The Challenge (Arabian Knights)

This article is about the Arabian Knights episode. For other TV series with episodes sharing that name, see The Challenge.

The Challenge
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Premiere date	October 19, 1968
Starring	Jay North John Stephenson Frank Gerstle Shari Lewis Henry Corden Don Messick
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Challenge" is the seventh episode of Arabian Knights season one, and came as a segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on October 19, 1968 on NBC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

To lure out Raseem, Bakaar organizes a contest to see who is the strongest of Baghdad.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bakaar	John Stephenson
Bez	Henry Corden
Raseem	Frank Gerstle
Fariik	John Stephenson
Princess Nida	Shari Lewis
Prince Turhan	Jay North
Zazuum	Don Messick
Ala Ali	Unavailable
Bakaar's champion	Unavailable

Organizations

• Arabian Knights

Locations

• Earth
  • Iraq
    • Baghdad
    • Caves of Doom
    • Bakaar's encampment

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 19, 1968 on NBC

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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