The comic is about two friends, the strong Biffen (based on the
heavyweight boxer Harry Dahlgren) and the intelligent Bananen (based on Rit-Ola himself Rit-Ola was given rather loose directions for the comics: he was required to avoid the topics of drunkenness and rape; he was obliged to deliver the strip four to five weeks prior to the publication date; and the comic must be drawn in black, white, and red. Three movies were made about the characters:
Beef and the Banana (1951),
Blondie, Biffen och Bananen (1952), and
Klarar Bananen Biffen? (1957). Biffen was played by
Åke Grönberg and Bananen by
Åke Söderblom. ==References==