Micro Ventures

Micro Ventures
On-screen title card.
Network	NBC
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Taft Broadcasting
Original release	November 9—December 21, 1968
Run time	5 minutes
Starring	Don Messick Tommy Cook Patsy Garrett

Micro Ventures is an American animated sci-fi/educational adventure series of segments as part of the live-action variety show The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning programming. It ran in 1968, airing 4 episodes that spanned one season. Micro Ventures was cut from The Banana Splits Adventure Hour when it was rerun as The Banana Splits and Friends Show, leading to somewhat little proof that Micro Ventures was ever part of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour to begin with. Micro Ventures itself was not forgotten entirely, though, as it did rerun on its own on Cartoon Network and Boomerang.

The entire series has been released on DVD.

Episodes

Episode	Number	Original air date
1x01 "The Tiny Sea"	November 9, 1968
1x02 "The Dangerous Desert"	September 14, 1968
1x03 "The Backyard Jungle"	December 7, 1968
1x04 "Exploring an Ant Colony"	December 21, 1968

Cast

• Don Messick as Professor Carter
• Tommy Cook as Mike Carter
• Patsy Garrett as Jill Carter