Wild About Safety
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. Bruce Lanoil plays Timon and Ernie Sabella plays Pumbaa. 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.[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]
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)
- Safety Smart: On the Go! Buses
Critical reception
On IMDB, the series has a rating of 7.6/10 from 8 user reviews.[3]
Awards and nominations
| Year | Recipient/Nominated 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] |
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