Molly Shannon, Paul Rudd, Christopher Meloni, Michael Showalter (and various other members of the sketch comedy group “The State”), Elizabeth Banks, Ken Marino, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper (in his film debut), Amy Poehler, Zak Orth, and A.D. Miles. It takes place during the last full day at a fictional summer camp in 1981 and spoofs the sex comedies aimed at teen audiences of that era.

The film was a critical and commercial failure, but has since developed a cult following, as many of its cast members have gone on to high-profile work. Netflix revived the franchise with the release of an eight-episode prequel series starring most of the film's original cast on July 31, 2015; and an eight-episode sequel series, set ten years after the original film, on August 4, 2017.

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Chomping On The Bit vs. Champing On The Bit

These phrases stem from racehorses in a starting gate, biting their bits, hoofing the ground, whinnying. impatiently waiting for the starting gun to fire. They mean “to be eager to start or to be anxious to get moving,” just as you are eager to learn which one is actually correct.

“CHOMPING ON THE BIT”

The above phrase is such a common mistake, one might argue that using it has become expected; however, it still remains incorrect. To make it even more confusing, the words “chomping” and “champing” stem from the same Middle English word “chammen,” which eventually became “champen,” but chomping means “to munch or chew vigorously and noisily” and usually is used to describe eating. So even though a horse may be biting its bit before a race, anxiously awaiting the start of a race, it's not planning to “eat” the device in its mouth. 

“CHAMPING ON THE BIT”

This phrase is the correct one because “champing” means “to make biting or grinding movements” without inferring the action of eating. The important word in this phrase is rarely used outside of this phrase and so the use of “chomping,” which seems logical, is used more frequently, but still incorrectly.