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John Dunn Interview
JH: What was your reaction the first time you saw the movie?
JD: Pretty scary & I was pretty skinny.
JH: How do you feel about the movie today?
JD: I'm just amazed that it's held its own after all these years. Great experience -- definitely ahead of its time.
JH: Has anyone ever approached you because they remembered seeing you in Sleepaway?
JD: A cousin of mine once.
JH: How did you feel when you saw the scene where Kenny was dead in the canoe? Did it freak you out?
JD: No not really, I got a kick out of the reaction of the audience.
JH: Did you have a lot of interaction with the make-up effects guy: Ed French? What was it like when he made the mold of your face?
JD: I probably shouldn't tell this story, but I will anyway. I had been at a party earlier in the day and was pretty tipsy by the time I got to Ed's apartment. Well I thought I hid it pretty well, but when they poured the mold on me I ended up getting pretty sick after a while. I freaked and they had to cut me out of the mold. About an hour later we tried again and the rest is history.
JH: What did you do when not on the set?
JD: Hung out, partied -- typical 17 year old stuff.
JH: What do you do these days?
JD:I recently left HBO after almost 9 years. I was responsible for the marketing for their Series (Sex and the City, OZ, Larry Sanders...) and Sports franchises. I then decided to jump into the internet world and took a job as Vice President of Marketing for a company called On2. On2 is a worldwide leader in streaming video over the web. Your site needs to use our software -- full screen, tv quality. More importantly however, I'm happily married for almost 5 years to Alix and we just had a baby boy 4 months ago named Jack. I've sent you his photo because he looks better than I do.
JH: What is the best thing that came out of Sleepaway Camp for you?
JD:Felissa. She is by far one of the greatest people I've ever met & outside of my wife, my dearest friend.


A SLEEPAWAY bond that will last forever!

And there you have it...straight from the watersnake-infested mouth of John "Kenny" Dunn! As you can also tell from Sleepaway Camp, John is also an incredible vocalist! Felissa and I even do a tribute to him on the DVD commentary (be sure to listen for that during the canoe scene)

Click here for a sneak peek at John's multi-platinum single: "Hey-Bob-A-Ree-Bob" from the Sleepaway Camp Soundtrack



John and Jeff at the SLEEPAWAY CAMP REUNION, APRIL 2001.

We'd like to send John a gigantic THANKS for sharing his Sleepaway times with us!