Salute Your Shorts

Salute Your Shorts

Title Card
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
Henry W. Laster
Narrated by Jordan G. Smith
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Steve Slavkin
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Propaganda Films
Release
Original network Nickelodeon
Original release June 1, 1991 – September 12, 1992
External links
Website

Salute Your Shorts is an American comedy television series that aired on Nickelodeon from 1991 to 1992 and in reruns until early 1999. It was based on the 1986 book, Salute Your Shorts: Life at Summer Camp by Steve Slavkin and Thomas Hill.

The series, filmed at Franklin Canyon Park and the Griffith Park Boys Camp within Griffith Park in Los Angeles, was set at the summer camp Camp Anawanna. It focuses on teenage campers, their strict and bossy counselor, and the various capers and jocularities they engage in.

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.

Cast

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 mostly 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

After the pilot episode was picked up for a full season, all of the actors had to re-audition for their roles.[1]

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.

Salute Your Shorts has appeared frequently on "The '90s Are All That," a 1990s oriented program block on TeenNick. Because of the series' relatively short run, the series does not have a permanent time slot, but it has won several U-Picks and has also appeared in holiday blocks.

Reunions

Many of the original cast and crew reunited in September 2012 for a panel at the Comikaze Expo in Los Angeles.[2] Megan Berwick could not attend, but she sent a video message for the attendees. Heidi Lucas did not attend, and her absence was unexplained.

Another reunion occurred in 2015 with most of the cast, including Heidi Lucas, attending Portland’s Everything Is Festival. Danny Cooksey did not attend and his absence was also unexplained.[3]

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ Greene, James. "Michael Ray Bower". Ink 19. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
  2. ↑ http://www.waldenponders.com/salute-your-shorts-reunion.html
  3. ↑ Salute Your Shorts cast reunites—and Donkeylips sings the theme song Entertainment Weekly, Retrieved June 1, 2015
  4. ↑ "Fourteenth Annual Youth in Film Awards". Young Artist Awards. Retrieved 28 June 2014.

External links

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