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Coming on to bring you the Banana Splits show!"'' }}
Coming on to bring you the Banana Splits show!"'' }}


''The Banana Splits Adventure Hour'' was a Saturday morning series from [[Hanna Barbera]] shown on [[NBC]] in the late 1960s. Live actors in full-body costumes portrayed Fleegle the dog (voiced by [[Paul Winchell]]), Drooper the lion (voiced by Allan Melvin), Bingo the gorilla (voiced by [[Daws Butler (Creator)|Daws Butler]]) and Snorky the elephant. [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions]] designed the Banana Splits' character costumes.
''The Banana Splits Adventure Hour'' was a Saturday morning series from [[Hanna-Barbera]] shown on [[NBC]] in the late 1960s. Live actors in full-body costumes portrayed Fleegle the dog (voiced by [[Paul Winchell]]), Drooper the lion (voiced by Allan Melvin), Bingo the gorilla (voiced by [[Daws Butler (Creator)|Daws Butler]]) and Snorky the elephant. [[Sid and Marty Krofft Productions]] designed the Banana Splits' character costumes.


The foursome did comedy sketches, performed songs and introduced the following action segments:
The foursome did comedy sketches, performed songs and introduced the following action segments:
* ''The Arabian Knights'': A [[Five Man Band]] of heroes fought evil in pre-Islamic Arabia.
* ''The Arabian Knights'': A [[Five-Man Band]] of heroes fought evil in pre-Islamic Arabia.
* ''The Three Musketeers'': These short adventures were adapted from [[The Three Musketeers (Literature)|the book]] by [[Alexandre Dumas]] ''père''.
* ''The Three Musketeers'': These short adventures were adapted from [[The Three Musketeers (Literature)|the book]] by [[Alexandre Dumas]] ''père''.
* ''Micro-Ventures'': A scientist and his two teenage children visited [[Mouse World]] to observe insects up close.
* ''Micro-Ventures'': A scientist and his two teenage children visited [[Mouse World]] to observe insects up close.
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* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Leslie Hayden from ''Danger Island'', who was captured by Captain Mu-Tan's band or native headhunters in practically every episode and [[Bound and Gagged|tied up]], although all the main characters get this treatment at one point or another, especially late in the serial.
* [[Distressed Damsel]]: Leslie Hayden from ''Danger Island'', who was captured by Captain Mu-Tan's band or native headhunters in practically every episode and [[Bound and Gagged|tied up]], although all the main characters get this treatment at one point or another, especially late in the serial.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Farik in the ''The Arabian Knights'' episode "The Coronation of Bakaar".
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Farik in the ''The Arabian Knights'' episode "The Coronation of Bakaar".
* [[Everythings Better With Monkeys|Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: Bingo
* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: Bingo
* [[Fake Band]]
* [[Fake Band]]
* [[Flying Carpet]]: Often used on ''The Arabian Knights''.
* [[Flying Carpet]]: Often used on ''The Arabian Knights''.
* [[Hey Its That Voice]]: Ventriloquist Shari Lewis voiced Nida in ''The Arabian Knights.''
* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: Ventriloquist Shari Lewis voiced Nida in ''The Arabian Knights.''
* [[Hollywood Torches]]: ''The Arabian Knights'' and ''Danger Island'' segments.
* [[Hollywood Torches]]: ''The Arabian Knights'' and ''Danger Island'' segments.
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: ''Micro Ventures''
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: ''Micro Ventures''
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