camp north star and it camp counselor extraordinaire and tripper harrison ( bill murray ) sure would like to end a decade long lose streak to rival camp mohawk and an ivy league type place where only the wealthy kid can attend . meanwhile and we watch a tripper try his hand at love when he flirt aimlessly with fellow female counselor roxanne ( kate lynch ) a other teen counselor pair up and also fall head over heel . the film come to head at the camp olympiad a the rival square off in competitive athletic contest with tripper almost realize their doom to fail yet another year . the film also show the grow bond between tripper and a quietly lonely and puppy dog eye rudy ( chris makepeace of vamp fame ) and whose dad be often away all the time . rudy doesn not seem to fit in with the other kid his age and he seem to spend most of his time either jogging in the morning with tripper or take his peanut at blackjack . the film mostly contain hi jinx of fellow teen camp counselor cut up and goof around . you have hottie counselor and total nerd spaz ( jack blum ) with his taped glass and bad acne and beak nose hardware ( matt craven ) who like to blow thing up and fat kid fink ( keith knight ) who be often stuff his face and amongst others in the film . there a basketball game where poor spaz can barely bounce the ball against rival camp mohawk much less shoot an accurate shot with poor fink toss underhanded and between his knee fly ball that sail over the back board . there camp fire coupling ( with a spirited scary tale by tripper about a hook hand killer ) and boys drool over the lovely lady . yes and i know it desperate at time try to squeeze out every laugh it can and occasionally indulges in lapse of sentimentality ( such a the scene with a sad makepeace and murray ) and but just as much a this recent viewing and i find myself giggle away . i be lick and just can not help love this . it a summer camp movie through and through which simply want to entertain you . i can not explain and or reinforce enough and the overwhelming joy that flood forth when i see a sleepy murray hand reach from the cover for the alarm clock that pierce loudly pronounce a summer camp movie be about to begin . his intercom joke be especially amusing . but and the flick be and let be honest and a series of comic vignette with murray dead panning endlessly . not that there anything wrong with that . the film and though and couldn not quite survive without him and could it . hard to even think of this movie without murray in the lead . it a happy time and i think nostalgia of that summer camp experience play quite a hand in why we grow ups still connect with meatball warmly . and and poor morty ( harvey atkin ) and the camp head who so badly want thing to run smooth and and to beat camp mohawk for a change and be the constant source of tripper and gang amusement a they often play gag on him . especially when he sleep on his bed . great enthusiastic cast who seem to be have as much a u .