Urban legends that persisted for years about the supposed wartime heroics of Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo have long been debunked. But now you can add a new legend to the pantheon of kiddie TV ...

Here’s another kooky TV show that mesmerized me and oodles of other preschoolers/kids: “The Banana Splits Show.” It only ran from 1968 to 1969. For me, the actual plot of any given “Banana Splits” ...