Camp Cucamonga (1990 TV Movie)
Cliched camp story with songs sung by the likes of Urkel!
7 April 2001
After finding this movie, i have decided that, that while it wasn't a total waste of movie, it is an otherwise wast of movie for the actors, but it was good exposure when it first aired in Sept 1990 on NBC.

John Ratzenberger still in his "Cliff" mode, (then totally fresh and utterly underappreciated) Jennifer Aniston, an aging Sherman Helmsly ("The Jeffersons") etc, etc.

On to the plot, its about a contemporary Summer Camp somewhere in California in 1990 AD...when fluffy hair, wristbands, mutlicolored socks, and Pop music were popular; this movie was more about the clothing color, than about the camp.

Its a typical Cliched story where a camp loses its accredidation, councilors and campers first get a genuine taste of love, and kids bring all their belongings with them such as trophys, posters, stereos, and even an elaborate video camera!

But where this movie faults is in its shear campiness and predictability! The kids do produce a wrap video being the only surprise, albiet its very cheezy because its lead singer is the kid who played Urkell. But the rest is pure cliches: theres the customary intrapersonal feuds between rich and not-so-rich, kids go off alone and get lost in the woods, the camp's owner Merv (Ratzenberger) can't tell the difference between an inspector and the handyman (Helmsly) And Of course the sappy love story: the responsible councilor Ava (Aniston) who eventually falls for the party/womanizing Roger played by an unknown actor.

All in all a good "let's make fun of those idoits" movie, if you can ever find it!
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