Banana Boy Arrested After Faux Fight
`Banana Boy’s superpowers weren’t enough to help him and the rest of his bunch give police the slip.
The local television character, who goes by the name Chris Phelps when he’s not donning his superhero’s large yellow banana crime-fighting costume, was arrested Thursday at gunpoint along with two others when police mistook their skit for a real-life knife fight. [..]
Unaware the melee was staged, Lovelace drew his handgun and ordered Banana Boy and his colleagues to the ground. They complied – quickly. [..]
“I said, ‘Oh my God, don’t shoot the banana,'” said Steven Wilson, who was watching the skit being filmed when Lovelace came upon the scene with his gun drawn. “It was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.”‘
