How Do I Get the Dancing Banana on My Computer?

In 2001, a Flash animation featuring a dancing banana spread over the Internet. DJ Chipman's "It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time" accompanied the banana's rather spastic side-to-side movements. Since 2001, the dancing banana has popped up frequently in popular culture. References to this phenomenon have appeared in television shows such as "The Family Guy," "The Proud Family" and "American Idol" as well as in video games such as "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy," "Rumble Fighter" and "World of Warcraft."

Instructions

PC Download

1. Direct your browser to scratch.mit.edu.

2. Type "It's peanut butter jelly time" into the search box. Click on enter.

3. Click on the first link that appears on the results page.

4. Download the Scratch plug-in. Left click on the link that appears in the upper right-hand column. The underlined text is "Scratch." Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "continue to Scratch download." Click on the Scratch installer for Windows. This version is compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 2000.

5. Install the plug-in by following the directions in the pop-up windows.

6. Download the dancing banana file.

Mac Download

1. Direct your browser to www.macupdate.com.

2. Type "peanut butter jelly time" into the search box. Press "enter."

3. Download the file. To open this file, you must have Mac OS X 10.3.9 or later.

References

• PeanutButterJellyTime.net: Peanut Butter Jelly Time
• MIT: Peanut Butter Jelly Time!
• MacUpdate.com: Peanut Butter Jelly Time Screen Saver