G'day! Australia's Bananas in Pyjamas (Pajamas here in the US) bowed in 1992, and enjoyed a 9 year run the first time around. 4 years in, they tried syndicating it here in the States, but it didn't take so well. The series was revived in CGI format 4 years ago and while that version is available on Hulu, let's take a look at the show open from its original run:
I think around this time Disney had started their line of daily programming on Disney Channel, which at the time was a premium service, and enough viewers preferred the characters they knew over B1 & B2, which, sadly, would translate to vitamins here.
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Good show for all ages.
'Bananas in Pyjamas (Pajamas)' deserves recognition just for having a character in it named Rat-In-A-Hat!
-Towards the end of 'Bananas'' run in syndication, the show was paired with another kids' show called 'The Crayon Box'; 'Crayon''s producers were clearly banking on their show carving its' own niche for itself and landing a secure audience by having BiP as a successful lead-in. Unfortunately, BiP's popularity was already starting to wane in the US by this time, and in the following fall both series were gone.'The Crayon Box' arrived too late in the game and never stood a chance.
I read about Crayon Box, and that will be covered another time. You'd think a show like that would resurface on Sprout or get picked up by Disney.......
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