The Adventures of Gulliver is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera. The show is loosely based on the 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The show aired Saturday mornings on ABC-TV and lasted for one season in its original broadcast.Terrace, Vincent (1976). The Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs 1947-1976 (Vol. 1). South Brunswick and New York: A.S. Barnes and Company. . The series originally aired between September 14, 1968, and January 4, 1969, for 17 episodes.
Plot While on a treasure hunting voyage with his father, Gary Gulliver and his dog Tagg end up shipwrecked on an island. On this island is the kingdom of Lilliput, where the inhabitants are only a few inches tall. Gary and Tagg are caught by the Lilliputians while they are recovering from the shipwreck, but afterwards they become great friends. With the help of the Lilliputians, Gary continues searching for his missing father. (A subplot in the series involves a map that Gary's father left to him after secretly putting it inside Tagg's collar before the shipwreck). The villain of the series is the evil Captain Leech who, in the adventures, is always attempting to steal the map from Gary.
Broadcast history Seventeen episodes were produced and were originally broadcast on ABC in the fall and winter of 1968-69. The episodes were rerun through the summer of 1970. In 1971, the show became part of The Banana Splits and Friends Show, the syndicated version of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour.Castleman, Harry & Podrazik, Walter J. (1984). The TV Schedule Book. New York: McGraw-Hill Paperbacks. . Toys were produced in Germany by Heimo.
Voice cast Jerry Dexter – Gary Gulliver John Stephenson – Captain John Leech, Thomas Gulliver (Gary's father), and King Pomp (monarch of Lilliput) Ginny Tyler – Flirtacia (King Pomp's daughter and princess of Lilliput) Allan Melvin – Bunko (a Lilliputian) Don Messick – Eager (a Lilliputian) and Tagg (Gary's dog) Herb Vigran – Glum (a Lilliputian)
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Additional series credits Associate Producer: Lew Marshall Story Direction: Howard Swift Story by: Ken Spears, Joe Ruby Animation Director: Charles A. Nichols Production Design: Iwao Takamoto Production Coordinator: Victor O. Schipek Layouts: John Ahern, Pete Alvarado, Dick Bickenbach, Brad Case, Walt Clinton, Richard Gonzalez, Gary Hoffman, Jack Huber, Tom Knowles, Lance Nolley, Joel Seibel, Don Sheppard Animation: Ray Abrams, Carlos Alfonso, Bob Bemiller, Ron Campbell, Shannon Lee Dyer, Hugh Fraser, George Goepper, Fernando Gonzales, Sam Jaimes, Volus Jones, Dick Lundy, Ed Parks, Don Patterson, Ray Patterson, Irv Spence, Bob Taylor, Lloyd Vaughan, Allen Wilzbach Backgrounds: Walt Peregoy, Janet Brown, Sheila Brown, Albert Gmuer, Fernando Montealegre, Gary Niblett, Eric Semones, Peter Van Elk Titles: Robert Schaefer Music Director: Ted Nichols Technical Supervisor: Frank Paiker Ink and Paint Supervisor: Roberta Greutert Xerography: Robert "Tiger" West Sound Direction: Richard Olson Film Editing: Geoffrey Griffin, James Yaras Camera: George Epperson, Charles Flekal, Bill Kotler, Ralph Migliori, Cliff Shirpser, Roy Wade A Hanna-Barbera Production. Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. ©MCMLXVIII-MCMLXXI All rights reserved.
Home Video The 1st episode "Dangerous Journey" was released on the DVDs Saturday Morning Cartoons Vol. 2 & Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s-1980s Collection.
Other Media From 1972-1982, a small boat ride themed around the series called Gulliver’s Rub-a-Dub operated at Kings Island in Cincinnati, Ohio in the Happy Land of Hanna-Barbera section of the park. Characters from the series were also featured in The Enchanted Voyage ride at the park which operated from 1972-1983.
Flirtacia appeared in the third season of Jellystone!.
See also List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions List of Hanna-Barbera characters
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