00:01This is 29 Acacia Road, and this is Eric, the schoolboy who leads an amazing double life.
00:08And when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs.
00:16Eric is Banana Man, ever alert for the call to action.
00:30I don't mind the rain, because this is my big day, we're playing Gasworks United, and I'm in goal.
00:37This is no ordinary rain, Bucketing Down.
00:41That's right, Banana fans, it was raining cats and dogs.
00:44Poodles were forming everywhere.
00:48It's all righty here, Eric. This is no ordinary rainstorm, Bucketing Down.
00:53Oh, I tell you, it's getting very dumpy, I think.
00:58Now, Mr. Gringle, our damage control officer, is down at the dam.
01:02And he says the wall can't take much more pressure.
01:05Gosh, Chief, if that wall gives way...
01:07Yes, Eric, exactly. Think of all that masonry, and think of all those tons of water pouring down Acacia Road.
01:13It could be the wall of death.
01:16Right, Chief, I'll be right. I'll get him touched with Banana Man, immediately.
01:33Banana Man and the Chief felt a chill of foreboding. Could this be the work of the Weather Man?
01:39But surely they'd see the last of that evil world when his airship vanished in the gray Arctic mists.
01:45I hadn't heard the last hope of the Weather Man.
01:49Never mind. Banana Man was on his way.
01:53Yes, ma'am, to face one of the greatest challenges of my career.
01:58It's Banana Man.
01:59Hi there, Grindle.
02:01Hi.
02:01This is a splendid view. Now, what seems to be the problem?
02:04I'm doing me best, Mr. B, but this is a very big wall.
02:09Say no more. What's to be done?
02:11Oh, well, you see, there's a huge plug at the base of this wall. If you could pull that plug,
02:16all this water would drain away, and we'll all be saved.
02:20But hurry, Banana Man. This wall won't last much longer.
02:24By George, Grindle.
02:26Yes.
02:26Look, that's a periscope. There's no time for a one and a half twist or a somersault.
02:32Just a somersault, sir.
02:34No, there's no time. I shall just do my straight power dive.
02:37You must do what you think best, Mr. B.
02:41That green twilight world beneath the waves, it was Hunter against Destroyer.
02:47And suddenly, there it was.
02:50Great barbecued Bananas. A submersible airship.
02:54Yes, it is the Weather Man.
02:57In person, baby mine. Ha ha. And what a time for that interfering banana to turn up.
03:03Just a few more minutes of rain, and the rising floodwaters will crack the wall.
03:08And then it's bye-bye, Acacia Road. And farewell, the Acme Bingo Hall.
03:14Ha ha ha ha. I know. I can stop Banana Man with a banana-seeking torpedo.
03:20Range of 5,000. The speed of 25 knots.
03:25Fire.
03:26One.
03:27And rolling.
03:29Ha ha. Even at 50 fathoms, my underwater hearing aid can pick up the approach of a deadly banana-seeking
03:36torpedo.
03:38Ah, this length of tube should do the trick. I'll bend it like this, and ready when you are, Weather
03:48Man.
03:48Ha ha. It's coming back.
03:53I can't let Banana Man pull that bladder.
03:56Stand by.
03:57Ram.
04:07Yes, fans, another villain down the drain.
04:11All in a day's work for a modest hero.
04:15And now it's time Eric appeared at that football match.
04:22We lost 23-0, Eric. We had nobody in goal.
04:26Yes, where were you, Eric?
04:28I know what you're thinking. Tell them the truth, right?
04:31But they'll never believe it.
04:33Yeah.
04:35No.
04:39No.
04:46Yeah.
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