The Banana Splits

Trivia

• The Banana Splits was inspired by "The Monkees" and "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In".

• The Banana Splits was broadcast as "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour", and also "The Banana Splits and Friends Show".

• Regular segments of the show were "The Arabian Knights" (animated), "The Three Musketeers" (animated), "Micro-Ventures" (animated), and "Danger Island" (live action).

• Later seasons also featured re-runs of segments from "The New Adventures of Huck Finn" (1968), "The Adventures of Gulliver" (1968), and "The Hillbilly Bears" (1965).

• The name of the group of little girls that terrorized the Banana Splits were the Sour Grapes.

• The set and costumes were designed by Sid and Marty Krofft.

• U.K. intro lyrics: "One banana, two banana, three banana, four, four bananas make a bunch and so do many more. Flippin' like a pancake, poppin' like a cork, Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork..."