Banana Splits

:For the namesake ice cream treat, see banana split.

U.S. Format

The wraparounds featured the adventures of a musical quartet, meant to be reminiscent of the Beatles and the Monkees, consisting of Fleegle, a beagle; Bingo, a gorilla; Drooper, a lion; and Snorky, an elephant. The characters were played by actors in fleecy costumes similar to later Krofft series such as H.R. Pufnstuf.

Related Topics:
The Beatles - The Monkees - Beagle - Gorilla - Lion - Elephant - H.R. Pufnstuf

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The Splits' segments, including songs-of-the-week and comedy skits, served as wraparounds for a number of individual segments.

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Animated segments

• The Arabian Knights
• The Three Musketeers
• The Hillbilly Bears
• Micro Ventures

Live action segment

• Danger Island: A young Jan-Michael Vincent played Lincoln 'Link' Simmons in this live-action science fiction serial. It was directed by future Superman director Richard Donner.

After the cancellation of the original series, the characters were revived in the 1972 telefilm The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park. Unlike the television show, the Splits spent most of the film in animated form.

Related Topics:
1972 - Telefilm

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