The (canceled) Banana Splits reboot

In 2016 (or 17 or 18) Christian Jacobs (producer lead singer of the aquabats and co creator of yo gabba gabba) and some pals that he works with got together to re-imagine a new banana splits show. So they spent a few long days (or longer) got to work and made a banana splits come back special pilot. It was not announced yet though. But in 2016 The aquabats performed with the banana splits at comic con with Warren from the Vandals and the same year they uploaded a picture of a re-imagined banana splits set (claiming that Ricky fitness sold his practice kit to bingo) with the caption #topsecret. But then on November 29, 2021 Christian Jacobs uploaded a video on Instagram for "memories of a Monday funday!" talking a little bit about the pilot ("A few years back now, a couple of pals and I got together to re-imagine what a new Banana Splits show could look like!! @jason\_devilliers @joey.escalante @artofpj @jeffbutcher @joeldepartment @orangehatmassey and more fun people than you could shake a stick at spent some good long days, making a fun Banana Splits come back special pilot... !") and explained that we never saw it because no networks were interested making the pilot not only canceled because of a certain movie but lost to time. on June 23, 2022 a Twitter and YouTube user named Christian Ryan found Christian Jacobs show reel which on his website (before it became unavailable to access) which contains clips from shows and stuff that he's worked on. And one of them was a few clip scenes from the banana splits pilot. Christian then showed that part of the reel to show a piece of considerably lost media. In the clip the gang rides on a roller coaster then we see a new version of the sour grapes bunch then we see the outside of the splits pad as a giant kitten knocks on the door with bingo drooper and snorky trying to keep the paw out the the splits are walking with some kids at a theme park as we see the logo for the series. youtuber bugmaster06 then uploaded the clip to YouTube. Then on September 18, 2022 Twitter user Cuchillo Lope revealed he was a gaffer on the reboot and uploaded 2 pictures. One picture is of him and bingo during a filming break. And the other is one of the scenes which appears to be fleegle calling a meeting (this time with a megaphone and not his gavel) drooper and snorky are on the floor and someone is holding a stunt dummy version of bingo meaning that bingo was supposed to crash from the ceiling. Now other then that we know nothing else about the reboot. Not knowing who wrote the episode or who build the set or who else was a gaffer or who played the sour grapes or who did the costume work or who voiced the characters. Now even though this is true lets not get our hopes down because returning to Christian Jacobs 2021 post he continued the post by say "Sadly, no networks were interested then.. ...BUT maybe we could all convince WB that the Banana Splits murder movie that they made instead was not such a great idea after all!! Just sayin’!! Maybe @sparks\_official could help us score it officially!!" so there may be a chance that this reboot might see the light of day again. Fingers crossed.

## Characters

* Fleegle
* Bingo
* Drooper
* Snorky
* Sour Grapes

## Trivia

* most notably the splits costumes are from the 2008 reboot short series.

## Links

https://www.instagram.com/tv/CW4PCoSgsHwl7cSUG7NDEtqtYUpCewQTcLniDM0/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIO2W-5A\_xQ/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/p/BL1G1W4jfRU/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://x.com/HosteenCholo/status/1571702095526658049?s=20

https://youtu.be/eC53RHnlKgI?si=\_pKAn4HS6vP8ZHxw