| Composer: | Mark Watters |
| Language: | English |
| Num Episodes: | 8 |
| Executive Producer: | Mark Medernach |
| Runtime: | 12 minutes (approx.) |
Disney's Wild About Safety is an educational series that features short films that were produced by Disney Educational Productions, Duck 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 Time 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. The short films appear as signs at the bag-checking area in the Disneyland Resort. In Walt Disney World and Disneyland's resort hotels, a video about hotel safety, the episode "Safety Smart: On the Go!", and the "Safety Smart: On the Go!" short series are played on TV.
Supposedly set in the world of The Lion King, the series follows friends Timon (Bruce Lanoil) and Pumbaa (Ernie Sabella) as they learn to be "Safety Smart" by taking precautions such as being aware of your surroundings. The main storyline for the series is Timon not knowing/following proper safety guidance, and Pumbaa teaching it to him. At the end of each episode, Timon and Pumbaa sing a musical number reviewing all that they learned from 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]
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."
|-| 2009| Safety Smart: At Home!| Teachers’ Choice Award| [3] |-| 2009| Safety Smart: Goes Green!| Parents’ Choice Product Recommendation| [3] |-| 2009| Safety Smart: Goes Green!| Environmental Media Award| [3] |-| 2009| Safety Smart: In the Water!| Parents’ Choice Recommended Product| [3] |-| 2010| Safety Smart: About Fire!| Parents’ Choice Recommended Product| [3] |-| 2010| Safety Smart: About Fire!| AEP Distinguished Achievement Award| [3] |-| 2012| Safety Smart: Healthy & Fit!| Parents’ Choice Silver Award| [3] |-| 2013| Safety Smart: Healthy & Fit!| Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Award| [3] |-| 2013| Safety Smart: Online!| Parents’ Choice Gold Award,| [3] |-| 2013| Safety Smart: Honest & Real!| Parents’ Choice Silver Award| [3] |-| 2013| Safety Smart: On the Go!| Parents’ Choice Silver Award| [3] |}