![]() ![]() "The cool thing was, we’d go to the Batcaves-where they shot the original Batman-and I had already been there," DeMilo recalled. Some of the outdoor camp scenes took place at Griffith Park Boys’ Camp, also in Los Angeles, and Venus De Milo-who played Telly Radford-had attended the girls’ camp at the same location. THERE WAS ALMOST NO HAIR OR MAKEUP ON SET. There was no genius involved-it was literally just to fill up the time.”Ĥ. To fill the minute, Slavin took stock photography, then would “just sit in a booth and make up stuff right there as the clock was ticking and record it. “I would go into editing and the show would be, like, a minute short,” Slavkin explained. Kahn, whom we hear but never see, was invented merely to fill time on the show. KAHN WAS VOICED BY STEVE SLAVKIN.Ĭamp Supervisor Dr. “Donkeylips was the only holdover from the first show,” Slavkin said. ![]() All Anawanna campers had to be recast-with the exception of one. Kids can change quite a bit in just a year, and by the time Nickelodeon decided to move forward with the series, most of them were skewing too old. AT ONE POINT, ALL OF THE CAMPERS HAD TO BE RECAST.Īfter the pilot was shot, the show got stuck in development for about a year. They loved the idea of a show based around kids at summer camp and gave him the green light to shoot a pilot. He heard that Nickelodeon was looking for kid-focused sitcom ideas and pitched them a television version of his book. Cut to a few years later, when Slavkin was working as a writer in Los Angeles. The show's creator, Steve Slavkin, co-wrote a book called Salute Your Shorts: Life at Summer Camp that was published in 1986. Though there were only 25 episodes, the series became a cult hit. Sadly, fans did have to part with Camp Anawanna and Salute Your Shorts-the Nickelodeon comedy lasted just two seasons from 1991-1992. And when we think about you, it makes me wanna fart. Camp Anawanna, we hold you in our hearts. ![]()
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