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. The show is loosely based on the 1726 satirical novel ''

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. The show aired Saturday mornings on ABC-TV and lasted for one season in its original broadcast.

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 its inhabitants have a height of only a few centimeters. 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

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Voice cast

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– 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) *

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– Bunko (a Lilliputian) *

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– Eager (a Lilliputian) and Tagg (Gary's dog) *

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– Glum (a Lilliputian)

List of episodes

Additional series credits

* Associate Producer: Lew Marshall * Story Direction: Howard Swift * Story by:

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* 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.

References

External links

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