Micro Ventures

*Micro Ventures*
Micro Ventures
Genre	Educational
Voices of	Don Messick; Patsy Garrett; Tommy Cook
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Running time	4 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	November 9 –; December 21, 1968

Micro Ventures is an animated series created by Hanna-Barbera Productions which originally aired as a four-minute segment on The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.^[1] It ran for only four episodes from November 9, 1968 to December 21, 1968 on NBC.

Summary

In each episode, Professor Carter and his two teenage kids, Mike and Jill, use a shrinking machine (the micro-reducer) to shrink themselves and their dune buggy to miniature size to explore and experience the world from the perspective of an insect.

Voices

Don Messick – Professor Carter
Patsy Garrett – Jill Carter
Tommy Cook – Mike Carter

Episodes

Nº	Title	Air Date
1	"The Tiny Sea"	November 9, 1968 (1968-11-09)
Professor Carter, Mike and Jill change to micro-size near a pond so that they can get a closer look at a bullfrog, except a predacious hawk is tailing them.
2	"The Dangerous Desert"	November 23, 1968 (1968-11-23)
Professor Carter, Mike and Jill change to micro-size by the wreckage of a rocket in order to locate a minuscule microchip, but a Gila monster stands in their way.
3	"The Backyard Jungle"	December 7, 1968 (1968-12-07)
Professor Carter, Mike and Jill change to micro-size in their backyard to help Jill with her entomology project. There is much danger on the journey, especially from a cat.
4	"Exploring an Ant Colony"	December 21, 1968 (1968-12-21)
Professor Carter, Mike and Jill change to micro-size to observe an ant colony. Then an Amazon ant attack on the colony occurs.

References

^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 109–111. ISBN 978-1476665993.

External links

Micro Ventures at IMDb
Micro Ventures^{[dead link]} at The Big Cartoon DataBase

This animated television series–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This Hanna-Barbera-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 109–111. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[1]