Loosely based upon the novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, this was an adventure segment involving balloonist Phineas "Finny" Fogg Jr. is conceived as the great-great grandson from America of the main character Phileas Fogg in the novel. He and reporter teenagers Jenny Trent and Hoppy set out on a globetrotting adventure to travel around the world in 79 days and beat the original record set by Finny's father. The trio are in competition for both the record and a £1,000,000 prize against the sinister Crumden, who supposedly was the butler of the original Phineas. Crumden is aided by his idiotic chauffeur Bumbler and his pet monkey Smirky. 

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Ratings: TVMaze: No Rating
Released: September 6, 1969
Runtime: 10 min
Genres: Action Adventure Children
Countries: United States
Companies: ABC Hanna-Barbera Productions
Cast: Daws Butler Don Messick Janet Waldo Allan Melvin Bruce Watson

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