Going Bananas (American TV series)

*Going Bananas*
Going Bananas
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Len Janson; Chuck Menville
Written by	; Richard Dimitri; ; Len Janson; Chuck Menville; Michael Reeves
Directed by	Bob LaHendro
Starring	James Avery; ; ; Bill Saluga; ;
Music by	Haim Saban; Shuki Levy
Opening theme	"Going Bananas", performed by Irene Cara
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Running time	Approx 30 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Worldvision Enterprises
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 15 –; December 1, 1984

Going Bananas is a live-action superhero/comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and ran from September 15 to December 1, 1984 on NBC.^[1]

Plot[]

Roxana Banana is an orangutan that escaped from the zoo and was adopted by the Cole family.^[2] One night, a mysterious spaceship comes down from the sky and endows Roxana with super powers via a lightning bolt. Roxana is pursued by two crooks who want to use her super powers for their own ill will, but Roxana's outdodging them by means of her powers, as well as the predicaments she creates for the Coles, provide much of the comedy for this series.^[3]

Show add-ons[]

Also included was "Jungle Jukebox", a takeoff on the then-popular music videos using popular songs with animals in the visuals, as well as parodies of then-current TV shows and commercials using animals.

Cast[]

James Avery as Hank
as Gran
as Louise Cole
Bill Saluga as Hubert
as Jamie Cole
as Delivery Girl

References[]

^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 188. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
^ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 260. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 260. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

External links[]

Going Bananas at IMDb

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[Daytime-1] Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 188. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.

[2] Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 260. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[3] Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 260. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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First-run live-action series	One to Grow On (1983–89) Going Bananas (1984) I'm Telling! (1987–88) 2 Hip 4 TV (1988) Saved by the Bell (1989–93)
Rebroadcasts	The Daffy Duck Show (The Daffy/Speedy Show) (1980-82) Jonny Quest (1979-81) The Jetsons (1977-81, 1982-83) Dynomutt, Dog Wonder (1980-81) Hong Kong Phooey (1976-81) Batman and the Super 7 Bullwinkle (1981–82) Thundarr the Barbarian (1983-84) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1988-89)
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