This show was part of the Banana Splits television show. It originally aired in the mid-60's, but I watched it in re-runs in the early 70's. I haven't seen it since then, but just by looking at some of the pics on the image results it was pretty bad...
Friday, July 02, 2010
Danger Island: Hannah Barbera at its cheeziest...
This show was part of the Banana Splits television show. It originally aired in the mid-60's, but I watched it in re-runs in the early 70's. I haven't seen it since then, but just by looking at some of the pics on the image results it was pretty bad...
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Wait...I loved that show!
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Uh oh..Chongo...
I loved Danger Island and was a member of the Banana Splits Club from some cereal box nonsense...
How about Jan Michael Vincent playing in Danger Island.
I barely remember seeing the Banana Splits during its original run (1968-70), but caught up with the syndicated reruns as a teen.
Danger Island, a serial, was the best part about the show, music aside. You had a veteran actor (Frank Aletter, late of "It's About Time") heading up an ensemble mostly comprised of younger stars. Rockne Tarkington (Morgan) came over from "Tarzan". We all know what happened to Jan Michael Vincent post-"Island". Ronnie Troup went from "Island" to "My Three Sons". It's just too bad this couldn't be repackaged as a movie, but maybe WB could be convinced to remake it as such.
This still shows up once in a while on Boom network. They used the same background music as the HB sci-fi cartoons of this era. I saw an episode recently and Rockne Tarkington wrestled a fake aligator for what seemed like an eternity. It was directed by Richard Donner who went on to great fame and fortune. I thought I was the only person who remembered this show.
Noe Noe: Well that's okay. Everyone's welcome here ... ;^)
Mainline: I thought that was him but wasn't sure.
Hobby: I liked the Huck Finn segment better..
BU: Nope, you're not the only one ;^)
Actually, if you only know the Advs. of Huck Finn from the syndicated Banana Splits package, then you don't realize it actually was a stand-alone series that debuted the same year the Splits did (1968), but only lasted one year.
When Viacom distributed H-B series in the 70's, the Splits' syndicated set also included a 3rd 1968 series, the Adventures of Gulliver, plus repeats of Secret Squirrel & Atom Ant. An easy way to get 5 series together in one tidy package, but they're better appreciated on their own, IMPO.
This show was almost as stupid as the Banana Splits themselves and that is saying alot. I have already expressed my utter contempt for this show and it's still shown daily on Teletoon Retro.
Good post Joe. Forgot about this one!
Hobby: No, I didn't know.
Jim: Thanks!
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