How to Celebrate National Banana Split Day

Visit your grocery store and procure all the essential ingredients for creating banana splits. We recommend the classic ingredients: bananas; vanilla, strawberry, and chocolate ice cream; chocolate, strawberry, and pineapple sauces; whipped cream; chopped nuts; and maraschino cherries.

Track down videos of the late-60’s Hanna-Barbera live-action classic television show, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. Tumble down a rabbit hole of The Banana Splits fan sites, blogs, posts, and nostalgia.

Take a wrong turn and/or a risky click along the way and stumble headlong into a Furry forum. Linger a little too long and delve a little too deeply.

Close your laptop. Hide it beneath a stack of blankets. Leave the room.

Lay on the kitchen floor. Take a few deep breaths and close your eyes. Fill your mouth with whipped cream straight from the can. Plop a maraschino cherry in for good measure. Vow never to think of The Banana Splits again.

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Tra la la! La la la la!

The opening and closing themes for The Banana Splits.

Links & Learning

Banana Splits

• Who Invented the Banana Split? – American Profile
• How the Sundae Got its Name & the Origin of the Banana Split – Food52
• 4 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About the Banana Split – Annie’s Frozen Custard

*The* Banana Splits

• The Banana Splits Adventure Hour – Nostalgia Central
• 10 Tra La La True Facts About the Banana Splits – MeTV
• The Banana Splits Adventure Hour entry on the Hanna-Barbera Wiki

Furries

• More Than Just a Pretty Face: Unmasking Furry Fandom – Psychology Today
• It’s Not About Sex, It’s About Identity: Why Furries Are Unique Among Fan Cultures – The Guardian
• 11 Eye-Opening Misconceptions About the Furry Fandom – BuzzFeed

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