Going Bananas (American TV 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 producers	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Running time	Approx 30 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
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