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 (1968-11-09) – December 21, 1968 (1968-12-21)

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. 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.

External links

• Micro Ventures at IMDb
• Micro Ventures at The Big Cartoon DataBase