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In the best tradition of The Monkees. THE BANANA SPLITS ADVENTURE HOURwas an one hour long show featuring the Banana Splits band itself – the animal bubblegum psychedelic band created by Hanna-Barbera. The costumes for the characters were made by Sid & Marty Krofft and the series introduced Barry White as a songwriter. It also included several cartoon segments.The first of these was “The Arabian Knights”, the adventures of a team with certain special powers who use them to protect Arabia from the Evil Empire. The second segment was “The Three Musketeers”, defenders of the Queen of France to protect her from various enemies. The third segment was “The Hillbilly Bears” from The Atom Ant Show. The fourth segment, the longest of the show, was “Danger Island” set in the South Pacific where the Haydn Family and their fellow-travelers fight against enemies on that island. The fifth and final segment was “The Micro-Ventures” in which the Carter family shrink themselves for adventures. One or two songs were performed on the show by the Banana Splits, and one known fact is that their theme song “The Tra-La-La Song (1 Banana, 2 Banana, 3 Banana 4) hit No. 89 in the charts on February 8, 1969. The show lasted two seasons on NBC-TV “In Living Color” from September 7, 1968 to September 5, 1970 on Saturday mornings at 9:30-10:30am.