Salute Your Shorts

Salute Your Shorts
Title Card
Format	Comedy-Drama
Created by	Steve Slavkin
Starring	Kirk Baily Megan Berwick Michael Ray Bower Christine Cavanaugh Danny Cooksey Venus DeMilo Tim Eyster Heidi Lucas Erik MacArthur Blake Soper Steve Slavkin
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Propaganda Films
Broadcast
Original channel	Nickelodeon
Original run	June 1, 1991 – June 29, 1992

Salute Your Shorts is an American comedy television series that aired on Nickelodeon from 1991–1992 and in reruns until early 1999. It currently airs on TeenNick.

The series, based on the 1986 book Salute Your Shorts: Life at Summer Camp by Steve Slavkin, is set at the summer camp Camp Anawanna. It focuses on teenage campers, their strict and bossy counselor, and their problems with both the camp and with each other.

The title comes from a common prank campers play on each other: a group of kids steals a boy's boxer shorts and raise them up a flagpole. Hence, when people see them waving like a flag, other kids would salute them as part of the prank.

It was filmed at Franklin Canyon Park and the Griffith Park Boys Camp within Griffith Park in Los Angeles.

Cast

• Kirk Baily — Kevin "Ug" Lee
• Megan Berwick — Z.Z. Ziff
• Michael Bower — Eddie "Donkeylips" C. Gelfen
• Venus DeMilo — Telly Radford
• Tim Eyster — Sponge Harris
• Heidi Lucas — Dina Alexander
• Erik MacArthur — Michael Stein (Season 1)
• Blake Soper — Ronald "Ronnie" Foster Pinsky (Season 2)
• Danny Cooksey — Robert "Bobby" Budnick
• Steve Slavkin — Dr. Kahn
• Christine Cavanaugh — Mona Tibbs

Production

Salute Your Shorts was a relatively unique show for Nickelodeon at the time, as most of its scenes were shot on location. As Camp Anawanna was purely fictional, producers filmed the show at several locations around the Los Angeles area. Scenes involving camp activities, such as baseball and basketball, were shot on location at the Griffith Park Boys Camp within Griffith Park. The lake that was frequently seen on the show was located at the William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom in Franklin Canyon Park. Interiors were shot on sets.

Episodes

Main article: List of Salute Your Shorts episodes

Season 1: 1991

After the pilot episode was picked up for a full season, all of the actors had to reaudition for their roles.

1. The First Day
2. The Ghost Story
3. Telly and Dina
4. Budnick and Michael Fake Being Sick
5. Dina Loves Donkeylips
6. The Radio Call-In Contest
7. Mail Carrier Mona
8. Cheeseburgers in Paradise
9. Cinderella Play (note: This was the last time the show's theme song was used in its closing credits)
10. Telly & The Basketball Team
11. Brownies for Thud Mackie
12. The Treasure of Sarah Madre
13. The Environmental Party

Season 2: 1992

1. Telly and the Tennis Match
2. Goodbye Michael, Hello Pinsky
3. Counselor Budnick
4. Dina and the Rock Star
5. The Cursed Skull
6. Budnick Loves Dina - Part 1
7. Budnick Loves Dina - Part 2
8. Sponge's Night Out
9. Citizen Pinsky
10. Capture the Flag
11. They Call Me Ms. Tibbs
12. The Wrath of Kahn, Jr.
13. Anawanna Incorporated

Availability

In March 2010, six episodes from season two became available for purchase on iTunes, Amazon.com, and Zune marketplace. In August 2010, six episodes from season one became available for purchase on each place. Six episodes are also available on Media Go.

It aired on October 7, October 28, November 4, and during Thanksgiving week of 2011, and will also air January 1, 2012, as part of TeenNick's new "The '90s Are All That" program block, which features Nick shows from the 1990s.

Awards

• 1993 — Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Cable Series — Young Artist Awards (Michael Bower)
• 1993 — Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Cable Series — Young Artist Awards (Heidi Lucas)

External links

• Salute Your Shorts at the Internet Movie Database
• Salute Your Shorts at TV.com