Micro Ventures

Micro Ventures
Genre	Animation
Voices of	Don Messick Patsy Garrett Tommy Cook
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Running time	4 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC
Original run	November 9, 1968 – December 21, 1968

Micro Ventures is an educational animated series created by Hanna-Barbera Productions which originally aired as a 4-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 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

#	Title	Air Date
1	"The Tiny Sea"	November 9, 1968
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 tails them.
2	"The Dangerous Desert"	November 23, 1968
Professor Carter, Mike and Jill change to micro size by a rocket wreckage in order to locate a minuscule microchip, but a Gila Monster stands in their way.
3	"The Backyard Jungle"	December 7, 1968
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 a cat.
4	"Exploring an Ant Colony"	December 21, 1968
Professor Carter, Mike and Jill change to micro size to observe an ant colony. Then an Amazon ant attack occurs.

See also

• The Banana Splits Adventure Hour