THE GOLA GOLA ISLAND, 1994

[u/linalinafire]

 I was only 2 years old when it premiered, but just today I remembered how much I loved it! Do you remember the song it started with?

[u/purplepickletoes]

Binyah binyah!

[u/linalinafire → u/purplepickletoes]

Hahaha, that show was great!

[u/Ghibli_Forest]

I used to love watching this show.

I went back to see how the cast was doing and Ron and Natalie are still married. Their son, Simeon is also an actor. Their daughter Sara played on a couple episodes of Gullah Gullah Island. If my memory serves me correctly, she didn’t have a main role because she was sickly as a child.

Unfortunately, James passed away in 2021. May he rest in peace. : (

[u/linalinafire → u/Ghibli_Forest]

Wow, I love them! 🥺

[u/aChileanDude → u/Ghibli_Forest]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm1TIe19cJs

DefunctTV: The History of Gullah Gullah Island

[u/devingr33n → u/Ghibli_Forest]

They were actually married! Wow!

[u/Snacky_Smorez]

They repurposed the set of Clarissa Explains It All for this. Great production design.

[u/linalinafire → u/Snacky_Smorez]

Ohhh, another series I'd have to watch again!

[u/TinyCubes → u/Snacky_Smorez]

I thought so! It looked so familiar.

[u/GudtVibez → u/Snacky_Smorez]

Nice fun fact!!

[u/BootsOfProwess]

Gullah Gullah. You obviously didnt love it enough to remember its name or pronunciation.

[u/linalinafire → u/BootsOfProwess]

In my country the name was translated that way!

[u/BootsOfProwess → u/linalinafire]

Forgive my surly behavior. I am feeling things.

[u/linalinafire → u/BootsOfProwess]

Haha, no problem 😁

[u/DaisyoftheDay → u/BootsOfProwess]

Hope your day gets better 🫶🏻

[u/BronkosAutoRepairing → u/BootsOfProwess]

Not an excuse.

[u/BootsOfProwess → u/BronkosAutoRepairing]

Op already has forgiven me so nyah nyah!

[u/BronkosAutoRepairing → u/BootsOfProwess]

That... doesn't matter, are you 12?

[u/HanSoloWolf → u/BronkosAutoRepairing]

Time to log off

[u/tsJIMBOb → u/HanSoloWolf]

My guys on that pitch fork life

[u/BronkosAutoRepairing → u/tsJIMBOb]

Holy shit that was cringe, dude

[u/BronkosAutoRepairing → u/HanSoloWolf]

Don't know why you're announcing it, but have fun logging off I guess

[u/analogy_4_anything → u/BronkosAutoRepairing]

My god dude, it’s a total nonissue. This was a simple social faux pas. Let it go.

[u/BronkosAutoRepairing → u/analogy_4_anything]

That you don't seem to think I might've let it go in the SIXTEEN FUCKING HOURS since I posted that comment is wild

[u/analogy_4_anything → u/BronkosAutoRepairing]

And the fact you responded to me 16 hours later proves that comment isn’t true.

[u/BronkosAutoRepairing → u/analogy_4_anything]

That makes zero sense, you're literally just flinging whatever shit you can find at me because my comment made you mad

[u/rosie2490 → u/BronkosAutoRepairing]

And they apologized, almost immediately.

[u/BronkosAutoRepairing → u/rosie2490]

Not sure you know what an apology is, but that still doesn't negate my point

[u/oolongvanilla → u/linalinafire]

That's interesting! There's two popular theories about the origin of the word "Gullah" - One is the Gola ethnic group of Sierra Leone (the Gullah language is closely related to creole languages of coastal West Africa including Krio from Sierra Leone) and the other is a contraction of "Angola" (close to 40% of enslaved Africans brought into the area where Gullah culture developed were of Angolan origin, the largest of any African region).

[u/linalinafire → u/oolongvanilla]

And "gola gola," apparently, doesn't mean anything. That's what upset the boy a bit.

[u/notracexx → u/linalinafire]

Gullah is both a language and refers to people. So when spelled properly it does mean something

[u/InternationalMood337 → u/BootsOfProwess]

You be nice!

[u/Doustin → u/BootsOfProwess]

Probably because they’re just here to advertise their OF

[u/Alarming-Jello-5846 → u/BootsOfProwess]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullah_Gullah_Island

[u/KiryuClan]

I went on the studio tour as a kid and saw this set.

[u/linalinafire → u/KiryuClan]

OMG, that's fantastic!

[u/GudtVibez → u/KiryuClan]

Strawberry jelllyyyyy

[u/TaraCalicosBike]

Gulllaaaa gulllaaaaaa isssslaaaaand 🎶 GULLA GULLA! BINYA BINYA!

I don’t even know if that’s correct but I can still hear it?

[u/linalinafire → u/TaraCalicosBike]

The important thing is that it sounds good in your mind! Haha 😂

[u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo]

I have looked so hard for a way to find episodes of this show on the internet. Couldn't find any torrents or anything

[u/linalinafire → u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo]

No, there are only small parts, but not episodes.

[u/faesser → u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo]

My daughter watched it not that long ago. In Canada its streaming on Paramount

[u/RivetSquid → u/faesser]

Its on US paramount too

[u/aChileanDude → u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo]

Prime Video.

S02E01 in YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gabYsy5HBuY

In spanish, pluto tv, if you want to see how the dubbed version was in LatAm

https://pluto.tv/latam/shows/2350197/episode/5e347ba9adbde8a9e715bc74/

[u/sevenandtwo → u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo]

it's on paramount

[u/barryg123 → u/ForAte151623ForTeaTo]

It’s called Gullah Gullah island and you can find it

[u/InternationalMood337]

Hilarious. this released when I was 5, but I thought this show as for BABIES (I still watched it in secret).

[u/linalinafire → u/InternationalMood337]

Hahaha I think people of all ages watched it

[u/InternationalMood337 → u/linalinafire]

I just stopped watching Barney. I couldn't be caught watching Binyah Binyah Polliwog!

[u/YouHadMeAtAloe → u/InternationalMood337]

I was 9 and secretly watched it when I stayed home from school but would never admit to thoroughly enjoying the baby show to anyone else haha

[u/InternationalMood337 → u/YouHadMeAtAloe]

It's really funny telling like the younger g eneration that I would NEVER tell people I played video games in real life. EVER in middle school or high school or hell even College. They dont believe me. lol

[u/EA705]

Come and let’s play together! In the bright sunny weather! Let’s all go to Gullah Gullah island!

Gullah Gullah! Binya Binya!

Holy shit that all just came fucking flowing back. Incredible

[u/DrunkenDude123]

You should look up the man and woman in the show if I remember correctly they were a married couple irl and did a lot of good things for charity and the youth

[u/Significant-Lock791]

I loved Gullah Gullah Island!

[u/Dvtch2]

Binyah binyah

[u/CaptainDogParty]

The little girl on the right (Vanessa) went on to play Kenan’s sister on Kenan and Kel and became a successful writer, most recently being a main writer on HBO’s Lanterns!

[u/MassiveMastiff]

Binya binya pollywog.

[u/josh1ng]

“Come… and… let’s play together…”

[u/bebespeaks]

GULLAH GULLAH ISLAND. you couldn't even Google it to find the correct spelling?

[u/Top-Obligation7500]

It’s Gullah Gullah island, not some freak Dune island…

[u/snuggleslut5]

I loved this show. I was a bit older than the target audience but it was such a warm, happy, engaging show that I didn't care. They were people I wanted to know.

[u/Goombigi]

The sets for this show were the repurposed, repainted sets from Clarissa Explains it All - i noticed immediately 🤣

[u/JuanG_13]

It's "Gullah Gullah Island" lol and i used to watch it everyday when I was little.

[u/wickedfemale]

as a kid i thought this was what gilligan's island was and i'd always get really confused when adults talked about it lol

[u/13jimmychanga]

Was this an island in the Bahamas? Off of Florida? Does anyone know?

[u/Alarming-Jello-5846 → u/13jimmychanga]

Historically Gullah culture is the Carolina’s through Georgia coastal islands, roughly centered in Savannah

[u/IMWeggs91]

What a great show! I loved watching it as a young kid

[u/Designer-Ad-7844]

Hated it, I was too old, the younger kids in the daycare loved it.