Banana Brother and Ah-Hou Win Golden Bell; Tainan Fan Meeting Set
Ah-Hou on a Mission brings real work and Taiwanese-language interaction to children’s television. A December 12 finale at T.S. Mall follows recognition for its host and puppeteer.
Banana Brother, Lin Lun-yuan, and puppeteer Ah-Hou, Lin Chang-fu, have won the Children’s and Youth Programme Host Award at the 61st Golden Bell Awards for Ah-Hou on a Mission, broadcast by PTS Taigi. Following the programme ceremony on October 25, EBC shared Banana Brother’s response early on October 26 and announced the final Happy Growing Up fan meeting for December 12 at T.S. Mall in Tainan. The award continues memories of companionship from children’s television while bringing the performance work behind a puppet partnership into view.
What is Ah-Hou on a Mission? Exploring real work
PTS describes the programme as career exploration with the Ah-Hou hand puppet and Banana Brother. Real work experiences, entertaining sequences and programme presentation introduce the skills, qualities, challenges and personal stories behind different occupations. Rather than merely naming jobs for children, it turns what the work actually involves into a process they can follow. Adults watching alongside them gain a way to discuss effort and cooperation in working life.
The partnership gives distinct places to the human host, puppet character and puppetry performance. Banana Brother offers familiar guidance, Ah-Hou joins the exploration, and the puppeteer makes the exchanges between puppet and person possible. Naming Lin Lun-yuan and Lin Chang-fu together as award-winning hosts highlights shared work: interactions that appear effortless on children’s television also involve professional performance and a team, beyond the appeal of one person on camera.
A Golden Bell after 16 years, across a 26-year career
For Banana Brother, the recognition comes 16 years after his previous Golden Bell win. EBC says work prevented him attending the ceremony, but he followed the result live. Moved on hearing his name, he joked that the trophy at home finally had company. The comfort and encouragement his child offered when the programme was nominated without winning last year also became part of the family memories he revisited.
Press photograph of Banana Brother kissing the trophy; the backdrop identifies a Golden Bell celebration.
Over a 26-year career, early child viewers have grown up, with some now attending events as parents with their own children. This connection across generations involves more than a host retaining a familiar look: it asks how companionship once conveyed through television continues to reach different ages. After winning, he thanked colleagues, family and audiences, expressing the hope that children can grow up happily using Taiwanese. Language choice connects with actual viewing and interaction.
December 12 in Tainan: note the date and T.S. Mall
The newly announced final Happy Growing Up fan meeting is scheduled for December 12, 2026, at T.S. Mall in Tainan. Further timing, participation rules and arrangements will be provided through Banana Brother’s official Facebook page. The announcement does not include full session details. Families planning a visit should confirm these separately, rather than treating the announcement as open registration or guaranteed access to a photograph with him.
To encounter the award-winning programme first, the programme link on PTS’s official website leads to PTS+ for available content and viewing conditions. Career exploration on television, interaction in Taiwanese and an in-person fan meeting are connected but distinct settings. One reveals working people, language brings questions into everyday life, and a meeting gathers years of companionship into a shared space. The award continues the possibility of keeping children curious while allowing adults to revisit what childhood viewing meant to them.
Press photograph of Banana Brother making a victory sign backstage.
