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- Studio
- 101 Productions, Bananaman Productions Ltd.
- Animation studio
- 101 Productions
Characters
Bananaman, General Blight, Maurice, Appleman, King Zorg, Auntie, Eddie, Eric, Henry the Nurk, Chief O'Reilly, Crow, Dr. Gloom, The Weatherman, Fiona, Mother Nerk, Samantha
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Terry Ward
Producing
- Producer
- Trevor Bond, Terry Ward
Writing
- Writer
- Bernie Kay, Terry Ward
Animation
- Animator
- Richard Cox, Joan Garrick, Geoff Loynes, Janet Nunn, Alan Green
Voices
- Voice
- Tim Brooke-Taylor (Appleman, King Zorg, Auntie, Eddie, Narrator), Bill Oddie (Eric, Henry the Nurk, Chief O'Reilly, Crow, Dr. Gloom, The Weatherman), Graeme Garden (Bananaman, General Blight, Maurice), Jill Shilling (Fiona, Mother Nerk, Samantha)
Music
- Music
- Dave Cooke
Crew
- Layouts
- Gil Potter
- Backgrounds
- Russell Peerman
- Animators
- Richard Cox, Joan Garrick, Geoff Loynes, Janet Nunn, Alan Green
- Painters
- Richard Adams, Jane Beecham, Marianne Coldner, Paul Heyward, John Tillet, Anne Whitford
- Tracers
- Janine Arthy, Jacqueline Millar, Olive Scott, Phyllis Vince, Anne Ward, John Tillet, Linda Butcher
- Checker
- Katherine J. Cowan
- Rostrum Camera
- Stephen Williams
- Music
- Dave Cooke
- Production Controller
- Thomas Barker
- Production Coordination
- Thomas Barker, Pat C. Morton
Companies and other credits
- Editor: Morgan Daniels Limited
- Editing: Morgan Daniels Limited
- Rostrum Camera: Trevor Bond Associates Ltd
- Made by 101 Productions
- Copyright Bananaman Productions Ltd 1983
Production notes
Bananaman was a superhero in only the loosest sense of the word. His alter ego, Eric Wimp, was able to transform himself into a yellow-tinted crime fighter with the strength of twenty men ("twenty BIG men") and banana-themed powers and weapons, such as banana peel gloves. The fact that Bananaman was all but inefficient as a hero was a moot point considering the fact that his enemies were even more incompetent than he was.
Each episode of Bananaman was only five minutes long, but those five minutes were perfect examples of madcap British comedy. Bananaman's situations were so unbelievably silly, one couldn't help but get caught up in the action. Together with his sidekick, a crow named Crow, and with the occasional help of police chief O'Reilly, Bananaman flew (or rather, swam on air) to the rescue, always trying to impress the lovely TV reporter Fiona.
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, the men who created the series, also did most of the voices and were solely responsible for its off-the-wall humor. Tthe three were also members of the British comedy troupe, The Goodies. Former sitcom writers and members of a comic troupe, the creators were well-schooled in subtle comedy as well as broad farce, and their skills were put to use as Bananaman battled such hapless foes as his arch-nemesis Appleman, General Blight, the alien Nerks, Weatherman, and Auntie.
On October 7, 1985, Bananaman began airing on the children's network, Nickelodeon in America. The show appeared as interstitial bits between programs like Danger Mouse and Inspector Gadget throughout the 1980's. The silly superhero soon gained a loyal following of Nick viewers, and even kids who didn't care for certain programs would often be willing to sit through them just to catch the next gut-busting episode of Bananaman. The character continued to delight the kiddies in his British homeland into the 1990's, appearing in both cartoons and comics.
This show began it's U.S. showings on October 7, 1985 on Nickelodeon.
Each episode of Bananaman was only five minutes long, but those five minutes were perfect examples of madcap British comedy. Bananaman's situations were so unbelievably silly, one couldn't help but get caught up in the action. Together with his sidekick, a crow named Crow, and with the occasional help of police chief O'Reilly, Bananaman flew (or rather, swam on air) to the rescue, always trying to impress the lovely TV reporter Fiona.
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, the men who created the series, also did most of the voices and were solely responsible for its off-the-wall humor. Tthe three were also members of the British comedy troupe, The Goodies. Former sitcom writers and members of a comic troupe, the creators were well-schooled in subtle comedy as well as broad farce, and their skills were put to use as Bananaman battled such hapless foes as his arch-nemesis Appleman, General Blight, the alien Nerks, Weatherman, and Auntie.
On October 7, 1985, Bananaman began airing on the children's network, Nickelodeon in America. The show appeared as interstitial bits between programs like Danger Mouse and Inspector Gadget throughout the 1980's. The silly superhero soon gained a loyal following of Nick viewers, and even kids who didn't care for certain programs would often be willing to sit through them just to catch the next gut-busting episode of Bananaman. The character continued to delight the kiddies in his British homeland into the 1990's, appearing in both cartoons and comics.
This show began it's U.S. showings on October 7, 1985 on Nickelodeon.