Cartoon Planet
| Cartoon Planet | |
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| Created by |
Keith Crofford Mike Lazzo |
| Voices of |
George Lowe (1995–98) C. Martin Croker Andy Merrill |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 146 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
TBS Cartoon Network Boomerang |
| Picture format |
4:3 SDTV (1995–98) 16:9 HDTV (2012–14) |
| Original release |
Original series: September 10, 1995 – February 4, 1998 Revived series: March 30, 2012 – February 8, 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Space Ghost Coast to Coast |
| Related shows | The Brak Show |
Cartoon Planet was an American animated variety show that originally ran from 1995 to 1998, and from March 30, 2012 to February 8, 2014 (in a different format) on Cartoon Network. A spin-off of the animated Space Ghost Coast to Coast talk show, the original premise was that Space Ghost had recruited his imprisoned evil nemesis Zorak and his loud and dimwitted archenemy Brak to assist him in hosting a variety show.
Cartoon Planet began as an hour-long block of cartoons hosted by Space Ghost, Zorak, and Brak. They would introduce full cartoons from the Turner Entertainment library, such as old theatrical shorts and Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including the original 1960s Space Ghost episodes. The host segments were often original songs and ad-libbed skits. New material ceased being made in 1997, and most of the songs and skits were re-packaged into 22 half-hour episodes without classic cartoon clips.
Each episode included segments such as Brak's School Daze, Zorak's Horror Scopes, Poets' Corner, Brak's Monday Ratings Report, The Top 5 Cartoon Countdown (discontinued in 1997 after the show's slot on Saturday mornings was shortened from an hour to half an hour), Vacation Spots Around the Universe (pieced together from clips of Ultra 7 episodes), Messages from Outer Space (also pieced together from the aforementioned Ultra 7, and starring the nefarious Hot Dog Men), Mailbag Day, readings from the Cartoon Planet Storybook, messages from Count Floyd (Joe Flaherty's local Public-access television cable TV horror movie host from SCTV; the segments were originally shown on Hanna-Barbera's The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley), Learning to Talk Italian, Nuggets of Joy from Zorak, Zorak's Helpful Hints, and Cooking with Brak.
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