“Banana Splits” News That Will Change Your Life!

August 18, 2008 By S. K. Sloan 7 Comments

Warner Bros. is breathing life into the 1960s popular child program “The Banana Splits,” Daily Variety reports.

The franchise will see new shorts and videos airing on Cartoon Network and its Web site. Future DVD and CD releases are also planned as part of the show’s multiplatform update, the trade says.

About S. K. Sloan

Samuel K. Sloan's love of Star Trek brought him to Slice of SciFi, where he was Managing Editor from 2005-2011, and returned from 2013-2014 before retiring once again from scifi news gathering.

Comments

Marti McKenna says

August 18, 2008 at 5:51 pm

La la la
lalalala
la la la
lalalala!
revolver says

August 18, 2008 at 5:53 pm

1 banana!!!2 banana!!!3 banana!!! 4???
shane says

August 18, 2008 at 6:34 pm

Uh-oh Chongo! It’s Danger Island next…
Wes says

August 18, 2008 at 7:16 pm

Thanks for the news. They already changed my life back in the 60’s. Let’s hope for a DVD release of the complete original series- so I can corrupt my kids!
JFStan says

August 18, 2008 at 9:03 pm

Will Dick Donner be directing the new ones as well? 🙂
Marc from Miami says

August 18, 2008 at 10:54 pm

Beware the “Sour Grapes!” (This is the best news EVER!)
Marlin says

August 26, 2008 at 7:28 pm

But, will it be as trippy and obviously fueled by THC as the original was?

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