"Salute Your Shorts" (1991)TV series 1991-1992

Creator:

Steve Slavkin

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Genre:

Drama | Family | Comedy

Plot:

This is a show about a group of kids at summer camp. The camp is run by the heard-but-never-seen Dr. Kahn. They spend their time trying to harass the camp counselor, Kevin "Ug" Lee.

Plot Keywords:

Environmentalist | Toothbrush | Redhead | Girlfriend | Mail Carrier

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Kirk Baily	...	Kevin 'Ug' Lee (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Megan Berwick	...	Z.Z. Ziff (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Michael Bower	...	Eddie 'Donkeylips' Gelfen / ... (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Steve Slavkin	...	Dr. Kahn (20 episodes, 1991-1993)
Venus DeMilo	...	Telly Radford (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Tim Eyster	...	Sponge Harris (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Heidi Lucas	...	Dina Alexander (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Danny Cooksey	...	Bobby Budnick (20 episodes, 1991-1992)
Erik MacArthur	...	Michael Stein (13 episodes, 1991)

Runtime:

30 min (26 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Boy's Camp, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Propaganda Films

Trivia:

Dr. Kahn, the owner of the camp, was never actually seen. His voice was Steve Slavkin, the show's creator.

Quotes:

Donkeylips: Someday I will go out with her.
Bobby: Stop dreaming and glue your macaroni.
Donkeylips: I can't.
Bobby: Why not?
Donkeylips: I ate it all.
Bobby: How? It was uncooked, rock hard, and covered with yellow spray paint.
Donkeylips: I thought that was cheese.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001)

I miss back when...

I bet anyone my age who had cable television can remember the greatness of good old Nickelodeon. Salute Your Shorts was absolutely my favorite show! The plots were easy to understand and the characters were (mostly) likable. Whenever I see someone watching Nickelodeon all I can think of is the hours I spent watching the greatest television. I suggest that Nickelodeon brings back all the shows from my childhood: Salute Your Shorts, Clarissa Explains It All, The Secret World of Alex Mack, Rocko's Modern Life, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Double Dare with Marc Summers, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Guts, the old Rugrats(before they grew up and before they went to Paris), and Doug. It seems like yesterday when i heard the Patti Mayonnaise music, got extremely scared from a television show, watched Sam climb into Clarissa's window by climbing a ladder and Alex Mack turn into this liquid mercury stuff, went through the dryer at the laundromat to find Spunky, got extremely slimy with someone else's family, talked to some big rock, used a screwdriver to get out of a playpen, climbed a huge mountain, and went to summer camp. I guess those shows are considered classics now and I really hope that kids who grew up with these shows never forget about them.