Banana Splits Redux

See ya later Hannah Montana! Shove off Spongebob! Cartoon Network has announced that The Banana Splits are bursting back onto the small screen starting in September. Variety reports that Warner Brothers is getting ready to tap into yet another aspect of baby boomer and generation x nostalgia by airing Splits shorts, music videos and DVD tie-ins. While aimed squarely at kids and their parents, the new wave of promotional material will most likely be eaten up by 30-somethings like myself. I fondly remember Bingo, Drooper, Fleegle and Snorky as they would introduce cartoons all while fending off the dancing go-go girls of the Sour Grape Bunch. Although there have been attempts to re-launch the Banana Splits before, this one is the first effort to really take off. So keep your eyes peeled (sorry!) for all new Banana Splits merchandise and be sure to tune into the Cartoon Network sometime after September 2nd to find out what all the fluffy, fuzzy fun is about. And awaaay we go!