About this episode

The episode reflects on the host's negative experiences with summer camp compared to the freedom of summer days spent with friends.

"Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh, take me home from camp Granada." This song released in 1963 and sung by Alan Sherman summed up how I felt about summer camp. To me summer meant freedom, no schedules, endless days and nights with friends on bicycles, swimming in the lake and at my aunt Helen's camp. Not forced summer day camp filled with "fun" activities and teenage camp counselor more interested in summer "fun" than anything else. They thought they were so cool 17 and 18yr...

People in this episode

Host: Timothy Mahar

Topics covered

• summer camp
• freedom
• childhood memories
• teenage counselors
• fun activities

Keywords

• summer camp
• freedom
• Alan Sherman
• childhood
• teenage counselors

Mentioned in this episode

Places: camp Granada, aunt Helen's camp

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