Ari Gold Summer Camp Turns Kids Into Super Agents
Kids learn how to avoid phone calls, belittle others and make or break deals.
by Gingko Schwartz
Thousands of young Angelenos are heading off to summer camp and the variety of camps has grown tremendously over the years; from sports camps to science camps, it now seems that there is a camp for just about everything.
The eponymous Ari Gold Camp is one such specialty camp. If you want your kid to be a big agent someday (or even just a big schmuck) then this is definitiely the camp for you.
The camp, which is run by the real uber-agent Ari Gold — not Entourage's Jeremy Piven — promises to have your little one ranting and raving like a mini Ovitz in a few short (pun intended) weeks.
“There are certain skills one needs to make it as an agent and most of these young college punks that do the five year internship with me ain’t got it,” Gold shouted. “You got to know your restaurants and you got to know names of the dealmakers or you’re as dead as Jaime Kennedy’s career. You gotta start young.”
The campers learn how to avoid phone calls, belittle assistants, and, of course, the names of expensive restaurants, but, most importantly, the little tikes learn how to super-size their little egos.
“If people believe they can get by without you then you’re dead, because…well, they probably can get by without you,” Gold’s assistant told me on behalf of Gold. "You have got to get people to think that you're important and the best way to do that is by being an asshole."
The camp costs four thousand for two weeks and the campers are required to bring their own Prada suits.