Doin The Banana Split

[MrRomano210]

I always thought the one in the middle was the best dancer.....& the prettiest.

[MissLadyboy007]

It is amazing to think that those girls are now in their 50s!

[spockadee]

That was groovy.

[rhaddon91]

This rocks. This was fresh in late-60s America. I mean fresh. I think it was revenge for Dr. King. By the late 70s the Colonials had finished with it like the Confederacy's Moon programme, and sent it over the Atlantic like a cast-off Polaris missile, where it horrified a generation of English children whose parents had never taken LSD. But hot dang this ub3r r0xx man—

[InABearSuit]

Kittens, this is great!

[memphistim2001]

Smartest Man in the World podcast listeners represent.

[NATVSON1]

Kick ass song!!!

[freac0re]

This is Awesama.

[pictureisup1]

I always loved this and still do today I will be 46 years young in Oct

[Syntox]

Just the levity I needed today...

[rouens]

written by an unknown barry white!

[GretaGargoyle]

anybody else remember HR Puffenstuff? Lots of shows back then for pre-teen Acid heads...

[cjlovesjazz]

This is raw - it really rocks! God I need to get a job if I'm watching stuff like this all day!!!

[condereims]

Where can I find this song's lyrics???

[pictureisup1]

@condereims Google? 

[lalbruiz]

Yeah!!! This is why we as 7 year old kids saw this, to see 10 year old girls in skirts and boots go go dance...wohooo!!

[pictureisup1]

@lalbruiz I know

[Bigstarrocker9]

no dislikes and thats how it should stay

[docteraie]

'Doin' the Banana Split'... You know who wrote it? Barry White, before he made it big.

[LapisLee]

Here it is! The song that you will never get out of your head!!!!

[vegaman111]

someone know the name of the song...?

is a HYPER FUNK!!!

[vegaman111]

super funk

[La77a]

ha ha yeah...we all loved Charlee...The crazy ambitions of a ten year old boy indeed.

[pete0969wi]

I think I told my mom I was going to marry the one on the far right!!! And damn can she move and groove..Ambitions of a kidd!!! Thanks Grapes..

[gordogreat74]

I gotta learn that groovie dance! =:D

[MaceMn]

I was like 9 or 10 when we used to watch this. I had the hots for "Charlie"... (aka the Sour Grape Girls). I thought they were sooo naughty. Just like Nam at the time; "Charlie" was the enemy I guess.

[wmbrown6]

TRIVIA ALERT: This tune, "Doin' the Banana Split," was written by none other than the future "Maestro of Love," Barry White.

[krakenwave]

@wmbrown6

Hmmm - I wonder where you got that info...?

[wmbrown6]

@krakenwave - I frequent record conventions, and one dealer had for years at his stand a 45 of a promo EP relating to the Banana Splits - and that very tune was on it, with White clearly listed as the writer. Quite a few people within Aaron Schroeder's publishing empire (which included January Music, Sea-Lark Enterprises and Arch Music) contributed pieces to the show.

[krakenwave]

@wmbrown6

That's so cool. respect +++ (hope it ain't one of those back-of-the-cereal-box jobs what can't be played for more than 1 morning!) How did the dealer not sell it for so long, I mean Banana Splits + Barry White = Cred win ALWAYS.

I was asking cos I recognised his voice as soon as I saw this on an old post of this about 5 yrs ago & so after every 2nd/3rd page, someone jumps in with the "Thats Barry White before Love Unlimited, aint I a genius?" thing.

[wmbrown6]

@krakenwave - No, it was a regular 45 EP.

[krakenwave]

@wmbrown6 r

Sorry to pester you but I'd love to know: is it a 45 with a regular self-pressed centre or is it a promo/jukebox version for which one has to put in a removable centre for the spindle (contemporary versions - at least here in the UK - were S-shaped or trefoil-shaped). And what was the label, and was there a proper sleeve etc?

[wmbrown6]

@krakenwave - It was a custom yellow-colored label, with Banana Splits and Kellogg's logos (thus, though looking like a regular 45, it was a tie-in); it was a U.S. pressing, thus the hole would have been 1.5" with none of the "popouts" that were common in the U.K. (and it was no jukebox-only pressing, I might add). U.S. Decca pressed it, as the Splits put out an LP on Decca.

[greg16266]

Brilliant; I really loved the music on this show even as a kid. The videos of the characters playing the music mid-show had a real psychedelic feel.

Thanks for the post.

[jln55]

The girl in the center was the best dancer.

[ChrislovesKrystal]

These little girls are all 50 years old now!

[superbruce]

...wonder where these juvenille deliquents are now... ? Probably crack whores down on the Sunset Strip.......

[pete0969wi]

Gotta love the grapes-butttt, is it just me or is the 4th gal on the right a little out of step??? Still, love the motivation...

[aztecwar]

Kids now a days think they have it made with "Plat Station and Game boy" but they have no idea how much fun it was to ride a "BIG WHEEL" or have a "DIRT CLOD" fight!! Poor suckers they're getting took!! VIDEO GAMES YOUR MOMA!!

[ggblueam]

I remember watching this show and dancing with these girls in go-go boots when I was in elementary school! What great memories!

[UglySean]

This clip is so sixties. I snagged this song eons ago on usenet but I haven't seen this.  As I was only born in 1967 I have sleeting memories of this show but what I do remember are vivid. Thanks so much.

[deeknits]

ahhh....my first career goal :-)

[1019drummer]

Ha!...lol,wonderful!!!!

[miscapb]

UH OHHHH CHONNNNGO!!!

[monkeycrush9000]

Barry White wrote this song years before he was famous.

[brunster64]

Real funky song. Used to love this show in the 60's.

[klaptongroovemaster]

Just to answer a few comments, even though they were posted a long time ago...

In any dance group, the best dancers are front and center.

The Sour Grapes Bunch were the "enemy" gang. I always thought it was silly that the guys seemed scared of a bunch of little girls, lol. But that's part of the silliness.

As for their "enemies" dancing with them... Well, the music started and they couldn't help but groove! When the song was over, they were back to chasing the Splits around.

[crispycritterz]

Aww. They were as cute as buttons!

[DarrylM65]

Wow, I love this song! I didn't know Wilson Pickett was in the Banana Splits, lol!

[ricko3k]

Brilliant and my kids wonder why their 48 year old Dad is nuts, while they're sensible. No wonder being brought up on this. Love it!

[ralucagymnast]

Oh this is so fantastic. Happy memories, happy days......sob, I feel all sad and nostalgic now:)

[JerryofVirginia]

Here the dance thats being done,is night club dance called The Go Go Dance,the Girls were trained to dance this style, and at lot of the go go Clubs the Girls would be put in cages, that a lot of time look like big Bird cages,man i remember the sixties and this show very well,in the late 60s the night Clubs where called GO GOs,the Stones recorded a song named after these Clubs.

[rcbrad4]

The girl in the middle really dances the best.

(they are all cute and good, but she really dances much smoother and has better moves)

[Lehnerd57]

Okay they did well the young ladys in 1968///Now can someone tell me who there names were n was reason on they were related to the actors on show are Producers...anyone can tell me if they like doin it

[vrikey]

For the record, here's the role-call for the Sour Grapes Dancers, all their names:

Debra Thibodeaux

Colette Chenault

Julie Graham

Kathy O'Dare

Shirley Hillstrom

I found the info on Wiki, just looked up Banana Splits there.

The girls apparently auditioned for their roles, in a normal cattle-call; I don't believe they were related to anyone on the production staff.

I found them very attractive back then!

[vonBeavis]

I remember when this came out, and like MyHeadHurts79, I was in love with the girls, too, when I was about eight. Fortunately I married one of my TV flames later, but I do wonder about those Sour Grapes girls--much too sexy for when we were young!

[neec1427]

I liked this song. The Banana Splits were awesome, even though I didn't get to see this til the nineties when Nickelodeon started showing it. It was still great.

[isbelltrick]

you can tell this is old school. Some of the girls are off beat!!! still cool

[beautydad]

Not at all, when I was eight, I wanted to getto know these girls, one at a time.

[Spongebob1000]

This is the one with the Sour Grapes Bunch dancing with the Banana Splits.

[TechnoHajikelist]

I thought they were enemies...

[crispycritterz]

SO COOL!!!

[Dibrini]

Since all those chicks have to be in their 40s now, is is wrong to think this is hot?

[MyHeadHurts79]

Yes, that would be retroactive pedophilia. Haha! I especially had the hots for one of the blondes when I was young, but I'm not even sure which one it was now.

[MyHeadHurts79]

I take it back. It was the one in the middle.