10 fun facts about Bananas in Pajamas that only 90s kids would understand

Last Updated on 2016-09-25 , 11:40 am

If you’re a 90s kid, don’t say you’ve got a childhood if you’ve never heard of Bananas in Pyjamas; at the very least, you’ve got to have heard the theme song before. What can be more hilarious than two huge yellow bananas in pyjamas teaching kids how to be good? And now that you’ve gotten in touch with your awkward childhood memory, here are 10 fun facts about B1 and B2 that you probably didn’t know about.

It is an Australian show
While most people would have thought this kind of zany idea came from the crazy Americans or eccentric British, it is actually the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that created them.

They live in a dead end
Apparently, the Bananas in Pyjamas and their friends lived in Cuddles Avenue, which was at the end of a street. Just the name of the place gives me the creeps.

Their favourite food
Only hardcore fans are going to remember this. Their favourite foods were munchy honeycakes and something called yellow jelly. Maybe that’s why they’re so yellow.

The pilot episode is named “Pink Mug”
If two huge bananas in blue and white pyjamas coming down the stairs weren’t bad enough, they had named the pilot episode Pink Mug. Two girls and a mug, anyone?

The Americans altered the name
Those damn Americans again. They changed the spelling of the word pyjamas to pajamas, because of their lazy English spelling-pronunciation conventions. An insult to the Queen’s English.

The name of the usual culprit
Fans of B1 and B2 will also remember the three bears that the two brothers in yellow are friends with, as well as the villain that always creates trouble for them. Fans will remember that it was a rat; hardcore fans know that his name is Rat in a Hat.

Rat in a Hat’s trademark quotes
Rat in a Hat would say “I’m a rat, I’m a rat, I’m a clever clever rat” whenever he thinks of a good (but actually dumb) idea and “Oh, cheese and whiskers” whenever he failed miserably. If you serious remember this, I think you should see a psychiatrist.

Inspiration for the show
Now this is something only the true blue Bananas in Pyjamas fan will know. The series was inspired by a song written by Carey Blyton – if the surname sounds familiar, he is the nephew of our favourite short story author Enid Blyton. How Carey was inspired for the song though, I do not want to know.

It was revived in 2011
Catching up with the times a little belatedly, the Bananas in Pyjamas got a facelift when they became an animated series in 2011, together with a few more new friends. It didn’t do very well though, which was probably expected.

They appeared in the 2000 Sydney Olympics closing ceremony
Apparently, B1 and B2 were deemed popular and iconic enough to appear as a symbol of Australia and were part of the parade at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympics. Facepalm.