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The Banana Splits Adventure Hour

The Banana Splits
Adventure Hour
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Also known as 'The Banana Splits and Friends Show'
Genre Children
Live action
Animation
Psychedelia
Comedy
Adventure
Directed by Richard Donner (Season 1)
Tom Boutross (Season 2)
Starring Jeff Winkless (as Jeffrey Brock)
Ginner Whitcombe (as Fleegle 2008)
Terence H. Winkless (as Terence Henry)
Dan Winkless (as Daniel Owen)
James "Jimmy" Dove
Steve Kincannon
Voices of Paul Winchell
Daws Butler
Allan Melvin
Don Messick
Theme music composer Nelson B. Winkless, Jr. (credited to Ritchie Adams & Mark Barkan)
Opening theme "Tra La La (One Banana, Two Banana)"
Composer(s) Ted Nichols
David Mook
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 31 + shorts
Production
Executive producer(s) William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Producer(s) Edward J. Rosen (Season 1)
Running time 45–48 minutes
Production company(s) Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor Taft Broadcasting (original)
Worldvision Enterprises (former)
Turner Broadcasting (former)
Warner Bros. Television (current)
Release
Original network NBC
Audio format Monaural
Original release September 7, 1968 (1968-09-07) – September 5, 1970 (1970-09-05)
Chronology
Related shows The Skatebirds
Cattanooga Cats
External links
Website

The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television variety program featuring The Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four funny animal characters. The costumed hosts of the show were Fleegle (guitar, vocals), Bingo (drums, vocals), Drooper (bass, vocals) and Snorky (keyboards, effects).

The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera, and ran for 31 episodes on NBC Saturday mornings, from September 7, 1968, to September 5, 1970. The costumes and sets were designed by Sid and Marty Krofft and the series' sponsor was Kellogg's Cereals. The show featured both live action and animated segments and was Hanna-Barbera’s first foray into mixing live action with animation.

In 1967, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera approached Sid Krofft and Marty Krofft to design costumes for a television show which would feature animated and live-action segments, with the whole show hosted by a bubblegum rock group of anthropomorphic characters. The format of the show was loosely based on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. The Banana Splits Adventure Hour premiered on NBC on September 7, 1968.

The Krofft brothers give credit to the success of the series for opening the door for their own entry into television. NBC picked up the Krofft series H.R. Pufnstuf, which was launched during an hour-long special hosted by The Banana Splits on August 30, 1969.


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