Going Bananas (American TV series)

*Going Bananas*
Going Bananas
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Len Janson; Chuck Menville;
Written by	William Cannon; Richard Dimitri; Marc Gass; Len Janson; Chuck Menville; Michael Reeves;
Directed by	Bob LaHendro
Starring	James Avery; Marie Denn; Emily Moultrie; Bill Saluga; Tim Topper; Lynnanne Zager;
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	Len Janson; Chuck Menville; William Hanna; Joseph Barbera;
Producers	Christopher Brough; Gene Marcione;
Running time	Approx 30 minutes
Production companies	Janson-Menville Productions; Hanna-Barbera Productions;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 15 –; December 1, 1984

Going Bananas is a live-action superhero/comedy television series aired from September 15 to December 1, 1984 on NBC.^[1] The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera. The opening theme was produced by Giorgio Moroder and performed by Irene Cara.

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 superpowers 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.^[2]

Show add-ons

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

Cast

James Avery as Hank
Marie Denn as Gran
Emily Moultrie as Louise Cole
Bill Saluga as Hubert
Tim Topper as Jamie Cole
Lynnanne Zager as Delivery Girl

References

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

[:0-2] Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Viking Press. p. 260. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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First-run animated series	Casper and the Angels (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979–80) The Super Globetrotters (1979–80) The New Shmoo (1979–80) The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–80) Godzilla (1978–81) The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–82) Smurfs (1981–90) The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!/Hero High (1981–82) Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–83) Space Stars (1981–82) The Herculoids Space Ace and the Space Mutts Space Ghost The Teen Force The Flintstone Funnies (1982–84) Shirt Tales (1982–84) The Gary Coleman Show (1982–83) The Incredible Hulk (1982–84) Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983–91) Mister T (1983–86) Snorks (1984–86) Pink Panther and Sons (1984–85) Kidd Video (1984–87) Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985–89) It's Punky Brewster (1985–87, 1988-89) Kissyfur (1986–90) Foofur (1986–88) Lazer Tag Academy (1986–87) Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987–88) ALF: The Animated Series (1987–89) ALF Tales (1988–89) The New Archies (1987) The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988) Camp Candy (1989–90) Captain N: The Game Master (1989–92) The Karate Kid (1989–90)
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 (1980–81) Bullwinkle (1981–82) Thundarr the Barbarian (1983-84) Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1988-89)
Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States