Banjo in Media

Kermit, a green frog puppet, sits against a tree holding a banjo.
Kermit the Frog (The Muppets)
An animated robot sits while playing the banjo.
Bender (Futurama)
A young white woman is sitting and holding a banjo.
Rita (Arrested Development)
An animated beagle, Marbles, is playing the banjo.
Marbles (Peanuts)
Bugs Bunny, an animated rabbit, smiles smugly while playing a banjo.
Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)
A young white boy is focusing intensely on his banjo while sitting.
Lonnie (Deliverance)
A stop motion snowman next to a Christmas tree holds his banjo and sings.
Sam the Snowman (Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer)
Stewie, an animated white young boy, is holding a banjo with wheat in his mouth.
Stewie (Family Guy)
Image Citations

Kermit the Frog. 2022. “I play all sorts of songs on my banjo, you know.” Facebook, May 11, 2022. https://www.facebook.com/MuppetsKermit/posts/i-play-all-sorts-of-songs-on-my-banjo-you-know-its-not-always-rainbow-connection/564716505023711/. 

@lonesomedaughter. 2015. “Just for fun.” Instagram, April 6, 2015. https://www.instagram.com/p/1Jxve9LcMU/.

Kurland, Daniel. “Arrested Development: 5 Actors Who Nailed Their Roles (& 5 Who Fell Short).” CBR, August 8, 2021. https://www.cbr.com/arrested-development-actor-performances-good-bad/.

“Marbles.” Peanuts Wiki, n.d. https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Marbles. 

Jones, Chuck. Long-Haired Hare, performed by Mel Blanc and Nicolai Shutorev (1949; United States: Warner Bros. Cartoon Studios, 1949), animation. 

Screen Gems. 2023. “Every time I post about the film Deliverance (1972) mention is inevitably made about Lonnie, the banjo playing boy, portrayed by Billy Redden.” Facebook, April 4, 2023. https://www.facebook.com/screengemsbyronnie/posts/every-time-i-post-about-the-film-deliverance-1972-mention-is-inevitably-made-abo/2492644747558824/. 

Roemer, Larry. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, performed by Burl Ives (1964; United States: CBS, 1964), stop motion. 

HappyDude. “Warm out today, Stewie playing the banjo in HD.” Youtube Video, 0.42, June 9, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugtGQla0g2I.