Salute Your Shorts

Salute Your Shorts was a show on Nickelodeon. It took place at a summer camp. All the teens at the camp basically dealt with their camp life by making it more like real life. It took place at Camp Anawanna. The title comes from a running gag of replacing the camp flag with a pair of underpants. The show was adapted from a book written by Steve Slavkin, voice of Dr. Kahn.
==Characters==
*Michael Stein- A new kid who came to camp in the first season.
*Eddie "Donkeylips" Geffen- a fat kid who is always looking for food.
*Kevin "Ug" Lee- the camp counselor
*Dr. Kahn- the owner and director of Camp Anawanna, never seen but always heard over the loudspeaker
*Robert "Bobby" Budnick- the mischievous, bully member of the group. He was played by Danny Cooksey, who also voiced Stoop Kid in Hey Arnold! and Montana Max in Tiny Toon Adventures
*Ronnie Pinsky- an athletic kid whom is a similar prankster of the group. Budnick doesn't like him at all
*Sponge Harris- the nerd of the group
*Dina Alexander- a girl who comes from a wealthy family
*Telly Radford- an African American girl. She's one of the most athletic of the group aside Budnick and Pinsky.
*Z.Z. Ziff- A nature loving girl,
*Mona- played by Christine Cavanaugh, who also voiced Chuckie Finster in Rugrats
==Episodes==
===Season 1 (1991)===
# 	Title 	Original air date
1 	First Day 	July 4, 1991
2 	Zeke, the Plumber 	July 13, 1991
3 	Treasure of Sarah Madre 	June 7, 1991
4 	I Hate Camp 	June 10, 1991
5 	Telly & Dina 	July 20, 1991
6 	Telly and the Basketball Team	October 5, 1991
7 	The Sponge Saga 	June 17, 1991
8 	Cheeseburgers in Paradise 	September 21, 1991
9 	The Clinic 	June 21, 1991
10	Cinderella Play 	June 24, 1991
11	Dina Loves Donkeylips 	August 3, 1991
12	Ug's Girlfriend is Coming 	June 28, 1991
13	ZZ Saves the Planet 	July 1, 1991
===Season 2 (1992)===
# 	Title 	Original air date
14	Goodbye Michael, Hello Pinsky 	June 1, 1992
15	Counselor Budnick 	June 3, 1992
16	Telly and the Tennis Match 	June 5, 1992
17	Dina and the Rock Star 	June 8, 1992
18	Clan of the Cavegirls 	June 10, 1992
19	Budnick and Dina in Love? - Part 1	July 11, 1992
20	Budnick and Dina in Love? - Part 2	July 18, 1992
21	Sponge's Night Out 	June 17, 1992
22	Citizen Pinsky 	July 25, 1992
23	Capture the Flag 	June 22, 1992
24	They Call Me Ms. Tibbs 	September 5, 1992
25	The Wrath of Kahn, Jr. 	August 22, 1992
26	Anawanna, Inc. 	September 12, 1992
==iTunes==
The show is currently available for download to iTunes
==Trivia==
*One episode mentions Madonna
*One episode is based upon the legendary film Citizen Kane.
**There are multiple references to Rosebud, the famous sled from the film
**One of the headlines printed in Pinsky's newspaper is "Dewey Defeats Truman", a reference to a newspaper printed in advance of the 1948 Presidential Election. It was to be released if Thomas Dewey defeated incumbent Harry Truman. When the copies were found, President Truman was photographed holding up the false headline. This picture has become iconic.
*Although depicted as a generic summer camp, the kids can earn merit badges as if it was a Boy Scout camp.
*One episode is entitled "They Call Me Ms. Tibbs", a play on They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!
*One episode is entitled "The Wrath of Kahn Jr.", a reference to the second Star Trek movie. The same episode has a situtation which features the Mission Impossible theme. It also features Crush brand sodas. Donkeylips and Telly argue over whether the Lakers or the Bulls are better.
*One episode is entitled "Cheesburgers in Paradise", a reference to Cheeseburger in Paradise by Jimmy Buffett
*Popular internet reviewer Nostalgia Critic reviewed Salute Your Shorts as part of his Nickcoms episode during his Nickelodeon Month. One thing he commented on was the popular episode Ghost Story, which centers around "Zeke the Plumber".
Category:Sitcoms