The Backyard Jungle

The Backyard Jungle
A dragonfly gets itself and Professor Carter stuck in a web.
Premiere date	December 7, 1968
Run time	4:39
Starring	Don Messick Tommy Cook Patsy Garrett
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Backyard Jungle" is the third episode of Micro Ventures season one, and came as part of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on December 7, 1968 on NBC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

The family reduces in size to explore the hidden depths of their own garden to help Jill study for her entomology class.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Jill Carter	Patsy Garrett
Ruby
Spears
Professor Carter	Don Messick
Mike Carter	Tommy Cook
Cat	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Carter residence

Objects

• Spiders
• Micro-Reducer

Vehicles

• Sand Buggy

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 7, 1968 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• This is the first and only time the Carters' house was shown.
• The book on spiders Jill is reading is by Ruby & Spears, a reference to Joe Ruby & Ken Spears.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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