The Banana Splits were so fucking nuts.

Elton John has morphed into Bingo. And now they’re murderers.

Here's the trailer for the horror movie...

That was utterly insane, OP. Thank you.

r2 versus OP links clearly demonstrated the differences between now and 1968.

I got high just watching that., OP.

Have a go with this, R5

Mondo groovy, r6.

Sorry - I loved that show and the music. The Sour Grapes Bunch were also too cool for school.

I watched it right before bowling league on Saturday mornings

I grew up watching that in the UK on Saturday mornings. The Arabian Knights were so hot to my little ten year old self.

[quote]Sorry - I loved that show and the music. The Sour Grapes Bunch were also too cool for school.

The little girls in the pink mini dresses?

I never “got” them.

R11 - yep - all named Charlie. They'd come in and do their 60's go-go dance and freak them all out. Man the 60's were a trip. Most of the kids shows creators then must have been doing some serious amounts of drugs.

Really freaky stuff went down Saturday mornings back then.

In England, we had this.

R14 - do the brits not use "carousel"? Magical roundabout?

I think we say "merry go round " - I don't know why they called that thing on that show roundabout.

We had The Banana Splits too R14 in the 70s . On Saturday mornings.

I like The Dickies cover of the theme song.

[quote] do the brits not use "carousel"? Magical roundabout?

"Roundabout" can be a British term for "carousel"/"merry go round."

[quote]I don't know what else to say about them.

That they were, well, bananas!

R11- Denise Nickerson belongs in that video.

R11, According to Wikipedia that's Barry White singing

I may be wrong, Barry White wrote the song "Doin' the Banana Split" but I don't know if he sang it. Does anyone know?

What about the Dilly Sisters?

The miniature Mexican girls who would sing whenever the Splits would open a door or window?

"I don't wanna eat a po-TAT-oh, cause I'll end up all fat-OH. So I'll just eat a to-MAT-oh... Ta ra ra boom be at, tar ra ra boom be ay"

What about the Dilly Sisters?

The miniature Mexican girls who would sing whenever the Splits would open a door or window?

"I don't wanna eat a po-TAT-oh, cause I'll end up all fat-OH. So I'll just eat a to-MAT-oh... Ta ra ra boom be at, tar ra ra boom be ay"

Banana Splits = Bennie Hill Furries

They had their moment in the sun, but they pissed it all away on drugs and prostitutes.

I just don't get the whole premise. Are they people dressed as animals? Actual animals but somehow made of fabric? Some kind of magical creature?. They don't appear to have the power of speech and yet they can sing? I honestly don't understand any of it. Although drugs were clearly involved somehow.

We cried tears of rage and distress when the show disappeared from our screens. Pre adolescents with a purpose, we marched, we protested, we raised petitions. We left school early to execute all this, without permission. We'd seen our elder hippy brethren do this to protest Vietnam. We knew how it was done. This early experience of futility prepared us for future disappointments but it meant everything at the time. We sang, we danced and dressed in home made 'Splits' costumes. We were featured in the local newspaper. La la la, lalala la, la la la, lalala la.

I envied them their little buggies. I still do.

I love some of their songs. They fact they're genuine pop/rock is hilarious...rather than silly kiddie pop.

[quote]You missed your chance to buy tra-la-la

Darn!

This was also the age of the Beach Buggy.

I think many of us who were little boys (nippers) then, wanted one.

I can't wait for the horror movie! And they should re-release their album for streaming. It's not half bad.

Sour Grapes & Dilly Sisters compilation.

Go Go Girl is the ginchiest song they did.

^^ That's OUTASIGHT!

Sounds like The Box Tops.

I want to see a movie reboot of the Banana Splits by Tom Hooper, the visionary director of CATS!

Power to the people, r29! Righteous!

Another good one.

Did they pave the way for the New Zoo Revue?