The Banana Splits

The Banana Splits Adventure Hour is an hour-long, packaged television variety program featuring The Banana Splits, a fictional rock band composed of four funny animal characters. The costumed hosts of the show were Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper, and Snorky. The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and ran for 31 episodes on NBC Saturdays mornings, from September 7, 1968 to September 5, 1970. The series costumes and sets were designed by Sid and Marty Kroff. The series also featured both live action and animated segments and is Hanna-Barbera's first foray into mixing live action with animation. The main characters were Fleegle the beagle who plays the guitar. Bingo the gorilla who plays the drums. Drooper the lion who plays the bass. And Snorky the elephant who plays the keyboard.

The live action and animated segment features the voices of Paul Winchell as Fleegle. Daws Butler as Bingo. And Allan Melvin as Drooper.