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CP/SC Presents - The Real Banana Man H
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It's a very special episode of Checkered Past! On this episode we invite in the man who was the first ever to wear the famed Banana Suit and dance at Ska shows: The Real Banana Man H! He walks through the early days of the scene, his business making banana juice cleanses for celebrities and his tragic relationship with Jackfruit. Then, he brings with him the original recordings of famous Ska songs with their original banana themes still intact. It's all capped off with a fruit themed game of Build-a-Band Workshop.
Hosts: Celine, Joey and Rob
Special Thanks: NPR Skanking Department
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Cutman
Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International
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Technical Issues and Show Introduction
00:00:00
Speaker
On this episode, we're grabbing our bunches, jumping on our bikes and boards, and embarking on a boat to the Republic with a famous, or maybe infamous, special guest on Checkered Past, the Skodcast.
00:00:34
Speaker
what up checker heads this is checkered rob just letting you know that we had a little bit of technical snafu in doing this episode ah so the first seven minutes the audio from CPSC crew is going to sound pretty distant or echoey a little bit But then around the seven and a half minute, eight minute mark, it should go back to normal once we get our guest introduced. So just bear with it a little bit, but it will be pretty normal once all of that is done. So enjoy this very weird, very strange, very silly episode. Who said all Canadian ska bands sound like the planet smashers? What up, Checkerheads? Welcome to Checkerpass, the ska cast of Slinn and Rob.
00:01:15
Speaker
The show where a Del Monte Monte Boston and ah Chiquita Mitipo is my favorite Sublime song. Explore the history and impact of a different band each episode and hope to bring in new fans along the way. I'm Robin, this is my sister and co-host, Celine. Bananas and scones? Yeah. Okay, so Joey's are less like, you know, out there, I I wrote those, didn't I? Oh, those are you. you second story you can and that no no this is This is a Joey centered episode and what here here he is as our co-host with the most toast not like and if you put some peanut butter ah That also goes with bananas true Joey and your a joke like that almost made it in there I was trying to come up with but the Del Monte Monte Boston, that's you know what? Here's here's the ones that are always available to you mighty mighty Boston. Yep, dr. Ringding
00:02:09
Speaker
Yeah, that's a good one. um Who else do I just lean on? I'm like, man, this kind of sounds pretty good. Those are the big ones, I think. Just those two. but sco we know what when When all else fails, the first one's a Boston's one, the second one's a Ring Game one. They're very easy to use. Maybe throw a Scott, maybe throw a Hap in there. And Bob's wrong. Banana and Republico. Exactly. Who's that? Who's that? Oh, I don't know who that is. But that was a good joke. What's Bob? What's that? Bob's your own like but yeah i wish yeah where are you thinking's about bobs your uncle. What's the like story behind Bob's your uncle? You know what I mean? like It's not racist. Always. Things are usually racist. No, but it's English. So it's usually something about the queen. Okay. So funny story about the the minions.
00:02:54
Speaker
i just just Despicable Me 4 is coming out soon and they did a hilarious thing and I'm not even just saying like in the world of Despicable Me hilarious I mean actually funny story where Steve Carell came out and did this little bit where he said that they're announcing like an extended universe of minion stuff And he said that we're doing 50 movies in 100 years. And then if you go to the website, it shows all 50 movies that they're making. And it's great. It's awesome. It's just bits. It's just bits. Like, one's like the tax write-off movie and like a bunch of other stuff like that. It's actually good. That's like a Mel Brooks style joke, I feel like. Oh, that's perfect. Honestly, Chris Millardi or whatever his name is,
00:03:42
Speaker
Who is the second richest producer ever after Kevin Feige? Really? The Indian's producer. The Indian's producer, yeah. I mean, yeah. He figured it out. Is he single? Yeah, ready to mingle. Want to pick it up where we left off? Yeah, let's do it.
00:04:02
Speaker
okay so i have been Yeah, what I warned you that I had something that was that was Celine relevant. Why would that be a bad thing? I have warned you. oh I went to jazz fest. And me written all over it. So Veronica Swift was a headliner.
Jazz Fest Experience and Music Obsessions
00:04:26
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and so she's like a big jazz vocalist right now um but she likes to like mix it up and so while she was doing covers she had uh did a queen cover okay the guitarist was doing this thing where he like did a jazz standard but threw jimmy hendrix licks into it okay both of these things i'm pretty new to but no yeah yeah so she was like the whole time she was like
00:04:48
Speaker
but I'm all about like cross genres, cross genres. And I'm like, okay, sick, okay, sick. I'm like, I'm into it. I see what you're doing here, Ronnie. And the whole time I'm like, man, this is like one of the greatest drummers I've ever seen. Like not just like in a jazz way, but in like an everything way. No, it was, and then all of a sudden she's introducing everybody and she's like, one of my favorite bands of all time is the Dresden Dolls. What? Pointed to the drummer and said, that's the drummer from the Dresden Dolls. That's crazy actually. He actually didn't look great. because he Oh yeah, he looks amazing. And he's always pretty well dressed.
00:05:22
Speaker
ah Yeah, he looks he looks incredible nices a good looking Didn't miss a beat. Yeah, he's very talented cabaret punk is not easy to drone to so he and he was in the Dresden dolls and he was in um The world inferno of French society. He was in morning glory like in all the only cabaret punk like Every manner yeah every know her kids and add cold cookine our band And so then they proceeded to do a Dresden Dolls cover. Kept for an operated boy, what did they do? I know they did sing. And then they did a cover of... They didn't do I Am the Girl in Acquisition.
00:05:57
Speaker
no they just didn't i should do ah good is a crowd sings a crowd danceers okay sings sing's an easy one to sing along to you Remember I meant jazz fest so there's a lot of lot of blue hairs in the crowd there they got not going they' not going No, but they did a barber Streisand cover next that was done in the style of the sex pistols And that was the encore. That's interesting. Honestly, it was one of the best jazz shows I've ever seen. That's crazy. but part Mostly because... The drummer for the jazz singles was in is possibly still in Edmonton. That but fucked me up a little bit. but Because it was also partially like a work thing while while I was there. So I was with like clients ah from work. And I was just like, Jesus Christ, this is punk rock. This is awesome. Yeah. Also, he and Ben Palmer had a whirlwind romance.
00:06:45
Speaker
of course, before Neil Gaiman. Not before. No during. Well, when the dozen dolls kind of got back together because Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer were like super poly and open. Oh yes, that's right. And not together anymore. That's correct. Yes. Okay. Over to you. What do we got? Oh no, I just was going to like and talk about some like wild hyper fixations I've gotten into. So I'll go music for this. Okay. So I've gotten into like these, I don't even know how to describe it. I'm sure there's a word for it, but it's like, what do you like? It's like hyper poppy, but it's like emo, but it's also like 2007 club music. Okay. And it's like these like new kids doing it. It's like, but they look like hard emo scene. So it's, have you heard of stereo? Yeah. It's like, oh, die oh,
00:07:28
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are I have to like a look at the Odoraru, like Asteria, and like all these... I feel like those I know. i don't know They all have impossible to pronounce names. Yeah! So there's like a whole bunch of them, and they all like make songs together, and they all remix together, and they all look like insane like MySpace kids. I absolutely get it. It's like Broken Side 303. What was that one with the Snakes on a Plane song? Oh, totally. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Cobra Starship. All just like filtered through. But more queer. I mean, you couldn't tell. From queer people. I mean, yes, it's from queer people, but you really could not tell. It is just such like early or mid aughts club music for sure, like 100%.
00:08:11
Speaker
like it It feels very disconnected from the modern era. It does not feel modern at all. No. Like, nostalgic for 20 years ago from people who are only 20 years old. You were talking about music hyper-fixation, so over the last, like, day or two, this is very, uh, came caught upon me very quickly, but I've, I'd heard about them before, I watched a video, but I dove into Pete and Bass. you Are you aware of Pete and Bass? I know Rankin and Bass. Pete and Bass are two like 70-ish year old ah British dudes. Nice. Who spit the hardest grill you've ever heard in your fucking life and it is incredible. The first time I saw one of their videos I was like
00:08:57
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ah Like this is a funny gag, you know what I mean? But I thought they had ghostwriters or like something Maybe it wasn't them rapping and that seems to be like a lot of kind of the internet speculation on it But it's not true. It's just this dude was like his granddaughter kept changing the radio station over to like drill and grime and he had kept having to change it back and then he kind of realized he liked it and he got into it and then he got his buddy into it and they like are old retired guys so they had the money to like buy beats and shit yeah so they bought good beats fucking they could they got killer flow like it's really genuinely good drill and it's these two super old dudes who just like
00:09:40
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talk about old-school British gangster bullshit. It's like current drill music, but like the movie Snatch. Right, okay. So it's not like that it's not like that gentleman rap that came out a little while ago, where they talk about teen crumpets. This is like... No. They're fully aware of themselves, and they're in on the joke, right but it they're serious about it, and the music is good. And it is definitely worth checking out. I was like I said I saw a video a while ago and I was like haha this is funny and then I've been playing shows all weekend so I come home late at night and then I gotta like wind down for an hour and I just like YouTube and smoke weed and that's what I got into for the last couple of days.
Discovering Pete and Bass and Interview with The Real Banana Man H
00:10:23
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So the message here is listen to Veronica Swift, Isteria, and Pete and Bass. Okay, Pete and Bass, yeah, right. um But also watch rank and bass stuff at Christmas time. No, it's really bad. It doesn't hold up. Don't do it. There's better claymation. You know what? So you can have British stuff. If you're going to watch claymation stuff, watch Wallace and Gromit. That's what you should be watching at Christmas time. Watch the one about the trousers, it's a good one. And Postman Pat. Postman Pat, okay. We're doing something a little bit different this week. Rather than having a musical guest on, engineer Joey has lined up an exclusive interview with someone he claims to be a pioneer in the ska scene. Would you care to tell us a little bit about it, engineer engineer Joey? ah Yeah, this is someone who I believe is a pillar of the ska community. They're somebody that you've seen like
00:11:15
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imitations of all over the place and i felt it was our duty as a scott cast right to get to the bottom of their story and find out a little more about it because they're like uh... and unsung hero they're not a musician uh... they're not quite a boss tone right but they're doing their thing out there so uh... yeah i'd like to introduce our guest uh... the real banana man h The Real Banana Man H. Yeah. That's right, that's right. Okay, hello, hello. Thank you for that illustrious introduction, Joey. Yeah, no problem. I am the Real Banana Man H. You've seen pale, unripened, if you will, invitations of me all over the world.
00:12:01
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Any footage you see of a banana man, unless you see my watermark on it, it's for posers only. Like any banana man, like sunglasses, like little feet. Oh, there's so many. so So, I mean, for the listener, you're in banana costume right now. um yeah I mean, you came to play. I mean, that's that's clear. ah Describe for the listener, your're like, how do you know that the real banana man is in front of you? I was there when Scott was born in Banana County, California. Banana County, California? I i was at the Nexus. of
00:12:37
Speaker
Scott's formation and I looked at myself and I said, be what you are. And I put on the suit. And that was when everyone learned to respect me. blu I wore that suit everywhere. I got the crowds hyped. I got the radios. So you're saying just like any guy in a, like, okay. So ah like, it's just common that there's a guy in a banana suit at Scott's shows. yeah yeah yeah oh Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, I don't know, man. I'm fucking so young. We're in Edmonton. we're We don't have banana suits here. We're client. I personally have not seen a banana costume. It's too far from the tropics. Okay. So what you're saying is it's a big thing and you're the first guy. It's a huge thing. and I am the real banana man. Okay. So for those who aren't to aware, Yeah, so so walk me through those those formative days. um We want to hear your history. you know We ask that every guest, the their checkered past, if you will, their history with ska music. what What was those early days in Banana County like and ah what ah what brought you to put the costume on for the first time?
00:13:45
Speaker
Well, did a banana bite you? you know Me and a bunch of friends would jump in the fruit of the loom, cornucopia, and we would drive down to to go see Goldfinger Banana play those wonderful hits. That was their original name, by the way, if you didn't know. that Go figure banana. It's a tasty banana. It's one of the thousands of varieties of banana. And what year was this? Oh, this was 1994. Yeah, that sounds right. So there was no one in a banana costume out of Scoshow, pre-94. Here's the hard question. There were other inferior fruits represented. So it's like an apple hanging around, bouncing around, and he's like, this is too round. I'm falling over. You don't want too many apples hanging around. We got to go all banana.
00:14:33
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That's definitely more of a crowdsurfing shape. Do you think that's why? It's aerodynamic. Like it's the best fruit. Or hot dog. why is it Why no hot dog? It's God's chosen fruit. it's c Is that a thing? Like the human hand. It's perfect for eating. it's god' it Does anyone say that the bananas are God's chosen fruit? It's the best fruit we have. of Ecclesiastes 2.48, I believe. was there ah any animosity between like when when you started showing up it shows as a banana and there are these like apples oranges pineapples whatever rolling around were they like were they welcoming was there was there like a trouble oh well you know
00:15:15
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the The third wave or as I like to call it the first wave because that's The only sky as far as I'm concerned. We wanted to reach across the aisles of Genus of fruit. Mm-hmm. We were all represented. We were all separate but equal as it were. Okay. Mm-hmm Like a, like a. And so we would all do our thing and dance around, have our happy goods. Sounds like socialism to me. But. Fruit socialism. Fruits would be into socialism. You know what I mean? No, I know what you mean. Sounds kind of fruity socialism. You know, for a non man, you're speaking my language. You're welcome. I often refer myself as a non man. A non man, banana or otherwise.
00:16:02
Speaker
picking up with Hey, you don't know what. and Pick it up. I got that. yeah ah to Carrying on the socialism banana, like a fruit to situation. and Don't associate me with them. but ah Okay. i i really You know what? I kind of do want to, on that note, like when the bananas started coming into the seat, like, so there was you, the original banana man. when did the image original and the most fun the most fun so when when did different things When did the imitators start showing up? Immediately. i didn' like mean Everybody wanted a piece. Everyone wanted a piece, I get that. you know
00:16:41
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Everybody wanted a piece of this banana. You couldn't. Everyone wanted a slice. You couldn't get enough of it. A split. So the imitators start showing up and is it is it animosity in the pit? Is it like the banana on banana violence? Yeah, it seems like you guys would just bunch up. There's never, anim please don't talk like that. There's never animosity in the pit. Right guys only about having a good time, right? You have a good time at the ska show you go back to work you mind your business That's what it's all about. It's not about doing anything important. It's just about dancing and That's what we came to do. Yeah, that's ah well our like friend of the show dev. Mm-hmm is uh, you know a costumed ska dancer so I feel like that's a
00:17:29
Speaker
That's like ah an integral part of the scene, you know? like like what What kind of costume are we talking here? We're talking a morph suit. A morph suit. A checkered morph suit. I'll allow it. okay That's fair. you know what i was ah You know what? Let's go through it a little bit. OK, so this is going to be a a new segment. It's called Allow It or I Don't Allow It. And I'm workshopping the name. yeah ah Suits allowed in the pit. OK, so I'm going to go through them. OK, tonic suit with a pork pie. Allowed. Okay. Morph suit, we said allowed. Furry suit. Not allowed. Oh my god. who that's What year is it? okay Banana suit. It's always 97 here, baby. Banana suit? Let's see if I get you on this one. Is there more than just me there? Yes, there's three banana suits.
00:18:16
Speaker
not okay there They're allowed. i I'll be glaring at them, but I'll be dancing the whole time. okay Got it. um about like ah How about like a tomato? What would a tomato be doing there? I don't know. Jamming. I guess there's tomato jam. yeah I guess there's a tomato jam.
Humorous Banana Juice and Celebrity Talk
00:18:37
Speaker
Is there some Canadian perversion? I don't know. They're just catch they're just catching up. Yeah. that That's why they can't be there because they say catch it up, catch it up, catch it up, not pick it up, pick it up, pick it up. yeah well Us bananas are always saying slip it up, slip it up, slip it up.
00:18:51
Speaker
and car What was 1997 like in the in Banana County and like what what did you see from the ground up like what were you seeing in those those formative days from the ground up well starting up from the tree down from the tree down everywhere so banana so banana peels everywhere sounds dangerous everyone was well you'd think so but everyone had their own personal banana peel they would just slide to work and then they would slide home It was a real efficient system, but it never took off anywhere else. So so what does a what does a banana do for work? You're doing Italian? Yeah, I feel like a banana is is the thing that is worked upon by the Deo guy. Well, I am the king banana. I i own a banana juice factory. we We juice all the bananas. How many bananas does it take to get like a carton of juice?
00:19:45
Speaker
1400s. They are a very inefent and inefficient. hard how did you fruiting juice using fruit how How much are you charging for a carton these days? Are you still doing it? I guess I think as a king banana, like are you still in the banana juicing game? Well, I only sell it to yeah the most wealthy because banana juice, as you know, is the most nutritious of the juice. right It's used for billionaire cleanses, et cetera. You can get a carton and we're talking. Billionaire cleanses, et cetera. Yeah, we're talking half pint.
00:20:19
Speaker
you know Yeah, a couple hundred thousand. A banana juice animal. A banana juice transfusion. Yeah, I noticed the billionaires keeping young. I noticed it's an Imperial. Yeah. Okay. What's ah what's up what's a half point in milliliters? I don't know. 500 milliliters. Stephen Tyler's got to be all over that banana juice. Yeah, so who are some of your billionaire clients? Yeah, there we go. That's what we want names. We're sneaky hints. Sneaky hints. You don't have to name names. Just give us a tip. Slip up. Just a tip. I think I can obfuscate enough. Banana Gates. Elon Bunch. One more. Bring it home. Jeffrey Bananas.
00:21:02
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but Jeffrey who I actually don't know who would be basically believe but I'm i'm just speculating you didn't hear may like let's not name name no no i'm just it was he was obfuscating ature clients me amateur speculation important That's right Kim banana Kylie banana Chris banana Kendall banana You sound ridiculous. Okay, I sound ridiculous. um what you know what The other thing is, is like this is a really big interview for us. and um I want to know, like what do you want true what do you want the listener to know? like You have ah this ah huge platform. That's what the Kevin the Minion told me, is that I have a huge platform.
00:21:45
Speaker
And ah what do you want the listener to know? What's your message? Well, I don't know if it's safe to talk about this. to say It's not. It's the cause of of my divorce. I don't see my children anymore because of it. But the Democrats. Oh, yeah. Classic. Kidnapping children. Yeah, it's easy. Solomon on Wayfair. Yes. OK, so you you know the truth. OK. All right. I know I was with a a bunch of crew speakers here. Oh yeah, I call them big queue heads. Big queue heads over at CPSC. You know, there's some past guests I'd really like to introduce you to. I think you'd get along with Jigsaw. You and Rockview might have a lot in common.
00:22:24
Speaker
You and Scabadook would not get along. No, you and Scabadook would not get along. Scabadook is for the people. He's too populous. Which side of the Kendrick Drake could be for you on, by the way? Drake, they were trying to smooth his name. Oh, yeah. They were. Yeah, you would get along. Who's they? You would not get along with them. You know, the oranges. The oranges were coming after him. The oranges. Sorry, we interrupted your- Yeah, that should be a banana mimosa. we We interrupted your important speech. The Democrats are coming after. Let's let's hear let's hear the rest of this. what What else do you want the listener to know?
00:23:00
Speaker
They're coming after the baby bananas, as they were. yeah The unripened bananas. Green bananas. They're, you know, every day I just mourn for all those those lost souls. They get banana'd? Yeah, what happens to them? Yeah, I don't want you to get grotesque, but like, what can you share? What happens to the baby unripened souls? Well, they they peel these piece baby bananas. It's too soon. That's too soon. That's too soon. That's too soon. You're right. That's too soon. Do the drag queens do it? to get the delicious banana chrome inside. It's always the banana chrome. It always comes down to fucking banana chrome, I tell you. You know, we'll pivot off of this dark topic, but I appreciate you. Yeah, I guess. You're brave. Lighten things up. You're brave. That's all I got to say. This is the bravest interview we've had on this show. Thank you for saying that.
00:23:56
Speaker
I think what it is time for right now. We don't have the time scotchy in this time around. Joey told me. right um Instead, our guest where did it has provided his top banana suiting songs. Top banana suiting songs. Wow. That seems relevant, Joey. Do you want to tell us about it? Oh, like the best songs to be in a banana suit to? Yeah, Joey, explain. These songs have been Curie curated curated by the real banana manage He sent me very specific timestamps So these are I I guess the banana moments of ska. Am I correct? This is correct. These are just an assortment of of tracks that were
00:24:41
Speaker
but Written with me in mind, I would say. Okay. They saw me out there doing my thing. They said, we gotta, we gotta get that guy. Get that guy what? A song? We gotta get that guy a song written about? I'm just, I'm just thinking I'm, I'm, let's name an OC ska band. I'm Jeffrey's fan club. And I'm singing some song about junior high school girls. And I see, I see a banana. Maybe it's a song about milk. I see a banana dancing and I'm like, you know, got this milk song. I got to make a banana song. that's That's kind of what you're saying. ah pre i I'm the pharmaceutical bandits. I'm i'm a i'm a bowling related band.
00:25:23
Speaker
One of the many bowling-related bands in the OC. And so inspired by your dancing. It's a it's in cry it is it's okay to cry. It's okay. And it is something to cry about. yeah A banana song that went on to be something else. But right they all started out as a banana song. Okay, this is great tonight. um Were you into that flash cartoon that was like, I am a banana? no Oh yes, Don Hertzfeld. Yes, yeah. My spoon is too big. You know? Trash, trash cartoons. My anus is bleeding. He doesn't know anything about me. He does not know what it's like to be a banana. He is not a banana. He is another one of the posers. Oh no. Fuck, another one bites the dust. Never meet your heroes, I say. You just hear about this stuff, you know? Right. It's such a beautiful day. Not. Remember, I'm still in 97.
00:26:18
Speaker
I guess when was Dan hurts like, not that much later. sal do that Sorry, 2003. I don't know dates. What am I supposed to be an expert on when I was seven years old and remember all the content that was available to me? That's what I did. yeah I have no idea. That's why I talk about Rocko's Modern Life all the time. All right. Do you want to talk about the first clip? Do you have anything to set these clips up with? Yeah, do you want to... ah Do we need a preamble? Do you want to jump into the clip? How do you how do you want to do this? Well, let's let's go with a a bit of an oldie first. I think it's that first one that I sent you. Yeah, I just did them in order. Alright, so we got clip one. This is clip one. clip one
00:27:08
Speaker
Raja, a piece piece sang to you. So a piece sang Raja, is a tasty little banana. ah isbel It's about three to six inches wrong. It's also known as a La Tunden banana. That sounds fun. Maybe you have one. Maybe. You know, if you haven't had one, give it a try. Go over to Thailand, Thailand. What about a plantain? I bet. What do you think of plantains? Yeah. What do you think? That's a banana V. What do you think? of war Yeah. yeah yeah yeah yeah
00:27:42
Speaker
Too big. Too big. I thought they were smaller than bananas. No, they're bigger, you gotta rhyme up. Too big. Unrealistic. Banana split. yeah You're more a dessert banana guy. Yeah, banana split. As they call them, I believe. We we like a Cavendish. Everyone wants to be there the Cavendish banana. The Cavendish. The Cavendish, that's how I pronounce it as well. Yeah. Yeah. you It puts the dish in Cavendish, yeah. the the ah accents on the dish. Yeah. Yeah. yeah The Kevin dish. Um, that's big on the E accent. it So, so back to that, back to that clip. Um, who's, who's saying that clip? Who, who, who are we talking about there? That was Terry, Terry, but terry banana terry bananas on Terry, Terry, mee banana Terry, mee banana Terry, mee but Terry, beinging banana yeah Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry, Terry
00:28:40
Speaker
it it seemed different than the version i remember but you know as you say uh... it raises their original original tracks with the banana lyrics left in this is like you know that this is true sky sky history this is sky history this is what the podcast wrote a scar Thanks, Joey. Proto Scott. We used to be kind of the, like, heels of the Scott pod and now we're going, we're going, we're coming. Do you think with this episode, we're coming for in defense? We're coming for IDOS. Yeah, like, right. Yeah. We've been coming for the last. Yeah. This is really, though. This is really coming. We're going to become part of the NME network. NME. NME. What's that? The new music. British. Our California guy really wants us to be in a British magazine. OK.
00:29:26
Speaker
Y'all aren't from British Columbia, are you? Does it work? I see how this is confusing. Yeah. Maybe, oh, speaking of which, the other Ska podcast. Have you been on the other ones, or have they been reaching out to you? I don't want to talk to them. None of those guys want to know the truth. Oh, yes. This is the only podcast I know who wanted to know the truth for what it was. It's what we're known for. I think those other bananas got to them first. Yeah, the other bananas. I mean, we've been called the journalists of the Ska cast. Community yeah, I can see why yeah Maybe we should set up this any setup for this next clip or should we just jump in on it this next clip mm-hmm is Became about ah now absolved Mm-hmm fella Mm rather large fella named fat Randy ah yeah originally It wasn't called fat Randy. Yeah
00:30:20
Speaker
Banana Randy. It was called Gross Michel. Oh, that's not Banana Randy. That's not Banana Randy. This is not anything to sound a little en franรงais, but Gross Michel, I kind of, I appreciate this. Yeah. Okay. Okay, mate. Let's play this together. Gross Michel.
00:30:42
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Gross Michel. Gross Michel.
00:30:53
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Not fat Randy we just say explain Why did why the change what was it originally supposed to be about it was supposed to be about a guy named Big Mike ah And so they called it growth Michelle true This is where it all it all began. yeah You're you're familiar with Frank. I'm familiar Frank of the frank of yeah yeah yeah Formerly of the local schools. Yes. Yeah, he he tried to seek the truth too much Yeah, and Big Mike was one of his early detractors So they wrote a song about fat Randy now granted the song itself isn't very flattering I have heard that fat Randy has since been absolved and
00:31:30
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Yeah. It was actually the guy who owned the couch who did it. Yes. Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah. how That's they they took a shit on the couch and they're like, Randy did it. Something like that. Right. I also heard that fat Randy sam is an ozimpic these days. We can real fit. Yeah. Yeah. They're careful. Hell yeah. Does he have ozimpic face? Yeah. He's got he's looking a little. I don't know. I just hear Randy now through the grapevine. Yeah. Yeah. but Apparently you can get a vowel obstructions. Bowel obstructions. Bananas ain't never caused a bowel of banana obstructions. But bananas wouldn't cause it. I think banana would help you flow right through. What do you think about putting a banana in a smoothie? People use bananas for all sorts of things. Like what?
00:32:17
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Like what? Let's not get political. Let's not get political. political How do you use them as a Molotov cocktail at the White House? Well, I guess it'd be a Molotov banana. Oh, wait, what's ah a banana or no, a a Molotov pina colada? Hey! Famous banana cocktail. Aren't there banana pina coladas? So you're thinking of a banana daiquiri. 100%. But I just went with it. Okay, I'm off with the banana daiquiri. That would have been good. Your confidence was incredible. Yeah, the slap.
00:33:00
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i ah how How do you feel about, you know, in like, um what do you you call it? I don't know if you call it junior high or middle school, of where you're from. um And, you know, health class. Do you want me to answer that? um No, it's a very, ah what do you call that, a question? I don't need an answer to a rhetorical question. I'm a journalist. um How do you feel about when ah they use the banana to simulate a penis um to put condoms on and show it to classrooms?
00:33:31
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Now this, I think, is a good idea. It's good representation. Good. Accurate? Accurate representation? If they're using the Cavendish, yes, it's accurate. Plantains? Nope. Too far. Too far, yep. Way too far. Way too far. A piece saying, Raja, you got a bit of a chode situation going on. Ew. It's not hey' too accurate. too Too accurate. Too accurate. Yeah, that's too real. Or ginger root. wo that's I don't know what that is ah't know what i change I believe she is referring to a full on
00:34:09
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sprig of ginger that has like the multiple branches coming out of it. And they're just kind of lumpy in here. Yeah. And they look like coral. Sometimes they look like little guy. Looks like a, like a witch's finger. yeah Yeah. That's too real. That's what I'm saying. That's too real. Um, I don't see it. that right ah Before we take a break, we've got one more clip lined up here. Um, uh, do you want to prep us for this third clip here? oh this was from our across the seas fans and by our i mean me only banana man across the seas fans yeah uh-huh that's what he calls it banana man across the seas fans we're in banana county here in respect i did fuck up i should have created banana university
00:34:57
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hello BU. Yeah, you could have franchised that shit. Yeah. I mean, I don't know how well your factory is doing, but I mean, it's it's a quantity game for what based on what you're doing, right? It's a claim. I mean, in order for your factory to make money, it's like you need to push units. You're not pushing the units, you're not making the bank, right? that's a cheese What am I pushing here? I'm pushing ben but aue here banana juice. I guess banana juice. I'm just cycling back to banana juice. I need, I need the exclusivity. ah There's only so many bananas in the world, Rob. I guess that's true. only I guess if you're needing 14,000 bananas or on a half gallon for a half gallon, yeah, it's just actually one probably does you good.
00:35:40
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Yeah. Yeah, you're getting it infused into your body, it sounds like. But yes. That is true. You do not drink it. It is intravenous only. It is the tastiest things your veins have ever tasted. My veins, hey, don't speak for my veins. My veins have tasted a lot of things.
00:36:01
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Sorry, so this clip is from from overseas from you, but not from us. It is from one of my biggest fans, Sting. Oh, yeah. Nice. Nice. Nice. That's that's a client. Yeah, nice. I bet that'll help him with tantric sex, bananas. This fan called the police, we back the blue. Who? yeahp course Yeah, of course, yep. We back the blue, oh yeah, yes, yes, we're in. We love police officers around here. ACAR, all cops are rad. the bla Joey, roll that beautiful banana flavor, Joe.
00:36:47
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I have no idea what he's saying there.
00:37:02
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So that song's about a canary banana. That is the other name for the Cavendish banana. Or Cavendish, if you're trying to get fancy with it. The Cavendish banana, yeah. Cavendish. So, how's Sting? One of your biggest clients? What's he up to these days? You know... You think the banana juice... He got hooked on the banana juice. He got hooked on the banana juice. I didn't know... Is that what the fields of gold are? Are they bananas? No, Ron. No. Bananas don't grow in fields. Yeah, that's a harsh reality that you're gonna have to face. That's a harsh fucking reality that you're going to have to accept.
00:37:40
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Sorry to say. Yeah. yeah Sorry to say. You really? Yeah. How do you feel? Boss tones. Sorry to say. Let's see what you did. I feel, I don't get it. I i feel very responsible. It's after 97. That's why. to ah But I wish him and his family the best. Okay. And I hope his family comes back one day. Is that a Betty Ford clinic? If you're trying to kick it and you go ah cold turkey off the banana juice, is that dangerous? Cold turkey. There's too many metaphors. If you're going cold banana. If you go cold banana. Okay. Cold banana. Yeah. If you're going cold, but you don't go cold banana. Honestly, that works. I like going cold banana.
00:38:26
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So you have to like, is there like a supplement? Don't call it banana or banana juice. Is there kind of like a supplement, kind of like methadone? What's the methadone of banana juice? Banana-done. It's synthetic of course. Wow. You know, we got a lot. Which I also own the patent board. Smart move. Smart move. Smart move. You make the drug and you make the antidote. That's the way to do it. That's Martin Shkreli. In a true drug. Scapadook would hate this. And I own the fields, as it were. We're vertically integrated. Yes, yes. One towering banana.
00:39:05
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I think it's a- I don't know how good of a person Banana Man is. No, I'm liking him. Let's take a break, because I think we got some more clips to- I'm an American hero. We need some more clips to get through. So when we get back, more Banana Man.
00:39:29
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Welcome back to Checkered Past. We're here with the real banana man, H, and we're going through a little bit of sky history. ah Talking about some of the best banana themed clips from the yesteryear. We got clip four here. ah Mr. H, would you like to tee us off? Nope. Nope. Let's just just go right in. All right. but No introduction necessary speaks for itself. Okay, here we go.
00:40:17
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We're gonna get there.
00:40:39
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You robbed it, sir.
00:40:44
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I'm not doing the accent. I'm not doing it. Adrian Brody's the only one who's allowed to do that accent. And Chet Hanks.
00:41:00
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And Uzi Mommy.
00:41:13
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Shake your body, line me up Jump it all the time
00:41:30
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Oh yeah. Banana. I do love coming. Banana. Banana. Do you think the Minions are... What do you think of the Minions? What do you think of the Minions? What do you think of the Minions? What do you think of the Minions? I am not familiar with them. That's past 97. You'd love them. I think you'd love them. Man, you're missing out. They like banana. And they're respectful of bananas. Yeah, they love them. yeah they They worship them. They worship bananas. They revere bananas. They're little yellow guys. If they met you, they might follow you around and support you. But they don't dress hi hi j don't don't dress like bananas. No, they kind of dress like Mario Brothers, to be honest, but they're little yellow guys. That's allowed? Yeah, that's in the 90s. That's acceptable. Yeah, I guess you know what the Mario Brothers are. Yeah, they kind of look like ah John Lake Wozamo in that movie.
00:42:20
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the mario brothers yeah that would have you ah you be familiar with you yeah be familiar with that super mario luian and luigi mario luigi mario yes um yeah So talk to us about, I mean, that sounded like Memphis Goughleys. They're not from Banana County. They're from the other side. and No, yeah yep, yep. We finally got some representation from the East Coast. right ah they were They were kind enough to say, hey, we want to write a horn line after your namesake. Right. After your likeness. And I said, brothers have at it. Brothers.
00:42:55
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Were they your brother? No. No, I was speaking metaphorically. I see. Yeah. No, I just didn't know. What's your family's situation like? Does Banana run? Getting right into it. Well, I wonder if Banana runs in the family. Well, he said his wife left him. What's your family's situation? It's a little heavy. We talked a lot about heavy stuff today. That's true, that's true. Okay, what's your family's situation, Banana Man? My family was- Fan-bananaly? Fan-bananaly? Bananaly? Harvested. Harvested just a little too early. Oh. Okay. Plucked from the tree? Yeah. They were all taken from me.
00:43:32
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um I was the only one who moved out alive. oh What's left of my family is what you see before you. well wow how Wow, this was heavy. Heavy. I was not expecting. Heavy, let's just dive in there. Yeah, and this is this is what I get. What was the last thing you said to your family before they were harvested? Sorry. boy No, that's a good question. That's a good question. We want to know what your last words were. We've been watching so many hard-hitting YouTube documentaries these days. I'm really numb because I've been watching a lot of YouTube true crime Caesareans just by my sense of humor. It's been a little warped. Yeah. I said I will get the banana name out there. I will get the banana name out there. So you were able to say your goodbyes.
00:44:20
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Yes. Would you say? widget Very slowly. Would you? Very so slowly. Someone was just slowly plucking them from the trees that harvest. Now, would you say mission accomplished? You got the banana name out there. I will say mission accomplished. Okay. Great. You know, I'll say those words precisely. Yeah. Okay. Another, beautiful another great American also said mission accomplished. Yes. Another great American was in the movie Mission Impossible. We won in Iraq. Yeah. Don't let don't let those lines. OK, I don't know if I can let that uncheck. That was spicy. Spicy like a banana. Yeah. Spicy. Spicy like a banana. That's what we say. That's the banana in the banana. Spicy like a banana. Spicy like a banana. That's actually kind of a funny saying. Like something's not spicy like spicy like a banana.
00:45:09
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That's why we say it. say we um um That's the banana laugh. more ha ha That's right. um Mitch, what do you have anything to prep for this next clip, or should we just get it going? Oh, well, this was from one of those those original Banana County bands, okay or at least adjacent. The old BC Banana County. The old Goldfinger Banana. This is a song that everybody knows and loves, but they don't know the the original version. And I'm about to demo that for you a little bit here today.
00:46:04
Speaker
I mean, it's like a theme song. I mean, it's right there. Thank you. Yeah, I think I remember. It was right here from the beginning. That would have rocked if that was in Tony Hawk. pro I was going to say, were you were you angered by the fact that they changed the lyrics and then it blew up with Tony Hawk? No, I got it. I I. You got it. I am the one who sent them to cease and desist. Whoa, is oh on Tony, a little bit of a settlement, me and Goldfinger Banana. But we're we're cool now. Now me and you and Feldy, you and Feldy, two bananas in a bunch. As far as heroes are concerned, you're on par with Superman in my books. So when I. ah So it's very kind of you to say I've noticed something also with these banana county bands is that
00:47:01
Speaker
You know, you look at Darren's Coconut Ass, which had a monkey. Right. Monkeys for Nothing, but the chimps for free by a real big fish. There's real monkey obsession. And what do monkeys like to eat? What do monkeys notoriously like to eat? How do you comment on that? This is my Larry King voice. How do you comment on that? There is nothing more frightening. to a banana than a monkey. Yeah. and Right. Sometimes we have to face our fears. I see some time. Some of us like horror movies. Right. Some of us like YouTube. Sing about or make art ah about monkeys. Yeah. That thing which scares us the most. That's like bad. Do you think the NFT makers of like those chimps are bananas? Board ape. Do you think board ape is a fellow banana man? who's expressing his fear through art of the apes. Through NFTs, yeah. Oh, i I created. Oh, yeah, yeah. Right, right. Oh, it's coming together. I should have guessed. Look, we have to talk after the pod. Yeah.
00:48:04
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Yeah. I'll get you in on the ground floor. I believe we're on floor four or five, six at this point. I don't know about ground floor. Now it's going to pop up. We can't talk. Why is this what's making me laugh?
00:48:24
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ah but what So I think back on a lot of Goldfinger songs, Mabel, a very appropriate song. I think about, yeah, ah she's a banana. Mabel, she's a banana? there's Here in your bedroom, I have a banana. Here in your bedroom, I have a banana? Yeah. That sounds like a come on. but That's pretty good. Yeah. That's pretty good. That's what he said to Mabel. were they were they pretty were they pretty Were they pretty banana themed, Goldfinger? Oh, through and through. Through and through, right. Through and through, yeah. it was
00:48:57
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It was absolutely like a ah cornerstone of their writing process. The banana was a cornerstone of their writing process. Yeah, it is a tower that would not stand because it's a banana like because it's a banana cornerstone is a bad idea. I mean, four or five days tops. How do you feel about those like little banana hangers, you know, that you put on your table and you can put the little bunch of bananas and it like can hang off it. they're they're a good idea you can also use a a headphone stand
00:49:31
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o hang bananas from is there um is there a like ah would you want to call it like a I don't call it the B tier, but you know, like an indie, um, banana producer that people should know about. No, you got to go with the big guy. Squeeze them out. But yeah, they're clones now, right? m So it's, it's just the pros. It's just the, the big, the big leagues in those bananas, impossible banana beyond. butana is right Yeah. They're just, I get it. There's no meat in those bananas. That's the problem I have with those. Those, you can kind of tell the difference that they're made of like, it's a texture issue. Just because it's not the real thing doesn't mean it's not tasty. Sometimes. Have you tried jackfruit banana banana made of jackfruit? A fruit made of a different fruit. Don't don't say that. Don't don't don't say jackfruit banana. How do you feel about the band, uh, spring yield jackfruit?
00:50:32
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Don't say that. Don't say that, Joey. Don't say that. Don't say that. Don't say that. Not in front of our guest. That's fair. It was a jackfruit that harvested my family. Of course it was. I mean, of course it was. I kind of stepped in it on that one. Yeah, Joey, watch what you say. um okay clip six every jackfruit man i've seen since that's the only that's the only time i've ever fought someone in the show really so wonder what that would look like like it's hard to visualize a jack like ah shredded or like whole jackfruit oh it's a whole it they're big guys so they are shredded so they're fucking shredded that's true they're shredded they're cut but we're talking metaphorically
00:51:24
Speaker
But, you know, big never tops crazy. yeah I do know. Big never tops crazy. I heard that. And everybody knows bananas is the craziest. It's true. Crazy like a banana, they say. but Yeah. Crazy like bananas. Spicy like a banana. Spicy like Spicy like a banana. Spicy like a crazy. I mean, that's the thing is just we talk about bananas so much and in life. Culture. Do you want to anything to set up this next clip? Oh, let's see. What do I got here? What do I got here? We have four bananas. Booger number six.
00:51:58
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No, you know what? This one is more of the ah one of more of the elaborate banana demos, I would say. OK. They really they really went for it. ah This is from some friends of mine. Most well, most of them aren't my friend anymore. But what happened? You'll see. OK, it's explained. OK. OK. Fair. Let's let's let's do this during movies, too. I'll I'll ask what happens and it's like, just watch it. ah Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm gonna roll it.
00:52:36
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powerish flu you do it with their night i don't think i could and now i'm wondering if i ever had to hard this true this my child
00:52:58
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Nope. If I ever had to harvest fruit. Yeah. If I ever had to harvest fruit. Would you use an axe? Would you use an axe? Yeah. I can see where they were going with it. Yeah. Ever had to harvest fruit. I can see you got emotional there. Do you want to maybe just like, do you want to just read the rest out? Would that, would that help? Yeah, I think so. So he he comes back again. He's actually wondering, you know, this is imagery. That's right. if He's wondering what it would be like if he had to harvest fruit. Yeah. i He's a visual artist with words. And watch it fall into a net. Would this become my child? That's the banana that I get. I guess. Right. That's the banana that I get. They really, you know what, but they really went in a different direction with that song.
00:53:52
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It really, you know what, they went from one very confusing metaphor to a different one is what I've seen. Yeah. Yeah. It sounds like it. yeah I think they're both pretty straightforward. Yeah. that's That's one banana's opinion. So was that, um, it sounds like they were drawing kind of from your personal story almost. You know what I mean? Me and Mr. Dickie Banana are very, very close. Dickie Banana. Oh, so you're still close with Dickie, but not so much with the rest of the- Dickie Banana is a really great name. Dickie B. Dickie B. He's still Dickie B. We still call him Dickie. Yeah. Oh, Dickie, you're so- I don't know. I was friends with all of them, but yeah, after they betrayed him like that- Oh, yeah. Yeah. We've said that a couple times on the pod. It's just like the boss tones are Dickie.
00:54:41
Speaker
What are the other? You gotta pick. Yeah, Joe. Joe and Johnny. Fucking names. The other fucking names. I i don't have no use for keeping their names in my brain. They're dead to me. Yeah, that's true. Yeah. That's fair. Even the rest of the skunk. What about the Boston? Ben Carr. Ben Carr? Well, I mean, I still remember his name, so he must be a little bit all right. I mean, he's a fellow suited dancing person. I wish his name was Banana Carr, because that would remind me a lot more of Richard Scarry.
00:55:14
Speaker
This is true. You would know what Richard Scarry is. That's like Transformers for him. Of Richard Scarry? Well because he's a but because he's a banana and in Richard Scarry the banana would be like a car or a helicopter. I can't believe we haven't discussed right bananas and pajamas. Do you know B1 and B2? There's other banana men. and They might come up in this next clip. Okay. That's excellent. Okay. So since we're on this track train, that banana train, let's ah do on a queue up anything about this clip or should we just dive in?
00:55:54
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let's just go yeah Let's just go for it. This is our final clip. you knew it was job that was coming knew that it was going it like oh it's been This is from Celine's favorite band and it's about a couple of bananas.
Ska Culture and the Metaphorical Identity of Bananas
00:56:09
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yeah we go my favorite band yeah
00:56:17
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When land is in pajamas, they are coming down the stairs. And those buffalo letters, they are what's coming in pairs.
00:56:27
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Bananas and potatoes, they are coming down the stairs. You know, there's there's nothing scarier right now than being ah a white guy, banana or otherwise. There's nothing scarier right now than being a white guy, but banana or otherwise. Quote, quote, pull that one out. That's totally somebody. Somebody pull that one out, please. We're gonna get you on the Joe Rogan experience. This is the Joe Rogan experience. This is a real experience. I don't think, I don't know if we're ever gonna go much further in the podcast world, but I think you yeah you can go. There's a serious it factor. I think we're too far left leaning, but you have something. I appreciate a ah a political individual as yourself.
00:57:21
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oh I gotta say though um I'm Am amazed that they didn't go with that as like The American theme song for bananas and pajamas when they brought it over from Australia. Mm-hmm That one's on me again, no okay baby isnt What happened there? god that's good Another season desist. Another season desist, yeah. How many season desists did you send out? It's sounding like a lot. One for every variety of banana there is in this world. Which is how many? What would you do if a teddy bear chased you down the stairs? That's 1,112. 1,112. Wow. 1,112. That's how people say that number, yeah. Well, yeah, I'm not going to say 1,112. Yeah, no, it's 1,112, right? Yeah.
00:58:14
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I'm curious. Back to the teddy bear question. What would you do if the teddy bears chased you down the stairs? Fuck, how does the song go? They're chasing teddy bears. They're always chasing the B1 and B2. Bananas and pajamas are, oh wait, they're chasing teddy bears. Yeah, they're chasing bears. Okay, so what would you do if a teddy is chasing you? The bears are chasing me? Yeah. I don't like it when the tables are turned on me. Nobody wants to be chased by a bear. yeah ah teddy or yeah Teddy or other ones. When you're being chased by a teddy bear, do you have to like make yourself all big? I think you just make loud noises.
00:59:01
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or throw rocks and make sure you're not on your period. Yep. You got to do all this. You got to put all your food in the tree. Put your food away. Yeah. And you need to put your food like about a like wave. You got to split open up at the top just a little bit to make sure you get a little bit of width to that height. Yeah, I get you. Yeah, that's right. Do you wear, uh, do you personally wear pajamas on the outside of your banana suit? or when you go to sleep and you're in a pajama situation, do you switch out the suit for the pajamas? Or is it strictly the blue and white striped pajamas? Are those the only banana pajamas out there? I only wear the suit
00:59:46
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at the shows. Okay. There is no need for me to do that. Okay. I wear the pajamas on my body. It makes sense. It's the only thing that makes sense for an individual such as myself. So it's like Kurt from groups. Yes. He only rocks just underwear while he's at work. Yeah. He's playing shows. If he's not working, he's usually got slides and a t-shirt on as well. That's true. I am getting paid. to rock the banana suit. how much That's the only reason I wear it. Oh, it's not for the love of the game. It's for the money too. It's for the money. no This is an interesting wrinkle. now Money. I get paid 1,400 bananas every time. but That's an entire juice. That's incredible. yeah
01:00:37
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That's 100K in the bank, baby. 100K per juice. Well, it's 200, but he gets 100 from it. There is a cost up front. Of course. Like, is it big banana? Is it big ska? Who's bankrolling this thing? They haven't told me. Well, yeah. Dark money. Yeah, dark money. Who do you deal with? It's dark banana. Dark banana. Yeah. Is there anything that you want to leave? Like, what's your final words on this whole thing before we get into the game? Ska is about having fun. It's about dorky white men, banana or otherwise, right getting a chance to dance okay freely and openly as they are. It's tough to hear. It's true. It's tough to hear. It's not about politics or anything else. It's just about having a good time. And if you're interrupting my good time, you are being political. And that's just not what this is about. It's tough to leave that statement unchecked. No, it's it's ah but i mean when that's because he's checking all the boxes. That's why it's tough to leave it unchecked. Because nothing is left unchecked. It's all on the table. He's checked every box.
01:01:53
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of For some reason, that what he says speaks to me, and possibly to Joey. I don't know if it really speaks to you necessarily, but yeah. Yeah, it does speak to me, but I guess you are speaking for you. And that's good. And that's the only thing that matters. all all I know, know. Joey, then we got a game, eh? Oh yeah, we got a game. We got a game? We're we're gonna play a game. um And you know, this this whole episode has been an Engineer Joey Join. So there's only one
Formation of a Fruit-Based Ska Band
01:02:24
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game. There's only one game. So it's rolled pretty well.
01:02:27
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Yeah, it's a good yeah it's and you joey yeah joint that is absolutely true. This has been a great episode. Um, but yeah, so we're going to play build a bad workshop. Uh, and in this game, the CPSC crew with the help of our guests will recruit players in order to put together the most successful or fruitful SCA band of all time. The only catch is that all the members need to be fruit. Okay. No veggies allowed. Oh, hell yeah. All right, so ah guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, vocals, and three horns? I mean, it's got to be the third wave band. Yeah. OK, here we go. I'm going to need Google, because I just don't remember things. What's that really stinky one? The Dorian? The Dorian Dorian. What's the Dorian doing? The Dorian's like a cute Dorian. Dorian Gray is a. Dorian Gray. Dorian Gray.
01:03:19
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durian gray has is on Fifty Shades of Roots. Yeah. And they're doing the keytar. Keytar. So we have a durian, and the keytar. Keytar. Got it. Feels good. That doesn't feel too bad. no Nope, nope, nope. Oh man. You know, I think a bunch of grapes Could each individually play a drum? Or maybe in pairs?
01:03:50
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You know what I'm saying? You're speaking my language, Joey. Yeah, yeah. You're make so talking about, like, a California raisin. No. No, not not a singular grape. A bunch of grapes. So, like, you know, they gotta do a roll. They gotta to do a... You could have two grapes jumping on each drum and to do all this stuff. That's adorable. That's real adorbs. A bunch of grapes. It really takes away from that stinky key to our player. Yeah. So, a bunch of grapes, maybe the drummer. Okay, that double bass would be going nuts crazy Scott Corbin down there jo Yeah, that's blast beats right there got to do it. Yeah. Yeah The elegant mr. H. What was your name again? i the age youana a man h Okay, what do you got for the build a band?
01:04:37
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Oh, we're doing dual vocalists. We're doing an apple and a banana on lead vocals. We are going to bridge that gap. I like to eat apples and bananas. Yeah, yeah. Canada. Let's not get political though. Yeah, that's too It's too political. Apples and bananas. and they're on dual vocals. Is this like ah ah like a Beauty and the Beast, like um like ah like a metal band where it's like a guy who's got a load of ro vocals and then the lady's like the pretty like operatic vocals type of thing? Like an Alexis on fire thing? No chicks.
01:05:10
Speaker
No, no checks. All right. No, we're getting I can't know enough. Well, there's gonna be chicks so that you can't say that you can't you know this podcast you 1997 How do you feel about the dance hall crashes I'm putting women in no from banana but They're from banana County by that the two the the two girls that's the write-off. Oh they're okay for for a non men but yeah they're okay for not men if i quote another quote kind a fucking nickel man if i dont fuck had an nickle like be behind someone say me this demand no son you ain' me feel like care were okay for a non-man. Yeah, Yeah. I'm getting triggered. Panaman, I'm getting triggered. They're saying that about Karina.
01:06:05
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Every time there's a non-man in that position, it means that there is a better man who was sacrificed.
01:06:17
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Sacrificed. Sacrificed. For the means of being political. politically right do Do you say politically correct still? Oh, all the time. all time yeah I'm frankly surprised. You know what? You know what? I'm putting a peach on the lead guitar. A peach because it looks closest to a vagina and a little butt. And she's, she's the lead guitar. lead guitar because like, guess what? She's a woman. She's a woman and she can shred. She's fucking Joan Jett. Okay, Rob, we don't have anything from you. Yeah. Oh, that's true. Yeah. but's so um ah yeah
01:07:00
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and a California Raisin. That already got brought up and that was a good idea. What's he playing? Saxophone. Oh, okay. Yeah. Saxophone. Great call. California Raisin, playing saxophone. Got the shades. It's already built. Yeah, that's true. ah It's like a super band. And it's the dad of your grape drummer. You can write that down. The California raisin is the dad. Yeah, write an arrow. That's good. Okay. I like it. Dad. say seven makes up fair yeah um Can I do one more and say I want a red bell pepper? who um ah Can you? I can. That that is a, that is a fruit. Is it? ah That is a fruit. tomatoes yeah Because the seeds are inside of it, correct? yes It does not grow from the ground, which makes it a vegetable.
01:07:44
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Bell. Red bell pepper. Did you write red? I wrote yes okay red on their planet. Not an orange or a yellow bell pepper, a red bell pepper. Yeah, what are they playing? They play bass. Why? That's what he would play. that's what That's what he learned? That's what he learned, yeah. yeah he asked He asked what is the hardest white a band member to find in a band, and they said bass, and he said that's me. I guess I'll learn. yeah yeah Are peppers fruit? I just googled that. They said, yeah, the nightshades. Yes. Oh, that. OK. Yeah, I know. I doubted it too, but.
01:08:19
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Cap C is capsicum. That's right. It's a capsicum. Yes. Okay. All right, so Celine's got two. I got two. Yep. Joey and the elegant Mr. H. but My one was just to make a point. That's good. What are we missing? So we got keys, we got drums, we got vocals, guitar, bass. So we need two more horns. We have a lead guitar. That's true. We could have a second guitar. But we also need two more horns. We need a bone. limit horns we need a We need a bone and we need what about a trumpet. Have you guys ever tried a goji berry? Goji berry? Bone and trumpet.
01:08:51
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are going to be an orange and avocado respectively. Orange and avocado respectively. So orange is? They are masters in their crap. Yep. It's an avocado. An avocado is a great choice. Yeah, avocado is good. And so the orange was? Nobody said orange was bone? Yeah. Is olive a fruit? Olive is a fruit, yes. And trumpet was the avocado, right? Yeah, that's right. So do we want to? They bring some Latin flair. So Joey, you're up with that rhythm guitar. You need to bring us home. I'm gonna do a zucchini. I'm gonna do a berry. Oh man, really? I'm gonna do a tomato just to like. I like do love a tomato. Yeah. um It would be controversial because some people do say it's like. let i for red bed That's what red bell peppers do. I know, I know. You laid down laid down the knowledge. Yeah. A zucchini a fruit?
01:09:45
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As far as I know, I believe squashes are fruits, yeah? No? Are they? I don't know. I'm about to find out pumpkins. ah Yeah, a gourd would be a fruit, I you i guess, wouldn't it? ah some Squashes are fruits, not vegetables. Okay. So you can throw a zucchini pumpkin, ah that ah that ah round one. You know what? I'm absolutely going with a spaghetti squash. I'm going with those like real big pumpkins. Yeah. Because I always think it's sick to make a carriage out of. I just always think it's sick when there's like... Like a non-eating one. Like the ones that are only for display. Yeah, but are like huge. Yeah. Because I just think it's sick when there's like a big band up on stage and like the bass player or the guitar player is just like a big fat guy. I love that too. I love that. It's like watching Sublime.
01:10:35
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Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It just reminds you of watching sublime every time you see yeah a giant human being playing. Yeah. There's just something about it that's fucking sick. So I'm going pumpkin rhythm we guitar. All right. So lay it on us. What's the, what is our fruit band? All right. Here we go. Hold on. but wait We're adding a piece saying Raja. Oh, yeah. our Our dancer. OK. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. A dancing, a dancing banana, of course, if as you're. Yeah, yeah. He's saying the butter jelly saying. Right. Yeah. Roger. There you go. There you go. There you pleasure yeah they hit go. Dance. OK, so from the top, from our vocalist, from the front of the stage. Right. Apple and banana. Apple and banana. Yeah, I've been able to sing it up. Got it.
01:11:24
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We got keeping the rhythm on the bass guitar, a red bell pepper. red red bell pepper ah Going with that rhythm player, big old fat ass pumpkin. Shredding the leads, pe why showing off that shiny little, there's that fuzzy little butt. What else is she showing off? Her front but buzzy her little friend but say it little butt, little front butt, Fuzzy That's fuzzy. Not a nectarine. It's a peach. We got to be clear. Yeah, exactly Okay, and then just kind of off to the side. We have our our horn line we have on sacks The California raisin that's right the sax playing California right who is the dad of who is the dad of but we'll get i'll get there, okay um Avocado on trumpet
01:12:12
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and orange not annoying orange just regular ones on trombone uh and then kiss tan that guy agree fucking hard agree hard hard agree that's our venn diagram of politics yeah over on the keys i guess standing up on the keys standing up on the keys bubbling is durian fruit, and stinking it up over there. And then, ah yeah, playing playing drums is the many, many children of California Raisin. A bunch of grapes. Yeah, a bunch of grapes. A whole bunch of grapes. And then like the pecan sandy, or whatever it's called, is the boss tone? Yeah, the piecing rajah. Piecing rajah is the dancer. up yeah A piecing to you, Rajah. Ooh, drinking came in. A piecing to you, Rajah.
01:13:03
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That's a good band. Yeah. I'd watch that band. Me too. Yeah, it's great. It'd be a healthy show to be on, if you like. What's the song they're singing?
Musical Influences and Podcast Promotion
01:13:12
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What's the song they're singing? Well, you just said it. I'd be saying to you, Roger. Well, I was going to say, to go along with your thing where singing about something that is frightening to you would be like a empowering situation, I think this band should be playing Monkey Man. Oh yeah, another monkey theme. But do it do what you fear, right? Yeah. Do you like Bananarama? Yes. Do you know they have a specials tie? they they saying Yeah, because of the Funboy 3, Bananarama was involved with them.
01:13:48
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um side question of the non-scar bands they are the finest the finest in names truly it's true um there's also a hardcore band out there called banana slamma nice uh and that is nice it is ah it is on the scarier side no because uh because they do dress up as monkeys oh slamming bananas yeah well is it i Is it ironic? or No, it is like a legitimate slam band that is in monkey suits Playing songs about bananas. how How do you feel about this? How do you follow about the gorillas? They're pretty big
01:14:29
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who They're fake, so it's fine. okay It's not that scary. It's a fake point. Yeah, I guess they're cartoons. Well, that brings us... Game ends up here doing his thing, you know, doing his... I don't know who you're talking about. You have 2D, Noodle, ah you got the scary guy playing the bass, and then you got the possessed guy on drums. That's that's the girl. And Russell. That's right. don No, did he that's a ghost that is possessing Russell. Oh, yeah, through Russell, not as much muscles, but percussion he provides. Yeah. yeah that' a great way um but Thanks for being on the pod. um ah The original BananaManH. What have you got to plug?
01:15:10
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I got this good friend on the, on the Twitters. Uh, he's NPR skanking department. Oh, that's a good Twitter. How do you know our friend? Yeah. Yeah. You guys politically are kind of on different sides of things. i yeah yeah i'm so I'm very terrified to ask you about Palestine. So I think maybe we'll skip over that. He's putting on a front. He's, he's deep in the trenches. Uh, and yeah he's playing the long game. ah I probably shouldn't have outed him like that. i think I think he's got a podcast too, or like a live show that maybe people should tune into. he's kind of He's got a live show called Enjoy Yourself, subtitled There's More Scott Than You Think. And yeah, they have a good time.
01:15:51
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it's I don't know, two Thursdays a month. There's no real schedule right now. They'll figure it out. Sweet. spirit Two Thursdays, any two Thursdays a month. It's like the second and fourth Thursday or something. Just tune in on a Thursday. I like it. Just tune in on a Thursday. Hopefully it'll be the right one. and well They're on Twitch. They're on mixcloud. They're on all of the platforms. There we go. that we go yeah Now we're promoting shit. Alright. Thanks for listening to CheckerPass. Hit us up on Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and TikTok at CheckerPassPod or send us an email at CheckerPassPod at gmail dot.com. Support the pod and get bonus content, including full length and unedited video of this episode.
01:16:36
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Sign up for the Checkerhead Patreon at patreon dot.com slash checkeredpast. We're at the price of admission today, I think. i believe We also have merch available at checkeredpast.ca. Checkeredpast is edited by i TBD, honestly. engineer volunteered I think I feel like cut man is on deck. she was thinking that might be Joey's not going to be harsh enough. This might be a cut man, Joey. I think you might have to take this. Engineer, it Joey definitely engineered it. And our Ska associate producer is Chris Reeves. And until next time, I'm Rob. Flynn. Engineer Joey. And in the immortal words of Groucho Marx, time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. Slip it up.