The costumes were constructed by Sid and Marty Krofft based on designs by Hanna-Barbera artists, and the series' sponsor was Kellogg's Cereals.

[2] A feature-length comedy horror film adaptation, The Banana Splits Movie, premiered at San Diego Comic-Con on July 18, 2019, and was released worldwide on August 13, 2019.

[2] In his autobiography, Barbera said that the show was originally going to be called The Banana Bunch, but permission could not be obtained from the author of a children's book by that same title.

NBC picked up the Krofft series, which was launched on August 30, 1969, during an hour-long special hosted by the Banana Splits.

All the live-action material filmed for the series' first season, including the Banana Splits and Danger Island segments, was directed by Richard Donner.

[4] Jason Ankeny of AllMusic has blamed the show's drastic ratings drop during its second season on the production staff's failure to change backgrounds or set designs, which misled young viewers into thinking that they were watching reruns instead of new episodes.

All the original Banana Splits episodes were included in this package, with Paul Winchell providing new, spoken introductions for the added components in the series.

The Banana Splits' bubblegum pop rock and roll was provided by studio professionals, including Joey Levine ("I Enjoy Being a Boy", "It's a Good Day for a Parade"); Al Kooper ("You're the Lovin' End"); Barry White ("Doin' the Banana Split"); Gene Pitney ("Two Ton Tessie") and Jimmy Radcliffe, who provided his songs ("I'm Gonna Find a Cave", "Soul", "Don't Go Away Go-Go Girl", "Adam Had 'Em" and "The Show Must Go On") but did not contribute vocals to Splits recordings.

When a heavier R&B vocal was needed, the music producers usually turned to singer Ricky Lancelotti, who was credited under his stage name Rick Lancelot.

It reached #7 on the UK charts[10] and appeared as a bonus on the CD reissue of their 1979 album The Incredible Shrinking Dickies.

[12][13][14] Hanna-Barbera produced The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park, a televised feature film, for ABC in 1972 that has the group rescuing a girl from an evil witch.

In August 2008, Warner Bros. Consumer Products announced a multi-platform release featuring new comedy shorts/series and music videos.

[24] On February 19, 2019, Warner Bros. Television Group's Blue Ribbon Content division announced that it was collaborating with Blue Ice Pictures on producing a film adaptation of The Banana Splits television series collectively named The Banana Splits Movie, which would serve as an R-rated slasher film.

Danishka Esterhazy was hired to direct the film, based on a script written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas.