h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There used to be a kids show on Saturday mornings when I was growing up, called "The Banana Splits Club". I loved that show! It was four people dressed up in suits as large groovy animals, and they each drove their own psychedelic dune buggy, and they would sing and there were several cartoons during the show. You could even send off and join their fanclub! When you did they would send you a membership card that read "Banana Splits Club - Charter Member".

Their theme song went something like... "One banana, two banana, three banana, four, four bananas make a bunch and so do many more" and I don't remember the rest, but I still have my charter membership card!

Woohoo!!!

Unless I miss my guess, if you still have something that old, you're a pack rat...


Which makes me wonder what you were *really* looking for when you came across that old membership card...

Michele, if you're as big a pack rat as I am, then you're in real trouble. I think I may still have a large pumpkin root from a pumpkin plant that grew in 1962.

That begs the question, Paul....



*Why* would you keep a pumpkin root?

Four banana, three banana, two banana, one
All bananas playin' in the bright warm sun.
Flippin' like a pancake, popping like a cork
Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper an' Snork!

No, I'm not a pack rat Lady S. But there are some things that are just too important to let go of.

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

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

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

He was a buffalo soldier!
In the heart of America!
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

*feels old*

I was exaggerating about still having the pumpkin root. I actually threw it away some time around 1990. It was my greatest pumpkin plant ever. It had a vast network of vines, and produced three large pumpkins. The root had sentimental value for me.

Well, there's absolutely nothing crazy about an emotional attachment to a root Paul!

*inches slowly away from Paul*

*starts walking quickly towards the door*

Come back, Michele. Please?

Sheesh, what's the root of her problem?

Yay, the Banana Splits........

One of the computers here at wo*k is named "Fleegle". I'm sure that everyone here wonders why, whenever I'm wo*king on it, I sit and hum a bit of Tra la la, la la la la (It was named by someone who has since left the company).

Wow ... the Banana Splits were an export!

Wasn't that character named "Fleagle"? I always thought the guy in the beagle suit had fleas.

Something about that show always bothered me as a kid. I wanted to see full animation and not dorks dressed up in cheap plastic and fur suits. I wasn't fooled for one minute! The entire production was nearly as annoying as 'Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood', but not quite.




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Well one of the reasons I loved it so much was because they always played an episode of the Monkees either during, before or after the show. And I LOVED the Monkees!

Here we come,walking down the street, we get the funniest looks from everyone we meet!
Hey hey we're the Monkees, and people think we monkey around, but we're too busy singing to put anybody down

Hey that was my first record ever!

(and I had a "Snorky" stuffed animal)

Man that was a long time ago. I hear H.R. Puffinstuf has made a cult comeback recently!?!!

With Wichipoo?

With Witchipoo?

Though I caught and corrected that before it posted!

Sid and Marty Kroft - what were they on


HR Pufnstuf, who's your friend when things get rough?
HR Pufnstuf, can't do a little but he can't do enough.