The Banana Man: A blog about the history of the banana costume.
I have always been fascinated by the origin of the banana costume.
I have been a collector for many years, and have recently started this blog to share my findings with other banana enthusiasts.
The Banana Man: A blog about the history of the banana costume.
This image is a rare and valuable photo of me (on the left), in my banana costume, standing with a friend. The year was 2006.
I’ve always been fascinated by the banana costume, which has been around since at least 1906. This blog chronicles my research into that history.
The Banana Man is a historical blog dedicated to the banana costume, a popular Halloween costume in the late 20th century. The website contains articles and photos about the history of this costume. We also maintain a database of banana costumes for sale on eBay.
The origins of the banana costume are unknown. People are drawn to the banana costume for its simplicity and ease of use. The Banana Man website was started in 2002 by Kyle Conroy, a collector of vintage Halloween costumes.
We are a group of researchers and writers who are interested in the history of the banana costume. We have a blog where we post updates on our research and occasional thoughts on the state of costumes today.
We welcome your input. Please leave us a comment if you have any questions or suggestions.
I’m a banana. I’m the Banana Man.
I’ve been wearing the costume for about three years now, and I would like to share my experiences with you.
The banana costume is a classic for a reason. The bright yellow color gets attention, the sleek design is eye-catching, and the smell of fresh bananas draws in customers. The banana costume has been around for over 50 years and is still used by companies to promote their products.
But where did this idea come from? The banana costume was invented by S.H. Poonja in the 1950s. At the time, he was working as a salesman selling kitchen knives door-to-door and noticed that people were not interested in what he had to sell.
He decided to come up with something that would get people’s attention, so he came up with the idea of dressing up like a banana and dancing on the sidewalk outside his customer’s house. He found that this new gimmick worked much better than his old one!
The banana costume was such a success that it was soon adopted by other companies as well. In 1956, an ad agency named Doyle Dane Bernbach (DDB) used it for their client Chiquita Bananas (then called United Fruit Company).
They hired a man named Ed Levinson to play “Mr Banana,” an energetic character who would wear a banana costume and dance on street corners while handing out samples of Chiquita
You might think you know where this story is going. You don’t.
A little over a year ago, I was the new kid at a small business in San Francisco. My first team meeting was about a video we wanted to make for my company’s annual holiday party.
“We” means three people: me and two co-workers, who had been there for years. It was their idea to make the video. Their idea for what the video should be? That “someone”—me—should dress up as a banana, because bananas were the theme of the party, and dance while they held up signs that said things like “TOO MUCH POTASSIUM.”
It wasn’t just a banana costume: it was an inflatable banana costume. Like what children wear on Halloween when they want to go out as the sun.