According to Lost Media (https://forums.lostmediawiki.com/thread/9334/salute-shorts-original-tv-special), the original pilot (https://lr.mint.lgbt/r/DHExchange/comments/w0x75o/salute_your_shorts_original_pilot/) for this show (https://paramount.fandom.com/wiki/Salute_Your_Shorts#Production) featured different actors for certain characters (Ian Giatti (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0316421/) as Michael, Danny Cooksey as Budnick, Kirk Baily as Ug, Michael Bower as Donkey Lips, David Tom (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tom) as Sponge, Kelley Parker (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662405/) as Dina, Teri Johnston (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0426862/) as Telly, and Alexandra Kurhan (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2001917/) as Z.Z.) it aired only once on Nickelodeon on October 6, 1990.

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It's resurfaced

https://www.resetera.com/threads/lost-media-alert-salute-your-shorts-unaired-pilot-finally-found.676642/

It's on Youtube now... Search "Salute Your Shorts original pilot".

It's the same script from the first episode but I still enjoyed it.

It's on Youtube now... Search "Salute Your Shorts original pilot".

It's the same script from the first episode but I still enjoyed it.

Yeah, it was cool to see.