Going Bananas (U.S. series)

For other uses of this title, see Going Bananas (disambiguation).

Going Bananas
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Len Janson Chuck Menville
Written by	William Cannon Richard Dimitri Marc Gass Len Janson Chuck Menville Michael Reeves
Directed by	Bob LaHendro
Starring	James Avery Marie Denn Emily Moultrie Bill Saluga Tim Topper Lynnanne Zager
Music by	Haim Saban Shuki Levy
Opening theme	"Going Bananas", performed by Irene Cara
Country of origin	[USA]
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Running time	Approx 30 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Distributor	Worldvision Enterprises (original) Warner Bros. Television Distribution (current)
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 15, 1984 – December 1984

Going Bananas is a live-action superhero/comedy series produced by Hanna-Barbera and ran from September 15, 1984 to December 1984 on NBC.

Plot

Roxana Banana is an orangutan that escaped from the zoo and was adopted by the Cole family. One night, a mysterious spaceship comes down from the sky and endows Roxana with super powers via a lightning bolt. Roxana is pursued by two crooks who want to use her super powers for their own ill will, but Roxana's outdodging them by means of her powers, as well as the predicaments she creates for the Coles, provide much of the comedy for this series.

Show add-ons

Also included was "Jungle Jukebox", a takeoff on the then-popular music videos using popular songs with animals in the visuals, as well as parodies of then-current TV shows and commercials using animals.

Cast

James Avery - Hank
Marie Denn - Gran
Emily Moltrie - Louise Cole
Bill Saluga - Hubert
Tim Topper - Jamie Cole
Lynnanne Zager - Delivery Girl

External links

Going Bananas on IMDb.com

Children's programming on NBC in the 1980s

First-run animated series	Casper and the Angels (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet The Thing (1979–80) The Super Globetrotters (1979–80) The New Shmoo (1979–80) The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–80) Godzilla (1978–81) The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–82) The Smurfs (1981–90) The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!/Hero High (1981–82) Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–83) Space Stars (1981–82) The Flintstone Funnies (1982–84) Shirt Tales (1982–84) The Gary Coleman Show (1982–83) The Incredible Hulk (1982–83) Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983–91) Mister T (1983–86) Snorks (1984–86) Pink Panther and Sons (1984–85) Kidd Video (1984–87) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985–89) It's Punky Brewster (1985–89) Kissyfur (1986–87) Foofur (1986–88) Lazer Tag Academy (1986–87) Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987–88) ALF: The Animated Series (1987–89) ALF Tales (1988–89) The New Archies (1987) The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988–89) Camp Candy (1989–90) Captain N: The Game Master (1989–92) The Karate Kid (1989–90)

First-run live-action series	One to Grow On (1983–89) Going Bananas (1984) I'm Telling! (1987–88) 2 Hip 4 TV (1988) Saved by the Bell (1989–93)

Rebroadcasts	The Daffy Duck Show (The Daffy/Speedy Show) Jonny Quest The Jetsons Dynomutt, Dog Wonder Hong Kong Phooey Batman and the Super 7 Bullwinkle (1981–82) Thundarr the Barbarian Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States

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