The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park is a 1972 live-action/animated

Animation

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...

 film made by Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century...

 featuring the characters from The Banana Splits children's television series. Mixing live action sequences shot at Kings Island

Kings Island

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 amusement park in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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 with animation, the film follows the Banana Splits as they attempt to rescue a young girl who is kidnapped by a power-hungry witch.

The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park was first broadcast as an episode on the weekly program ABC Saturday Superstar Movie on November 25, 1972.

External links

• The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park in the Big Cartoon Database
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