Wild About Safety

Timon & Pumbaa's
Wild About Safety
Created by Disney Educational Productions
Underwriters Laboratories
Directed by Dave Bossert
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 8
Production
Producer(s) Dave Bossert
Editor(s) Melissa Timme
Running time 12 minutes approx

Timon and Pumbaa's Wild About Safety is an educational series that features short films that were produced by Disney Educational Productions, Duck Soup Studios, and Underwriters Laboratories. The series is directed and produced by Dave Bossert, and written by Douglas Segal. The music is composed by Mark Watters, and the video was edited by Melissa Timme using Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro.

The short films are played at Hong Kong Disneyland and Disneyland Paris.[1] Each short film is approximately 12 minutes long.

Synopsis

Together with Timon (voiced by Bruce Lanoil) and Pumbaa (voiced by Ernie Sabella), students will learn a variety of safety lessons for around the house, for the environment, and for in the water that will help themselves and others avoid injuries, live problem-free, and be Safety Smart. At the end of each episode, Timon and Pumbaa sing a musical number reviewing all that they learned on the episode in question.

Disney explains: "The two loveable characters will teach students in kindergarten through third grade the importance of always being on the look-out for safety problems. Together with Timon and Pumbaa, students will learn a variety of safety lesson that will help themselves and others avoid injuries".[2]

Characters

Simba and his mother Sarabi make a cameo appearance in Safety Smart: Go Green! in which Timon misunderstands a CFL light bulb as a "cute fluffy lion."

List of films

  • Safety Smart: At Home! (27 January 2008)
  • Safety Smart: Goes Green! (23 February 2009)
  • Safety Smart: In the Water! (27 April 2009)
  • Safety Smart: About Fire! (2009)
  • Safety Smart: Healthy and Fit! (2010)
  • Safety Smart: Online! (2012)
  • Safety Smart: Honest and Real! (2012)
  • Safety Smart: On the Go! (2012)

Critical reception

On IMDB, the series has a rating of 7.6/10 from 8 user reviews.[3]

Awards and nominations

Year Nominee/work Award Result
2009 Safety Smart: At Home! Teachers’ Choice Award Won[4]
2009 Safety Smart: Goes Green! Parents’ Choice Product Recommendation Won[4]
2009 Safety Smart: Goes Green! Environmental Media Award Won[4]
2009 Safety Smart: In the Water! Parents’ Choice Recommended Product Won[4]
2010 Safety Smart: About Fire! Parents’ Choice Recommended Product Won[4]
2010 Safety Smart: About Fire! AEP Distinguished Achievement Award Won[4]
2012 Safety Smart: Healthy & Fit! Parents’ Choice Silver Award Won[4]
2013 Safety Smart: Healthy & Fit! Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Award Won[4]
2013 Safety Smart: Online! Parents’ Choice Gold Award, Won[4]
2013 Safety Smart: Honest & Real! Parents’ Choice Silver Award Won[4]
2013 Safety Smart: On the Go!! Parents’ Choice Silver Award Won[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Disney Wild About Safety". park.hongkongdisneyland.com. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  2. ↑ "Wild About Safety DVD Description| Safety Smart | Disney Educational Productions |Disney.com". dep.disney.go.com. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  3. ↑ "Wild About Safety: Timon and Pumbaa Safety Smart at Home! (2008) - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Order DVDs - Disney Wild About Safety". disneywildaboutsafety.com. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
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