The Banana Splits elephant. Fleegle would assume the role of leader of the Banana Splits, and preside at club meetings. The characters were played by actors in voluminous fleecy costumes, similar to later Sid and Marty Krofft characters such as "H.R. Pufnstuf". While Snorky "spoke" in honking noises, the other three spoke in English—Drooper with a Southern drawl in the manner of Michael Nesmith, and Fleegle with a pronounced lisp. The Splits' segments, including songs-of-the-week and comedy skits, served as wraparounds for a number of individual segments. In the second season, "The Three Musketeers" segments were replaced with repeats of "The Hillbilly Bears",
Max Bemis and the Painful Splits projects under varying band names. Max Bemis and the Painful Splits Max Bemis and the Painful Splits is a side project created by Say Anything's lead singer Max Bemis in September 2010. He has recorded six albums, titled "Max Bemis and the Painful Splits", "Max Bemis and the Painful Splits 2", "The Painful Splits Destroy", "The Painful Splits Are Multiplying", "Max Bemis and The Painful Splits Stripped Down", and "The Painful Splits Wins", respectively. Bemis himself denied that this was an official "solo project", called it a "low-key sort of release", and expected the first CD to be the first