shows such as the now-defunct "America's Top 10," which would have been better for a time slot AFTER "Going Bananas"). those "Meet the Press" - style panel discussion shows dealing with local political issues that seems better suited for airing during the wee hours or early on Sunday mornings, when other shows of that genre usually air) or nationally syndicated programming (e.g.
Eastern time on Saturday afternoons) when some independently-owned affiliates across the country (blithely, capriciously, and cavalierly) blocked out the show and filled in that slot with their own locally-produced (e.g. I couldn't stop laughing when I first saw those! Unfortunately, NBC aired "Going Bananas" during a time slot (12:00 P.M. Two other parts of that segment I remember was a takeoff on the "Little Rascals" called "The Mangy Li'l Rascals," with animals and voice-overs by actors doing kids' voices on one episode, and a takeoff on Irene Cara's then-recent hit "Breakdance," with a large white French poodle doing a Mexican hat dance and then some other dogs doing a conga line to that song, music-video style, on another episode a few weeks later (that video spoof took place in a soda shop I do remember there was a sign above the counter that read, "Drink Pupsi Cola - The Paws That Refreshes").
"Going Bananas" was certainly funny (as well as inventive), especially the "Jungle Broadcasting System" sketches I alluded to in my plot summary above. I was lucky to have been in the right place at the right time since "Going Bananas" aired on NBC-owned WNBC-TV, Channel 4, in New York City. Directors considered were Menahem Golan and Sam Firstenberg.When "Going Bananas" first aired in the fall of 1984, I was living in the New York City suburb of Saddle River, New Jersey (I was in my junior year of college at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, New Jersey). The role of Big Bad Joe Hopkins was advertised to be played by Bud Spencer before changed to Dom DeLuise. Plot Ī boy (David Mendenhall), his guardian (Dom DeLuise) and an African guide (Jimmie Walker) try to save a talking chimp called Bonzo from bad guys. The film was released on February 12, 1988, by Cannon Film Distributors. The film stars Dom DeLuise, Jimmie Walker, David Mendenhall, Deep Roy, Warren Berlinger and Herbert Lom. Going Bananas is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Boaz Davidson and written by Menahem Golan.
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