tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post4983509588481708001..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: BananamanologyMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-89137195303375507392012-03-11T09:12:33.869-07:002012-03-11T09:12:33.869-07:00In the first clip introduction by Red skeltonIn the first clip introduction by Red skeltonConstitutional Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108879945172580646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-73807717069887305482012-03-11T09:12:07.943-07:002012-03-11T09:12:07.943-07:00In the first clip introduction by Red skeltonIn the first clip introduction by Red skeltonConstitutional Advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108879945172580646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-83785698038540357452012-03-10T16:45:31.387-08:002012-03-10T16:45:31.387-08:00I know next to nothing about A. Robins. It would ...I know next to nothing about A. Robins. It would be terribly interesting and awfully strange if the Banana Man were a woman. But I wouldn't assume that without evidence. I've known a lot of men with delicate features.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-13012113051092371042012-03-10T16:43:27.248-08:002012-03-10T16:43:27.248-08:00Wowwwwwwww!Wowwwwwwww!Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-59056651706347556342012-03-10T16:42:48.723-08:002012-03-10T16:42:48.723-08:00I remember and love both The Bannana Man and Hoppi...I remember and love both The Bannana Man and Hoppity Hooper. Glad to find someone else with the same memories, to help prove I didn't dream them.Smitharamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06249481940151017048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-27539322419538945912012-03-10T08:30:38.367-08:002012-03-10T08:30:38.367-08:00Bananaman creeped out my childhood on a regular ba...Bananaman creeped out my childhood on a regular basis. It was that sound - oooohhhhhhh!scodavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04926715883232681008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-67671350151044591702012-03-10T07:27:14.030-08:002012-03-10T07:27:14.030-08:00Are you sure A. Robins was a man? Sure looks like...Are you sure A. Robins was a man? Sure looks like a woman in costume in the clip. That costume would hide all womanly characteristics - but yet the face shape looked feminine. This is what Lucille Ball would look like in that outfit.g-doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07122596919110294895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-84787175107091133842012-03-10T06:55:53.885-08:002012-03-10T06:55:53.885-08:00The thing in the spring? I'm afraid you'l...The thing in the spring? I'm afraid you'll have to refresh my memory.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-54709329695067702402012-03-10T01:27:57.085-08:002012-03-10T01:27:57.085-08:00But. But. What about the thing in the spring? How ...But. But. What about the thing in the spring? How can you leave us hanging like that?LemoUtanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11110031436968511583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-50254169175055274692012-03-09T22:19:54.051-08:002012-03-09T22:19:54.051-08:00Thanks so much - for years I would ask if they had...Thanks so much - for years I would ask if they had seen the Banana man on Captain Kangaroo, and no one had, or believed me or understood what the attraction was. a surrealistic genius. I was also going to ask about Crusader Rabbit. What about Winky Dinks, the cartoon where you got to draw on the screen.pattieellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15021935624728960297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-30945362161657128412012-03-08T07:16:35.447-08:002012-03-08T07:16:35.447-08:00Waldo Wigglesworth is a role model for us all. Di...Waldo Wigglesworth is a role model for us all. Did you know that Filmore is the strongest bear in Captivity, WIsconsin?Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-83487060414776209982012-03-07T18:27:15.286-08:002012-03-07T18:27:15.286-08:00I like that the rascals' special hand cream is...I like that the rascals' special hand cream is both a hand cream and a floor wax, some 20 years before SNL.Eileen Gunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142274562155993622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-35501911497349673682012-03-06T20:12:56.392-08:002012-03-06T20:12:56.392-08:00Unfortunately, I only saw Crusader Rabbit after th...Unfortunately, I only saw Crusader Rabbit after the Web came along. As an adult, I thought it looked like a rough sketch for Rocky and Bullwinkle, but with a much smaller budget.<br /><br />Had I only seen it as a child, though . . .Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-54262028050508012212012-03-06T20:10:45.483-08:002012-03-06T20:10:45.483-08:00There's a clip on YouTube of Lord Buckley'...There's a clip on YouTube of Lord Buckley's appearance on the Groucho Marx Show. The titans meet! And Lord Buckley is surprisingly unhipsterish. Well worth looking into.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-18067610233984056982012-03-06T19:16:10.828-08:002012-03-06T19:16:10.828-08:00He looks more like a Groucho Marxist.He looks more like a Groucho Marxist.Joe Stillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04967010101974872521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-63876924633610062482012-03-06T11:07:21.055-08:002012-03-06T11:07:21.055-08:00I always totally believed you! I am a witness to ...I always totally believed you! I am a witness to the Bananaman's wonderfulness. My brother and I both loved him (which says a lot about us). Also remember Hoppity Hooper, but was not as big a fan. How about "Crusader Rabbit"?Bookmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12329919910704635244noreply@blogger.com