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Bananas in Pyjamas
B1 and B2
Format	Children's Television
Directed by	Michael Ailwood Ian Munro
Starring	Ken Radley Nicholas Opolski
Narrated by	Karina Kelly
Opening theme	Bananas In Pyjamas performed by Monica Trapaga
Country of origin	Australia
No. of series	6+
No. of episodes	304+
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mark Barnard
Producer(s)	Virginia Lumsden
Running time	5 min
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Original run	January 1, 1992 – 2000
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Bananas in Pyjamas is an Australian children's television show which premiered in 1992 on the ABC. It has since become syndicated in many different countries, and dubbed into those languages. In the United States, the "Pyjamas" in the title was modified to reflect the American spelling pajamas, thus the US title "Bananas In Pajamas". Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Monica Trapaga is an Australian entertainment presenter, jazz singer and actress, best known for her work on the Australian series Playschool. ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Childrens television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ... In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. ...

The main characters are two bananas named B1 and B2. Other characters include three Teddy Bears named Amy, Lulu and Morgan, and Rat in a Hat. Rat in a Hat is famous for his catch phrases "Cheese and Whiskers!", which he usually states when he has not succeeded at a task, and also "I'm a rat, I'm a rat, I'm a very clever rat" which he says when he thinks of a good idea. The Bananas, the Teddies and Rat in a Hat (dubbed as doding daga in the Filipino dub) all live in the same neighbourhood, a cul-de-sac called "Cuddles Avenue" at the end of a street. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Teddy bear (disambiguation). ...

The characters were inspired by a 1967 song written for children by British composer Carey Blyton (nephew of renowned children's author Enid Blyton). The jaunty song describes (an unspecified number of) bananas in pyjamas chasing teddy bears, with a slight twist at the end where a musical sting emphasises that the bananas like to "catch them unawares". The lyrics for the song seem to be inspired by the 1932 John Bratton song "Teddy Bear Picnic."[[1] Teddy Bear Picnic lyrics & [2] Bananas in Pajamas lyrics] Carey Blyton (14 March 1932- 13 July 2002) was a British composer and writer best known for his song Bananas In Pyjamas which later became a Australian childrens television series, and for his work on Doctor Who. ... Enid Mary Blyton (August 11, 1897–November 28, 1968) was a popular English childrens writer. ...

The song was shown on the Australian version of Play School for many years accompanied by an animation depicting a pair of bananas in blue-and-white striped pyjamas, and the number and physical appearance of B1 and B2 are based on this animation. Play School is an Australian educational television show for children produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Animation by Yoram Gross Films Ltd. ... Categories: Stub | Clothing ...

Given the preschooler audience, chasing and scaring teddy bears is not a plotline for the show itself, the bananas being more interested in singing, dancing, and playing with the bears and other characters, and bantering with each other.

The show is performed using human actors in elaborate costumes, in the style of the British Teletubbies or Tweenies. In the show's early days, the voices of the bananas were provided by the same actors as were inside the costume, but the original actors have given up that aspect of the show and substitutes now man the hot, stuffy costumes. The show aired new episodes from its 1992 debut to its eventual run in syndication in 2000. The show aired 299 episodes and 4 specials. Its debut in the United States was in 1995. It made videos and other media from 1995 to 1999. A toy line, developed by TOMY, debuted in 1996. Teletubbies is a BBC childrens television series, particularly aimed at young children, produced from 1997 to 2001 by Ragdoll Productions. ... The Tweenies is a television program aimed at children, broadcasted on the BBC. The program is set in a daycare center attended by the four Tweenies themselves: Milo, Jake, Bella and Fizz. ... TOMY Co. ...

The show was spoofed in the Filipino series, Super Laff-In as a skit known as "The Very Corny Family". It features two corn characters named C1 and C2. Super Laff-In (on GMA Network, as Laughing Stock )is the comedy gag show of ABS-CBN and GMA Network from (1960-1972;1974-1975;1996-1999). ... Binomial name L. Corn (Zea mays L. ssp. ...

Theme Song Lyrics

Bananas in pyjamas are coming down the stairs,
Bananas in pyjamas are coming down in pairs,
Bananas in pyjamas are chasing teddy bears,
'Cause on Tuesdays they all try to catch them unawares!'

Cast

• Duncan Wass - B-1 (1992-1993) (costume), (1993-present) (voice)
• Ken Radley - B-1 (1993- ) (costume only)
• Nicholas Opolski - B-2 (1992- )
• Shane McNamara - Rat-in-a-Hat (1992- )
• Mal Heap - Various Farm Puppets (2001)
• Emma de Vries - Maggie (1994- )/Tolstoy (1994 - )
• Sandie Lillingston - Amy (1992-1993)
• Mary-Anne Henshaw - Lulu (1992-1993)
• Taylor Owyns - Lulu (1993- )
• Jeremy Scrivener - Morgan (1992- )

See also

• List of Australian television series
• List of Australian Broadcasting Corporation programs

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External links

• Official website
• Bananas in Pyjamas at the Internet Movie Database