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website, as well as a CD and a DVD featuring 13 new songs, released by Universal Records. In addition, a child-themed area named Banana Splitsville was placed at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's Hard Rock Park rock-and-roll theme park, which later became Freestyle Music Park before closing permanently in 2009. The show's theme song, titled "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)", was credited as being written by Ritchie Adams and Mark Barkan, but that was merely contractual. In fact it was written by N.B. Winkless, Jr. on the slightly out-of-tune upright piano in his living room—a piano that
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website, as well as a CD and a DVD featuring 13 new songs, released by Universal Records. In addition, a child-themed area named Banana Splitsville was placed at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's Hard Rock Park rock-and-roll theme park, which later became Freestyle Music Park before closing permanently in 2009. The show's theme song, titled "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)", was credited as being written by Ritchie Adams and Mark Barkan, but that was merely contractual. In fact it was written by N.B. Winkless, Jr. on the slightly out-of-tune upright piano in his living room—a piano that
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"Adam Had 'Em" and "The Show Must Go On") but did not contribute vocals to Splits recordings. The music director was music publisher Aaron Schroeder who picked the songs created by his staff writers. The intended main theme song was to be the Ritchie Adams and Tony Powers song "We're The Banana Splits" but the television and advertising executives thought the "Tra La La Song", another Adams composition co-written with prolific songwriter and producer Mark Barkan, was a catchier theme. According to an interview in "DISCoveries" magazine, Adams and Barkan sang "Wait Til Tomorrow," "We're The Banana Splits" and "The
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The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" is a 1968 pop song, which was the theme song for the children’s television program "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour". Originally released by Decca Records on the album titled "We're the Banana Splits", the single release peaked at #96 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on February 8, 1969. The writing of the song is credited to Mark Barkan and Ritchie Adams, who were the show's music directors. However, there are claims that the theme was written by jingle writer N. B. Winkless,
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The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" is a 1968 pop song, which was the theme song for the children’s television program "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour". Originally released by Decca Records on the album titled "We're the Banana Splits", the single release peaked at #96 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on February 8, 1969. The writing of the song is credited to Mark Barkan and Ritchie Adams, who were the show's music directors. However, there are claims that the theme was written by jingle writer N. B. Winkless,
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Saturday Banana The Saturday Banana was a Saturday morning children's television show produced by Southern Television for ITV and presented by "Goodies" star Bill Oddie. Oddie also wrote and sang the theme tune. The series began on 8 July 1978, running through the summer and continuing up to December, with a Christmas Special. According to a TV Times interview with presenter Bill Oddie when the show was aired, it was to have been named The Saturday Bonanza, but was renamed due to poor handwriting being mis-read. "The Saturday Banana" was shown by several ITV stations including Anglia, Border, HTV, LWT,
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London production at the Queen's Theatre, opened the show by being driven, in a horse-drawn hearse, across Northam Bridge (by the studios), bringing startled drivers to a virtual halt. The opening programme featured a steam train on the railway siding that ran through the car park. The locomotive was "Bonnie Prince Charlie" borrowed from the Great Western Society at Didcot. Saturday Banana The Saturday Banana was a Saturday morning children's television show produced by Southern Television for ITV and presented by "Goodies" star Bill Oddie. Oddie also wrote and sang the theme tune. The series began on 8 July 1978,
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Michael Vincent) and Ronne Troup appeared in the live-action component "Danger Island". All the live-action material filmed for the series' first season, including the "Banana Splits" and "Danger Island" segments, was directed by Richard Donner. Each show represented a meeting of the "Banana Splits Club", and the wraparounds featured the adventures of the club members, who doubled as a musical quartet, meant to be reminiscent of The Monkees. The main characters were Fleegle, a beagle (possibly crossed with a flat-coated retriever); Bingo, an orange-furred gorilla (possibly half-orangutan); Drooper, a lion; and Snorky, called "Snork" in the theme song lyrics, an
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credits under his stage name Rick Lancelot. Lancelotti went on to record several songs with Frank Zappa. In 1968, The Banana Splits released an album on Decca Records titled "We're the Banana Splits". US punk rock act The Dickies covered the theme song in 1978, entitled "Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)". Their recording reached Number 7 in the UK charts and now appears as a bonus on the CD reissue of their 1979 album "The Incredible Shrinking Dickies". They still perform this cover live at almost every concert. It was also featured in the movie soundtrack of "Kick-Ass", during
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repackaged into syndication as part of "The Banana Splits and Friends Show". Although originally airing in an hour-long format as a Saturday morning show called "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour", subsequent incarnations were re-edited and sold into syndication as half-hour episodes which included several series not originally part of the original show. As part of "The Banana Splits", "The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" enjoyed new life, becoming well known to subsequent generations for the next four decades. The show opened and closed with a catchy theme song, using banjo accompaniment to give it a Southern flavor: We got the
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vocalists on Hanna Barbara's 1968-1970 children's program "The Banana Splits". His vocal performances also appeared on the Splits' lone album "We're the Banana Splits"; released by Decca Records in 1968. He also sang with the group Sky Oats, whose music was included in the 1970 surfing documentary "Pacific Vibrations". In 1964, the single " Sick Chick" / "Ain't That Soul" by was released by Rick Lancelot and the Peppermint Sticks. Rick Lancelot was Ricky Lancelotti. The single was composed by himself and Lolly Vegas. He died on April 7, 1980 at 35 years old. Ricky Lancelotti Ricky Lancelotti (August 25,
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Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood" and "Our Bodies Our Selves" CD releases. The 1988 landmark release "Sub Pop 200" included a version of "I'm Gonna Find a Cave" retitled "Gonna Find a Cave" by the band Girl Trouble. "Sub Pop 200" featured recordings from many soon to be notable bands, Nirvana, Green River, Mudhoney, Soundgarden and others from Seattle's Grunge music explosion that followed. Chicago-based musician Ralph Covert, who records children's music under the group name Ralph's World, covered the theme song under the title "The Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song)" on his 2001 album "At the Bottom
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in the theme song. These were seen driven by each live-action character in the opening and closing segments, and occasionally in the wraparound and music video segments as well. The buggies were customized Amphicat six-wheel drive all-terrain vehicles each decorated to resemble the character who drove them. Plastic 1/25 scale model kits were issued by Aurora Plastics Corporation under catalog number 832, beginning in 1969. These were never reissued by Aurora, but have since been released as high-end, resin-based kits. "The Banana Splits" was one of the first two Hanna-Barbera series in 1968 in which Hanna and Barbera received executive
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The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park is a 1972 live-action/animated television film made by Hanna-Barbera featuring the characters from "The Banana Splits" television series. Mixing live action sequences shot at Kings Island amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio with animation, the film follows the Banana Splits as they attempt to rescue a young girl who is kidnapped by a power-hungry witch. Like many animated Hanna-Barbera productions of the 1970s, "The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park" contained an inferior laugh track created by the studio. "Hocus Pocus Park" was first broadcast as an
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ten-year-old Hit-Girl's brutally violent fight scene. A cover of the show's theme song performed by Liz Phair with Material Issue (surprisingly appropriate as Liz Phair and three cast members of the Banana Splits attended New Trier High School) is included on the 1995 tribute album "", produced by Ralph Sall for MCA Records. Another rendition was performed by rock & roll comic C.C. Banana on the 2005 cartoon tribute album "Complete Balanced Breakfast." A cover of "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl" by pop-punk band Mr. T Experience was issued on the 1993 tribute album "Banana Pad Riot" and their "Big
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Tra La La Song". David Mook produced all of the released tracks (co-producing the single sides "Long Live Love" and "Pretty Painted Carousel" with Aaron Schroeder), credited as "A Past, Present, and Future Production by David Mook for Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc." (Mook also co-wrote the theme songs for Chuck Barris' "The Dating Game" and "The Newlywed Game".) Arranger Jack Eskew also orchestrated some of the Splits' tunes. Three singles, "The Tra La La Song", "Wait Till Tomorrow", and "Long Live Love" were released by the Splits along with an album, "We're the Banana Splits". Two 45RPM EP records with four
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Banana Splits discography The Banana Splits are a fictional musical group of four animal characters; Fleegle, a beagle; Bingo, a gorilla; Drooper, a lion; and Snorky, an elephant; played by actors in costume miming to music created for them, who starred in their own successful television series "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour". The Banana Splits' bubblegum pop rock and roll was provided by studio professionals, including Al Kooper ("You're the Lovin' End"), Barry White ("Doin' the Banana Split"), and Gene Pitney ("Two Ton Tessie"). Jimmy Radcliffe provided his songs ("I'm Gonna Find a Cave", "Soul", "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl",
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Splits" album, along with all other non-LP songs released as singles or EP tracks. Song titles in italics are not by the Banana Splits; they are from "Here Come The Beagles", the soundtrack album from the Total TV cartoon series. All the Beagles tracks are in rechanneled stereo. Banana Splits discography The Banana Splits are a fictional musical group of four animal characters; Fleegle, a beagle; Bingo, a gorilla; Drooper, a lion; and Snorky, an elephant; played by actors in costume miming to music created for them, who starred in their own successful television series "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour".
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for Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans (later also a UK hit for Showaddywaddy). In the mid-1960s Powers moved to Don Kirshner's Screen Gems publishing company, an arm of Columbia Records. He continued to have success as a songwriter, with hits including Spanky & Our Gang's "Lazy Day", and Keith's "98.6", both co-written with George Fischoff. With Ritchie Adams, he also co-wrote "We're the Banana Splits", intended as the theme song for "The Banana Splits" TV series in 1968. Other writers with whom Powers shared songwriting credits in the 1960s include Jeff Barry, Artie Kornfeld, Jack Keller, Al Kooper,
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Derek Griffiths Derek Griffiths (born 15 July 1946) is a British actor who appeared in numerous British children's television series in the 1960s to present and has more recently played parts in TV drama. Griffiths was known in his early years for his "Play School" appearances alongside the likes of Chloe Ashcroft, Johnny Ball and Brian Cant. A talented multi-instrumentalist, he voiced over and sang the theme tune to "Heads and Tails", a series of short animal films for children produced by BBC Television, and also sang and played the theme tune to the cartoon "Bod". Another children's TV role
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episode on the weekly program "The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie" on November 25, 1972 and continued to air sporadically well into the 2000s, via cable networks Cartoon Network and Boomerang, both of which also aired reruns of its parent series. The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park is a 1972 live-action/animated television film made by Hanna-Barbera featuring the characters from "The Banana Splits" television series. Mixing live action sequences shot at Kings Island amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio with animation, the film follows the Banana Splits as they attempt to rescue a young
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Bumper Cars, Merry-Go-Rounds, and many other rides at Six Flags and Coney Island. The Sour Grapes Bunch is a group of human girl characters from the Banana Splits. One of the members of the club—Charley, usually played by Shirley Hillstrom—would bring a written note to the Splits. None of the Sour Grapes spoke in the entire series; however, they would also do a number with the Banana Splits. In the first-season episode on October 5, 1968, a song debuted entitled "Doin' The Banana Split", as all five girls appeared together with the Splits. Also featured were the "Banana Buggies" mentioned
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also spawned the "Snap, Crackle, Pop" jingle, among others. Adams and Barkan were music directors for the show. The song was released as a single, attributed to The Banana Splits, and peaked at number 96 on Billboard's Top 100 in February 1969. The version included on the "We're The Banana Splits" album is the same recording heard at the beginning of the show, while the single version is an entirely different arrangement and recording of the song, featuring an additional verse. The Banana Splits' bubblegum pop rock and roll was provided by studio professionals, including Joey Levine ("I Enjoy Being
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VHS. Warner Archive has yet to release the complete series on DVD. The Banana Splits The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television variety program featuring The Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four funny animal characters. The costumed hosts of the show were Fleegle (guitar, vocals), Bingo (drums, vocals), Drooper (bass, vocals) and Snorky (keyboards, effects). The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera, and ran for 31 episodes on NBC Saturday mornings, from September 7, 1968, to September 5, 1970, and in syndication from 1971 to 1982. The costumes and sets were designed by Sid and
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The Banana Splits The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television variety program featuring The Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four funny animal characters. The costumed hosts of the show were Fleegle (guitar, vocals), Bingo (drums, vocals), Drooper (bass, vocals) and Snorky (keyboards, effects). The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera, and ran for 31 episodes on NBC Saturday mornings, from September 7, 1968, to September 5, 1970, and in syndication from 1971 to 1982. The costumes and sets were designed by Sid and Marty Krofft, and the series' sponsor was Kellogg's Cereals. The show featured
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Karen Boddington and Mark Williams Karen Boddington and Mark Williams formed the Australian vocal duet that sang the original theme tune for the TV soap "Home and Away". Mark Williams has performed with several other groups. The theme tune is entitled "Home and Away", and it was released on the First Night label. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 2 September 1989, and remained in the charts for only one week, reaching position 79. It was used as the theme tune to the show from 1988 until 1995. There have been 7 different full versions of the theme song
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books. Gold Key began publishing a comic version in 1969, releasing eight issues through 1971. Drawn by Jack Manning, these stories followed the musicians either trying to find work or on the road between gigs. The Banana Splits had a crossover with the Suicide Squad in "Suicide Squad/Banana Splits" #1 on March 29, 2017. On September 21, 2009, Warner Home Video released the complete first season on DVD in Region 2. The 6-disc set consists of 36 edited half-hour episodes of "The Banana Splits and Friends Show" as aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. The series was also released on
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the single version of "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)," were not included on the "We're The Banana Splits" album. The single version of "The Tra La La Song" is an entirely different arrangement and recording of the song from the one on the "We're The Banana Splits" album and the TV show, and features an additional verse. Decca singles 32429 and 73256 were issued with picture sleeves; Decca 32391 was not—although foreign releases of the first single had picture sleeves. "The Tra La La Song" and "Doin' The Banana Split" are the same takes included on
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during the 2006–07 Ashes series. The '80s version of the theme song was also featured in the Lily Allen song "Fuck You", where the song contained the piano tune from the theme music at the beginning of Allen's song. In April 2014, American actor Seth Rogen sang the theme song in a television commercial promoting his film "Bad Neighbours" in Australia. Neighbours theme song The "Neighbours" theme song is the theme tune to the Australian soap opera "Neighbours". Composed by British-born Tony Hatch with the lyrics written by his then wife, Jackie Trent, it has been voted the world's most
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used, including 2 by The Robertson Brothers. Karen Boddington and Mark Williams Karen Boddington and Mark Williams formed the Australian vocal duet that sang the original theme tune for the TV soap "Home and Away". Mark Williams has performed with several other groups. The theme tune is entitled "Home and Away", and it was released on the First Night label. It entered the UK Singles Chart on 2 September 1989, and remained in the charts for only one week, reaching position 79. It was used as the theme tune to the show from 1988 until 1995. There have been 7
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songwriting credit to Irving Burgie. While primarily known for calypso, Belafonte has recorded in many different genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. His second-most popular hit, which came immediately after "The Banana Boat Song", was the comedic tune "Mama Look at Bubu", also known as "Mama Look a Boo-Boo" (originally recorded by Lord Melody in 1955), in which he sings humorously about misbehaving and disrespectful children. It reached number eleven on the pop chart. In 1959, he starred in "Tonight With Belafonte", a nationally televised special that featured Odetta, who sang "Water Boy" and who performed
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caricatured by David Walliams in the radio and TV comedy series "Little Britain", in sketches where he visits his agent (played by Matt Lucas) looking for parts. Most of the jokes in these sketches feature Waterman being extremely small, with common objects being made to appear massive in comparison. The Waterman caricature is offered, but always declines, respectable parts because he is not allowed to "write the theme tune, sing the theme tune" (rendered as "write da feem toon, sing da feem toon") of the particular production. This running joke is based on the fact that Waterman sang the theme
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the Exchequer, (and Downing Street "neighbour") Nigel Lawson. This speech was considered one of the most effective and memorable of modern times, and Lawson was soon replaced in Number 11 by John Major. Within 18 months of the speech, Thatcher herself was replaced in Number 10, also by John Major. In August 2005, Muslim students sang the theme tune to the then Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard, amid a row over the banning of hijabs at a school. The following year, Billy Cooper was thrown out of the Gabba and arrested for playing the theme tune on his trumpet
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whistled the tune for the theme song of the 1987 BBC series "My Family and Other Animals", based on the book by zoologist Gerald Durrell and sang the theme song to the hit long running BBC sitcom "Hi-de-Hi!". He died at his home in Denham, Buckinghamshire, on 29 July 2016 from liver cancer. Ken Barrie Leslie Hulme (9 January 1933 – 29 July 2016), known professionally as Ken Barrie, was an English voice actor and singer best known for narrating, and singing the theme tune of the BBC television programmes "Postman Pat" and "Charlie Chalk". He was also responsible for
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a Boy", "It's a Good Day for a Parade"); Al Kooper ("You're the Lovin' End"); Barry White ("Doin' the Banana Split"); Gene Pitney ("Two Ton Tessie") and Jimmy Radcliffe, who provided his songs ("I'm Gonna Find a Cave", "Soul", "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl", "Adam Had 'Em" and "The Show Must Go On") but did not contribute vocals to Splits recordings. The music director was music publisher Aaron Schroeder, while production duties were mainly handled by David Mook. When a heavier R&B vocal was needed, the music producers usually turned to singer Ricky Lancelotti, who was billed in the show
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Waterman and sung by Dennis Waterman, the official credits of Kenny/Waterman often lead people to mis-credit Dennis as co-writer. The record reached No.3 in the UK charts in November 1980 and led Waterman to tour as a singer. Dennis Waterman also sang the theme songs to other programmes he starred in, including "On the Up", "Stay Lucky", and "New Tricks", and this led to a parody in "Little Britain" where Dennis Waterman is offered acting work; he always assumes he will also "write the theme tune, sing the theme tune...". Dennis Waterman surprised the audience of a "Comic Relief" stage
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programme named "Domenica è sempre domenica". Il Musichiere Il Musichiere was an Italian game show based upon Name That Tune. It ran from 1957 to 1960 and ended with untimely death of its host Mario Riva. It ran for 90 episodes, airing on Saturday evenings during prime-time. It was directed by Antonello Falqui. It had a one-hour format, generally with the same form as the US show of naming tunes to win money but with a weekly guest star who was required to sing. The orchestra was led by Gorni Kramer who sang the theme tune to the programme, "Domenica
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Il Musichiere Il Musichiere was an Italian game show based upon Name That Tune. It ran from 1957 to 1960 and ended with untimely death of its host Mario Riva. It ran for 90 episodes, airing on Saturday evenings during prime-time. It was directed by Antonello Falqui. It had a one-hour format, generally with the same form as the US show of naming tunes to win money but with a weekly guest star who was required to sing. The orchestra was led by Gorni Kramer who sang the theme tune to the programme, "Domenica è sempre domenica" (Sunday is always
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copies was added on a small yellow sticker. Later pressings are a lighter shade of green and have a copyright notice printed directly in the lower left corner of the front cover. Counterfeit versions of the vinyl album appeared in the late 1990s. They carry a white promo Decca label, but have all other references to Decca Records removed, including the front cover logo. The songs also fade out slightly earlier than on the original album. "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" (album version)/"We're The Banana Splits"/"I'm Gonna Find a Cave"/"This Spot"/"Doin' The Banana Split"/"Wait Til Tomorrow"/"You're
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Hillbilly Bears" cartoon segments were later repeated during the second season of "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour" (1969–1970), and all 52 "Atom Ant" and "Secret Squirrel" half-hours were syndicated as part of "The Banana Splits and Friends Show", an umbrella title for a package combining episodes of several different Hanna-Barbera series (the other series included "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", and "The Adventures of Gulliver"). The program contained six segments: The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show was an hour-long Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from 1965 to 1967
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Trio (chocolate bar) Trio is a chocolate bar sold in the United Kingdom consisting of a combination of soft toffee, thick milk chocolate and biscuit. The Trio brand is owned by United Biscuits and sold under the McVitie's brand. Trio was previously manufactured by Jacob's who discontinued production in 2003, but the chocolate bar returned in March 2016 following a campaign on Facebook. The brand was known in the 1980s for its distinctive television advertisements by animator Bob Godfrey in which a cartoon character Suzy sang along to the tune of Day-O (The Banana Boat Song): "Trio, Trio, I want
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for Bobby Lewis; and "Happy Summer Days", recorded by Ronnie Dove in 1966. In the late 1960s he co-wrote songs with Mark Barkan, including several on The Archies' debut album, and produced the Archies' song "Love is Living in You". He and Barkan are also credited with writing "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)", a hit for the Banana Splits in 1969 and later in the UK by The Dickies. Adams was a music director on the "Banana Splits" TV show, and also contributed to songs including "Goin' Back" from the band Toomorrow's soundtrack to the 1970
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Hanna-Barbera, who recruited the Kroffts to design costumes for their latest show, "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour". "The Banana Splits" was a huge success for NBC, so the Krofft brothers were asked to develop their own series. The result was "H.R. Pufnstuf", a short-lived television series that became a cult phenomenon. Sid continued to churn out outlandish ideas throughout the '70s, and brother Marty was commissioned to bring Sid's weird and wacky ideas to life on the television screen. The duo's children's shows were wildly popular and paved the way for the Kroffts to invade primetime with television variety shows
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The Lovin' End"/"Toy Piano Melody"/"In New Orleans"/"Two-Ton Tessie"/"Long Live Love"/"Don't Go Away—Go-Go Girl"/"It's A Good Day For A Parade"/"Pretty Painted Carousel"/"I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You)"/"The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" (single version)/"Looking For The Beagles"/"Sharing Wishes"/"I'd Join The Foreign Legion"/"What More Can I Do?"/"Be The Captain"/"Humpty Dumpty"/"Thanks To The Man On The Moon"/"I Wanna Capture You"/"Indian Love Dance"/"You Satisfy"/"That's The Pretty Part Of You"/"The Very First Kid On My Block"/"The Beautiful Calliopa"/"Let Me Remember You Smiling"/"Soul" This was an unauthorized CD reissue of the complete Banana Splits discography, including the "We're The Banana
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1989 release "Big Black Bugs Bleed Blue Blood" and as a hidden track on the "Our Bodies Our Selves" release also from 1993. "Banana Pad Riot" also featured recordings from punk bands The Vindictives ("Two Ton Tessie"), Boris The Sprinkler ("We're The Banana Splits"), and The Young Fresh Fellows ("Doin' The Banana Split"). Liz Phair and Material Issue recorded "The Tra La La Song" for the 1995 compilation album "". Their version was based on the Decca Records single version, with a different arrangement than the version used on the TV series, also including an otherwise unheard additional verse. Throughout
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Mark Barkan Mark Barkan (born 1934) is an American songwriter and record producer. He was also a musical director for the television show "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour", which aired between September 7, 1968, and December 13, 1969, lasting two seasons, on NBC. He has written numerous songs, including Lesley Gore's Top 5 hit "She's a Fool"; the often-covered "Pretty Flamingo", which was a hit single for Manfred Mann in 1966; "I'm Gonna Be Warm This Winter", which was a hit for Connie Francis in 1963; and "The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" from "The Banana Splits".
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Jr. of the Leo Burnett Agency but was credited to Adams and Barkan for contractual reasons. In 1995, Hollywood Library released the 1,000-copy limited-edition CD reissue "We're the Banana Splits/Here Come the Beagles" which, in addition to the original album version, includes an alternate version on the song. American punk rock band The Dickies made the song a hit in the United Kingdom in 1979 with their cover version, marketed by A&M Records as "Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)". The record reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart. This cover version was later used in the 2010 film "Kick-Ass".
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The eight session singers sang through Bach's "Well-Tempered Klavier" as a sight-reading exercise and found the music to have a natural swing. They recorded their first album "Jazz Sébastien Bach" as a present for friends and relatives. Many radio stations picked it up and this led to the group recording more albums and winning a total of five Grammy Awards. An early hit for the group was Bach's "Air on the G String", recorded with the Modern Jazz Quartet. This is also the theme tune to a popular Italian TV Show "Superquark" and as Well as the theme tune to
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the Autumn 1993 season on BBC One, but never came to fruition. The open titles are accompanied by the 1st movement of the Handel concerti grossi Op.6 No.11 in A major - a classical instrumental piece, played by the Guildhall String Ensemble. However, the closing credits are accompanied by Dennis Waterman's rendition of the series' custom theme tune. This continues a pattern from Minder and Stay Lucky, shows in which he also starred and sang the theme tune. The series performed reasonably well, pulling in decent viewing figures and receiving generally good reaction from the public. DVD editions of the
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off to school. Every cast member received credit as they were seen talking to each other or walking around the kitchen. The theme song was a gentle tune with a traditional Miller/Boyett "inspirational" sound, and was performed by Mark Lennon (who also sang the theme to "Going Places"). The credit font used in these episodes was the same italicized, orange Bookman Old Style font used on "Family Matters". In addition to the title sequence consisting of one entire scene, which was not typical of Miller/Boyett shows, "Getting By" also made use of the special animation effects designed by Creative Tool.
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spokeswomen for cosmetics firm, Covergirl, they sang the theme tune for their new make-up line 'Triple Lipstick' television advertisement. The advert, narrated by Cleo, was filmed on Miami's South Beach in 2000 and saw the girls on stage performing the theme song. They then moved on to tour Japan and promoted their Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis produced Japanese single "Yes, The Party's Going Right". They were invited to perform a mini-concert for the Sultan of Brunei and his royal family. However, changes within Warner and everyone who was working on the Cleopatra project led to lack of promotion of
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both live action and animated segments, and was Hanna-Barbera's first foray into mixing live action with animation. In 1967, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera approached Sid Krofft and Marty Krofft to design costumes for a television show which would feature animated and live-action segments, with the whole show hosted by a bubblegum rock group of anthropomorphic characters. The format of the show was loosely based on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour" premiered on NBC on September 7, 1968. In his autobiography, Barbera said that the show was to be called "The Banana Bunch", but they could
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which entered the UK charts in 1979. The Bob Marley and the Wailers song "Buffalo Soldier", from the 1983 album "Confrontation", features a very similar melody to "The Tra La La Song" in its chorus. In 1988, "I'm Gonna Find a Cave" was covered by Girl Trouble for the "Sub Pop 200" compilation The Mr. T Experience recorded "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl" for the 1993 Banana Splits Tribute album "Banana Pad Riot" on the Skull Duggery Label. Mr. T Experience also included "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl", as a bonus track on their 1997 Lookout Records re-issue of the
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elephant. Fleegle would assume the role of leader of the Banana Splits, and preside at club meetings. The characters were played by actors in voluminous fleecy costumes, similar to later Sid and Marty Krofft characters such as "H.R. Pufnstuf". While Snorky "spoke" in honking noises, the other three spoke in English—Drooper with a Southern drawl in the manner of Michael Nesmith, and Fleegle with a pronounced lisp. The Splits' segments, including songs-of-the-week and comedy skits, served as wraparounds for a number of individual segments. In the second season, "The Three Musketeers" segments were replaced with repeats of "The Hillbilly Bears",
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landed on Steve McFadden who ended up with bruised ribs". Windsor's final episode on 10 September 2010 did not end with the usual "EastEnders" theme tune. Instead the occasionally used "Julia's Theme", a piano version of the theme, was reworked specially for the broadcast, and given the name "Peggy's Theme". The theme was created by the original theme tune composer, Simon May, who was reportedly thrilled to write the theme tune for Windsor. He added more piano to the theme and gave it a "more melancholy feel". May composed the theme not knowing what would happen on screen, but when
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just enough to find the guitar chords and lyrics online. This segment occurs weekly at 0845 AEST on Tuesdays. In 1989 "Weird Al" Yankovic recorded "Money for Nothing/Beverly Hillbillies*", the lyrics of "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" (theme from "The Beverly Hillbillies") to the music of the Dire Straits song "Money for Nothing". A serious example of the principle behind this game was Cliff Richard's "Millennium Prayer", in which he sang the Lord's Prayer to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" (the "Clue" team retaliated in the 1999 Christmas special by performing "Auld Lang Syne" to the tune of "Bachelor
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Animal Kwackers Animal Kwackers was a popular children's television series produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast on Britain's ITV in the 1970s. The Animal Kwackers were a four-piece pop band consisting of Rory, a lion; Twang, a monkey; Bongo, a dog; and Boots, a tiger. The characters were played by actors in costumes. The show was similar in many ways to the successful United States of America (US) series, "Banana Splits". The music was a mixture of well-known pop songs and original songs - most of which (including the theme song) were written by Roy Apps and the producer Peter
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Mountain," both songs used by English fans to their main rivals, Germany. The nursery rhyme "This Old Man" is sung by both supporters of Manchester United and Manchester City. Theme tunes which have been used as chants include "Heartbeat" and "The Banana Splits". Some football teams also have songs which are traditionally sung by their fans. The song "You'll Never Walk Alone" from "Carousel" is associated heavily with Liverpool and Celtic. In 1963, the song was covered by Liverpool group Gerry and the Pacemakers, which prompted the song's adoption by the Kop. At this time, supporters standing on the Spion
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released on DVD on 16 April 2012. Animal Kwackers Animal Kwackers was a popular children's television series produced by Yorkshire Television and broadcast on Britain's ITV in the 1970s. The Animal Kwackers were a four-piece pop band consisting of Rory, a lion; Twang, a monkey; Bongo, a dog; and Boots, a tiger. The characters were played by actors in costumes. The show was similar in many ways to the successful United States of America (US) series, "Banana Splits". The music was a mixture of well-known pop songs and original songs - most of which (including the theme song) were written
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"woe! yoe! yo!", was rumored to be inspired off the chorus from the Banana Splits' "The Tra-La-La Song", the 1968 theme from their TV show, written by Mark Barkan and Ritchie Adams. There has been no proof of this, and a story by the BBC in 2010 seems to cast doubts on this origin story. There has never been any history of litigation connected to the chorus. The song is featured prominently in the 1990 film "No Fear, No Die". The song is referenced in the television show "South Park", in the episode "Medicinal Fried Chicken". The "Japan national rugby
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executive who had helped finance the film, played a lieutenant. Rick Van Ness, who had scouted the location, had a role as a Grateful Dead fan who gives the hero a ride. He also served as production manager. Calista Carradine, David's daughter, sang the theme song, "Around", during the opening credits. The haunting tune, which was written by David Carradine, was reprised at the end of the movie, with Carradine himself singing. Several members of the Drury, Kansas community appear in the film as themselves. Carradine's own dog, Buffalo, is credited in the film playing a stray dog. In 1969,
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as the last two rounds of the chorus are each one whole step higher than the one previous. The song is meant to be a self-aware "tongue-in-cheek" 60s-esque bubblegum pop ditty, meant to resemble the music of The Banana Splits, The Archies and The Monkees. "Stand" was used as the theme song for the 1990–1992 Fox sitcom "Get a Life", starring Chris Elliott. It was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic as the song "Spam" on the album UHF – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Other Stuff Singer Michael Stipe has said of the song's origin that he and the other
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I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" (sometimes shortened to "I Like You So Much Better" or "Naked"), is a 2008 song by Norwegian rock musician Ida Maria. Ten months after the UK release of the single, it was released in the US on May 26, 2009. The song borrows from The Banana Splits Adventure Hour's opening theme, "The Tra La La Song", and pays homage to them in its music video. On 27 July 2008 the song entered the UK Singles Chart at #18 on downloads alone and
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a building shaped like a giant TV set taking guests through several rooms featuring animatronics of new and old Hanna-Barbera characters. Its theme song was composed by well-known Hanna-Barbera music producer Paul De Korte, and the lyrics were written by William Hanna and former Coney Island executive Dennis Speigel. It played throughout the ride, reciting themes from familiar characters such as Fred Flintstone, Scooby-Doo, and Yogi Bear. Less common shows such as "Wacky Races" and "The Banana Splits" were also eluded to. The first room introduced the song while the second room changed to a western accent, the third utilized
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(1978–80) for which he also sang the theme tune. Although Blake remained busy as an actor in various stage and television roles, his next truly successful venture was the ITV sitcom "That's My Boy" (1981–86) in which he played Robert Price, a middle-class doctor who hires a live-in housekeeper (played by Mollie Sugden) who turns out to be his biological mother. After "That's My Boy", Blake continued in character parts in episodic television, but never managed to land the more prominent roles that he had enjoyed earlier in his career. In 2000, he guest-starred in the "Doctor Who" audio adventure
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The Three Musketeers (animated TV series) The Three Musketeers is an American Saturday morning cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC. It premiered in 1968, running for 18 episodes as a segment on "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour". It took the main characters Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'Artagnian from the novel by Alexandre Dumas and placed them in new adventures fighting the enemies of the crowned heads of France. They are sometimes assisted by a queen's handmaid named constance (D'Artagnian's lover from the novel) and her young nephew, Tooley. A recurring theme has Toolie trying to prove himself worthy of
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of the theme song for Hanna-Barbera's newest TV show The Banana Splits' Adventure Hour for the fall of 1968. Sid and Marty Krofft got their debut at Six Flags Over Texas with their very own puppet show. In 1969, Six Flags Over Texas was sold by Angus G. Wynne to a new limited partnership managed by Dallas investor Jack Knox. The park's growth and expansion continued through the 1970s. It was the setting for the opening sequence in the 1971 Sid and Marty Krofft television show "Lidsville", in which lead character Mark (Butch Patrick) sees a magician perform in one
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Box" theme is used repeatedly throughout the series. Matt Berry composed the music, both themes and incidental. He sang most of the vocal parts and played most of the instruments. He recorded the theme tune in his flat. English composer Tony Hatch advised Berry on the brass sections. The film "Dredd" featured the "Snuff Box" theme in a few scenes. Snuff Box (TV series) Snuff Box (sometimes referred to as Berry & Fulcher's Snuff Box) is a British dark comedy starring and written by Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher with additional material by Nick Gargano. It first aired on BBC
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work was over. They also broadcast occasionally on BBC Radio. In December 1954, Holliday wrote to the BBC requesting a TV audition. His audition came in April 1955 and he made his first TV appearance on "The Centre Show" on 22 July 1955. This TV performance was seen by Norrie Paramor, then head of A&R for EMI's Columbia record label, who signed him as a solo artist. He also sang "Four Feather Falls", the theme tune to the puppet-based television programme of the same name produced by Gerry Anderson. Holliday's style of singing was heavily influenced by Bing Crosby, who
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a mini album entitled 'Star Fleet Project', which originally wasn't going to be released. May contributed to former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's album "Feedback 86", playing guitar on the track "Cassandra" and providing guitar and vocals for "Slot Machine," which was co-written by May. Although produced in 1986, the album was not issued as a commercial release until 2000. May worked with his second wife Anita Dobson on her first album, in which she sang vocals to the "EastEnders" theme tune. In this form, the tune became the song "Anyone Can Fall in Love". May produced the song, which reached
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Latundan banana Latundan bananas (also called Tundan, silk bananas, Pisang raja sereh, Manzana bananas or apple bananas), are triploid hybrid banana cultivars from the Philippines. It is one of the most common banana cultivars in Southeast Asia and the Philippines, along with the Lacatan and Saba bananas. Latundan banana plants typically reach a height of 10 to 13 feet. They require full or partial sun exposure. The flowers are yellow, purple, or ivory in color. The fruits are round-tipped with thin yellow skin that splits once fully ripe. They are smaller than the Lacatan cultivar and the commercially dominant Cavendish
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not get permission from the author of a children's book by that title. The Krofft brothers give credit to the success of the series for opening the door for their own entry into television, "H.R. Pufnstuf". NBC picked up the Krofft series, which was launched during an hour-long special hosted by "The Banana Splits" on August 30, 1969. The show's live-action segment "Danger Island", a cliffhanger serial, as well as the short-lived "Micro Ventures", a part-live action, part-animated series consisting of only four episodes, ran alongside the animated segments "Arabian Knights" and "The Three Musketeers". Actors Jan-Michael Vincent (billed as
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original. "The Three Musketeers" was a series of animated shorts produced by Hanna-Barbera's as part of "The Banana Splits Comedy-Adventure Hour" and "The Banana Splits & Friends" show. "Albert the Fifth Musketeer" is a 1994 French animated series featuring a new musketeer, the titular Albert. "", a direct-to-video animated movie produced by Walt Disney Pictures and the Australian office of DisneyToon Studios, directed by Donovan Cook, and released on August 17, 2004. A Barbie adaption of the tale by the name of "Barbie and the Three Musketeers" was made in 2009. The first stage production was in Dumas' own lifetime
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the "We're The Banana Splits" album. However, as released here, they are presented in "twin-track" stereo mixes, with vocals in one channel and instruments in the other, not unlike some of the early Beatles stereo mixes. The stereo mixes of the other six songs are similar, but mixed less widely with both vocals and instruments closer to the center. These records were sold together as a Kellogg's cereal box offer, and were released through Hanna-Barbera's premium division. They came in a mailer including unique outer artwork, showing Fleegle holding the two discs. Both were issued in art sleeves featuring drawings
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producer credits, the other being "The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; Edward Rosen served as producer on both series. They would not, however, assume the title full-time for another five years. This Hanna-Barbera series was also one of the first Saturday morning cartoon shows to utilize a laugh track. Hanna-Barbera produced "The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park", a televised feature film, for ABC in 1972. In August 2008, Warner Bros. announced a multi-platform release featuring new comedy shorts and music videos; this debuted on Cartoon Network starting on September 2, 2008. The relaunch included a live show and a
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Stuff and was their lead singer and principal songwriter until their split in 1994. He briefly presented "120 Minutes" on MTV Europe until mid '95, when he formed a new band Vent 414 who failed to match the success of his former band. He toured as a solo performer for a time until he reformed The Wonder Stuff in 2000. They are still together to this day, and are facing something of a career relaunch, having appeared on many summer festival bills in 2006. He also co-wrote and sang the theme tune to the CBeebies television programme "Underground Ernie". Over
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sound [that] fitted a still nostalgic British post-war musical atmosphere." The Cliff Adams Singers frequently sang medleys. Sometimes the songs were grouped thematically, other times they did medleys of songs by certain artists – Elvis Presley and the Everly Brothers, for example. They also sang traditional songs like "Old McDonald Had a Farm", "One Man Went To Mow", and the Swiss folk song, "Upidee". They had a Top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1960 with the "Lonely Man Theme". The piece was an instrumental release and was credited to the Cliff Adams Orchestra. The tune was used
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days, Eric and Ernie sang and danced at the end of each show, although they were forced to abandon this practice when Morecambe's heart condition prevented him from dancing. The solution was that Eric would walk across the stage with coat and bag, ostensibly to wait for his bus, while Ernie danced by himself. Their peculiar skipping dance, devised by their BBC producer John Ammonds, was a modified form of a dance used by Groucho Marx. Their signature tune was "Bring Me Sunshine". They either sang this at the end of each show or it was used as a theme
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the past, he has won the Italian advertising Oscar for a series of comedy commercials. In the theatre, Griffiths has been particularly associated with the Royal Exchange, Manchester. His roles include: Derek Griffiths Derek Griffiths (born 15 July 1946) is a British actor who appeared in numerous British children's television series in the 1960s to present and has more recently played parts in TV drama. Griffiths was known in his early years for his "Play School" appearances alongside the likes of Chloe Ashcroft, Johnny Ball and Brian Cant. A talented multi-instrumentalist, he voiced over and sang the theme tune to
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Her latest appearance was on July 18, 2009, in the Kennedy Center. She sang Celine Dion's song "Let's Talk About Love" as a tribute for the Apollo program's 40th anniversary. Nash appeared on CBS' daytime television soap opera, "The Young and the Restless" as Ana Hamilton in 2008. Billed as MC Lily, Nash sang about the alphabet on Nick Jr. Her song "Bongo Bird" (sung to the tune of "Bingo") was featured as a video on the Noggin series "Jack's Big Music Show". She provides the singing voice for the opening theme song and character Uniqua on "The Backyardigans". She
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and youngest white fish of the day. Jacques Offenbach stayed at the hotel during an 1876 tour of the U.S., and, inspired by the rolls, sang a tune to friends as a joke. He would later use it as a theme in his opera, "The Tales of Hoffmann". On May 31, 1884, when founder Harvey Parker died at the age of 79, he was buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, the “permanent home” of many of Boston’s most prestigious people. The ambitious Maine farm boy who arrived in Boston almost penniless in 1825, died with a net worth of $1,272,546.94. Parker’s
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a cartoon segment that previously appeared on "The Atom Ant Show" (1965–1968). In reruns, episodes of "The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show", "The Adventures of Gulliver" and "The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" were aired on the show. For the first season, some of the live-action segments—specifically those used during the musical segments—were shot at Six Flags Over Texas, an amusement park located in Arlington, Texas. For the second season, filming took place at the Coney Island amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio. In many episodes, the Banana Splits would be seen riding on the Runaway Mine Train roller coasters, Log Flumes,
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recently, an unauthorized vinyl pressing was issued in 2007 by Ripped Couch Records in the UK. This pressing has a different track listing from the original album, consisting of the first 16 tracks on the Hollywood Library bootleg CD (one track from the original album, "Soul" written by noted soul singer songwriter Jimmy Radcliffe, is missing from this version despite its being listed on the front cover). The audio was sourced from the Hollywood Library CD. The Californian punk band The Dickies released a sped-up version of "The Tra La La Song" as the "Banana Splits (Tra La La Song)"
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of the Sea". An unusual claim is that the song may have inspired Bob Marley, with the striking similarity between the song's chorus and the bridge of the Bob Marley & The Wailers song "Buffalo Soldier". A story by BBC in 2010 examines the claim. New York-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants have covered "I Enjoy Being A Boy (In Love With You)", released as part of their podcast. Cleveland-based garage rock band 45 Spider have covered "I'm Gonna Find a Cave" for the Underground Garage "Coolest Song in the World". The Banana Splits' adventures continued in comic
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"The Banana Splits and Friends Show", the syndicated version of "The Banana Splits Adventure Hour". Toys had been produced in Germany by Heimo. A Hanna-Barbera Production. Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. ©MCMLXVIII-MCMLXXI All rights reserved. The Adventures of Gulliver The Adventures of Gulliver is a 1968 television cartoon produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show is based on the novel "Gulliver's Travels". The show aired Saturday mornings on ABC-TV and lasted for one season in its original broadcast. While on a boat trip with his father, Gary Gulliver and his dog Tagg end up shipwrecked on an island. On this island is the
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Banana Splits' cars in the TV show "Banana Splits". It also appeared in the TV series "Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp" and in an episode of "Blake's 7". Amphicat The Amphicat is a six-wheel-drive, skid steer amphibious all-terrain vehicle manufactured in the late 1960s through the early 1970s by Mobility Unlimited Inc. of Auburn Hills, Michigan. The product line was purchased by Magna American (a division of Magna Corporation) which produced the vehicle in Raymond, Mississippi for several years. The vehicle was also made in Canada by Behoo Industries and differed slightly from its American counterpart, mostly on the transom. The
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a version with the popular British freakbeat group The Sorrows and noted London R&B act Jimmy Powell And The Dimensions. Uruguayan garage Rock quintet Los Bulldogs recorded "I'm Gonna Find A Cave" with "Winchester Cathedral" in English on their 1966 RCA Victor Single (later also appeared in their second LP). However, it wasn't until 1968 When The Banana Splits Recorded "I'm Gonna Find A Cave", featuring the lead vocal of singer Ricky Lancelotti, and four other Jimmy Radcliffe songs ("Adam Had'em", "The Show Must Go On", "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl" and "Soul") for the television show The Banana Splits
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Christmas specials (requiring "One Carol to the Tune of Something Else" — in particular, singing "Silent Night" to the tune of "Tequila"), and a variant was played in the 2007 special "Humph In Wonderland", in which panellists sang a Lewis Carroll poem to the tune of a song. Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden sang "Jabberwocky" to the tune of "Jerusalem", and Andy Hamilton and Rob Brydon sang "You Are Old, Father William" to the tune of "I Know Him So Well". Occasionally, some of the panellists imitate backing singers for the panellist actually singing when there is a suitable gap
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"Ebony Woman". The band Betty covered the song on their 1996 album "Limboland." Barry Manilow and The Association covered the song as a medley with "Cherish" on the 2006 album "The Greatest Songs of the Sixties". The song was also performed on Sesame Street by the anything muppet Tony, where he sang about his girlfriend who is played the Beautiful Day Monster. The clip aired in 1970 during the first season, in episode 0074. A version of the song was used as the theme tune on the nightly "Today" programme, broadcast on Thames Television from 1968-77. This included the edition
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(cello, bass, banjo, saw), and Gill Sandell (accordion, piano, flute, guitar). The band's first album released under the name Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo, "Despite The Snow", was recorded in live sessions in a 16th-century barn in Norfolk. Released in November 2008 on Everyone Sang, the album again garnered much praise. In late 2008, the album's opening track "Nostalgia" was discovered by composer Martin Phipps who re-recorded it with Emily for use as the theme tune for the hit television series "Wallander" on BBC1 starring Northern Irish actor Kenneth Branagh. The first series, which attracted over 6 million
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in July 1967. Ennio Morricone's soundtrack for the film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", contained whistling by John O'Neill. The main theme, also titled "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly", was a hit in 1968 with the soundtrack album on the charts for more than a year. reaching No. 4 on the "Billboard" pop album chart and No. 10 on the black album chart. O'Neill also sang the theme tune to the American TV series "Wagon Train", where he was credited as Johnny O'Neill, and the recordings of traditional Irish songs "The Gordon Franks Singers And Music
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affair and John Profumo, the politician at the centre of the affair became a target for derision. TW3 was first broadcast on Saturday, 24 November 1962. Cast members included cartoonist Timothy Birdsall, political commentator Bernard Levin, and actors Lance Percival, who sang topical calypsos, many improvised to suggestions from the audience, Kenneth Cope, Roy Kinnear, Willie Rushton, Al Mancini, Robert Lang, David Kernan and Millicent Martin. The last two were also singers and the programme opened with a song – "That Was The Week That Was" – sung by Martin to Ron Grainer's theme tune and enumerating topics in the
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combined with the surreal. "Nightingales" ran for two series totalling 13 episodes from 27 February 1990 to 10 February 1993. The long delay was prompted by Channel 4 executive Seamus Cassidy who was not happy with the proposed scripts for the second series and it was nearly three years before it was given the go-ahead. The theme tune was a version of the song ""A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square"" sung by Lindsay. Writer Paul Makin went on to write the more conventional comedies like "Goodnight Sweetheart". A US remake (titled "In Security") was piloted but never commissioned. Guest characters
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for taking Nigel Lawson to task over the state of the economy and over his difficult relationship with Sir Alan Walters, the Prime Minister's economic adviser. Smith made two notably witty attacks on Lawson that year. On 7 June 1989, he sang the theme tune for the soap "Neighbours" at the dispatch box, lampooning the differences between Lawson and Sir Alan Walters, who was critical of Lawson's policies but whom Thatcher refused to sack. Then on 24 October, he made another scathing attack on the differences. Two days later, Lawson resigned, followed shortly afterwards by Walters. Following Labour's fourth consecutive
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of successful albums, including "A Big New Band from Britain", which was in The Cashbox Top Ten for six weeks. The Dave Lee Trio also produced music for the 1960s TV series "The Avengers", for which John Dankworth had written the original theme music. The Trio feature particularly in the 1962 episodes "The Removal Men" (a significant chunk of the show is devoted to a complete jazz tune performed by the Dave Lee Trio) and "The Decapod". The Dave Lee Trio also appeared in several episodes of Series 2 backing one of the lead characters, Venus Smith, who sang in
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on R&B group Mis-Teeq's tour in late 2003. She also sang the theme tune for CBBC's "The Story of Tracy Beaker" television series and the track was included as the B-side to her debut single. After the release of "Watcha Gonna Do", White returned in 2005 with her second single, "Don't Care Who Knows". The track featured U.S. rapper Cassidy and peaked No. 29 in the UK Singles Chart. Following the release of this single, on 7 March 2005, White's debut album "Seventeen" was released. Her third single, "Don't Fool a Woman in Love" was released on 23 May 2005.
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most notable for having an affair with one of her teachers, Mr King (David Straun). Bettles was one of various "Grange Hill" actors to feature in the UK's Just Say No anti-drug campaign. The cast recorded a song (also entitled "Just Say No"), which was released as a single, and reached number 5 in April 1986. Bettles was also featured on a special music album released by the "Grange Hill" cast, with songs written by Steve Wright, who composed the theme tune for Channel 4's "Brookside". Bettles sang a solo track entitled "School Love", which was based on her character's
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bands, got in contact with drummer Ingolf Nössner via a local ad. The name of the band came about by accident while the band members were watching Italian-German film "Banana Joe" on a defective television, where the only part of the title that was visible was "ana Jo". During the early years of Anajo, the band recorded various demo CDs, selling them at concerts and on the band's website. One of the band's early songs was "Ich hol dich hier raus" (I'm getting you out of here), which was based on the theme tune of German television series "Ein Fall
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out during the "Tedious Link" (the theme tune from "Treasure Hunt" is usually played in the background). The theme music from the TV comedy show "Bottom" was used as the "bed" (underlying music) for the feature but for January 2009 Chris Moyles unveiled a new purpose-written jingle and music. Around 9:05am, Vitty sang "Let's get ready to ramble", signifying the start of the feature "Half-Time in the Show", holding onto the last syllable for a good ten to twenty seconds, in the style of Michael Buffer. This feature was dropped on the show's return for the new year in January
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Magic-themed kick-off. Filipino-American artist Amber Davis sang the theme song, with ex-housemates Jason Gainza, Cassandra Ponti and Franzen Fajardo from Season 1, Niña Jose from , and Wendy Valdez and Gee-Ann Abrahan from Season 2. The second batch of Housemates entered the Big Brother House on Day 7 (October 10, 2009), during another special show called "The Spooktacular Reveal," utilizing a haunted house theme. Housemates were escorted by hosts Bianca and Mariel to the front door of the house. While the 10 housemates in the two houses danced to the tune of Thriller, outside the house, present were Big Winners
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a song for a TV charity event. The song was performed some months later by Dutch artists Anita Meyer and Gordon. At the time, Schimmer was still a teenager living at home with his parents. In 1995 Schimmer founded his company, Schimmer Music Productions. His first TV theme was for the television show Peter R. de Vries, crime reporter. The program with Schimmer's theme tune was aired until 2012. Schimmer composed music, played instruments, did the production and occasionally sang the lyrics. In 1999 Schimmer began composing music for films and fictionalized television shows. He ended his collaboration with van
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