Banana Blues ZingZillas

# Zak!

# Tang!

# Panzee!

# Drum!

-# Welcome to the band

-ZingZillas

-# Let me show you round

-ZingZillas

-# Each one lends a hand

-ZingZillas

# Making the ZingZilla sound

-# What's that in the glade?

-ZingZillas

-# Who's that playing now?

-ZingZillas

-# Sending out the waves

-ZingZillas

# Making that ZingZilla sound

# We'll be practising

# For The Big Zing

# Till the time to rock

# Count down with the coconut clock

-# Now you've met the band

-ZingZillas

-# Now you've seen around

-ZingZillas

-# Join us, lend a hand

-ZingZillas

# Making that ZingZilla sound. #

HE SNORES

I can't believe Zak is still fast asleep.

Let's just wake him up, so that we can get to the glade.

I can hear some fantastic sounds.

Wake Zak. Crash, bang, crash, bang.

Hold on the crash bangs, Drum. We need to wake Zak up gently.

Zak...

Zak!

Wakey wakey!

ZAK SNORES

ZAK MUMBLES

Zak!

Wakey wakey!

Crash bang, crash bang?

Crash bang, crash bang, it is.

Over to you.

PLAYS DRUMS

If that didn't wake him up he must be really tired.

Let's just leave Zak to sleep a little longer,

while we go to the glade. Come on!

I don't understand how anyone

could sleep through all that crashing and banging, Gravel.

GRAVEL SNORES

Gravel?

Oh, I don't believe it.

First Zak, and now you.

Well, fine, I'll just count the coconut clock by myself, shall I?

GRAVEL SNORES

Hmm...

Here comes...

coconut number one.

Three more to go to The Big Zing.

GRAVEL CONTINUES TO SNORE

Oh!

BASS GUITAR PLAYS

Oh!

Drum love beat.

So, you like the funky sound

my old friend Stuart makes with his guitar, then?

ALL: Yes!

Oh, that would make such a great sound for today's Big Zing.

Yeah! How do I make that kind of sound with my bass guitar?

You see how Stuart's slapping the guitar strings with his thumb?

Well that's what's making that funky sound.

It's making me tingle from my head to my toes.

Toe tingling!

When you play a bass guitar like that it's called slap bass.

Slap bass? Woo hoo!

If I'm going to play slap bass like that in The Big Zing

I'm going to need lots of practice. See you late, DJ.

Bye bye.

Oh, I don't think this is a great sound for The Big Zing.

My bass guitar just doesn't sound very funky.

Practice make perfect.

Drum's right, Panzee.

You just need more practice.

You need to pluck the strings a little harder,

and then, sort of, tap the string with your thumb.

Oh.

SHE PLAYS SLAP BASS

That sounds brilliant, Panzee.

Toe tingle!

Zak is going to love this music.

I hope he's awake now.

ZAK: Oh no!

My special breakfast banana.

It's gone!

It's gone!

Zak's awake, all right.

What's gone?

Well I think we should go and find out.

Oh!

Hey! What's up, Zak?

-What's gone?

-Have you lost something?

No, I have not lost something.

Someone has eaten my special breakfast banana.

ALL: Huh?

My special breakfast banana.

The one I put under my pillow when I sleep.

So you can eat it when you wake up?

That's the one. And today it's gone.

It's not under my pillow.

Oh, banana skin.

But no banana.

Somebody has eaten it.

Well it wasn't me.

Not Drum.

I didn't eat your banana, Zak.

If it wasn't any of you it must have been Todd.

ALL: Todd?

Todd not eat special banana.

Todd?

-Oh!

-Did you eat my special breakfast banana?

Special breakfast banana?

Yes. Did you eat it?

No. I haven't had a banana this morning.

I thought I'd do a spot of fixing before breakfast.

And was just trying to see what needs fixing in the jungle.

Somebody ate my special breakfast banana.

Really?

I've asked Tang, Panzee, and Drum. It wasn't them.

And it wasn't me.

The Moaning Stones don't like bananas.

So it must have been DJ Loose,

or the Beach Byrds!

DJ Loose wouldn't eat your banana.

And neither would the Beach Byrds.

Hey, Zak. We've a great sound for The Big Zing.

Are you ready to write some words for it?

Sorry, Panzee. But I can't write anything

until I've found out who ate my special breakfast banana.

Wait for me, Zak.

Oh, no! Not having words for the song is not just a big problem,

it's a disaster!

# Disaster

# Disaster

# Disaster. #

What are we going to do?

When Zak hears our funky sound he'll forget all about his missing banana.

Yeah!

Last one to the Coconut Hut

is a prickly pear!

DJ?

Did YOU eat my special breakfast banana?

I'm sorry, Zak, but it wasn't me.

# It wasn't us and it wasn't you

# It's a mystery, we need a clue. #

The ladies tell it how it is, my friend.

Nobody knows who took the banana.

It's a mystery.

Oh, oh, and the best way to solve the mystery

to find out who took the banana is to look for clues.

Clues?

We look for things which will help us find out

who ate your special breakfast banana.

Let's get looking then.

See you later, DJ.

Good luck, Zak.

I love a good mystery.

Hey, Zak!

We really need you to come up with some words for today's Big Zing.

Need words.

And, we've got a really funky song for you.

Listen to my slap bass sound.

Whoa! Whoa!

The music does sound great.

But I can't work on The Big Zing until I've found out

who ate my special breakfast banana.

Oh.

Don't worry. We'll soon have this mystery solved.

We're off to look for clues.

Drum help.

We can all help you, Zak.

Yes! The sooner we solve the mystery

the sooner Zak can write words for The Big Zing. Right, Zak?

Right, Panzee. Thanks, ZingZillas.

Look.

Drum, Panzee and Tang, you look for clues over by the Moaning Stones.

Zak and I will check back at the clubhouse.

ALL: OK!

Somebody has eaten Zak's special breakfast banana.

The ZingZillas still don't have any words for The Big Zing.

One coconut has already dropped,

and you, Gravel, have slept through it all.

GRAVEL SNORES

Oh! Found any clues yet, Tang?

I'm afraid not, Mr Granite.

Have you seen anything that will help us find out who took the banana?

No. Oh, this really is a mystery...

Oh, that tickles!

W-w-what's going on? Some of us are trying to sleep, you know!

Nice of you to join us, Gravel. Oh! And just in time because it's...

BOTH: Coconut number two!

Only two more coconuts until The Big Zing.

No clues here!

You'd better solve this mystery quickly!

Yes! Very quickly! Because if we don't find out who took the banana,

Zak won't write any words for today's song.

Let's see if Zak and Todd have had any luck.

See you later, Mr Granite, Mr Gravel!

Bye-bye!

Granite? Mystery? What mystery?

Ohh!

So, you normally keep your special breakfast banana under your pillow.

-That's right!

-And when you woke up this morning, it had been eaten.

When I went to bed last night, I put my banana under this pillow.

When I woke up this morning, all that was left was the skin!

Hmm...OK. Let's see if there are any clues.

-A-ha!

-A-ha!

-What is it?

-Our first clue - a footprint.

The footprint of the mystery banana eater.

Er...Sorry, Todd, but I think that's my footprint.

Hm.

-A-ha!

-A-ha!

What about this? A bracelet under the pillow.

-Er, mine.

-Ooh.

-A-ha!

-Ooh!

Well, what about this strand of hair?

That's got to be a clue to who ate your banana.

-What colour is it?

-Bl... Oh. Blue.

-Oh.

-ZAK SIGHS

Yes. Mine, too.

-Looking for clues isn't really working, is it. Todd?

-Hm...

But don't worry. I have a plan.

Put this banana under the pillow and pretend to be asleep.

I'll be watching you through my binoculars.

What do they do?

These binoculars make things that are far away look closer.

Here. Have a look.

-Do you ever get the feeling you're being watched?

-All the time.

-Oh! Here comes...

-BOTH: Coconut number three!

We'd better hurry, Todd.

There's only one more coconut until The Big Zing.

OK. You pretend to go to sleep, I'll watch from a distance.

When the mystery banana eater tries to eat your new banana,

I'll be able to see who it is and you can catch them!

Great plan, Todd!

-I'll get in position.

-I'll pretend to be asleep.

Oh. I'd forgotten how comfy this is.

Ready, Zak?

All I need to do now is keep quiet and still.

-ZINGZILLAS: Todd!

-Oh!

Are you OK, Todd?

Oh, yes, yes. All part of the plan to catch the mystery banana eater.

Zak has a new banana under his pillow and he's pretending to sleep

while I keep watch, using these binoculars.

They make things that are far away look closer. Here, have a look.

Can you see the banana?

It's tucked under the pillow.

Er...I can see the pillow, but no banana.

That's odd.

TODD GASPS

It's gone!

I-I don't believe it!

TANG GASPS

PANZEE GASPS

There you go, Drum.

Zak!

-To the clubhouse!

-Yay!

Zak was eating the banana in his sleep!

-Eat in sleep?

-Yes. He was sleep-eating.

Zak was the mystery banana eater all along!

I think we'd better wake him up, don't you?

Crash, bang, crash, bang?

Yes! Crash, bang, crash, bang.

Even louder this time!

Oh! Ah! Ah! Ah! Oh!

What's happening? Have we caught the mystery banana eater?

-Yes!

-Who is it? Who is it?

ALL: YOU! THEY LAUGH

Me?!

-I'm afraid so, Zak!

-You've been eating bananas in your sleep!

Sleep-eating!

Oh. Oh, dear.

I'm sorry, everyone. I didn't think it was ME!

-Oh. How can I make it up to you?

-We need some words for The Big Zing!

We've got the sounds, but we don't have any words to sing!

-Need Zak!

-Drum's right. We need you!

Right. Er, OK. Think Zak. Think.

Normally, I like to sing about things I like.

I know! Bananas! I'll sing about bananas!

THEY CHEER

They've solved the mystery and found their sound.

-And only just in time! Look! It's...

-BOTH: The last coconut!

ALL: It's time for The Big Zing!

THEY CHEER

# ZingZillas

# ZingZillas

# ZingZillas. #

It's that time of the day when we like to say...

It's Big Zing time!

So, take it away.

-Hello, everybody!

-Hello!

-Hello!

-Hello!

We've a jumping, bumping Big Zing today,

with Panzee and our special guest, Stuart Zender,

playing funky slap bass guitar!

# Let me tell you something There is only one thing

# I would rather do than sing

# Early in the morning The fruits that I'm adoring

# Are such amazing things

# Nothing compares to the taste so sweet

# Nothing compares to a great big bunch to eat

# Pineapple, melon and clementine

# Nothing compares to the fruits I find so fine

# And are mine

# And they taste so great at breakfast time

# I'm dreamin' 'bout bananas Dreamin' 'bout bananas

# Dreamin' 'bout them all night long

# Dreamin' 'bout bananas

# Dreamin' 'bout bananas

# Singing my banana song

# Banana-na, banana

# Banana-na, banana

# Banana-na, banana-na

# Na-na-na-na-na-na

# Banana-na, banana

# Banana-na, banana

# Banana-na, banana

# Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh!

# Nothing compares to the taste so sweet

# Nothing compares to a great big bunch to eat

# Banana, na, na, na, na

# Pineapple, melon and clementine

# Nothing compares to the fruits I find so fine

# And are mine

# And they're better than lemon and lime

# And they taste so great at breakfast time

# I'm dreamin' 'bout bananas dreamin' 'bout bananas

# Dreamin' 'bout them all night long

# Dreamin' 'bout bananas

# Dreamin' 'bout bananas

# Singing my banana song

-# Ooh-ooh

-Dreamin 'bout bananas

-# Ooh-ooh

-Dreamin 'bout bananas

# Dreamin' 'bout them all night long

# I'm dreamin' 'bout bananas

# Dreamin' 'bout bananas

# Dreamin' 'bout bananas

# I love bananas

# Singing my banana song. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

ALL: That was the best Big Zing ever!

THEY CHUCKLE

You'd better not eat your special breakfast banana

in your sleep tonight, Zak!

SNORING, CHOMPING

I think it's already been sleep-eaten, Panzee!

THEY LAUGH

Night, Todd.

Good night, ZingZillas.

# ZingZillas

# ZingZillas

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