Also known as: Banana Splits, The
Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USA
The Banana Splits was a fictitious animal rock band featured on its own U.S. Saturday morning kids' television show called The Banana Splits Adventure Hour , which was created by Hanna-Barbera and originally aired in the autumn of 1968 through the autumn of 1970. Initially intended to be titled "The Banana Bunch" (changed due to copyright concerns over an already published children's book), the show was the first "live action" endeavor for Hanna-Barbera, which had historically created iconic cartoons like The Yogi Bear Show and The Flintstones . Costumed members included brothers Jeff Winkless…