SPACE GHOST COAST TO COAST

'''Space Ghost Coast to Coast''' (often abbreviated as '''SGC2C''') is an animated spoof talk show on the cable TV channel Cartoon Network in the United States, Adult Swim in Australia, Bravo in the UK, and Teletoon in Canada. It began in 1994. The main cast comprises Space Ghost (Tad Ghostal), a cartoon character originally from an old Hanna Barbera cartoon called ''Space Ghost and Dino Boy'' which ran in the 1960s and early 1980s, and Zorak and Moltar, his former enemies from that show. Space Ghost is voiced by George Lowe, while C. Martin Croker voices Zorak and Moltar. Space Ghost has a tendency to ignore his guests for most of the show and would talk to Zorak or Moltar or even himself. Other characters include Brak, Lokar, Metallus, Black Widow, and Tansit, (The Council of Doom) all of whom also made appearances in the original Hanna-Barbera series. The fictional talk show is shot and broadcast from Space Ghost's studio (Ghost Planet Industries) on the Ghost Planet. Space Ghost also has a twin brother Chad, who is somewhat smarter but has an apparent evil streak. Luckily, he can be identified by his ever changing facial hair, macho voice, and his use of hipster slang.

Contents

Format

Show production

Music

Broadcast history

Characters

DVD boxsets

Video game

Guest list

Writers

Legacy and significance

Adult Swim

External links

Format

Various celebrities appear on the show as guests. They are shown on a TV screen next to Space Ghost, and unlike the characters, they are not animated.
''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' uses the talk show format as its template, but subverts it regularly. Space Ghost himself is generally portrayed as pompous, ignorant, and slightly deranged. In early episodes of the show, he apparently believed his guests were other superheroes and usually opened the interview by asking them about their superpowers. His interactions with guests are almost always painfully awkward, and sometimes hostile. It is sometimes hard to tell if guests are aware of the nature of the program on which they are appearing. Their answers often do not match the "questions" coming from Space Ghost, because the questions are changed after the interview.

Space Ghost's relationship with his co-workers is worse. His bandleader, an evil-talking mantis named Zorak, and his producer, a red-helmeted lava man named Moltar, work for Space Ghost as punishment for their crimes, and make no secret of the fact that they hate him.
Space Ghost is shown to be arrogant, showboatish, uninformed, oblivious to his own stupidity, and violent when provoked. His powers include invisibility (courtesy of his Inviso-Belt, although it's really just an outline of SG), flight, and the ability to shoot powerful beams from the Power Bands on his wrists.
Zorak claims to be "pure evil", even if neutered by his imprisonment, and spends his time on the show making fun of Space Ghost, generally getting blasted in return for his efforts by Space Ghost's power bands. At other times however, his resistance to Space Ghost is more oblique, preferring to just ignore Space Ghost's quixotic tendencies in a quiet method of rebellion.
Moltar is more placid about his predicament and enjoys watching ''CHiPs'' reruns on the monitors during the show, as well as talking to the guests before their interviews, but he will often chide Space Ghost along with Zorak and become his sidekick in tormenting Space Ghost.
Unlike most modern cable series, each episode of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' is only about 11 minutes in length. To remedy this, Cartoon Network stuck two episodes back to back in order to make a 30 minute programming block, something Adult Swim (whose producers include the creators of ''SGC2C'') has duplicated in much of its original programming. In early years of the show, Cartoon Network would sometimes show episodes of the original '60s and '80s Space Ghost cartoons after the 11-minute episode of ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' and a commercial break, and sometimes they would even add a very strange laugh track to the old cartoons. In 1995 a spin-off show called ''Cartoon Planet'' premiered on one of Cartoon Network's sister networks, TBS. This show featured Space Ghost, Zorak, and Brak attempting to host somewhat of a variety show on the Cartoon Planet. Cartoon Network started airing ''Cartoon Planet'' in 1996 and usually placed this show right after ''Coast to Coast''. ''The Brak Show'', a situation comedy starring Brak's hijinks as an adolescent, was also spun off as an independent 15 minute program, in late 2000.

Show production

Part of the surreal nature of the show comes from the guests' sometimes awkward and disjointed responses to Space Ghost's questions and other events around the set. This is the intentional result of the production process that was first laid out in the original (unaired) pilot episode. This episode was created by Mike Lazzo, who interspersed stock and original material with completely unrelated promotional video of Denzel Washington being interviewed about the Oscars. When the show was picked up, similar interviews were orchestrated with guests to achieve the same comedic effect.

Before any part of the episodes are written, the guests are interviewed by a writer/producer. Originally, a Space Ghost costume was worn by Andy Merrill, one which he later made famous in some ''Cartoon Planet'' intros. More often the writer/producer appears in normal dress, but may still impersonate Space Ghost's character traits and mannerisms. In many cases, the interviewee is alone in a studio, while the interviewer conducts the session over a speaker phone. In the all-black room where the interview takes place, the guests are told what basic directions to look in to "talk" to Zorak, Moltar, or Space Ghost. The interviewer also rarely reveals his actual name so that the guest is forced to address him as "Space Ghost." This serves to both maintain continuity and to engender a sense of bewilderment in the guest.
After an interview is done, the writing team goes back over it, taking pieces out of context and out of order, then assembling them into the "responses" to Space Ghost and the rest of the show. The episode is written around these canned reactions and the writing talent of producers Williams Street (formerly known as "Ghost Planet Industries", named after the fictional studio where ''SGC2C'' is supposedly taped).
Most of the show's earlier guests probably assumed they were participating in a relatively straightforward interview (albeit with an animated superhero, giant insect, and a man made of liquid magma). As the series went on, however, more and more guests became at least peripherally familiar with what was going on. Some episodes were written to accommodate playfully hostile guests who called the show's bluff, such as comedian (and writer of one ''SGC2C'' episode) Joel Hodgson's refusal to, as he put it, "Go down that road with you, pretending we're in space and all." Others had skits written for the guests to perform in outside of the normal interviews. Still others had recurring guests, familiar with the show's format. Reportedly, "Weird Al" Yankovic walked into his ''Coast to Coast'' interview with answers he prepared ahead of time, but opted not to use them.

Music

The theme song for Space Ghost Coast to Coast, also known as "Hit Single", was performed by avant-jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock and his drummer, Lance Carter. The extended version of the theme song, titled "Ghost Planet National Anthem" was featured in the episode "Sharrock", as the episode itself was a tribute to the late Sonny Sharrock, who died in May 1994. When the show reached its sixth season, the theme song was abandoned. It was used a few times in Season 8, however, including a slow version for the episode In Memory of Elizabeth Reed. Seasons 4-6 featured a new closing theme by Man or Astro-man?. In 1996 Cartoon Network released a ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' promotional CD featuring seven tracks of music by Sonny Sharrock and Lance Carter, with all the music they did for the show.

Broadcast history

In the United States, ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' premiered on April 15, 1994 on the Cartoon Network airing initially at 11:00pm on Friday nights, with an encore showing of the episode on Saturday night. Later the program was moved to various late-night time slots, usually on weekends. These late-night airings and the development of similar shows by Williams Street Studios led to the creation of the Adult Swim program block in September 2001. ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' reruns now air on Adult Swim's online-exclusive Adult Swim Fix service.
The show was initially broadcast on Cartoon Network UK during an early evening slot (around 6pm on Sunday nights), before eventually being moved to a late-night slot (around 10:30pm). During late 2001 and early 2002 four episodes aired every night at 11.00pm, though only ones from the first four years of the show's life. It later aired on CNX in its hour of comedy from 9pm–10pm alongside other programs from the Adult Swim programming block. In Australia, it currently screens on Friday and Saturday nights in the local Adult Swim segment.
''Space Ghost Coast To Coast'' was supposed to premiere on Teletoon in Canada in 1998, but it was said that a celebrity somehow tried to stop that decision. [1]However, it is now airing as announced, started September 2006.
New, short episodes currently play in rotation on Turner Broadcasting's GameTap online service (paid monthly registration required) in which Space Ghost interviews celebrities from the video game industry and GameTap's artist of the month.
The episodes "Self Help", "The Mask", "Gum, Disease", "Le Livre D'Histoire", "Brilliant Number Two", and "A Space Ghost Christmas" were shown sporadically and then not released for DVD (due to video rights issues). During the first couple years of the show, after each episode was a screen to "contact ghost planet" or "visit ghost planet", and had the phone number, fax number, e-mail address, mailing address, and website URL to contact the makers of show. These cards have been totally removed since the show became part of Adult Swim in 2001.
Though the show is on a "permanent hiatus" it has made two different returns. Once, after airing Perfect Hair Forever's pilot episode, Space Ghost was shown conducting a special talkback episode of the show with Early Cuyler, Sharko, and Meatwad about Perfect Hair Forever. The entire thing degenerated into typical Space Ghost/Adult Swim randomness, including Space Ghost himself being killed by Early Cuyler. After this, Space Ghost was only seen in cameos on Perfect Hair Forever where it was explained that after the end of his show he became a drunk that wandered around the Williams Street studios begging for a job. However, Space Ghost's show made another return on Turner's broadband entertainment network, GameTap. At E3, Space Ghost randomly showed up to conduct a series of live interviews including one with Microsoft executive Peter Moore. Space Ghost discussed bathroom etiquette, his own video game idea (A "dermatology based" video game), Sony, Turner, and dancing with Moore. Eventually on May 31, 2007; the last GameTap episode (so far), has Space Ghost try to boost (in the episode) low ratings by doing a publicity stunt; he exposes his pale, hairy nipple. The incident actually has the opposite effect, and he ignorantly flashed it out again (about 8 or 10 times total). After that, Moltar finally reports that the network has officially canceled the show. (There hasn't been another episode since.)
Beyond the original run of the series, at least two additional episodes were announced and had their respective interviews filmed, but were never finished. These included interviews with Seth Green and Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. While neither of these interviews were aired in any episode of the show, an Easter Egg on the Volume 3 set features "Commander Andy" (Andy Merrill) talking to Macfarlane. Space Ghost has also been featured in a commercial for esurance, interviewing the company's cartoon spokeswoman, Erin. Space Ghost spent most of the interview fantasizing about sleeping with her. Space Ghost was also featured in a McDonalds commercial in which his guest appears to be a random person talking about how she eats all her meals off the Dollar Menu from McDonalds. After finishing up her spiel, Space Ghost makes a random comment.
In 2007, Space Ghost and Zorak made cameo appearances in the film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theaters: Meatwad fires a missile from Dr. Weird's apartment, and the missile lands on Space Ghost and explodes.
Episodes have also been made available additionally on Xbox Live.
Currently, the show is airing on the UK Adult Swim.

Characters

★ 'Space Ghost' (voiced by George Lowe): Originally named Tad Ghostal, Space Ghost, when not saving the universe, sees his current employment as host of a relatively mediocre late night talk show as pale compared to his "glory days". He is remarkably egotistical despite his overwhelming idiocy and remains generally oblivious to his surroundings. He has little regard for the well-being of others and often demeans his sidekicks and guests. In an interview with Conan O'Brien, Space Ghost announces that he has always been dead and was never a space man. "I was dead long before you were born, Conan, and I'll be dead long before you're dead".


★ 'Zorak' (voiced by C. Martin Croker): The band leader and a mantis-like alien, Zorak is known for his hatred of Space Ghost. Extremely evil, he once ate his own nephew. He is a virgin, by virtue of not wanting to be killed by his mate, as is the custom. He has no remorse, feels no pity, and acts only to meet his own ends. He was Brak's childhood friend. His superhero persona is Batmantis. Though Space Ghost's prisoner, Zorak retains his membership in the Council of Doom.

★ 'Moltar' (voiced by C. Martin Croker): He is the show's director/producer. His body is made entirely of lava, and he normally wears a full-body containment suit. By far the most competent and level headed character, he has attempted (sometimes successfully) to escape Ghost Planet on several occasions. He has been happily married for about five years to a woman named Linda, and his father was a professional wrestler. He describes his tongue as an oblong titanium slat. Like Zorak, Moltar is still a member of the Council of Doom despite his imprisonment.

★ 'Swingin' Chad Ghostal' (voiced by Brad Abelle): Space Ghost's evil twin brother distinguished from Space Ghost in physical appearance only by a crudely drawn goatee. He is a hipster, and is both extremely cool and evil. So much so in fact, that he makes Moltar and Zorak "look like total chumps." Chad loves Jazz music, hipster talk, and outdated slang. He is also quite the ladies' man. He is currently a fugitive, wanted for murder and escaping the asylum he was held in. He may be a rendition of the Space Spectre, Space Ghost's opposite number during his time as a superhero.

★ 'Tansit' (voiced by Don Kennedy): An overweight and cowardly man in a red costume and helmet. His outfit makes him appear much more menacing than he actually is, but fails completely at hiding his gut. He is easily scared and is often openly ridiculed for his cowardice. For a while, he was the announcer on the show (a parody of Alan Kalter of the Late Show) until being fired on air. Tansit has made two failed attempts at replacing Moltar as director: once when Moltar escaped, and then again over three years later, on which occasion Brak convinced him to display his manboobs to the world. Despite his faintheartedness, Tansit should still be considered a bona fide villain, having shown his dark side with such lines as "You think you're so hot. I can twist you and punch you and hurt you so badly, I can..." from that same episode. The lack of official spelling of his name is a common point of debate, and while "Tansit" is the most commonly used spelling, scripts and even promotional material have printed a number of variations, the next-most common spelling being "Tansut".

★ 'Brak' (voiced by Andy Merrill): Brak is some sort of cat-like alien who, although a villain, is the least threatening one on the program. His strongest 'weapon' is his penchant for deeply annoying the other characters through his loud childishness. His most uttered phrase was, for a time, a loud, grating, "Hi, my name is Brak!". He was formerly a scheming, deep-voiced villain on the original 1966 Space Ghost cartoon, but gained some sort of mental deficiency between shows (on the spinoff show Cartoon Planet, he claimed that "radiation half-lobotomized [him]", possibly explaining why his personality changed). He appeared on SGC2C periodically, often with the Council of Doom, of which he was a member, and was often victimized by Space Ghost or the other villains. He is usually heard going off on a tangent about beans, his absolute favorite food. He eventually obtained his own spinoff, ''The Brak Show''.

★ 'Lokar' (voiced by Andy Merrill): An erudite, giant hominid locust who is prone to violent outbursts and speaks in a falsetto voice. Lokar seems to harbor a grudge towards Space Ghost, and constantly seeks his destruction, perhaps more for his boorishness than anything else. He is frequently accused of being effeminate by other cast members. He has a penchant for bourgeois phrases like "You go, girl." He claims his hatred for Space Ghost is "delicious." He is also in a long-running feud with Zorak. Lokar is a member of the Council of Doom, though he's not so much evil as a snob.

★ 'Raymond' (voiced by C. Martin Croker): The episode "Hungry" introduced Raymond, Zorak's previously unheard-of nephew. Space Ghost immediately took a liking to the cute miniature version of Zorak. Predictably, however, Raymond was eaten by his uncle before the end of the episode. Against all odds, Raymond persevered and managed to make brief appearances in two more episodes.

★ 'The Original Way Outs' are the show's band, led by Zorak. The show has never explained their origins; in fact, very little attention is paid to them at all. They are speculated to be former villains, now Space Ghost's prisoners similar to Zorak and Moltar, but are much less talkative and thus remain somewhat mysterious. Usually, when they are cued to play music and the whole band is in view, music is definitely played, but not visibly by them. While the music is "playing", usually the only thing literally moving in the band is one cymbal on the drum set (This could also be due to the show's visual style of using low-cost animation wherever possible). Select band members have revealed their identities over the years, including The Sorcerer (the short guy with a beard) and Christy (the drummer), whom Zorak oddly calls "Steve" in his "Purple Haze" parody.

★ Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law 'Harvey Birdman' originally auditioned to be the host of the show according to Episode 40, "Pilot." However, his use of solar rays as fuel made him an unsuitable choice as a late night talk show host, as he would lose his energy at nighttime. He's similar to Space Ghost in that he is a washed up superhero, incompetent and slow, and horrible with people, not to mention that he can't work nights due to needing the Sun's energy to stay awake, his ultimate undoing. Space Ghost once called him a washed-up Six-piece Chicken McNobody. He reprises his role as host on Episode 74, "Sequel", during Space Ghost's brief imprisonment for abusing Zorak. He also appeared on the side lines during Episode 35, "Rehearsal", and making a call on Episode 55, "Telethon." He appears to be washed up, and in a rut, alternately claiming to be unemployed, or in one case selling towable campers. He used to be married to Gravity Girl, whom he constantly pleads to "come home." The character in SGC2C has little to do with the show ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' beyond giving the first name of "Harvey" to the character.

★ 'Metallus', a villain and member of the Council of Doom who can only talk in a reverb-heavy metallic drone, rendering his every word incomprehensible, though other characters such as Moltar seem to understand him. He is a big metal guy with a blue vest and gloves, and he has a helmet with large, presumably ornamental "wings."

★ 'Black Widow' (voiced by Judy Tenuta), a villain who has professed love for Space Ghost, much to the chagrin of the other villains. The Black Widow was originally known as "Spider Woman", and is the only female member of the Council of Doom.

★ 'Kirk the Storyteller' (played by James Kirkconnell), the venerable narrator/storyteller, presenting several episodes in retrospect and reinterpretation. The episode Curses was shown to have taken place in one of his nightmares.

★ 'Leonard Ghostal' (played by 'Macho Man' Randy Savage), in the episode 'Piledriver', it featured Space Ghost's grandfather. Since he was voiced by famous wrestler Randy Savage, he references old wrestlers, wrestling moves, and talks about old matches and wrestling taunts during the entire episode. Like Chad, he looks exactly like Space Ghost, only he has a long white beard, and shown with a cane. He yells as Tad that he should return to his old 'Action' days and try to fight more people.

DVD boxsets

'Season releases'

DVD Name	Release Date	Ep #	Additional Information
Volume One	November 18 2003	16	This two disc boxset collects 16 episodes from the show's first two seasons."Elevator", "Spanish Translation", "Gilligan", "CHiPs", "Bobcat", "Punch", "Banjo", "Batmantis", "Story Book House", "Girlie Show", "Hungry", "Fire Drill", "Sleeper", "Jerk", "Urges", and "Explode" Note: Because the producers couldn't secure likeness rights from certain guests, the following episodes weren't included: "Self Help", "The Mask", "Gum, Disease" "President's Day Nightmare", "Le Livre D'Histoire"
Volume Two	November 16 2004	14	This two disc boxset collects 14 episodes from the third season."$20.01", "Lovesick", "Transcript", "Sharrock", "Boo", "Freak Show", "Switcheroo", "Surprise", "Glen Campbell", "Jacksonville", "Late Show", "Cookout", "Art Show", and "Woody Allen's Fall Project"Special features include "Andy's Pilot", a performance by Thurston Moore, the unedited version of Matt Groening's interview from "Glen Campbell", pencil test footage, and bonus footage.
Volume Three	April 12 2005	24	This two disc boxset collects 24 episodes from the show's fourth season, some of which have been extended."Rehearsal", "Gallagher", "Edelweiss", "Anniversary", "Zoltran", "Pilot", "Speck", "Zorak", "Switcheroo", "Mayonnaise", "Brilliant Number One", "Boo Boo Kitty", "Needledrop", "Sphinx", "Pavement", "Untitled", "Hipster", "Piledriver", "Suckup", "Dam", "Boatshow", "Telethon", "Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite", and "Joshua." It also features commentaries by cast members, new footage, deleted scenes, and 1994's World Premiere Toon-In, "President's Day Nightmare" (without any footage from the cartoons featured).

Video game

A video game has been announced by Midway Games as part of their Adult Swim game series. Little information has been released. Information can be found at Gamespot. Other Adult Swim games are based around: Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, The Brak Show and Sealab 2021.

Guest list

★ Susan Powter

★ Kevin Meaney

★ The Bee Gees

★ Bob Denver

★ Dawn Wells

★ Russell Johnson

★ Judy Tenuta

★ Timothy Leary

★ Ashley Judd

★ Bill Carter

★ Joe Franklin

★ Bobcat Goldthwait

★ The Ramones

★ Cindy Guyer

★ Jerky Boys

★ Dian Parkinson

★ Schoolly D

★ "Weird Al" Yankovic

★ Lee Meriwether

★ Adam West

★ Eartha Kitt

★ Dr. Joyce Brothers

★ Rich Hall

★ Anka Radakovich

★ Jim Carrey

★ Chuck Russell

★ Branford Marsalis

★ Danny Bonaduce

★ Pat Ventura

★ Van Partible

★ Eugene Mattos

★ Genndy Tartakovsky

★ Craig McCracken

★ Fran Drescher

★ Carol Channing

★ Alice Cooper

★ Lassie

★ Michael Stipe

★ Mujibur & Sirajul

★ David Byrne

★ Donny Osmond

★ Hulk Hogan

★ Slash

★ Sandra Bernhard

★ B. Palmer Mills

★ Catherine Bach

★ Matthew Sweet

★ Terry Jones

★ Glen Phillips

★ John Peel (guest voice only)

★ Penn Jillette

★ Teller

★ Joel Hodgson

★ Carrot Top

★ Jonathan Richman

★ Thurston Moore

★ Michael Norman

★ Bill Nye

★ Wylie Gustafson

★ Bill Manspeaker (of Green Jelly)

★ Susan Olsen

★ Elvira

★ Vinnie Dombroski (of Sponge)

★ Jimmie Walker

★ Mike Watt

★ Pat DiNizio & Dennis Diken

★ Juliana Hatfield

★ Ben Folds

★ Cameron Diaz

★ Mark McEwen

★ Wes Johnson

★ Robert T. Bakker

★ Matt Tallbott (of Hum)

★ Lori Fetrick & Steve Henneberry (from American Gladiators)

★ Method Man

★ Jill Cunniff (of Luscious Jackson)

★ Rodney Trevon Oliver

★ Norbert St. Louis

★ Les Claypool & Larry LaLonde

★ Matt Groening

★ James Hetfield & Kirk Hammett (from Metalica)

★ Janeane Garofalo

★ Flip Orley

★ Dave Grohl

★ John Popper

★ Emeril Lagasse

★ Nathalie Dupree

★ Martin Yan

★ Laurie Anderson

★ Stomp

★ Fred Schneider

★ Bob Odenkirk & David Cross

★ Beck

★ Robin Leach

★ Merrill Markoe

★ NRBQ (music only)

★ Jimmy Cliff

★ Jack Logan

★ Bill Mumy

★ Mark Hamill

★ Jon Stewart

★ Peter Fonda

★ Buzz Aldrin

★ Michael McKean

★ David Lander

★ Ice-T & Ernie C

★ Fred Willard

★ Mike Judge

★ Harland Williams

★ Colin Quinn

★ Red Green

★ Pavement

★ Goldie Hawn

★ Tommy Davidson

★ Erik Estrada

★ George Clinton

★ The Millionaire (of Combustible Edison)

★ Sam Butera

★ Rob Zombie

★ Raven-Symoné

★ "Macho Man" Randy Savage (guest voice only)

★ John Henson

★ Bob Goen

★ Charlton Heston

★ Steve Allen

★ Andy Dick

★ Pete Michael

★ Russ Powell

★ Bob Abdou

★ Pat Boone

★ Chuck D

★ Tony Bennett

★ Tom Arnold

★ Afro-Plane

★ Kathy Kinney

★ Ginny, The Dog Who Saves Cats

★ Paul Gilmartin & Annabelle Gurwitch

★ John Flansburgh

★ William, The King Of Imagination

★ Ryah Rosenberg

★ Sean Medlock

★ Marc Weiner

★ Drew Pinsky

★ Adam Carolla

★ Greta Van Susteren

★ Garrett Morris

★ Gary Owens

★ Bruce Hampton (guest voice only)

★ Tyra Banks

★ Rebecca Romijn

★ Ben Stiller

★ Kevin Smith

★ Jim Jarmusch

★ Michael Moore

★ Moby

★ Emo Philips

★ Shirley Manson

★ Jeff Foxworthy

★ Denis Leary

★ Bob Costas

★ Al Roker

★ Steven Wright

★ Hanson

★ Captain & Tenille

★ Sarah Jessica Parker

★ Jerry Springer

★ Conan O'Brien

★ H. Jon Benjamin

★ Willie Nelson

★ Dave Thomas

★ Björk

★ Thom Yorke

★ Busta Rhymes

★ Tenacious D

★ Dennis Miller

★ Todd Barry

★ William Shatner

★ Jeff Probst

★ Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
The following are the guests from the GameTap episodes:

★ Billy Mitchel

★ Rand Miller

★ Kenny Wayne Shepherd

★ Al Alcorn

★ Steve Wozniak

★ Rob Fulop

★ Howard Scott Warshaw

★ Wayne Coyne

★ Richard Garriott

★ Stephen Bristow

★ Chantal Claret

★ Steve Cartwright

★ Johnny Rzeznick

★ Less Than Jake

★ Dee Snider

★ The Barenaked Ladies

★ David Crane

Writers

★ Dave Willis (actor)

★ Matt Maiellaro

★ Andy Merrill

★ Jim Fortier

★ Pete Smith

★ Matt Harrigan

★ Mark Banker (writer)

★ Ben Karlin

★ Rich Dahm

★ Spike Feresten

★ Chip Duffey

★ Evan Dorkin

★ Sarah Dyer

★ Dan Vebber

★ Joel Hodgson

★ Nell Scovell

Legacy and significance

''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' was and is significant for a number of reasons; one for being the first of a kind for any TV show. Aside from being the first ever animated late night talk show (and the first talk show that was only about 11 minutes long), ''SGC2C'' was Cartoon Network's first true original series. In a time when the network primarily showed old cartoons from the vast Ted Turner-owned animation library, the network had some "package" or anthology shows like ''Toon Heads'', ''Down Wit Droopy D'', and ''Late Night Black and White''. Some would argue that Cartoon Network's first original series was ''The Moxy Show'', which starred Bobcat Goldthwait and Penn Jillette as a 3D dog and flea, respectively, who introduced more old cartoon shorts.
In February 1995 an episode of ''SGC2C'' was simulcast on Cartoon Network, TBS, and TNT for the "World Premiere Toon-In" special debut of a series of original new cartoon shorts, later known as the What A Cartoon! shorts. In the special (titled "President's Day Nightmare" by the producers) Space Ghost interviewed a few of the new directors, while the Council of Doom were the judges of the cartoon clips. Some of the then-unknown directors on the special included Van Partible (for ''Johnny Bravo''), Genndy Tartakovsky (for ''Dexter's Laboratory''), and Craig McCracken who eventually won the swimsuit competition and got to have his ''Powerpuff Girls'' cartoon shown in its entirety at the end of the show.
When Cartoon Network lauched Toonami in 1997, it originally featured a computer rendered 3-D version of Moltar, hosting the show from his booth at Ghost Planet Industries. It even aired episodes (at the time) of the '60s Space Ghost cartoon.
Also worth noting is that in 1997 four rocks found on the planet Mars were named after Space Ghost, Zorak, Moltar, and Brak and for much of the late 1990s, George Lowe (as Space Ghost) served as the official voice of Cartoon Network's merchandising phone line.

Adult Swim

In 2000, the show either spunoff or directly inspired the four original cartoons that constituted Adult Swim's comedy block -- ''The Brak Show'', ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force'', ''Sealab 2021'', and ''. All four shows originally utilized the same limited animation style utilized in ''SGC2C''. ''The Brak Show'' included the characters Brak and Zorak, recurring characters on SG:C2C. The three main characters in Aqua Teen Hunger Force originated in the ''SGC2C'' episode Baffler Meal. While the character of Harvey Birdman in ''Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law'' bears little resemblance with the Harvey Birdman seen on occasion in ''SGC2C'', beyond the common first name of "Harvey", the show can be said to have conceptually descended from ''SGC2C'' -- both shows dealt with Hanna-Barbera superheroes, supervillains, and comedy characters dealing with life after their original run of shows had ended. The same can be said of ''Sealab 2021'', which again used the same concept with the characters of Hanna-Barbera's ''Sealab 2020'' characters.
The original writers and staff of ''SGC2C'', along with Ghost Planet Industries aka Williams Street, continue make up the backbone of Adult Swim. Show creator Mike Lazzo currently serves as senior executive vice president of Adult Swim. Writer Dave Willis continues to write and voice characters for ''ATHF'', as well as characters for ''12 oz. Mouse'', ''Squidbillies'', and ''Perfect Hair Forever''. Matt Harrigan became the head writer of the popular MTV series ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' from 1998 to 2002 and has written and voiced characters on the shows ''12 oz. Mouse'' and ''ATHF''. He recently created the show ''Assy McGee''. Likewise, Matt Maiellaro currently writes and provides voices for several Adult Swim series including ''ATHF'', ''Perfect Hair Forever'', ''Squidbillies'', and ''12 oz. Mouse'', which he created.

External links

★ Official UK Space Ghost Coast to Coast website

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★ Ghost Planet Central: episode guide

★ Space Ghost page on AdultSwim.com