Ernest Goes to Camp

[Crickets chirp, owl hoots]

[Drums beating]

[Chanting]

[Drumming and chanting

continue]

[Wind whistling]

[Wind whistling]

[Drumming and chanting

continue]

[Wind whistling]

[Drumming and chanting stop]

[Shouts

in native language]

[Shouts

in native language]

[Metal rattling]

"Safety first"...

that's my motto.

When one is doing

dangerous work,

one must pay careful attention

to the safety of one's body,

know what I mean?

Aah.

But one day,

I'll be a camp counselor,

and I'll be running this place.

I'll be shaping and molding

youthful minds

into a focused worldview.

Yep.

Ernest P. Worrell,

camp counselor,

an extraordinary thing

to witness.

[Gasping]

Aah!

[Crash]

[Grunting]

Ugh! Ugh!

[Engine stops]

[Birds chirping]

Aah!

[Breathing heavily]

[Engine rumbling]

E-e-e-e-e-w.

[Grunts, water gurgles]

[Straining]

[Water gurgling]

[Straining]

[Water gurgling]

[Straining]

[Water gurgling]

[Straining]

[Water gurgling]

[Straining]

[Water gurgling]

[Straining]

[Water gurgling]

[Grunting]

[Water gurgling]

[Straining]

[Water gurgling]

Ah heh heh heh heh

heh heh heh heh heh heh.

[Porcelain creaking]

[Toilet flushes]

Aaaaah!

[Boys cheering]

Okay, off the bus!

Off the bus!

Come on! Let's go!

Let's go! Let's go!

Get a line.

Get a line going.

Get a line going.

Let's go.

Let's go.

Move quick. Move it.

Let's go, gentlemen!

Let's go!

Move it out!

Hey, fellas.

Welcome to Kamp Kikakee.

I've got everything fixed up

for you at the cabins,

know what I mean?

Well, look who's here, huh?

Just like old times, huh?

Yeah.

Remember all the fun

we had last summer?

Hey, let's start things off

right. What do you say?

Mm-hmm.

[Laughter]

My ha...

My ha...

my... ha...

my hand... hands!

You got a bad attitude,

son.

Let's go! Let's go!

Move it!

Let's go! Let's go!

[Boys shouting indistinctly]

Straighten up these lines.

Come on. Let's go.

Men...

Welcome to another great summer

here at Kamp Kikakee!

[Boys cheering]

Right here

on this very ground,

Indians once tested

their young braves

and taught them the ways

of the forest.

And right here, you'll be

tested and taught, too,

just as they were hundreds

of years ago...

swimming...

fire building, cooking,

camping...

archery,

wilderness survival.

For those of you who accept

the challenge,

there'll be a ceremony

of the blade... the stone...

and the arrow.

All right, guys...

Let's go!

[Boys cheering]

Man:
Hup!

Hup!

Hup! Hup!

Hup! And up!

All right, hit the deck...

push-ups.

Crank out 10.

Ready...

One!

Two!

Three!

Four!

Five!

Six!

Seven!

Nine...

Morning, Ernest.

Oh, hi, Miss St. Cloud.

Um...

The sun rides high...

in... its path...

across the heavens.

Where... is the red...

chaise lounge?

Ernest, what I

came down here for is...

You know, engineering

your lifeguard stand

is an important business.

You have got to figure

your angles just right.

Course, I won't always be

fixin' things around here.

One day I will be

a full-fledged counselor.

I have learned all the steps

in the path of the brave,

I have memorized

the handbook,

and I learned

the Kikakee sign language.

If only they'd give a fella

a chance.

I'm sure they will,

Ernest.

Nuh-uh.

But the real reason

I'm here

is to see if you've gotten

all your shots.

[Chuckles]

Shots?

[Chuckles] Yeah...

Okay.

How's that grandfather

of yours nowadays?

I haven't seen him around

lately.

Oh, he's out at his place.

I worry about him sometimes.

He's so old.

But these woods are

his home.

Yeah, he's a wise man.

[Chuckles]

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