I read recently that your show introduced "Here's one I prepared earlier" to the Australian TV lexicon, and cooking shows have been using it ever since.
I have heard that as well, apparently ascribed to me as Deane used 'I'm glad you asked' and 'try it on your friends' as catchwords. I didn't have any, but must have said this a fair bit. It was necessary as we would only show a make-and-do segment if we could show ours working at the end. With at best 4 minutes for a segment, showing how to construct something needed shortening for glue to dry etc, so I would make several versions at different stages of completion and bring them in sequentially, saying something like this - Rob
This takes me back. I half-remember this either from a printed section in New Idea (Curiosity Show plus Humphrey B Bear)... or from a Curiosity Show Book. Did Curiosity Show ever do books? Maybe it was just my personal collection of torn out pages. Would really be something interesting if I still had it (maybe the National Library some day will digitise all their magazine archive). The Illustrations were very well done, and were a great compliment to the show, especially before VCRs where some experiments needed some detailed instruction. The only other remember in the series was making an electro-magnet, but instead of wire, you'd "make" your own wire using sticky tape, and thin strips of aluminium foil. Heaps of fun over the Summer Holidays as a kid doing that stuff.
I used to do a lot of the experiments. I had a Dad that pretended to be amazed whilst guiding me towards doing it all correctly, and an older brother that would try and tear me down for having an interest. This clip is actually one of my core memories. I used to do it occasionally, and did it with my own children.
I have such a strong memory of this as a little boy. My Nanna was a seamstress and I took an upholstery needle and thread and I tried this. I was so small I had to pull a chair up to her kitchen bench to see. There was no rewind or playback available back then. And my tiny brain struggled to remember where he’d poked the holes. It only took 2 bananas to a reasonable result. I guess over the last 40+ years I have thought about this clip a few hundred times when I am about to peel a banana. I showed my own sons 25 years ago this same trick. I’m sure my eldest son will show his own, as he tends to share the experiences I gave him with his own kids.
I remember watching this as a kid and being blown away, even if it was just for a moment as my gullible young self really believed that fruit technology had made a pre sliced banana. Now watching it, it is very clear that the banana has been interfered with. There are so many of these clips that are memories stored deep in my head and that happily flood back and remind me of my childhood as I watch them. Thank you so much for bringing these back into my life.
An early magic trick was super similar to this except didn't look like it had some new disease. It was also done much differently to this... It has the same effect , except instead of all the work deane put into it, you just use a long single needle, push it into the back of the banana wherever you'd like it sliced and just wiggle the needle side to side to create each slice. It was much faster and MUCH neater.
Here's an idea 💡 I don't wanna shock everyone here with sheer scientific genius but you could just peel it and slice it 😮might be a bit too crazy and maverick 😂😂😂
@@ObiWanBillKenobi yes that’s what I said, I spelt t wrong on purpose to see if those types who search the internet for spelling mistakes & jump in to correct people are active on this channel 😉
You peeled the banana from the wrong end. Try flipping the banana next time. 1 it’s easier to peel from the other end 2 you’re left with a stem as a handle if you do it the right way 3 you don’t get that strange last bite
@@anthonydavidson6139 The other way sucks, its supposed to have all these magical bonuses but im starting to think its a troll. Look how the emoji opens it🍌
@@6AxisSage even a monkey will open it on the correct end when handed one. They do it the easy way. Think of a peel on Mario kart. The stem is in the middle of the peel not dangling off one of the peel tips.
Me as a little boy in the 80s bolting to my Nannas sewing room to retrieve a needle and thread, pulling a chair up to the kitchen bench and with concentration and tongue sticking out with absolute focus, trying to recreate what I’d seen as the instructions rapidly dissolved from my tiny memory. 🤣 This became a core memory for me. 40+ years later and I still think about it when I peel a banana, and I used to do it for my kids occasionally when they were small. Tedious maybe, but it also unlocked a sense of wonder and curiosity too.
I read recently that your show introduced "Here's one I prepared earlier" to the Australian TV lexicon, and cooking shows have been using it ever since.
I have heard that as well, apparently ascribed to me as Deane used 'I'm glad you asked' and 'try it on your friends' as catchwords. I didn't have any, but must have said this a fair bit. It was necessary as we would only show a make-and-do segment if we could show ours working at the end. With at best 4 minutes for a segment, showing how to construct something needed shortening for glue to dry etc, so I would make several versions at different stages of completion and bring them in sequentially, saying something like this - Rob
and Jimeoin's early 90s "Cooking Show" lampooned it fiercely
In the Northern hemisphere, we have Blue Peter to thank for the one that they made earlier.
This is a doom-scroll 3AM video before they existed.
I'm not entirely sure why but these videos just warm my heart.
This show is so sweet
Since ive adopted this technique, ive saved -20minutes of my life per banana i preslice 👍
Exactly 😅
Hahaha I love this
A trick you can try with your friends....
😂
That's bananas.
i'll leave now.
Yeah, you should split.
@@pglink that's better than i deserved thank you
So much monkey business happening in this comment *thread*
Is this any way to ~foster~ intelligent conversation?
If you dab the needle holes with lemon juice, will that delay them from darkening?
Possibly. I know lemon juice can keep apples from oxidizing
@@chad_bJust don't wash the apples until you want to eat them, the wax on the apples helps preserve them
Try it and find out!
you could also just swing the needle around, which would only require 1 hole per slice and no thread required either, and probably faster too
This takes me back. I half-remember this either from a printed section in New Idea (Curiosity Show plus Humphrey B Bear)... or from a Curiosity Show Book. Did Curiosity Show ever do books? Maybe it was just my personal collection of torn out pages. Would really be something interesting if I still had it (maybe the National Library some day will digitise all their magazine archive). The Illustrations were very well done, and were a great compliment to the show, especially before VCRs where some experiments needed some detailed instruction. The only other remember in the series was making an electro-magnet, but instead of wire, you'd "make" your own wire using sticky tape, and thin strips of aluminium foil. Heaps of fun over the Summer Holidays as a kid doing that stuff.
We did 11 books together and I did around 45 more - Rob
I used to do a lot of the experiments.
I had a Dad that pretended to be amazed whilst guiding me towards doing it all correctly, and an older brother that would try and tear me down for having an interest.
This clip is actually one of my core memories. I used to do it occasionally, and did it with my own children.
Shari Lewis taught me this one in “You Can Do It,” except it was just by swinging the needle inside the banana. No thread needed. 🍌
I did this when I was like 12-
My brother's band was doing practice.
They were all high AF and experienced
severe brainlock when I peeled that thing
how do you explain this, atheists? 😅
I Love Deane's shirt ❤
This technique also works wonders for performing a reverse circumcision
I have such a strong memory of this as a little boy. My Nanna was a seamstress and I took an upholstery needle and thread and I tried this.
I was so small I had to pull a chair up to her kitchen bench to see.
There was no rewind or playback available back then. And my tiny brain struggled to remember where he’d poked the holes. It only took 2 bananas to a reasonable result.
I guess over the last 40+ years I have thought about this clip a few hundred times when I am about to peel a banana.
I showed my own sons 25 years ago this same trick. I’m sure my eldest son will show his own, as he tends to share the experiences I gave him with his own kids.
I remember watching this as a kid and being blown away, even if it was just for a moment as my gullible young self really believed that fruit technology had made a pre sliced banana. Now watching it, it is very clear that the banana has been interfered with. There are so many of these clips that are memories stored deep in my head and that happily flood back and remind me of my childhood as I watch them. Thank you so much for bringing these back into my life.
Just use a stainless needle stick it in and move from side to side.
I recognised this too as its an old magic trick.
I remember showing this to my parents. They were impressed but the bruising made it pretty obvious.
Woah
An early magic trick was super similar to this except didn't look like it had some new disease. It was also done much differently to this...
It has the same effect , except instead of all the work deane put into it, you just use a long single needle, push it into the back of the banana wherever you'd like it sliced and just wiggle the needle side to side to create each slice. It was much faster and MUCH neater.
Ray Comfort flashbacks.
Atheists can not explain how the banana is pre-sliced
The slices are perfectly sized to fit into a mouth! Checkmate athiests!
Here's an idea 💡 I don't wanna shock everyone here with sheer scientific genius but you could just peel it and slice it 😮might be a bit too crazy and maverick 😂😂😂
Neat!
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"New kind of BahNArna"
Love this channel btw!
How about just eat the banana 🍌 simple...I don't think u should play with ur food mr 😅
One of the dumbest thing i've ever seen. It's obvious what was done by all the holes...
Try this on your banana-eating friends
You don’t need the thread, you can do it with just a needle, just poke it in & move it round in an ark, it’s much quicker to do it that way.
*arc
@@ObiWanBillKenobi yes that’s what I said, I spelt t wrong on purpose to see if those types who search the internet for spelling mistakes & jump in to correct people are active on this channel 😉
@@ObiWanBillKenobi he meant ark, thats how noah did it.
You peeled the banana from the wrong end. Try flipping the banana next time.
1 it’s easier to peel from the other end
2 you’re left with a stem as a handle if you do it the right way
3 you don’t get that strange last bite
Easier just to open it like normal and not eat the strange tasting bit at the end.
@@6AxisSage try opening it the other way, ya wrong it’s easier to open the end without the stem.
@@anthonydavidson6139 The other way sucks, its supposed to have all these magical bonuses but im starting to think its a troll. Look how the emoji opens it🍌
@@6AxisSage even a monkey will open it on the correct end when handed one. They do it the easy way. Think of a peel on Mario kart. The stem is in the middle of the peel not dangling off one of the peel tips.
If crafty panda did this we would call them names and be horrible
Khabe lame needs to do a video about this!!!... Just peel and eat bro
I can remember seeing this at the time - I used to do this trick.
If you have to do it yourself then it’s not “pre”
complicated way to do it but i guess it works
thats easy to do 😊
But what will I do with all the time I saved?
That doesn’t seem very sanitary
the gmo is getting to us
I remember watching this episode as a kid! Played the sliced banana trick on my mum 😂
Loving this channel, thank you 🙏 ❤
Do people eat sliced bananas? Or what is the point in slicing them?
children eat banana slices, since a whole banana is too large for such small hands and stomachs
What kind of monster would make bananas and custard with unsliced bananas?
people of Queensland is called banana benders :3
First !
nicely done (former champion here).
the gmo is getting to us
Slow day down under it seems 😂
Possibly the most tedious way to waste time ever conceived.
Me as a little boy in the 80s bolting to my Nannas sewing room to retrieve a needle and thread, pulling a chair up to the kitchen bench and with concentration and tongue sticking out with absolute focus, trying to recreate what I’d seen as the instructions rapidly dissolved from my tiny memory. 🤣
This became a core memory for me.
40+ years later and I still think about it when I peel a banana, and I used to do it for my kids occasionally when they were small.
Tedious maybe, but it also unlocked a sense of wonder and curiosity too.
@@PilotFlight2Mars A great memory was made. You are blessed, my friend.
Seems like a frivolous endeavor but whatever
jobless energy
What a waste of time😂