i'm Chiquita Banana and i've come to say my company's gonna overthrow your democratic government today

That banana is promoting the eating of her own kind...

Huh, pretty charming for a company that overthrew democracies in Latin America.

Woke up this morning thinking about this song.... When I was little, my dad was a real serious guy. But no matter what he was doing, no matter how annoyed, if I pulled a sticker off a Chiquita banana and stuck it on his forehead, he'd shoot up like a man possessed and start singing this song and dancing, as if forced by the sticker. It always made me laugh

I used this commercial to prove to someone that you can't refrigerate bananas. Lol

Found this while looking for Eric Andre’s chaquita banana song.

The voice is that of actress, model. and singer *Monica Lewis*. We became Facebook friends in the years before she died.

I'm Chiquita Banana and I've come to say, the rich and poor as equals is just, not okay! When ec-o-nomics are, nice n' fair, monopolies like us become, worse for wear!

I am fairly concerned that this company was involved in the banana wars of 1915

I'm Chiquita Banana and i've come to say, STOP IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, I AM AUTHORIZED TO USE LETHAL FORCE

The marketing dept. of Chiquita promoted not refrigerating the banana. However, they only did this because they knew that refrigerating them would keep them longer, and they wanted people to buy them more often.

My grandma used to sing this song to me when having a banana as a snack. Miss you and love you Grandma Mix!

My grandma used to sing me this song as a kid....she's 55 years older than me so I feel old now

Aw I've had this song in my head all day so I had to look it up. This video sparked a great conversation with my kid about how this was an educational commercial to teach people how to eat and store bananas because bananas were a new thing to our part of the world.

What a wholsesome commercial, sure there's nothing shady about the production and logistical needs from the company.............. right?

It's nostalgic and beautiful until you know the business

My sister forwarded this to me. Our mother used to sing it to us when we’d eat bananas back in the 1960’s. Thanks for the nostalgia!

Why can't most commercials nowadays be more like from the 40's, 50's, and 60's

This is how rap was before RUN-DMC. Its nice to see how things always turn full circle, you know, with rappers singing Friday with Rebecca Black and all. Also, is interesting to notice the eagerness of the banana boys for being peeled, chopped, sliced, squashed, grinded, fried, etc. and put into any banana based disert imaginable.

These Are Great Commercials! I watched them on television as a little boy growing up. I Do Not see quality like this anymore on television. Thank You.

I asked my dad if I could put a banana in my lunchbox so then he made me listen to the song I regret asking him that question

What a GREAT commercial! I think they ought to use it now (2023). Thank you for sharing!

Absolutely inspired by Carmen Miranda.

My teacher played this for me in class because i was outside class swearing about having to pay for extra fruit for breakfast i walked into class this played 😂

Actually, according to the book "Banana" by Dan Koeppel, this commercial contains some MISinformation, to help increase sales. Bananas actually last longer when refrigerated.

that is the most musically talented banana i have ever seen ,voice is also so catchy!!!

The guy who animated this should get a job at Disney

Oh boy, this song brings back memories as this was one of the songs sung one year in high school chorus (I didn't personally as it was for the sopranos and I was a bass by then). Doing chorus in the 90's definitely had some pretty "interesting" song choices. Especially by today's standards lol.

It doesn't appear that anyone commenting here knows or cares to know that this commercial (and others like it, w/ the same lyrics) ran on TV for nearly 25 years - from like 1950 to 1975. It is on the brains, hearts & conscious memories of many a baby boomer & latter boomer, myself included. Thanks for posting it!

Okay, why is Chiquita encouraging people to cook and eat members of her own family, who are obviously sentient? And smiling while doing it? What if someone walked by, snatched her up, and decided that they wasted to make her into pudding or bananas foster or something?

The CIA: man nobody destabilizes countries like we do. The United Fruit Company: hold my banana

This was apparently the first time the hip hop phrase "my name is (insert name here) and I'm here to say" was ever said.

Example of a commercial that teaches would-be consumers how to use the product. Needed anytime a new "type" food product comes out. Other examples are Jell-o and Spam.

This song is so good I want to jump out of the window of my office

I can't believe Eric Andre inspired this commercial

I like the baby smacking the guy's hand away at the end.

I love old-school commercials :D

Techincally speaking Chiquita Banana is inspired by Carmen Miranda who was Brazilian she should've said SIM SIM SIM SIM instead of SI SI SI SI. Just saying.

This is so cute love the old feels it has.

"I'm Chiquita Banana, and I'm here to say How to get rid of your teacher in a very easy way! Put a banana peel on the floor And watch your teacher go flyin' out the door!"

I recall this radio commercial before we had TV (Late 40's or early 50's). What stays in my mind is the phrase, "Never put bananas in the refrigerator." But I learned recently, that to retard ripening too soon, one should put them in the frig. This works. I had a bunch of 5 bananas in the frig, but forgot about them. After 2 weeks, the skin turned brown, but they were still firm, just like being perfectly ripe..

That was cool. Brought back a vague memory.

I’m a Banana! I’m a Banana! I’m a Banana! Look at me, Move!

Alternate words kids used to to sing for the Chiquita Banana song: I'm Chiquita Banana - and I'm here to say, if you want to kill your teacher - there's an easy way. (Just) Put the banana peel - on the floor, and watch your teacher fly - right out the door.

I’m 65 and my mom this morning mentioned this, I had look it up, I’ve never seen this…

Thumbs up for MailChimp . . . an outstanding mail system (think newsletter) which sent me here as a reward for yet another newsletter "Well done!"

Her dress is dyed red using the blood of Latin Americans Dutifully hand-dyed by US marines 🤓

I heard this on the classic radio last year, catchy tune from the good old days of animation.

CHIQUITA BANANA CHIQUITA BANANA OBAMA

You can always learn something from the past and through out the future will last.

Did anyone ever get a Chiquita Banana bowl and spoon?! I remember having a set. The bowl was shaped like a banana and the spoon handle was shaped as a banana. Both had the logo on them😀!

I remember this on tv

What a well drawn commercial, I wonder what they did between December 5th and 6th 1928

I LOVE THIS SONG

You're most digestible, my friend.

I have had this song in my head since before i knew english. Wasnt sure it existed. I tought it was ”chicqita banana bana bombi bay” instead of ”chiqita banana and com i come to say”

I eat my bananas slightly green and also chilled.

CHIQUITA BANANA CHIQUITA BANANA OBAMAAAA

Wait... this is why I was nicknamed Chiquita Banana 😳 Dear lord save me....

Those bananas sure do want to be eaten

That is just priceless. I think I need to learn that song!

My grandfather always used to sing part of this song, it's fun and educational!

If you go to the grocery store and see bananas that have a greyish color, that means they've been exposed to really low (like freezing or close to it) temperatures. They'll never ripen beyond that point. You're better off not buying them.

The reason I came here was because my advisor told me to. She is one smart person because i loved this.

Chiquita means little banana in reference to you know a male member or part notice at the end of the video the banana closes or blinks its eye a banana with an i at the end of it I'm just saying subliminal messaging at all I mean just look at it I'm not crazy seriously and they make the banana sexy because it sells into your subliminal mind like a ship

My sexual awakening

I love this video! This is the first time I have actually seen it and I have been getting jokes about the correlation between my name and this song for years! -Chiquita, CA

Wow. My grandma used to talk about this commercial. A lot. Like every day. I just had to find out if it's real.

REEE COMIEEE REEEE

Lyrics were better back then.

If it doesn't say Chiquita on the label maybe it's a bad day to buy bananas.

So funny! My english teacher performed this in front of our class:)

what a wonderful time to be a kid growing up during this time of life.

1. Bananas taste better when they're not fully ripe. When they're fully ripe, they're disgustingly mushy and overly sweet. 2. Older generations do NOT get to talk smack about us sexualizing everything when _they_ made a waifu out of a FUCKING BANANA.

Love it!!!

If every ad was like this I would only watch the ad

this company exploits its workers and destroys the land and community in which the bananas actually grow, wlong with another company called Dole.

как вчера помню 😊😊😊😊я не буду вас есть 😡😡😡😡 вы убиваете моего пупсика 😘😘

Anyone here from Eric Andre?

vore

Then again maybe the whole 🍌 promoting people to eat others is meant to be funny

Why can’t people let it just be a cute commercial?!

My favorite song

Great cartoon, lots of fun. But look up the United Fruit Company's history of manipulation and domination of Guatemala and other Latin American countries. It's not pretty. Or read Vargas Llosa's historical novel Harsh Times, which deals with the events of 1953 or so - the CIA-supported overthrow of a democratically-elected President of Guatemala (Arbenz, who promoted land reform for the sake of the indigenous, dirt-poor peasants, and who had the impudence to ask that United Fruit pay taxes), with the aid of the Dominican dictator Trujillo - I've just gotten started with the perfidy of what we Yankees and our local flunkies did...all part of a long US tradition of hypocrisy where democracy in Latin America was concerned. The Dulles brothers, Allen and John Foster, were on the board of directors of the United Fruit Company - you heard me right - a conflict of interest that surpasses even that of Justice Clarence Thomas nowadays. All so that United Fruit could sell bananas to us gringos.

Monica Lewis. An old friend of my parents' I might add. : )

Obama!!!!

Thanks for showing this to me,Ryan you are a nut!

i love old commercials

hahahha only reason i searched 4 this is uz my teach wuz talkin bout this commercial hahahaha :D

This would never fly today, too long for the attention spans of today

A singing banana!?this is nice.way before my time.

teacher: why didnt u do ur homework me: well ye see I was watchin this documentary about cannibalism

my grandmother can sing this very well for some reason.. I wonder why...

Omg as soon as I came across this video I instantly smelled banana and there’s currently none around me lmao!!

Great jingle too. 🍌 🍌 🍌

love it :D

Nice comercial and the magnicide company

A simple supper time, it’s about a dime of love

This reminds me of old time Looney Tunes. When I was like 5 years old, old. Ahh those were the days.

a simple suppertime, s'about a time of love