Micro Ventures
{{Infobox television
| genre = Educational
| runtime = 4 minutes
| executive_producer = William Hanna
Joseph Barbera
| voices = Don Messick
Patsy Garrett
Tommy Cook
| country = United States
| language = English
| network = NBC
| company = Hanna-Barbera Productions
| first_aired = {{start date|1968|11|9}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1968|12|21}}
| num_episodes = 4
}}
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.{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=109–111}} 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
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! style="background:#700070; width:20px"| Nº ! style="background:#700070;"| Title ! style="background:#700070; width:130px"| Air Date {{Episode list | Title = The Tiny Sea | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|11|9}} | EpisodeNumber = 1 | ShortSummary =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. | LineColor = 700070 }} {{Episode list | Title = The Dangerous Desert | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|11|23}} | EpisodeNumber = 2 | ShortSummary =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. | LineColor = 700070 }} {{Episode list | Title = The Backyard Jungle | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|12|7}} | EpisodeNumber = 3 | ShortSummary =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. | LineColor = 700070 }} {{Episode list | Title = Exploring an Ant Colony | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1968|12|21}} | EpisodeNumber = 4 | ShortSummary =Professor Carter, Mike and Jill change to micro-size to observe an ant colony. Then an Amazon ant attack on the colony occurs. | LineColor = 700070 }} |
References
External links
- {{IMDb title|11427134}}
- [https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/A-C/The_Banana_Splits_Adventure_Hour/Micro_Ventures// Micro Ventures]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at The Big Cartoon DataBase
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Category:1960s American animated television series
Category:1960s American children's comedy television series
Category:1968 American animated television series debuts
Category:1968 American television series endings
Category:American children's animated action television series
Category:American children's animated adventure television series
Category:American children's animated comic science fiction television series
Category:American children's animated education television series
Category:American teen animated television series
Category:Television series by Hanna-Barbera
Category:Television series about size change
Category:Television series segments
Category:NBC animated television series
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