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One Banana
Two Bananas
Three Bananas
Four
All bananas make a split so do many more
Over hill and highway the banana buggies go
Come along to bring you the banana splits show
Four banana three banana two banana one
All bananas playing in the bright warm sun
Flipping like a pancake popping like a cork
Fleagle
Bingo
Drooper
and Snork
Confused, then you are younger than 50. The Banana Splits Showe was big when I was a very young child and it had the best theme song
It was so good there was even a punk version by the Dickies
The Banana Splits drove 6 wheeled amphibious Argacats (which were a nightmare to paint - yellow, orange and white are rubbish colours to use and black lines are spectacularly unforgiving) and they will allow me to mess about in the Douglas Shallows.
These figures are from Crooked Dice and called The Friut Loops
So that is 4x28mm vehicles and drivers = 90pts plus 30 for the location
Right now I expect you all to be able to sing all the words so go back to the top and practice
From DaveD - I know song that will on your nerves... get on your nerves. You are a bad man..Cracking job on these Martin - I look forward to seeing them on our Gaslands track... mind my version will have a lot more firepower mmmwahaha!
120 POINTS IT IS!
I am confused.
ReplyDeleteYou young whippersnapper
DeleteWhat the heck...??? I can deny this is the most original entry seen so far in the Challenge
ReplyDeleteIt's all right for you I've had this song in my head for months
DeleteI am old enought that I can remember saving cereal box tops for Banana Splits merch! I did have to check Wikipedia on the amphibiousness of the cars, but confer that these can in fact mess about in the shallows.
ReplyDeleteWell done Martin. I await an HR Pufnstuff themed entry.
Cheers, we used to have an argocat at work. They are rubbish as a car and a boat. Had to look up pufnstuf
DeleteDammit! I knew Dave was working on a set of these, but I didn't realise you were too! Great work Martin :)
ReplyDeleteCheers, yes we bought them when Dave was buying gaslands. I'll have to put guns on mine
DeleteCool! I have absolutely no clue to what this is, but I can certainly appreciate the gravitational well (sinkhole? earworm?) of nostalgia these children shows can evoke. I'm sure there are Canadian/American TV programs that would equally confound most Brits (The Friendly Giant, Mr Dressup, etc.).
ReplyDeletecheers, it was an American import from Hanna Barbera. It was rubbish but had great cartoons. Most interestingly it was directed by Richard Donner of Superman and Lethal Weapon fame
DeleteIt was on one of our two channels likely CTV in the late 60s, roughly contemporary with George of the Jungle.
DeleteNope, still predates my TV watching. If it it isn't Sesame Street then it's dead to me - Snuflupagus Rules. :)
DeleteOmg! Size of an elephant! Favourite childhood programme! Probably only childhood programme, I still know the words, oh and nice painting!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain
Genius, Arabian Knights was the best cartoon.
DeleteFabulous, takes me back to a very happy place.
ReplyDeleteCheers, me too
DeleteYeeeeeeessssss!!!! Brilliant!! Takes me back to the very cozy happy fuzzy place of my childhood!
ReplyDeleteThanks, cool isn't it. Glad to help
DeleteI do not have any sort of reference to this, at first I thought you'd gone and painted some happy-meal toys, but reading the story carefully and following the links (I can't loose the song, I HATE you now) I must admit this post is awesome in the extreme!
ReplyDeleteAn ear worm shared is a ear worm lost. Glad you like it
DeleteTop marks on these, they remind me of holiday mornings!
ReplyDeleteI must have caught the re-runs ;)
cheers, me too
DeletePerhaps we should have looked a bit more closely at what sort of pharmaceuticals were being consumed at creative meetings in late 1960's Hollywood...
ReplyDeleteWonderful work on these retro gems, Martin, that takes me right back!
I'm slightly at a loss, although I had heard the Dickies' version in Hit Girl. I have visions of them routing an SS unit...
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