A normal schedule for a cartoon channel during weekdays is prime time mornings and afternoons but what about midday? The realms of midday cartoons was an unusual zone for anyone who's ever been off sick from school and all that was on was the most bizarre cartoons you could ever see. No idea what you Americans had but when I was young I had the Fruitties.

Fruitties is a Spanish cartoon from the late 80s about the adventures of a group of fruit, not to be confused with or associated with Christian cartoon show Veggie Tales. My memory of this show is sketchy at best as the only name I remember is Roly the Pineapple, I recognize the cactus & banana along with the human girl and a number of different songs which covered most of the plot.

Speaking of which 2 minutes 28 Seconds is stupidly long for an opening sequence, but then again most of my memories about this show were that the episodes felt like they lasted longer than they really were.
The thing about being sick while watching this and the Magic School Bus gave the impression of a mushroom trip, they seem so weird and likeable that I couldn't possibly hate them, in fact one of the best memories I have of this show that stands above all else is the character theme song for Roly the Pineapple. If the episode was about him, guarantee you'll here this song.

The Fruitties are on DVD in it's native Spain and clips from the episodes are easy to find on Youtube, there is no English DVD release, and the closest it got to America was Brazil.
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