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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 [[
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 Three Musketeers'': These short adventures were adapted from [[The Three Musketeers (
* ''Micro-Ventures'': A scientist and his two teenage children visited [[Mouse World]] to observe insects up close.
* ''Danger Island'': This was the serialized live-action segment, set on and around a Pacific island. Memorable for the [[Catch Phrase]], "Uh-oh, Chongo!". Directed by future-Goonie [[Richard Donner]].
After the Banana Splits became popular, Hanna-Barbera tried to duplicate its success in 1977: ''[[Skatebirds]]'' on [[CBS]]. (Some sources had 1969's ''[[
* ''[[The Atom Ant Show
* ''The Adventures of Gulliver''
* ''The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn''
Interesting trivia: The Banana Splits title song (or rather, a high-speed cover version by The Dickies) puts in an appearance as Hit Girl's theme music in ''[[Kick-Ass (
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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.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Farik in the ''The Arabian Knights'' episode "The Coronation of Bakaar".
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Fake Band]]
* [[Flying Carpet]]: Often used on ''The Arabian Knights''.
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* [[Master of Disguise]]: Nida in ''The Arabian Knights''.
* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: On ''Danger Island''. Lions and leopards on an island, in the middle of the Pacific?
* [[Old Shame]]: The ''Danger Island'' segments were directed by [[The Omen|Richard]] [[Superman (
* [[Open Sesame]]: on ''The Arabian Knights''.
* [[The Red Stapler]]: Don't tell me you didn't want a six-wheeled amphibious vehicle of your own as a kid.
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