So they are making my childhood dreams come true...

[erehwon]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/m...ie-horror.html

The Banana Splits Got a Movie. It’s Probably Not What You Think.
Fifty years ago, four furry creatures took fun trips in “The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.” In a new horror movie, they take lives.

By Erik Piepenburg
Aug. 13, 2019

The new Splits have split from the old Splits, which may split Splits fans. Because this time the Splits aren’t just sidesplitting.

Translation: “The Banana Splits Adventure Hour” was a Saturday morning children’s variety show that ran on NBC from 1968-1970. It featured four furry, mascot-sized members of a fictional rock band called the Banana Splits — Fleegle the beagle, Bingo the ape, Drooper the lion and Snorky the elephant — who sang silly songs and took goofy trips to amusement parks.

But now, a half-century later, the Splits aren’t quite themselves. A little less silly, a little more murder-y, they’re the gleefully sinister villains in the new “Banana Splits Movie,” a darkly comic R-rated horror film that includes death by lollipop. (The movie was made available to buy through multiple online platforms on Tuesday and will air on Syfy in October.)

Some fans of the sugary original are sure to balk at the change of sensibility. But for the creative team behind the movie, the logic was obvious.

“The sunglasses that hide the eyes, the frozen expressions and mouths that sometimes move and don’t,” said Danishka Esterhazy, the film’s director. “It wasn’t a stretch to take that creepiness and turn it into a horror movie.”

[CurrentlySober]

I remember that show well... Will have to check out the version you are on about

[CurrentlySober]

Perhaps not! I'd be too scared to watch it....

[CurrentlySober]

Yup, not gonna watch it... EEEKKK !

Funny how the banana splits look just the same - I last saw them 50 odd years ago, and they haven't aged a day...

[CurrentlySober]

One banana, two banana, three banana, four
Four bananas make a bunch and so do many more
Over hill and highway the banana buggies go
Coming on to bring you the Banana Splits show

Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la

Four banana, three banana, two bananas, one
All bananas playing in the bright warm sun
Flipping like a pancake, popping like a cork
Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and, Snork

Making up a mess of fun, Making up a mess of fun
Lots of fun for everyone

Two Banana, four banana, one banana, three
Swinging like a bunch of monkeys hanging from a tree
Hey there everybody won't you come along and see
How much like Banana Splits everyone can be

Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la

[brassmonkey]

those things were scary as shit...

[Look Chang]

"Banana Split" was also a popular French song in the 80ies...

[CaptainHowdy]

Looks more like a childhood nightmare . . .

[lock]

I loved sigmen the sea monster. I am pretty sure was part of this as loved this as a kid also.

[escorpio]

Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

One banana, two banana, three banana, four
Four bananas make a bunch and so do many more
Over hill and highway the banana buggies go
Coming on to bring you the Banana Splits show

Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la

Four banana, three banana, two bananas, one
All bananas playing in the bright warm sun
Flipping like a pancake, popping like a cork
Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and, Snork

Making up a mess of fun, Making up a mess of fun
Lots of fun for everyone

Two Banana, four banana, one banana, three
Swinging like a bunch of monkeys hanging from a tree
Hey there everybody won't you come along and see
How much like Banana Splits everyone can be

Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la, tra la la, la la la la

Bob Marley stole the tra-la-la chorus for "Buffalo Soldiers."