Details

Release year: 1993

Storyline

Space Ghost, a superhero from a 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon, hosts his own talk show.

Top credits

Cast

George Lowe — Space Ghost, Tad Ghostal, 'Tad Ghostal, Announcer, Italian Space Ghost, Narrator, Salesman, Self - Space Ghost, Singer, Space Ghost'
C. Martin Croker — Zorak, Moltar, Raymond, Yarr, 'Zorak, Brak, Cow, Female Mantis, Jumbles, Moltar', Self - Zorak and Moltar, Sisto, Snakefish, Tansit, The Great Gazoo, Weird Al Yankovic
Andy Merrill — Brak, Lokar, Dr. Nightmare, Sorcerer, Space Ghost, Audience Member, Commander Andy, Male CD Commercial Announcer, Man on grass
Dave Willis — Self, Singer, Bizarro Santa, Colonial Guy, Computer, Cousin Herndon, Cyclo, Dorno, Future Man, Master Shake, Meatwad, Minister, Narrator, Passenger 12, Police Officer, Saucer Crab, Self - Narrator, Talking Car, The Dragon, Zorak

Did you know

• Before any part of the episodes were written, the guests were interviewed by a crew member, sometimes wearing the Space Ghost costume made famous by Andy Merrill in some Cartoon Planet (1997) intros. The interviewer also instructed the guest to address him as "Space Ghost" to maintain continuity. After an interview was done, the writing crew went back over it, taking pieces out of context and out of order, assembling them into the responses to Space Ghost and the rest of the cast. Most of the show's earlier guests assumed they were participating in a relatively straightforward interview. As the series became more popular, however, more and more guests became at least peripherally familiar with what was going on.

• In the show's early stages of production, Hervé Villechaize was set to be Space Ghost's sidekick, but these plans were halted when the actor tragically committed suicide.

• Originally created as a Cartoon Network promo. The programmers had been using old cartoon shows and re-engineering them to act as hosts for a day. Each classic cartoon had its own gimmick; Space Ghost's segment was made a late night talk show and, for rhyme's sake, was called "Space Ghost Coast to Coast".