Camp Scatico is a brother-sister sleep-away camp

Summer camp

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 for boys and girls located in the upper Hudson Valley

Hudson Valley

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 of New York State, in Columbia County

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History

Camp Scatico has been in operation since 1921. It was founded by Nat Holman

Nat Holman

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 of the Original Celtics

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. Holman sold the camp to his niece Ruth and her husband Irwin “Flick” Fleischner (1922–2004) in 1964, and the camp is currently owned and operated by their son David Fleischner and his wife Diana Wallerstein. It is the site where Camp MTV

Camp MTV

Camp MTV was a 6-hour special produced by MTV that aired on that channel Sunday, July 30, 1989. MTV’s then-current personalities invaded Camp Scatico, a brother-sister sleep-away camp in Columbia County of New York state. During the special, the film UHF, which was about to be released by Orion...

was taped, which aired Sunday, July 30, 1989.

Notables

Notables who attended the camp include singer Lesley Gore

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, Hollywood financier Mordecai Wiczyk

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, businessman Marvin Davis

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, actor Cornel Wilde

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, Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, author Erica Jong

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, Judge Wilfred Feinberg

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, comedienne Julie Klausner

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, director and screenwriter Zak Penn

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, sportscaster Jimmy Roberts

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, record executives James Diener

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 and Lenny Fichtelberg

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, and songwriter Carole Bayer Sager

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