Gary [blows whistle]
Attention! Hey! Listen up, everybody! I'm Gary Granger!
And I'm Becky Martin-Granger!
Gary We're the owners and directors here at Camp Chippewa. America's foremost facility for privileged young adults.
And we're all here to learn, to grow, and to just plain have fun!
Gary 'Cause that's what being privileged is all about!
Gary [to the Campers]
Lifesaving! Now I know we're all top-notch little swimmers, but now we get to show our stuff and earn those certificates! Hey, how about our first little pair of lifesaving buddies? Amanda, Wednesday?
Is that your bathing suit?
Gary Now, one of you will be the drowning victim and the other one gets to be our lifesaver.
Gary [opening cabin door]
Mail call. [handing out mail] Addams!
[handing out mail]
Barclay, Cesselman, Calloway, Dexter, Donman, Edwards, Evans, Barclay, Finley, Fisher, Gingham, Ginley, Harper.
Is something wrong, Wednesday? Bad news?
This is the worst thing that has ever happened in the history of human events. Uncle Fester's getting married.
Gary A wedding? But that's great news!
Get out of the cabin. I mean, I'd kill myself. The help?
I'm sure she's a very nice lady.
I think that's disgusting. I think their whole family's like some weird medical experiment. I think they're like, circus people.
[menacingly]
What did you say?
Gary Wednesday... Pugsley. Will a hug hurt us?
Gary I'm sensing some friction here. Somethin' not quite Chippewa.
Gary But, hey, no problemo. All they need are good friends, good fun, and a little time in the Harmony Hut.
[Suddenly, a siren sounds] [walking toward Wednesday, Pugsley and Joel with Gary, Becky and Camp Children]
There they are! I saw them sneak out.
Gary Children, what do you think you're doing?
We have to see our family. It's very important.
More important than a summer of fun? More important than making new friends? More important than sharing?
Gary And Joel Glicker. I'm surprised at you.
I-I have to get out of here. I have allergies.
[mockingly]
Oh, you're allergic? To sunshine and archery and crafts?
I think they should be punished. [starts chanting] Punish!
[chanting along with Amanda]
Punish! Punish! Punish! Punish! Punish! Punish!
No! No! We are not here to punish. We are here to inspire.
Gary Campers? Do you know what I think our little ninja friends here need? Do you know what just might turn their sad and potentially wasted little lives right all around?
[singing in unison with Gary, Becky, and Amanda]
Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya. Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya. Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya. Oh Lord, kumbaya.
[reading the letter in her hand]
"Dear Wednesday and Pugsley. I love you dearly, but I can never see you again."
Gary [impatiently]
Glicker, go!
[Joel gives up and flings the arrow at the ground]
Good try!
[Joel goes to the end of the line, as Pugsley takes the bow, and Wednesday finishes reading]
"When you are grown up and very lonely, you will understand. Love, Uncle Fester." He's a dead man.
[Pugsley hits an American Bald Eagle]
It's an American Bald Eagle!
Gary But aren't they extinct?
I don't want to be in the pageant.
Gary Don't you want to help me realize my vision?
Your work is puerile and under-dramatized. You lack any sense of structure, character, and the Aristotelian unities.
Gary Young lady, I am getting just a tad tired of your attitude problem.