What a weird and wonderful thing the banana phone is. Popularized by a kids’ song by Raffi in the 90s, holding a banana to your ear and fictitiously making calls with it has stuck around as a gag in ...

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Yes, there really was a yellow plastic banana-shaped telephone used during Reds rain delays. That's why Marty Brennaman "goes to the Banana Phone" during rain delays. He's been doing it for 25 years!

How many more days will this godforsaken song be stuck in my head because of another actual banana phone? It is driving me insane! Today, Instructables has a tutorial in which you, the banana phone ...

With all the Reds rain delays so far, it's nice that Marty Brennaman doesn't actually use the plastic "Banana Phone" to talk to callers on the Reds Radio Network. "It was a real bad telephone. It was ...