Space Ghost Coast to Coast is an animated late-night talk show. It is hosted by washed-up superhero Space Ghost and co-stars his archenemies Zorak and Moltar, who he has imprisoned and enslaved. Zorak is bandleader and Moltar is director and producer. They regularly disrupt the show in contempt of Space Ghost.
The name Alan Laddie was the nom de plume for the show's writing staff.
Two unaired pilots were created, the first released as a special feature on the Volume Two DVD set. The series premiered on April 15, 1994, and ended on May 31, 2008, with a total of 109 episodes over the course of 11 seasons.
Space Ghost interviews actor Denzel Washington.
Moltar is sick during the taping of this episode. Meanwhile, during Space Ghost's interviews with Branford and Danny, Zorak demands gum.
Space Ghost pays homage to his real boss by continually referring to Peter Fonda as "Ted Turner's brother-in-law". Rammstein's "Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?" is used as the opening theme.
Grandpa Space Ghost (voiced by Randy Savage) stops by the show to visit Tad Ghostal.
A parody of corporate videos with a brief appearance at the end of two winners of a haiku contest.
Space Ghost grows angry upon learning that he has been 'imposternated' on a bizarre, intergalactic television program.
Space Ghost tries the product "Chambraigne", a shampoo that supposedly enhances intelligence. After watching the show, the inventors of Chambraigne rush to Ghost Planet to try and stop Space Ghost from endorsing their fake product before his idiocy exposes their scam.
The comedy stakes are high when Space Ghost, Moltar, Zorak and guest Steven Wright are sealed inside the studio by a giant blob and stalked by body-snatching alien pods.
Space Ghost spontaneously combusts during his interview with fellow talk show host Conan O'Brien. Later, after vaporizing an ant that bit him, Space Ghost finds another ant in the studio, and vows to follow it home and kill its whole family.
The series moved to Adult Swim on September 2, 2001, with the premiere of "Knifin' Around". Another episode featuring Merrill Markoe titled "Drop Out" was planned for this run of episodes[4] but was never produced. The series' revival run is the first season of the show after Hanna-Barbera was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation on March 12, 2001, and William Hanna's death of throat cancer on March 22, 2001.
Two other episodes were planned for this season but scrapped. One entitled "One Way Out" would have featured Seth Green, while the other, untitled episode would have featured Seth MacFarlane.[5]
Space Ghost sells the show out to a fast food restaurant named Burger Trench, but the restaurant's overzealous mascots, the Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Master Shake, Frylock and Meatwad), continually disrupt the show with their relentless promotion of Burger Trench's food.
This is the last season of the show that would be aired on Adult Swim before being moved to the video section of GameTap for two more seasons before its cancellation.
The show's budget is used to bail Space Ghost out of jail. Afterwards, he, Zorak, and Moltar try to find ways to run the show without that money, but things take a bizarre turn for the worse.
A special Christmas episode featuring musical segments with the main cast and the Council of Doom.
Space Ghost waits for a large cash payment from the "syndication weasels" so he can perform some all-new material.