Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Vol. 1

George Lowe

Overview

The masked superhero hosts an offbeat talk show featuring celebrity guests who appear on a TV monitor. Among the visitors: Alice Cooper, Donny Osmond, Matt Groening, Charlton Heston, Ice-T, Willie Nelson, William Shatner, Conan O'Brien and Gary Owens (who supplied Space Ghost's voice in the original cartoon).

Product Details

Release Date:	11/18/2003
UPC:	0053939670929
Original Release:	2003
Source:	Turner Home Ent
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	3:23:00

Special Features

Closed Caption;Episode commentaries on "Elevator," "Batmantis," "Story Book House," "Girlie Show," and "Fire Drill"; Extended versions of "Urges," "Explode," "Jerk," "Sleeper," "Hungry," and "Fire Drill"; Original artwork ; Muisc video with Zorak; Subtitles: English, Français, & Español

Editorial Reviews

Live, from deep in outer space, it's washed-up '60s Hanna-Barbera cartoon superhero turned late-night talk show host, Space Ghost. The signature original program from Cartoon Network's early days (1994), Space Ghost Coast to Coast took to the air in 15-minute form, featuring Space Ghost in the host's chair with two villains from his salad days, Zoltar and Zorak, as his director and music director, respectively. Guests appeared "live" via remote in a TV screen that dropped down next to Mr. Ghost's desk, where he subjected them to questions that inevitably included variations on the "What are your superpowers?" theme. Just shy of genius and never short of fun, Space Ghost Coast to Coast succeeded in part by never letting its guests seem to be "in" on the joke. That is, despite the artifice necessary to make it seem that a cartoon character was conducting interviews, the interplay always felt spontaneous. This 16-episode set collects the program's earliest outings and makes a strong case for considering Space Ghost alongside America 2Night's Barth Gimble and Primetime Glick's Jiminy Glick in the faux-host hall of fame. The episodes and guests follow:
Disc 1:

"Elevator" featuring Judy Tenuta, Timothy Leary, and Ashley Judd

"Spanish Translation" featuring Kevin Meany and the Bee Gees

"Gilligan" featuring Bob Denver, Dawn Wells, and Russell Johnson

"CHiPs" featuring Joe Franklin and Bill Carter

"Bobcat" featuring Bobcat Goldthwait and the Ramones

"Punch" featuring Cindy Guyer, Jerky Boys, and Dian Parkinson

"Banjo" featuring Schooly D and Weird Al Yankovic

"Batmantis" featuring Adam West, Lee Meriwether, and Eartha Kitt

"Story Book House" featuring Kirk the Storyteller, and Carl the Cartoonist Disc 2:

"Girlie Show" featuring Frank Drescher, Carol Channing, and Alice Cooper

"Hungry" featuring Michael Stipe, Lassie, Sirajul and Mujibur

"Fire Drill" featuring David Byrne and Donny Osmond

"Sleeper" featuring Hulk Hogan and Slash

"Jerk" featuring Palmer Mills and Sandra Bernhard

"Urges" featuring Catherine Bach and Matthew Sweet

"Explode" featuring Terry Jones and Glen Phillips