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The Banana Man
The Banana Man was a vaudeville character created by Adolf Proper (November 27, 1886–December 17, 1950〔("A. Robins" page ''imdb.com'' ) 1 November 2010 ''Note: states that Proper died in White Plains, New York''〕) who worked under the stage name "A. Robins".
The Banana Man's act consisted of Proper, dressed as a clownish character in a baggy tuxedo, producing an amazing and apparently impossible number of props from countless pockets and secret places in his costume. He would then perform various clown routines with the props. These props included (among many other things) a clarinet, a mandolin, a huge magnet, a violin, a music stand, several watermelons, and three hundred bananas. He did not speak in words, but uttered cries of delight, surprise, etc., in a nasal falsetto, and imitated the sounds of the musical instruments he "played." His costume was also capable of quick transformation, converting to a woman's dress and back again in seconds. A profile of Proper in ''The New Yorker'' reported that the costume weighed 60 pounds loaded, and it took him 2 hours to prepare it for each performance.〔("The Talk of the Town: A Is For Adolph" ''The New Yorker'' 14 December 1935 ) 1 November 2010〕 Proper performed as The Banana Man in the Broadway musical ''Jumbo'', in the short film ''Seeing Red'' starring Red Skelton, and in the 1947 feature film ''Mother Wore Tights'' starring Betty Grable.
Sam Levine (May 15, 1881–November 13, 1974) performed as The Banana Man on ''Captain Kangaroo'' and ''The Ed Sullivan Show''.
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