Return of the Banana Man

[beamjockey]

You may know that I am fond of a performer I saw often in my childhood: The Banana Man.

He appeared from time to time on Captain Kangaroo, the long-running morning show. I have been frustrated to find that most of my contemporaries don't remember him. He had a very strange act that is hard to describe

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[anonymous]

Sam Levine (known to me as Sammy Vine) was a former partner of my father (George Marvin) and a third man named Irving Lane in an act known as The Radio Ramblers. Sammy had disappeared for a while and resurfaced doing the old A. Robins act The Banana Man. I was told that he bought the act from Robins but don't know if that is true. Be well and happy. Steve Marvin

[beamjockey]

Steve, it's a pleasure to hear from you. I see that the Radio Ramblers made several comedy shorts for Vitaphone and continued their stage act for many years.

Could you give me a way to contact you? My e-mail address is higgins (at) fnal (dot) gov.

[anonymous]

i had your exact same experience - my family thought i was nuts - thanks to people like you that post this info, I've been able to prove that I'm not crazy - at least about this! Bob Novak