Clearly, my Babble List has had tremendous influence on the entertainment business. How else do you explain the news that the Banana Splits are coming back to television?
Well, they're sort of coming back. The Cartoon Network will show "1½-to-2½-minute comedy shorts…Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m." So its not exactly appointment television, and the kids will be in school (hopefully) when the shorts air. HOWEVER, another component of this re-surfacing of the Splits is the website, bananasplits.com. There you can find tons of videos and music, including what the press release calls, "one of the catchiest theme songs in television history." I think the kids will like it, and they'll also like these jokes (please note that the side comments are mine):
"What do you call a song you sing while you're parents are driving?"
(Annoying?)
"A car tune!"
(Oh. Right. Of course.)
"What do you call a cow from Alaska?"
(Must… not… make… Sarah… Palin… joke…)
"An eski-mooo!"
(Phew! I did it.)
Anyway, all of this Split stuff brings enough nostalgia to the table that I might share it with the kids, which is really the goal. I do wonder why they bothered re-recording the theme song. It's more modern, sort of, but it lacks some of the energy of the original. I'm not sure if I'll run out and buy the music and DVDs that are also available, but if nothing else, the website is a fun diversion: very colorful and, dare I say it, "groovy." (That's their word, not mine.) Check it out for yourself and see what you think.
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