Sirius in fiction below)—and even if such were eventually discovered, with an estimated age of 230 million years the system is too young to have fostered the development of life or a complex biosphere. Sirius AB is the alpha star of the constellation Canis Major (the great dog, sometimes styled as Orion's hunting dog), whence its cognomen "the dog star". The most commonly used proper name of this star comes through the Latin "Sirius", from the Greek Σείριος ("Seirios", "glowing" or "scorcher"). The ancient Greeks observed that the appearance of Sirius heralded the hot and dry "dog days" of summer, and feared that
Wet Hot American Summer summer. Make that this year." Numerous other critics have praised the film as a witty pop satire and it has gone on to achieve a cult following. Actress Kristen Bell stated on NPR on September 2, 2012, that "Wet Hot American Summer" was her favorite film, having watched it "hundreds of times." NPR host Jesse Thorn said on the April 29, 2014, episode of "Bullseye", "When someone has an open enough heart to accept this silliness - and that's what it's about for me, an open heart - if someone's heart is open to "Wet Hot American Summer", they love