The Reluctant Empress

The Reluctant Empress
Premiere date	November 9, 1968
Run time	9:17
Starring	Jay North John Stephenson Frank Gerstle Shari Lewis Henry Corden Don Messick
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Reluctant Empress" is the tenth episode of Arabian Knights season one, and came as a segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on November 9, 1968 on NBC. It was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

In desperate need of an empress, Pharaoh Shariz has Nida captured to be his wife.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Princess Nida	Shari Lewis
Zazuum	Don Messick
Prince Turhan	Jay North
Raseem	Frank Gerstle
Bez	Henry Corden
Fariik	John Stephenson
Pharaoh Shiraz	Unavailable

Organizations

• Arabian Knights

Locations

• Earth
  • Iraq
    • Abaddon
    • Caves of Doom

Objects

• Flying carpet
• Magic sands

Vehicles

• None

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 9, 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.