| “ | THE BEST COMEDY CHANNEL EVER* *According to us | ” |
―Wah!Banana | ||
Wah!Banana is a Singaporean comedy YouTube channel run by the main production team of Lingyi Xiong, Jason Hau, Chrysan Lee, Benjamin Zhong, Terence Then, Audrey Goh and many other newly-added cast members. Wah!Banana was founded in 2012 and is under the 01 Studio Private Limited trademark in Garena.
Content[]
Their content mainly consists of relatable comedy sketches such as "Your Mother vs My Mother", "Awkward Situations" and "Sunday vs Monday".
They also have a second channel called Wah!Banana Too where they upload bloopers, travelogs and reviews, with the goal to let their viewers get to know them better individually.
Cast[]
Team[]
(Many of who also feature as talents)
- Lingyi Xiong
- Jason Hau
- Chrysan Lee
- Benjamin Zhong (Benzo)
Talents[]
- Terence Then
- Audrey Goh
- Keiji Umehara
- J. Jai Kishan (Kishan J)
- Priscilla Lim
A more detailed description of their cast can be found on their official website.
Former Cast Members[]
Many of the original cast members have since left Wah!Banana to pursue other careers, such as Eden Ang and Matthew Stewart (Fish). Matthew was initially a guest star on Wah!Banana, but became a full-time member with Audrey Goh. Eden Ang later got involved in a sexual harassment scandal.
Aaron Khoo (Djehuty), Elliot Lucas Marcell Tan (Elliot) and Janice Chiang (Foxy), who were a part of the initial Wah!Banana team also left to form their own sketch comedy YouTube channel called TreePotatoes.
Tree Potatoes and Wah!Banana[]
When questioned about whether bananas are out of their diet, Tree Potatoes replied: We don’t have any issues with eating bananas but we’re not sure if the bananas want to be eaten.
When questioned about the subject of potatoes, Wah!Banana replied: To quote a line from one of our videos, “Some people prefer the soup, and some people prefer it dry.”
Trivia[]
- When brainstorming names, the team wanted something with a Singaporean flavor and came up with ideas like Wahlau, Singapura and Momochacha, eventually settling with Wah!Banana.
- Not only do they collaborate with local YouTube channels like Night Owl Cinematics, they have also collaborated with international YouTubers like WongFu Productions.
- In an interview with Mothership, they professed that Night Owl Cinematics is their favorite Singapore YouTube channel.
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