Talk:Banana Boat Song

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[edit] "rare coincidence"?

From article: (emphasis mine)

German band Trio performed a parody where "Bommerlunder" (a German schnapps) substituted the words "daylight come" in the 1980s. In one rare coincidence, Trio and Harry Belafonte appeared in the same TV show with the latter watching Trio's act in disbelief.

Does somebody not know what the word "coincidence" means? Sounds to me (just from reading this) like this was deliberately set up, rather than just a random event. But I don't know the specifics. Can we find a better way of wording that? Lurlock 14:48, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Television Debut

"Belafonte's debut television performance of the song was in a famous muppet TV series, The Muppet Show."

I can't believe that Belafante, who's been performin this song since the 50s, never sang it on TV before the 70s.

[edit] Bic commercial

Doe anyone remember a radio or TV commercial from the 1960's or 1970's for Bic Banana pens that used the song? I think the lyrics "Bic Banana markers, you got to (or gotta) get some" replaced "daylight come and we wanna go home." NBK1122 (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2008 (UTC)