Space Ghost Coast to Coast

Space Ghost Coast to Coast
From the left: Space Ghost, Moltar and Zorak.
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Mike Lazzo
Voices of	George Lowe C. Martin Croker Andy Merrill Don Kennedy
Composer(s)	Sonny Sharrock Eddie Horst Man or Astro-man?
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	10
No. of episodes	110 (and 2 unaired pilots and 3 specials) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Mike Lazzo Keith Crofford Matt Harrigan
Running time	15–30 minutes
Production company(s)	Ghost Planet Industries (1994–98) Williams Street (1999–2008) Williams Street West (2003–04) Cartoon Network (1994–2001)
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release
Original network	Cartoon Network (1994–2001) Adult Swim (2001–04) GameTap (2006–08)
Picture format	4:3 SDTV
Original release	Cartoon Network series: April 15, 1994 – December 17, 1999 Adult Swim series: May 7, 2001 – April 12, 2004 GameTap series: May 30, 2006 – May 31, 2008
Chronology
Preceded by	Space Ghost
Followed by	Cartoon Planet The Brak Show Aqua Teen Hunger Force Sealab 2021 Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law Perfect Hair Forever
External links
Website

Space Ghost Coast to Coast is an American animated parody talk show, created by Mike Lazzo and hosted by the 1960s Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Space Ghost. Though the original 1960s series aired as a standard Hanna-Barbera Saturday-morning superhero cartoon, Space Ghost Coast to Coast was a total reboot of the series intended for adults, now reinterpreted as a surreal spoof talk show and produced using the original artwork.

Space Ghost Coast to Coast was considered to be the first fully produced Cartoon Network original series, and premiered on April 15, 1994. The first two seasons were presented as a serious talk show with subdued jokes, while the later seasons relied more on surrealism, non-sequiturs, and parodies. In 2001, it moved to the network's late night television block Adult Swim.

Space Ghost Coast to Coast was known for inspiring the series Cartoon Planet, The Brak Show, Sealab 2021, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law, Perfect Hair Forever and The Eric Andre Show.

Space Ghost Coast to Coast used the talk show format as its template, but subverted it regularly. Various celebrities appeared on the show as guests. They were shown on a TV screen next to Space Ghost's desk, and unlike the characters, they were not animated. In early episodes of the show, Space Ghost apparently believed his guests were other superheroes and usually opened the interview by asking them about their superpowers. His interactions with guests were almost always painfully awkward, and sometimes hostile. It was sometimes hard to tell if guests were aware of the nature of the program on which they were appearing. Their answers often did not match the questions coming from Space Ghost, because the questions were changed after the interview.