Apparently, the original Banana Man was A. Robins, a 1930s vaudvillian. But I remember seeing this guy, Sam Levine, on Captain Kangaroo when I was a kid.
I'd park myself in front of the black-and-white, eating my cornflakes and wearing my footie pajamas. Did you?
A little of this goes a long way, but it's ALL classic shtick.
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The Banana Man scared me silly. But I loved Captain Kangaroo. Boomer socialization influences for sure. No footie PJ's, but lots of corn flakes with extra sugar.
People have looked at me like I am crazy when I ask if they know "The Banana Man"...and I never could remember where I saw him, only that I did and loved him. I'll be visiting often just to watch the clip!
What a great gift for the first day of the year!!! WAHOOOOOOO!!
Thank you for loosing him on unsuspecting OS readers.
PS: New Year's Eve? I activated the Holographic Date program
and we went out on the town, drank champagne, partied,
exchanged kisses at midnight, then, before things got too
weird, I deactivated him.
Am still not sure whether I should feel guilty about that, but you make me feel better because KC was kid friendly.
ROFL
I've always been more of a giraffe man, anyways.
Great new photo, btw!
Harry Chapin had a song about a truck wreck in PA that involved 50,000 pounds of bananas, and every time I heard it, I thot of the Banana Man.