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Salute your shorts cast5/21/2023 ![]() The show was filmed at famed Franklin Canyon Park, located between Beverly Hills and San Fernando Valley, and the Griffith Boys Park in Los Angeles. Other children would then salute them as part of the prank, embarrassing the camper whose shorts were stolen. The "Salute Your Shorts" title was derived from a prank that real-life campers would play on each other where they would steal a fellow camper's boxer shorts and hang them on the flagpole. What did I do during my summers when my neighbor, the only kid my age around, went to day camp? Watch Nickelodeon, of course! Side note: does anyone else remember the Weinerville or Stick Stickley programming from the 90s? Anyway, back on topic, one of the few shows that could make me come in from playing outside was "Salute Your Shorts."Īnawanna was a made-up word that was designed to sound like "I don't want to," assuming that it's something kids say a lot when listening to the counselors at camp. It was full of good memories and fun times, but, after an early morning on-ice session, mid-day calisthenics, an afternoon two-mile run, and an evening on-ice session, I was too exhausted at the end of the week to enjoy myself. I played ice hockey from kindergarten through college, and the only summer camp I ever went to was an annual week-long training camp in Boston. I always thought it would have been legendary. Sports, activities, the outdoors, pine trees and lakes, new friends, girls, you name it. But the THOUGHT of summer camp seemed incredible to me as a kid. ![]() I've also never liked to be away from home for too long. I never went to a REAL summer camp, but it's something I always thought I might enjoy.īut, who am I kidding? I was a pretty lazy kid who enjoyed playing NHL Blades of Steel on Nintendo or surfing the pro wrestling "BBs" on Prodigy all night. Camp Ana-wanna, we hold you in our hearts…Īs August begins and the summer heat builds to its peak, I find myself reflecting on the summers of my youth.
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