Friday, August 18, 2006
ONE BANANA, TWO BANANA, THREE BANANA, STOP.
Here's one for the obscure obituary department:
Jeffrey Brock, real name Jeff Winkless, died on June 26.
You have no idea who this is but if you're over 40 you saw him every Saturday for years.
He played Fleegle on "The Banana Splits". On camera. Paul Winchell was the voice, of course.
He's survived by his wife and his brothers, Bingo and Drooper. (This is true. His brothers were the guys in the B&D suits.)
Not a bad legacy, eh?
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Incidentally, while I've only heard parts of it, apparently one of the great ignored albums of the 1960s is the Banana Splits soundtrack LP. The band playing the songs were the best session men in L.A. at the time; the vocalists had all had hits fronting other groups, and the songs were apparently chosen because they were GOOD, not because they needed to fill space.
Anybody got a copy of this? I'd love to hear it...
TT
Here's one for the obscure obituary department:
Jeffrey Brock, real name Jeff Winkless, died on June 26.
You have no idea who this is but if you're over 40 you saw him every Saturday for years.
He played Fleegle on "The Banana Splits". On camera. Paul Winchell was the voice, of course.
He's survived by his wife and his brothers, Bingo and Drooper. (This is true. His brothers were the guys in the B&D suits.)
Not a bad legacy, eh?
------
Incidentally, while I've only heard parts of it, apparently one of the great ignored albums of the 1960s is the Banana Splits soundtrack LP. The band playing the songs were the best session men in L.A. at the time; the vocalists had all had hits fronting other groups, and the songs were apparently chosen because they were GOOD, not because they needed to fill space.
Anybody got a copy of this? I'd love to hear it...
TT
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