The Dangerous Desert

"The Dangerous Desert" is the second episode of Micro Ventures season one, and came as part of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on November 23, 1968 on NBC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

The Space Agency calls in Professor Carter to retrieve a micro-sized circuit chip from the wreckage of a failed missile test.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Pollard
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Jill Carter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Patsy Garrett
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Carter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Mike Carter
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Tommy Cook
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tarantula
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Sound effects
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Wasp
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Sound effects
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mother scorpion
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gila monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Wasp
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Sound effects
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mother scorpion
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gila monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Gila monster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Space Agency

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Missile launch site
 * Desert

Objects

 * Micro-Reducer
 * Micro circuit

Vehicles

 * Test missile
 * Sand Buggy

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 23, 1968 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * This is the first and only time Professor Carter is identified by name.
 * Doctor Pollard is the only notable guest in the four-episode series.

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom & Ireland:
 * September 21, 2009: Warner Home Video releases The Banana Splits: Complete Season 1 on DVD.