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Series · 1991 – 1992 · Comedy

Salute Your Shorts

★7.2 1991 – 1992 2 Seasons TV-MA

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. 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.

Seasons & episodes

2 seasons · 26 episodes

Michael Comes to Camp

Episode 01

Michael Comes to Camp

Jul 4, 1991 · 30 min

Michael arrives at Camp Anawanna and becomes very popular with some of the other campers. Budnick then forces Michael and Sponge to join a ""secret club"" along with him and Donkeylips. As part of the club initiation, Sponge and Michael go to steal something from the girls' cabin. In a rush to avoid getting caught Michael takes, and then accidentally breaks, Telly's glasses.

Zeke The Plumber

Episode 02

Zeke The Plumber

Jul 4, 1991 · 30 min

Budnick tells the gang a ghost story about the camp's old custodian, Zeke. It is said that Zeke, who had lost his nose in an accident, was unable to smell a gas leak, which killed him. Budnick tells the group that whoever touches Zeke's plunger, will have horrible nightmares haunted by Zeke. Of course, everyone had bad nightmares that night. And so the entire group, with help from Ug, set up an elaborate plan to get revenge on Budnick.

The Treasure of Sara Madre

Episode 03

The Treasure of Sara Madre

Jul 4, 1991 · 30 min

Budnick finds a treasure map that supposedly leads to the buried cash of the camp's late dance instructor Sara Madre. He sells two copies of the map: one to Michael and Sponge, and another to Z.Z., Dina, and Telly. In order to find the treasure, the groups must go across the camp doing odd dance steps. As the groups try to be the first to the treasure, Donkeylips and Budnick find that watching the hunt is hillarious.

Brownies for Thud Mackie

Episode 04

Brownies for Thud Mackie

Jul 6, 1991 · 30 min

After Michael accidentally ruins some brownies that belonged to the camp's meanest kid, Thud Mackie, he needs to do something or face a beating. After all of his attempts to smuggle brownies into camp are foiled by Ug, he decides the best thing to do is leave camp. With everyone's help, he creates a video that exaggerates the horrors of camp to send to his grandparents. The video plan works, but Michael doesn't really want to leave, leaving him with a choise: stay with his friends at camp and be pounded by Thud, or leave.

Bunk Chief Elections

Episode 05

Bunk Chief Elections

Jul 13, 1991 · 30 min

At the girls' bunk Telly and Dina each try to bribe Z.Z. to vote one of them as Bunk Chief. At the guys' bunk, as punishment for putting a goat into Ug's cabin, all the boys must do the prep work for the Indian Counsel Dinner. They decide to get back at Ug by doing something that he would never expect: behaving.

Toilet Seat Basketball

Episode 06

Toilet Seat Basketball

Jul 20, 1991 · 30 min

The gang forms a basketball team that must play in a small camp tournament to earn the privilege of representing Camp Anawanna in a big basketball tournament. If they lose, their pictures are taped to the bottom of a toilet seat in the main lodge. Telly is the team's coach, but no matter how hard she pushes them, they keep losing. Once Budnick takes over as coach, though, everything starts to turn around and they start to do well.

The Radio Call-In Contest

Episode 07

The Radio Call-In Contest

Jul 27, 1991 · 30 min

Sponge uses the camp phone without Ug's permission to call into a radio contest. He wins the first round of the contest and a $100 prize. In order to win the grand prize, $1000, he must stay awake for 24 hours and wait for a phone call from the DJ and answer more questions. In exchange for a cut of the prize money, the others help to keep Sponge awake, sneak him past Ug to the phone, and force him to study for the questions.

Donkeylips and Sponge Weigh In

Episode 08

Donkeylips and Sponge Weigh In

Aug 3, 1991 · 30 min

In order to win a lobster dinner, Sponge and Donkeylips enter the wrestling tournament. Unfortunately Sponge is too light to wrestle and Donkeylips is too heavy. Ug gives them a few days to change their weight, and Telly agrees to train them. Meanwhile, the other campers are trying to avoid the horrible camp food by getting Sponge and Donkeylips to sneak burgers into camp while they are out training.

Budnick and Michael Fake Being Sick

Episode 09

Budnick and Michael Fake Being Sick

Aug 10, 1991 · 30 min

In order to get out of the daily activties, Michael and Budnick fake being sick. They end up spemding the day in the nurse's station with no good food (the fridge has ice cream in it, but is locked), and watching spanish TV. Meanwhile, the day's activity, unknown to Michael and Budnick when they faked ill, is a trip to the beach. The others look forward to a day of fun in the sun, but Ug decides to put Z.Z. incharge of the map and they all get lost.

Cinderella Play

Episode 10

Cinderella Play

Aug 17, 1991 · 30 min

The group must put on the camp's presentation of Cinderella. Dina is cast as Cinderella with Michael as the prince. Telly must play an ugly step-sister and Donkeylips is the coachman. Dina comes down with stage fright, however, and skips most rehearsals. She spends most of the time signing autographs and acting like a star around camp.

Donkeylips' Crush on Dina

Episode 11

Donkeylips' Crush on Dina

Aug 24, 1991 · 30 min

Dina leaves a love note for Michael on a painting that she thinks is his. It turns out to be Donkeylips' painting and he is thrilled that there is a girl that likes him. He starts leaving little gifts for Dina, who thinks that the gifts are being left by Michael. Eventually, Donkeylips asks Dina to the dance, leaving her with a choise of whether she will go with him or break his heart.

Mail Carrier Mona

Episode 12

Mail Carrier Mona

Aug 31, 1991 · 30 min

After Ug breaks up with his girlfriend, he starts to crack down on the kids for every little rule violation. When a new mail carrier named Mona shows up and seems to take an interest in Ug, the kids try to get them together, thinking that he will ease up on them if he starts to go out with her.

The Environmental Party

Episode 13

The Environmental Party

Sep 7, 1991 · 30 min

Z.Z. tires to get the others to clean up the camp. Unfortunately they really don't care. So Dina helps her throw a party to try and raise awareness, but that just makes a bigger mess. After the garbage man offers Z.Z. money for the camp's recycleables, she decides to bribe the campers into cleaning things up.

About the series

Salute Your Shorts poster
Audience score
★ 7.2 /10

based on 22 votes

Synopsis

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. 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.

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Cast

8 principal cast

Michael Bower

Michael Bower

Eddie "Donkeylips" Gelfen

Heidi Lucas

Dina Alexander

Venus DeMilo Thomas

Venus DeMilo Thomas

Telly Radford

Danny Cooksey

Danny Cooksey

Bobby Budnick

Kirk Baily

Kirk Baily

Kevin "Ug" Lee

Henry Laster

Kent Flankman

Megan Berwick

Z.Z. Ziff

Blake Sennett

Ronnie Pinsky

Where to watch Salute Your Shorts

Salute Your Shorts is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The comedy has 2 seasons and 26 total episodes, rated 7.2/10 by 22 viewers.

Frequently asked

How many seasons does Salute Your Shorts have?

Salute Your Shorts has 2 seasons with 26 episodes in total.

Is Salute Your Shorts still on the air?

Salute Your Shorts has ended and is no longer in production.

What network airs Salute Your Shorts?

Salute Your Shorts airs on Nickelodeon.

When did Salute Your Shorts first air?

Salute Your Shorts first aired on July 4, 1991.

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