A member of the National Slip on a Banana Peel Club
Banana peels are often used in comedy as a tool for slapstick and pratfalls due to the slippery texture of the banana's inner peel. A character is seen walking, unaware of a sole peel on the ground. They step on it, causing them to slip and fall.
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- The Everything in the Whole Wide World Museum has an exhibit dedicated entirely to slippery banana peels in the "Things That Make You Fall" hall.
- A 1978 Sesame Street sketch (First: Episode 1205) features David slipping on a banana peel on stage despite the "danger" warnings from his performing partners.
- Three rats score Fozzie Bear's performance when slipping on a banana peel in the January 28, 1983 edition of The Muppets comic strip.
- Oscar the Grouch accidentally slips on his prized banana peel in Episode 2401 of Sesame Street.
- Monty pretends to slip on a banana peel in Sesame Street Episode 3094.
- In the Sesame Street song "King Sneer," a kingdom tries to get their king to smile. Among those who try are Joey and Davey Monkey, who attempt to make him laugh with a banana-peel pratfall.
- In The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland, Count von Count slips on a banana peel at the end of "Together Forever."
- The cover of Watch Out for Banana Peels has Grover slipping on one while demonstrating safety tips.
- In an edition of "Monster Clubhouse," a representative of the National Slip on a Banana Peel Club mistakes the Monster Clubhouse for his own meeting place (slipping on banana peels the entire time).
- In a Global Grover sketch from Episode 4058 of Sesame Street, Grover brings back a basket of banana peels from Jordan. He pours them on the ground and laughs off the idea of slipping on them, well aware of the comedy trope. He finds himself slipping on them anyway.
- Fozzie Bear slips on a banana peel on a 1981 Kiln Craft mug.
- In Sesame Street Episode 5023, a pair of monkeys carelessly discard banana peels, which cause Zoe to slip and break her arm while attempting to show Alan her big ballet jump.