{"id":253,"date":"2025-11-04T21:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T21:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/?page_id=253"},"modified":"2025-11-28T18:47:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T18:47:08","slug":"banjo-in-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/?page_id=253","title":{"rendered":"Banjo in Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" data-id=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/kermit.jpg\" alt=\"Kermit, a green frog puppet, sits against a tree holding a banjo.\" class=\"wp-image-258\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kermit the Frog (The Muppets)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" data-id=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/banjoooo.jpg\" alt=\"An animated robot sits while playing the banjo.\" class=\"wp-image-261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/banjoooo.jpg 640w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/banjoooo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/banjoooo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/banjoooo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bender (Futurama)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"664\" height=\"371\" data-id=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-04-163047.png\" alt=\"A young white woman is sitting and holding a banjo.\" class=\"wp-image-263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-04-163047.png 664w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-04-163047-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rita (Arrested Development)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"496\" data-id=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-04-162622-1.png\" alt=\"An animated beagle, Marbles, is playing the banjo.\" class=\"wp-image-264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-04-162622-1.png 323w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-04-162622-1-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marbles (Peanuts)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bugs-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Bugs Bunny, an animated rabbit, smiles smugly while playing a banjo.\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bugs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bugs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bugs-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bugs-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/bugs.jpg 1560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"456\" data-id=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/deliverance.jpg\" alt=\"A young white boy is focusing intensely on his banjo while sitting.\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/deliverance.jpg 720w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/deliverance-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lonnie (Deliverance)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" data-id=\"322\" src=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/d4e18435367abe867350e66fdfb30235.jpg\" alt=\"A stop motion snowman next to a Christmas tree holds his banjo and sings.\" class=\"wp-image-322\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sam the Snowman (Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Stewie, an animated white young boy, is holding a banjo with wheat in his mouth.\" class=\"wp-image-267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maxresdefault-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maxresdefault-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stewie (Family Guy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Image Citations<\/summary>\n<p>Kermit the Frog. 2022. \u201cI play all sorts of songs on my banjo, you know.\u201d Facebook, May 11, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MuppetsKermit\/posts\/i-play-all-sorts-of-songs-on-my-banjo-you-know-its-not-always-rainbow-connection\/564716505023711\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MuppetsKermit\/posts\/i-play-all-sorts-of-songs-on-my-banjo-you-know-its-not-always-rainbow-connection\/564716505023711\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@lonesomedaughter. 2015. \u201cJust for fun.\u201d Instagram, April 6, 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/1Jxve9LcMU\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/1Jxve9LcMU\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kurland, Daniel. \u201cArrested Development: 5 Actors Who Nailed Their Roles (&amp; 5 Who Fell Short).\u201d <em>CBR,<\/em> August 8, 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbr.com\/arrested-development-actor-performances-good-bad\/\">https:\/\/www.cbr.com\/arrested-development-actor-performances-good-bad\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMarbles.\u201d <em>Peanuts Wiki, <\/em>n.d. <a href=\"https:\/\/peanuts.fandom.com\/wiki\/Marbles\">https:\/\/peanuts.fandom.com\/wiki\/Marbles<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones, Chuck. <em>Long-Haired Hare<\/em>, performed by Mel Blanc and Nicolai Shutorev (1949; United States: Warner Bros. Cartoon Studios, 1949), animation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Screen Gems. 2023. \u201cEvery time I post about the film Deliverance (1972) mention is inevitably made about Lonnie, the banjo playing boy, portrayed by Billy Redden.\u201d Facebook, April 4, 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/screengemsbyronnie\/posts\/every-time-i-post-about-the-film-deliverance-1972-mention-is-inevitably-made-abo\/2492644747558824\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/screengemsbyronnie\/posts\/every-time-i-post-about-the-film-deliverance-1972-mention-is-inevitably-made-abo\/2492644747558824\/<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roemer, Larry. <em>Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, <\/em>performed by Burl Ives (1964; United States: CBS, 1964), stop motion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HappyDude. \u201cWarm out today, Stewie playing the banjo in HD.\u201d Youtube Video, 0.42, June 9, 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ugtGQla0g2I\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ugtGQla0g2I<\/a>.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-253","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=253"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390,"href":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/253\/revisions\/390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/historyoftech.mcclurken.org\/americanbanjo\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}