Salute Your Shorts
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| 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 |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (List of episodes) |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| 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 1998.
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 of the show comes from a common prank campers play on each other: a group of kids steals a boy's boxer shorts and raises them up a flagpole. Hence, when people see the boy's boxers waving like a flag, other kids would salute them as part of the prank.
The show was filmed at Griffith Park in Los Angeles.
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[edit] Cast
- Kirk Baily — Kevin "Ug" Lee
- Megan Berwick — Z.Z. Ziff
- Michael Ray Bower — Eddie "Donkeylips" C. Gelfen
- Christine Cavanaugh — Mona Tibbs
- Danny Cooksey — Robert "Bobby" Budnick
- Venus DeMilo — Telly Radford
- Tim Eyster — Sponge Harris
- Heidi Lucas — Dina Alexander
- Erik MacArthur — Michael Stein (1991)
- Blake Soper — Ronald "Ronnie" Foster Pinsky (1992)
- Steve Slavkin — Dr. Kahn
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1: 1991
After the pilot episode was picked up for a full season, all of the actors had to re-audition for their roles.[1]
- Michael Comes to Camp
- Zeke, the Plumber
- Bunk Chief Elections
- Budnick and Michael Fake Being Sick
- Donkeylips' Crush on Dina
- The Radio Call-In Contest
- Mail Carrier Mona
- Donkeylips and Sponge Weigh In
- Cinderella Play (note: This was the last time the show's theme song was used in its closing credits)
- Toilet Seat Basketball
- Brownies for Thud Mackie
- The Treasure of Sarah Madre
- The Environmental Party
[edit] Season 2: 1992
- Telly and the Tennis Match
- Goodbye Michael, Hello Pinsky
- Counselor Budnick
- Dina and the Rock Star
- The Cursed Skull
- Budnick Loves Dina - Part 1
- Budnick Loves Dina - Part 2
- Sponge's Night Out
- The Pinsky-Sponge Gazette
- Capture the Flag
- Park Ranger Mona
- The Wrath of Kahn, Jr.
- Anawanna Incorporated
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Salute Your Shorts at the Internet Movie Database
- Salute Your Shorts at TV.com
- Camp Anawanna — Fan website
- 2006 Interview with Michael "Donkeylips" Bower
- Interview with Michael Bower explaining the 'Awful Waffle'
- Donkeylips and Sponge Weigh In — Episode review
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