The Banana Splits Movie

I didn't even know this movie existed until I saw the DVD/blu rays at my local Walmart. Considering how family friendly that store tries to appear, I couldn't believe they were carrying a movie like this, let alone featuring it in the new releases section. (Yet you'll never see a CD with a parental warning there, but that's another complaint for another thread.)

I did enjoy this show as a kid, and even had the two-EP set that was part of a cereal promotion (p.s., Al Kooper is another notable who contributed to their music) I'm all for artistic freedom but I can't believe someone with control over this property actually signed off on this. I'm going to pass.

 

An epic fail on all levels. I can't believe Hanna-Barbera ok'ed this. Glad a co-worker loaned me his copy so I didn't waste a dime on it.

 

I don't think H-B really exists anymore. WB owns their properties and absorbed H-B - WB uses those properties but I don't think there's an actual H-B unit.

So there's not really a way for H-B to nix projects like this...

 

Well, whoever owns the rights was out of their minds to greenlight this mess.

 

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

That's why it got greenlighted. Everyone involved figured they could make some cash off a largely forgotten & really crappy kiddie show.

Of course they had no idea that a group of grown a$$ adults were going to whine & cry about their "precious childhood memories" being "raped, pillaged & plundered".....

 

Horror movies are cheap to make and tend to be profitable. The Splits name gives this one an instant fame that it would lack if it used a generic TV show as the basis.

So yeah - $$$!

 

Exactly!!

 

Not really. We hardcore Splits fans know these are just animatronic dummies and not the 'Real' Banana Splits. We're not stoopid you know.

 

A Rock parody with the Splits would definitely had been a better idea.

 

I rented The Banana Splits Movie from RedBox this past weekend.

It was ...enjoyably dumb. Fine for schlocky Halloween season entertainment.

 

There would have been another way to have done a proper Splits movie without compromising the original creators intentions. I still contend a music fantasy parody would have been a fun way to go. I’ll be seeing the original actors who played the Splits at the Chiller Convention in NJ this weekend.

 

We are watching now and finding it unintentionally hilarious. Guess that is what being locked in the house will do to you.

 

Oh, I'm not sure you could call that movie unintentionally funny. No, it's not technically a comedy, but c'mon - it's a horror movie about the Banana Splits.

Ya can't make a movie like that without tongue in cheek!

 

They were probably actually banking on older people complaining just so it got some sort of press. Otherwise, why use the name at all if it's that forgotten and crappy?

 

A lot of kiddie shows from our past will seem crappy to us as adults now. I've even thought to myself "I used to watch this?". Another way of looking at this "Banana Splits" horror movie is to think someone as a child was scared out of their wits by the original Banana Splits show. Maybe someone involved with this movie is that person. Just something to think about. My opinion.

 

I remember the proper banana splits from 50 years ago. It's not the sort of series you ever forget.
It's marvellous psychedelic stuff.

 

I enjoyed it too! Even the theme song was great! It's one of my favorite "Sing Along" themes.

 

That’s why I think a musical parody ‘Yellow Submarine’ type fantasy would have worked much better without compromising the original intentions of Hanna-Barbera.

 

The theme song is marvellous. As were the Arabian knights

 

I've not seen the movie as I'm of an age to remember the real deal. I've got the entire series on dvd.
I'm also a massive fan of many other hanna barbera classics. The original scooby is stunning. I grew up watching such nonsense. That's why I'm proudly bonkers.in part

 

the film is brilliant--and i say this as big fan , since the beginning

 

I was only 3 when the show left the air, so I don't remember it first run.

I saw it in syndication, I guess. Don't have strong memories of it but I know I watched it!

 

Bob Marley agreed!

 

Terence H. Winkless who played Bingo in the original Banana Splits series has a book coming out on Bear Manor about his experiences working on the show with his brothers, Hanna & Barbera and the behind the scenes of the series. Winkless later continued his career as an actor, writer and director.

Book Link:

http://www.bearmanormedia.com/from-the-inside-my-life-bingo-banana-splits-softcover-edition-by-terence-h-winkless?search=Terence%20h%20Winkless%20