Name: Chris McCarroll
Title: Banana at Edible Arrangements
How long have you been a banana?
[Friday] was day five for me.
What’s the best part about being a banana?
The looks you get are definitely the best part. People don’t know whether to talk to you or run away really quick.
What is your favorite banana-based item?
Definitely a peanut-butter and banana sandwhich. That’s a childhood favorite.
Are you angry when fellow bananas end up in the arrangements for people to eat?
No, I’m quite thrilled that bananas are getting noticed as delicious flower-shaped fruit.
If someone were chasing you, would you take off the suit and throw it behind you to grease the path?
Absolutely not, you wear the banana suit with pride. Plus, if people are chasing you and you’re wearing a banana suit, you tend to get noticed and someone will say, ‘What’s going on?’
Can you perform a split while wearing the banana suit?
I haven’t been able to perform a split ever in my life.
How many banana costumes are in your closet?
This is my only one. I fell into a vat of nuclear waste while eating a banana, and the rest is history.
Do you have different options for formal wear?
When it comes to a banana suit, it’s hard to pick formal wear. You pretty much just hope you have on a good pair of pants.
Is it warm inside the banana suit?
It’s ungodly warm. The first day I wore it I wore a jacket, and I got about five minutes away from the store and had to come back. Bananas are tropical people.
What is the suit made out of?
I’m not exactly sure, but it’s something felt-like. It’s homemade by someone at the store.
What is the appeal of being a human banana?
Who doesn’t want to run around as a giant piece of fruit handing out free samples of other delicious fruit? Besides, they pay me to do it.
What’s your hidden talent?
I can longboard – in and out of a banana suit – very well.
What’s your guilty pleasure?
What happens in banana town, stays in banana town.