Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
"Hello! I am Space Ghost. Welcome to my show!"
Genre: Comedy Running Time: 9-30 minutes (depending on the episode) Country: United States Release Date: April 15, 1994 - May 31, 2008 Network(s): Cartoon Network (Seasons 1-6) Adult Swim (Seasons 7-9) GameTap (Seasons 10 & 11) Created by: Mike Lazzo Distributed by: Warner Bros. Television Distribution Starring: George Lowe C. Martin Crocker Andy Meril Don Kennedy Seasons: 11 Episodes: 110 (+4 specials)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast is an American adult animated parody talk show, created by Mike Lazzo and hosted by the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. It is considered the first original program on Cartoon Network.

Why We're Welcome To His Show

1. It helped kickstart Cartoon Network's original programs.
2. Adult animation in its purest form, as this is among the first adult animated TV series since The Simpsons, The Flintstones and The Jetsons to garner major success.
3. The premise of a talkshow based on a obscure superhero show is interesting.
4. The animation despite being low-budget looks great, and it has a certain charm to it.
5. The cast of Space Ghost, Zorak, Moltar, and especially Brak are all hilarious characters.
6. Great voice acting from Andy Merrill, C. Martin Croker, and George Lowe.
7. The comedy, jokes and humor is often hilarious and it is one of the few examples of random, surreal comedy actually working dialog-wise.
8. It helped revive interest in a previously obscure Hanna Barbara character.
9. The interviews are great featuring many known celebrities such as: Billy Mitchell, Richard Gariott, The Jerky Boys and more.
10. Harvey Birdman, from Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, shows up in a few episodes, which led to his very own show Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law.
11. Great musical numbers, especially the theme song.
12. It spawned several good spinoffs, such as The Brak Show, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, Cartoon Planet and Sealab 2021.
13. Unlike Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", this show has done the adult version of the original kids show concept correctly because it not only it retained the charm of the original series, but managed to be funnier and clever in correct timing.

The Only Bad Quality

1. The Cartoon Network Productions logo at the end in Seasons 2-4 may unnerve some due to some episodes (such as "Spanish Translation", "CHiPS", "Switcheroo", "Zorak", "$20.01", and "Sharrock") using weird sound effects and the pop-up of "PRODUCTIONS".

Trivia

• The show is mentioned in the comic Scooby-Doo Team Up. It is stated by Jace that the show was a plot by Moltar and Zorak to brainwash Space Ghost into thinking he was a talk-show host and that he snapped out of it after 8 seasons.
• Contrary to popular belief, Space Ghost Coast to Coast was not the first Cartoon Network show, but the obscure "The Moxy Show" was actually the first Cartoon Network Show.
• The show, starting from season 7 (the first season to air on Adult Swim), got a really small "you blink, you missed" run on Russian channel 2x2, to the point where there are no recordings of any Russian-dubbed episodes on the internet.

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