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Tom Sawyer???

posted 17 years ago by tammy-20
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Am I crazy or was there a live action segment on Banana Splits that had Tom, Finn and Becky? I don't see anything about it on IMDB, but I was wondering who played the actors. Do I have the wrong show?

[–] rjh95501 17 years ago

It was called The New Adventures of Huck Finn.

[–] MarkAYurkiw 17 years ago

You're thinking of a separate show. "The New Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" was also produced by Hanna-Barbera, and aired as a prime-time series on NBC between September 15, 1968 and September 7, 1969. Later, episodes were syndicated as part of "The Banana Splits And Friends Show."

[–] poojidung 17 years ago

Ah, syndication cross-pollination rears its ugly head. Thanks for the info, Mark!

[–] poojidung 17 years ago

You are correct. It was my favorite segment on "Banana Splits" because I had a big crush on Becky. The three characters from Mark Twain were real, but the rest of the segment was animation (the backgrounds and other characters).

[–] spayer 16 years ago

Oh, no. I believe you are thinking of a completely different show. That was a family hour/prime time show called something like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. We watched that ALL the time, snd used to play act it, all the time too. TV was the cornerstone of our imaginative play when I was a kid.

Don't know much about it, but the villain was Injun Joe, and they were always running all over the world to escape him.

[–] nannyjo 8 years ago

You are correct. It was my favorite segment on "Banana Splits" because I had a big crush on Becky. The three characters from Mark Twain were real, but the rest of the segment was animation (the backgrounds and other characters).

I was TOTALLY sure it was a Banana Splits segment... It too was one of my favorites.

I came here looking for the info - but I definitely remember that half real/half animation aspect of the show.

[–] goreneur 17 years ago

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062593/

Is the link to the imdb page for Huck Finn info.

[–] mxtotten 16 years ago

This site has all those episodes on dvd!

http://www.wbcomics.com/

[–] ripley1642 15 years ago

They definitely added parts of Tom Sawyer into Banana Splits when I was a kid in the 70's. My brother and I were obsessed with the splits and I remember it well. I was actually watching the show when the announcement came on that Elvis had died, I remember that like it was yesterday!