‘Space Ghost Coast to Coast,’ Secretly TV’s Most Influential Show
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Few people afford Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Network’s strange, seminal comedy, its rightful place in the pantheon. But from its bargain-basement launch in 1994 to its place at the center of the wildly popular Adult Swim lineup in the 2000s, it helped introduce cringe comedy to the American viewing public, deconstructed the idea of the talk show beyond repair for a generation of comedians, and changed the look and feel of the entire animation art form.
Prime specimen of anticipatory gesticulation animation-voice effect.
posted by clavdivs at 12:19 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by clavdivs at 12:19 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
Is that your butt?
posted by clavdivs at 12:20 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by clavdivs at 12:20 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
I had forgotten how many of my default quirky phrases were from that show. Fairly certain my friend-base doesn't even recognize the source at this point either. Hah.
posted by erst at 12:35 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by erst at 12:35 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
I never really understood what was going on in this show at the time but I found myself compelled to watch it anyway.
posted by Standard Orange at 12:47 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Standard Orange at 12:47 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm also pretty sure there was some early cartoon cavalcade hosted by Space Ghost that had both an early Power Puff Girls and an early Dexter's Lab.
Space Ghost hosted a "World Premiere Toon-In" special in 1995, featuring the first PPG and Dexter shorts created as part of the Cartoon Network-commissioned "What A Cartoon!" series. The Council of Doom served as judges, and Craig McCracken "won" based on his stunning performance in the swimsuit competition.
posted by Spatch at 12:53 AM on October 8, 2015 [9 favorites]
Space Ghost hosted a "World Premiere Toon-In" special in 1995, featuring the first PPG and Dexter shorts created as part of the Cartoon Network-commissioned "What A Cartoon!" series. The Council of Doom served as judges, and Craig McCracken "won" based on his stunning performance in the swimsuit competition.
posted by Spatch at 12:53 AM on October 8, 2015 [9 favorites]
delightful misread:
Few people can afford Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Space Ghost was designed by full-on olden-time comics genius Alex Toth, hearn tell.
posted by mwhybark at 12:55 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
Few people can afford Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Space Ghost was designed by full-on olden-time comics genius Alex Toth, hearn tell.
posted by mwhybark at 12:55 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
During the episode with Lassie, my now ex-wife was seriously considering calling me an ambulance, as, at the time, I was completely unable to speak, was sweating uncontrollably, and entirely unable to catch my breath.
With laughing.
And then I see the picture as I had not yet read TFA.
posted by Samizdata at 1:16 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
With laughing.
And then I see the picture as I had not yet read TFA.
posted by Samizdata at 1:16 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
"human viral video Jimmy Fallon" is perhaps the best description of what his show has turned into I have ever read.
posted by hippybear at 1:17 AM on October 8, 2015 [11 favorites]
posted by hippybear at 1:17 AM on October 8, 2015 [11 favorites]
But a generation of young weirdos was paying attention.
Count me in as one of those super weirdos. Most kids definitely didn't watch the shows I did, nor did they get the shows or jokes when I watched them. I had exactly zero friends that could really sit through an MST3K movie. And though I'm still a total weird kid, at least now people around my age (mid 20's) and older will look at my MST3K tattoo and freak out and start quoting movie lines AT me. So at least I know there are other weirdos out there!
I fondly remember David Grohl's interview. He's someone that gets it. A phrase that was often said in my house, "We do not actually fight foo. We are the foo fighters." Yes I say it anytime his music comes on.
I LOVED the awkward silences and the glances, and the totally not responding in interviews thing. There was also something just so great on creating comedy with a low budget on stuff that's just, actually, truly, funny! I was raised on this show, Dr. Katz, and MST3K. So that's definitely fed my enjoyment of comedy now, including a lot of British humor (which loves those awkward silences) and funny arrogant characters and bits (such as Jimmy Pardo and his show Never Not Funny.) Not to mention Invader Zim, Adventure Time, and Comedy Bang Bang.....
My dad and I share a brain, and will finish each other's jokes and sentences with a variety of lines from these various shows that I was raised on. We often ended actual arguments with, "Let's just argue for two more minutes" from Dr. Katz. Plus my husband enjoys a lot of the same shows and we'll point to things by saying, "Now I'm LEERING at it." - Also Dr. Katz. My dad and I freaked out my step-mom by jumping into the "Johnny LongTorso" song from MST3K when she mentioned that someone had a "long torso." We sang the whole thing and she just stared at us.
Anndd now I have volumes 1 - 3 of SGC2C in my Amazon cart. Anyone know if there's a reasonable price on volumes 4 or 5?
posted by Crystalinne at 2:02 AM on October 8, 2015 [22 favorites]
Count me in as one of those super weirdos. Most kids definitely didn't watch the shows I did, nor did they get the shows or jokes when I watched them. I had exactly zero friends that could really sit through an MST3K movie. And though I'm still a total weird kid, at least now people around my age (mid 20's) and older will look at my MST3K tattoo and freak out and start quoting movie lines AT me. So at least I know there are other weirdos out there!
I fondly remember David Grohl's interview. He's someone that gets it. A phrase that was often said in my house, "We do not actually fight foo. We are the foo fighters." Yes I say it anytime his music comes on.
I LOVED the awkward silences and the glances, and the totally not responding in interviews thing. There was also something just so great on creating comedy with a low budget on stuff that's just, actually, truly, funny! I was raised on this show, Dr. Katz, and MST3K. So that's definitely fed my enjoyment of comedy now, including a lot of British humor (which loves those awkward silences) and funny arrogant characters and bits (such as Jimmy Pardo and his show Never Not Funny.) Not to mention Invader Zim, Adventure Time, and Comedy Bang Bang.....
My dad and I share a brain, and will finish each other's jokes and sentences with a variety of lines from these various shows that I was raised on. We often ended actual arguments with, "Let's just argue for two more minutes" from Dr. Katz. Plus my husband enjoys a lot of the same shows and we'll point to things by saying, "Now I'm LEERING at it." - Also Dr. Katz. My dad and I freaked out my step-mom by jumping into the "Johnny LongTorso" song from MST3K when she mentioned that someone had a "long torso." We sang the whole thing and she just stared at us.
Anndd now I have volumes 1 - 3 of SGC2C in my Amazon cart. Anyone know if there's a reasonable price on volumes 4 or 5?
posted by Crystalinne at 2:02 AM on October 8, 2015 [22 favorites]
In 2002, I produced and 'hosted' a weekly college radio show made entirely of underground and obscure rap intercut with samples from (mostly) Space Ghost. The show's fake sponsor was, of course, The Old Kentucky Nightmare Talk Show and Liquor Corporation (from the amazing Willie Nelson episode, IIRC). My goal was to create mixtapes of the music I was listening to, with nearly all transitions sampled from SGC2C in a way that made the dialogue relevant to the music.
To this day, the 30 or so 90 minute mixes I made are among the things I am most proud of creating. My artistic peak, so to speak, and I will never top that period in my creative life.
Thanks, Space Ghost and Zorak!
posted by still bill at 3:05 AM on October 8, 2015 [20 favorites]
To this day, the 30 or so 90 minute mixes I made are among the things I am most proud of creating. My artistic peak, so to speak, and I will never top that period in my creative life.
Thanks, Space Ghost and Zorak!
posted by still bill at 3:05 AM on October 8, 2015 [20 favorites]
My spouse and I still use "I feel splotchy" when feeling amorous.
posted by Cocodrillo at 3:18 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Cocodrillo at 3:18 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
I think this show has really suffered from not having easily accessible clips on Youtube to the extent of other shows. I'm guessing that's a copyright issue? For example, when I search for "Batmantis" I find a bunch of clips, but in Spanish.
I wanted to show my daughter the hypnotism episode (mainly because it's fun to try and train a 3-year old to chant "Lombaki creo plomo plio zona, ah ah!") and I had to break out the DVD.
posted by selfnoise at 3:35 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
I wanted to show my daughter the hypnotism episode (mainly because it's fun to try and train a 3-year old to chant "Lombaki creo plomo plio zona, ah ah!") and I had to break out the DVD.
posted by selfnoise at 3:35 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
"Living with you is like living with a living nightmare" and "I know it. You know it. Moltar know it." still come in handy more than you would expect.
posted by stripesandplaid at 3:36 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by stripesandplaid at 3:36 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
Sometimes, I still have to randomly say "HI MY NAME IS BRAK"
posted by rmd1023 at 3:56 AM on October 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by rmd1023 at 3:56 AM on October 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
"That is Old Kentucky Shark, and HE HAS BEEN THERE!"
posted by isawthat at 3:58 AM on October 8, 2015 [9 favorites]
posted by isawthat at 3:58 AM on October 8, 2015 [9 favorites]
Click click click-click-click click click click, click click click-click-click click click click.
posted by ob1quixote at 4:14 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by ob1quixote at 4:14 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
Sooooo many great lines. It was the favorite of my friends and I in college. But if I had to pick one at this moment: "Just me, Moltar, outta lines, hangin' out."
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 4:19 AM on October 8, 2015
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 4:19 AM on October 8, 2015
rmd1023:"Enough! That was pitiful."Sometimes, I still have to randomly say "HI MY NAME IS BRAK"
posted by ob1quixote at 4:26 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
My husband hasn't even seen that much Space Ghost and yet we still make Space Ghost comments ALL THE TIME. A healthy chunk of them come from Cartoon Planet as well, but, still. Still.
If it isn't "With freedom comes nudity", it's "I'm having a big head day" or "My name is Bingo, I like to climb on things, can I have a banana, eep eep!"
I have sea monkeys now. They are all named Banjo.
WHY DO WE ALWAYS HURT THE ONES WE LOVE? WHY, BANJO, WHY?
posted by Katemonkey at 4:40 AM on October 8, 2015 [15 favorites]
If it isn't "With freedom comes nudity", it's "I'm having a big head day" or "My name is Bingo, I like to climb on things, can I have a banana, eep eep!"
I have sea monkeys now. They are all named Banjo.
WHY DO WE ALWAYS HURT THE ONES WE LOVE? WHY, BANJO, WHY?
posted by Katemonkey at 4:40 AM on October 8, 2015 [15 favorites]
Back in the olden days of the Internet, I was a regular on the AOL SG:CtC message board. After the Timothy Leary episode, another user criticized the show, complaining (somewhat self-righteously) that Dr. Leary was not an appropriate guest for a kid's show, what with his history of psychedelic drug advocacy and all.
I defended the show, mentioning that its audience was older viewers, and that since it ran at 10:00pm, most kids wouldn't be up to see it, and that even if they did, Dr. Leary's recreational experiments were not even mentioned during the show.
Next thing I know, I got a personal email from the show's creators, thanking me for my post, and offering to send me some swag. They sent a Cartoon Network t-shirt, and even better, a CD of the SG:CtC theme music! The t-shirt has long been worn to threads, but the CD is still in rotation on my playlist.
Thanks again, Space Ghost team!
Favorite quote: Zorak: *blink* ... *blink*
posted by LEGO Damashii at 4:56 AM on October 8, 2015 [23 favorites]
I defended the show, mentioning that its audience was older viewers, and that since it ran at 10:00pm, most kids wouldn't be up to see it, and that even if they did, Dr. Leary's recreational experiments were not even mentioned during the show.
Next thing I know, I got a personal email from the show's creators, thanking me for my post, and offering to send me some swag. They sent a Cartoon Network t-shirt, and even better, a CD of the SG:CtC theme music! The t-shirt has long been worn to threads, but the CD is still in rotation on my playlist.
Thanks again, Space Ghost team!
Favorite quote: Zorak: *blink* ... *blink*
posted by LEGO Damashii at 4:56 AM on October 8, 2015 [23 favorites]
I've got a roodle in my noodle and its name is dipsy doodle!
posted by briank at 5:04 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by briank at 5:04 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
MINKY BOODLE!
I have had the hardest laughing of my life watching that show.
posted by Annika Cicada at 5:05 AM on October 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
I have had the hardest laughing of my life watching that show.
posted by Annika Cicada at 5:05 AM on October 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
I've been watching the last couple of seasons of Adventure Time, and was delighted to hear Andy Merrill's dulcet pipes as James, James II, James III, James IV, James V, etc.
posted by Strange Interlude at 5:14 AM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by Strange Interlude at 5:14 AM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
We can also thank SGC2C for introducing many to the music of Sonny Sharrock.
posted by zchyrs at 5:19 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by zchyrs at 5:19 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Sealab 2021 best parts of Adult Swim when I cared about it. Then Assy McGee happened.
posted by RedShrek at 5:26 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by RedShrek at 5:26 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
I watched very little Space Ghost but I quote it ALL THE TIME thanks to that Brak Presents: The Album, which we listened to ad nauseum on car trips in college. To this day, when my husband and I got our new jobs, my reaction to the news was, "We're moving to OHIO?!?!?!" and bursting out in song.
What's round on the ends and hiiiiiiiiiiiigh in the middle? IT'S O-HI-O-HI-O!!!!!!
posted by chainsofreedom at 5:39 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
What's round on the ends and hiiiiiiiiiiiigh in the middle? IT'S O-HI-O-HI-O!!!!!!
posted by chainsofreedom at 5:39 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
We have many demands! And they're VERY UNREASONABLE!
I want a pet I can love, but I don't want to take care of it!!
posted by lorddimwit at 5:44 AM on October 8, 2015 [6 favorites]
I want a pet I can love, but I don't want to take care of it!!
posted by lorddimwit at 5:44 AM on October 8, 2015 [6 favorites]
The Brak Show is the greatest television show ever created in any genre. I will bow up hard on anyone who disagrees. HONOR IS AT STAKE.
posted by echocollate at 5:48 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
posted by echocollate at 5:48 AM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
I'm a kni-i-i-fe. Knifin' aro-o-o-und. Cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut..
posted by graymouser at 5:50 AM on October 8, 2015 [15 favorites]
posted by graymouser at 5:50 AM on October 8, 2015 [15 favorites]
The Brak Show is the greatest television show ever created in any genre. I will bow up hard on anyone who disagrees. HONOR IS AT STAKE.
I believe the appropriate threat is that you're going to kick their ass (until their head falls off).
posted by graymouser at 5:55 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
I believe the appropriate threat is that you're going to kick their ass (until their head falls off).
posted by graymouser at 5:55 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
"Cringe comedy" is very apropos. It's also one of the reasons we got rid of our regular TV. Between that, and the never-ending parade of syndicated sitcoms, there was literally nothing on.
I suppose I over-gorged on the latter all through my childhood, and what replaced it (uncomfortable faux-real comedies and bizarre genre mashups, or hateful anti-hero violence dramas) never appealed.
Admittedly, I am no longer in any demographic that TV producers think they want. I mean, Adult Swim seemed pretty much in the low attention span, awake at 3am, young male stoner category.
But it was the cringe part that sealed the deal for me. If I wanted to be uncomfortable, I can do that without TV for free a great many ways.
posted by clvrmnky at 6:12 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
I suppose I over-gorged on the latter all through my childhood, and what replaced it (uncomfortable faux-real comedies and bizarre genre mashups, or hateful anti-hero violence dramas) never appealed.
Admittedly, I am no longer in any demographic that TV producers think they want. I mean, Adult Swim seemed pretty much in the low attention span, awake at 3am, young male stoner category.
But it was the cringe part that sealed the deal for me. If I wanted to be uncomfortable, I can do that without TV for free a great many ways.
posted by clvrmnky at 6:12 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
Ants are so stupid.
posted by unknowncommand at 6:14 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by unknowncommand at 6:14 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
I sing the zingor song to my SO a good amount.
posted by vrakatar at 6:18 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by vrakatar at 6:18 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
Space Ghost is inextricably linked to college for me. To this day, the Chanbraigne episode is one of the best things I have ever seen.
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 6:21 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 6:21 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
Space Ghost losing his shit over the Ramones eating his party cake should be put on a golden platter for the next interstellar space probe.
posted by dr_dank at 6:29 AM on October 8, 2015 [12 favorites]
posted by dr_dank at 6:29 AM on October 8, 2015 [12 favorites]
"Lombaak ecree oplom ah-plee ozona ah-ah!"
"Ice-T! You will bring me some fly honeys!"
"Michael Stipe? Is that you in the corner?"
posted by Foosnark at 6:31 AM on October 8, 2015 [12 favorites]
"Ice-T! You will bring me some fly honeys!"
"Michael Stipe? Is that you in the corner?"
posted by Foosnark at 6:31 AM on October 8, 2015 [12 favorites]
I've never willingly watched Grease, but I nearly died laughing when I chanced upon Travolta squealing "It's electrifying! " because of the Ghost episode of Space Ghost. That, and
Sooooooooooooooolo
Dance party
This show wasn't just cringe comedy, as many of the guests were in on it. It was the start of that short attention span absurdist theater stuff that infected much of Adult Swim, from Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law to Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Hell, the punchline of the Ant episode was Space Ghost having a stare down with a giant ant in silence for minutes before shouting "yoursonisamoron!" And cut.
posted by Existential Dread at 6:40 AM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
Sooooooooooooooolo
Dance party
This show wasn't just cringe comedy, as many of the guests were in on it. It was the start of that short attention span absurdist theater stuff that infected much of Adult Swim, from Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law to Aqua Teen Hunger Force. Hell, the punchline of the Ant episode was Space Ghost having a stare down with a giant ant in silence for minutes before shouting "yoursonisamoron!" And cut.
posted by Existential Dread at 6:40 AM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
I was about to write a comment about how sad I was that it was impossible to find the Space Ghost bit that was at the end of the The Mask tape, but did one last search for it prior to commenting, and lo! someone uploaded it yesterday, apparently. The internet is a wonderful place.
posted by you must supply a verb at 6:50 AM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by you must supply a verb at 6:50 AM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
Yeah, it can't be cringe comedy because I have extremely low tolerance for that, and I loved Space Ghost Coast to Coast. It was more anti-comedy, a sort of comic dada that appealed viscerally to people who came of age when you had to dial up to get on the pre-Internet walled gardens. Like the episode where he spends ten minutes following an ant. It's funny because of the pure absurdity, but it's not sustained comedy. It starts and stops being funny through the sheer repetition.
posted by graymouser at 7:12 AM on October 8, 2015 [20 favorites]
posted by graymouser at 7:12 AM on October 8, 2015 [20 favorites]
Big ups for the intense Man Or Astro-Man? outro.
posted by whuppy at 7:20 AM on October 8, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by whuppy at 7:20 AM on October 8, 2015 [6 favorites]
I've mentioned in the past, my husband and I quote liberally from Space Ghost, Sealab and Archer in our daily lives (also Dr. Strangelove but that's not a cartoon). Space Ghost things said to my daughters yesterday
"Gimme those teeth! So I can get into clubs." (While brushing teeth)
"Such beautiful girl hair"
(while brushing hair)
"You don't know from fun. This is responsible!"
(Picking up toys)
Also, I can never seem to mention H. Jon Benjamin without following up with "Then, they kidnapped Jon Benjamin and took him to - Someone's Apartment!"
We have all of our episodes on VHS...but alas no VCR. The fact that many of the episodes are a pain to find is a bummer.
posted by Lapin at 7:29 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
"Gimme those teeth! So I can get into clubs." (While brushing teeth)
"Such beautiful girl hair"
(while brushing hair)
"You don't know from fun. This is responsible!"
(Picking up toys)
Also, I can never seem to mention H. Jon Benjamin without following up with "Then, they kidnapped Jon Benjamin and took him to - Someone's Apartment!"
We have all of our episodes on VHS...but alas no VCR. The fact that many of the episodes are a pain to find is a bummer.
posted by Lapin at 7:29 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
So, for a while I had the entirety of Brak's "I don't like coffee" as my voicemail greeting. The best message I got was apparently a stunned wrong number. "......Oh hell, he must not had NOTHIN' to do."
posted by xedrik at 7:30 AM on October 8, 2015
posted by xedrik at 7:30 AM on October 8, 2015
To this day, when I can't think of the lyrics to a song I will just replace them with Brak's
"thank you folks for kindly doin...stoppin...droppin' in. AAAAAaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaahhhhaAAAAHhh"
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 7:35 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
"thank you folks for kindly doin...stoppin...droppin' in. AAAAAaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaahhhhaAAAAHhh"
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 7:35 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
"Somebody left a cake out in the rain... OH NOOOO! I was gonna eat that cake! But now it's all wet and I don't think I want any."
posted by infinitewindow at 7:36 AM on October 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by infinitewindow at 7:36 AM on October 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
My username is taken from the episodes "Brilliant Number One" and "Brilliant Number Two".
posted by vibrotronica at 7:38 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
posted by vibrotronica at 7:38 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
For me, nothing beats "Knifin' Around." I indoctrinated my kids into Space Ghost - and that episode especially - early on. We use "because it sounds like a good idea...so do it" and "I have a hit song about a knife, and yes, I'm married" all the time.
posted by AgentRocket at 7:40 AM on October 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
posted by AgentRocket at 7:40 AM on October 8, 2015 [8 favorites]
"What Happened to the Water" is the greatest Brak song among many greats.
posted by holborne at 7:59 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by holborne at 7:59 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
I'm a kni-i-i-fe. Knifin' aro-o-o-und. Cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut-cut..
The episode Knifin' Around (Bjork & Tom Yorke) is tied neck and neck with Flipmode (Busta Rhymes) for being the two most perfect things that humanity has ever or will ever produce. Both are linked in their entirety, watch them and delight in the greatest things you could possibly do with your time.
"The floor is spoiled... like milk."
posted by FatherDagon at 8:05 AM on October 8, 2015 [13 favorites]
The episode Knifin' Around (Bjork & Tom Yorke) is tied neck and neck with Flipmode (Busta Rhymes) for being the two most perfect things that humanity has ever or will ever produce. Both are linked in their entirety, watch them and delight in the greatest things you could possibly do with your time.
"The floor is spoiled... like milk."
posted by FatherDagon at 8:05 AM on October 8, 2015 [13 favorites]
I mean, Adult Swim seemed pretty much in the low attention span, awake at 3am, young male stoner category.
clvrmnky
Hey, that's not fair. I had a moderate attention span then.
posted by Sangermaine at 8:07 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
clvrmnky
Hey, that's not fair. I had a moderate attention span then.
posted by Sangermaine at 8:07 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
"I believe every word that man just said. Because it's exactly what I wanted to hear."
continued use may result in limb loss.
posted by xbonesgt at 8:11 AM on October 8, 2015
continued use may result in limb loss.
posted by xbonesgt at 8:11 AM on October 8, 2015
From early on, I thought Colbert's blowhard pundit character owed something to Space Ghost, in his over the top dimwittedness and absurd fixations.
Here's what we do. We order one of those mind-erasing kits.
posted by mubba at 8:14 AM on October 8, 2015 [6 favorites]
Here's what we do. We order one of those mind-erasing kits.
posted by mubba at 8:14 AM on October 8, 2015 [6 favorites]
I was too young to appreciate SGC2C in the 90's. Now when people link to clips from it I enjoy them so much more. It truly was the start of adult swim. I can't imagine getting the show as a preteen.
posted by numaner at 8:17 AM on October 8, 2015
posted by numaner at 8:17 AM on October 8, 2015
Here's what we do. We order one of those mind-erasing kits.
you already have one.
posted by xbonesgt at 8:17 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
you already have one.
posted by xbonesgt at 8:17 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
If I already had one, don't you think I'd remember that?
posted by mubba at 8:19 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by mubba at 8:19 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
sometimes, to attract mates, a shark will explode.
posted by numaner at 8:20 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
posted by numaner at 8:20 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
I watched very little Space Ghost but I quote it ALL THE TIME thanks to that Brak Presents: The Album,
I have that! Every bit on it is amazing. Brak Presents The Brak Show Starring Brak only got like two episodes, but they both had a very high greatness-to-minute ratio. Of course we live in the worst universe, so they stopped making that and instead made The Brak Show.
S I G H
posted by JHarris at 8:35 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
I have that! Every bit on it is amazing. Brak Presents The Brak Show Starring Brak only got like two episodes, but they both had a very high greatness-to-minute ratio. Of course we live in the worst universe, so they stopped making that and instead made The Brak Show.
S I G H
posted by JHarris at 8:35 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
The last time I watched Spaceghost c2c, Brak was being buried in a room full of beans. I'm glad to hear that he got out.
posted by Elly Vortex at 8:38 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Elly Vortex at 8:38 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
I'm not sure I totally agree with "cringe comedy" either. I like the "anti-comedy" or comic dada label graymouser suggested upthread because similarly I cannot take cringe comedy but Space Ghost was one of my favorite shows.
I think honestly this has become a huge part of internet aesthetic all the way down to 'weird twitter' (e.g. @dril), starting from SGC2C to things like Tim and Eric, Great Job! as discussed in the article. It's shitposting at its finest, which really is dada (when talking specifically about tumblr, shitposting (where I think the term originated) is not to be confused with 'nightblogging', which is more a form of surrealism).
Honestly, being a kid and being the only person I knew who could tolerate this let alone think it was hilarious (except my brother who, honestly, I think I dragged into it), I would have never thought it would become this prominent. But I think it was becoming clear once Aqua Teen Hunger Force was well established (commence the jigglin'!)
Anyway I'm glad I was there to see it and I'm glad my brother joined in when I'd just start yelling I'M DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 40 IN MY BIG OLD PICKUP TRUCK when we had to ferry vehicles between one field and another.
I'm sick and feeling crappy today but I found the entirety of season 3 on youtube so guess what I'm doing today.
(also I'm really glad Home Movies got a brief mention because that is a similar favorite--improvised dialogue always, for me, creates something amazing)
posted by nogoodverybad at 8:46 AM on October 8, 2015 [13 favorites]
I think honestly this has become a huge part of internet aesthetic all the way down to 'weird twitter' (e.g. @dril), starting from SGC2C to things like Tim and Eric, Great Job! as discussed in the article. It's shitposting at its finest, which really is dada (when talking specifically about tumblr, shitposting (where I think the term originated) is not to be confused with 'nightblogging', which is more a form of surrealism).
Honestly, being a kid and being the only person I knew who could tolerate this let alone think it was hilarious (except my brother who, honestly, I think I dragged into it), I would have never thought it would become this prominent. But I think it was becoming clear once Aqua Teen Hunger Force was well established (commence the jigglin'!)
Anyway I'm glad I was there to see it and I'm glad my brother joined in when I'd just start yelling I'M DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY 40 IN MY BIG OLD PICKUP TRUCK when we had to ferry vehicles between one field and another.
I'm sick and feeling crappy today but I found the entirety of season 3 on youtube so guess what I'm doing today.
(also I'm really glad Home Movies got a brief mention because that is a similar favorite--improvised dialogue always, for me, creates something amazing)
posted by nogoodverybad at 8:46 AM on October 8, 2015 [13 favorites]
These kinds of Adult Swim shows are a mixed bag with me. Space Ghost C2C and Cartoon Planet are as good as they ever got I think, though. Especially Cartoon Planet. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, however, I could do without.
posted by JHarris at 8:48 AM on October 8, 2015
posted by JHarris at 8:48 AM on October 8, 2015
Of course we live in the worst universe, so they stopped making that and instead made The Brak Show.'
Hey, the Brak Show had the famous "Three hams will kill him" episode, which redeems everything as far as I'm concerned.
posted by holborne at 8:54 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
Hey, the Brak Show had the famous "Three hams will kill him" episode, which redeems everything as far as I'm concerned.
posted by holborne at 8:54 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
I'm way out of the absurdist cartoon loop, and mostly have been forever (I don't even own a), but I will never not love this show. I have to concur that it's not really "cringe comedy" in the same way that, say, something like The Office was. Or even, for that matter, Seinfeld, to point at something more contemporary in feel. Everybody involved knew the proceedings were ridiculous. Everybody in the audience knew they were being fucked with. The whole joy of the show was in the dynamic between being in on the joke and not being sure how far into total time-wasting inanity the joke was going to get driven.
That ant-following episode. I thought I was going to crack a rib.
(I wasn't ever stoned back then, but I'll cede that SG:C2C fandom was probably just about as good a predictor of my future stoned-ness as anything.)
posted by brennen at 9:05 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
That ant-following episode. I thought I was going to crack a rib.
(I wasn't ever stoned back then, but I'll cede that SG:C2C fandom was probably just about as good a predictor of my future stoned-ness as anything.)
posted by brennen at 9:05 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
Three hams will kill him is, admittedly, great. But BPTBSSB...
It contains Freddie Prinze Jr. singing along with Brak to Highway 40 Revisited. It has the Chieftains singing with Brak. The Great Grape Ape sings about a giant squid in his fridge. There's Ohio, Barbeque, Molly Cule, Magic Toenail... practically every moment is brilliant.
posted by JHarris at 9:11 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
It contains Freddie Prinze Jr. singing along with Brak to Highway 40 Revisited. It has the Chieftains singing with Brak. The Great Grape Ape sings about a giant squid in his fridge. There's Ohio, Barbeque, Molly Cule, Magic Toenail... practically every moment is brilliant.
posted by JHarris at 9:11 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
I just rewatched knifin' around and flipmode and I'm really surprised at how many of my SGC2C quotes from those 2 episdoes alone. Those aren't children -they're packets of cream cheese. and Look, marriage is about hiding in the kudzu behind your apartment and not going in until the lights are completely out.
But then there's With freedom comes nudity. oho! About has to be my absolutely favorite television/film quote of all time. One of the best gifts I've ever received was a video from a friend who took one of Dubya's speeches and replaced every instance of the word "freedom" with the word "nudity". The end of the clip was the scene in Braveheart where Mel Gibson screams freedom, only she replaced him screaming"freedom" with nuuuuuuuuuuuuudity!. And then it cut to all his friends closing their eyes, the king dying, and ending with the drawn and quartering manager guy shaking his head. It was hilarious.
posted by barchan at 9:13 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
But then there's With freedom comes nudity. oho! About has to be my absolutely favorite television/film quote of all time. One of the best gifts I've ever received was a video from a friend who took one of Dubya's speeches and replaced every instance of the word "freedom" with the word "nudity". The end of the clip was the scene in Braveheart where Mel Gibson screams freedom, only she replaced him screaming"freedom" with nuuuuuuuuuuuuudity!. And then it cut to all his friends closing their eyes, the king dying, and ending with the drawn and quartering manager guy shaking his head. It was hilarious.
posted by barchan at 9:13 AM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
Hey, the Brak Show had the famous "Three hams will kill him" episode, which redeems everything as far as I'm concerned.
The only upside of having a super picky 5-year old is teaching him to sing "Three hams will kill me" when he refuses to eat his porkchops.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:13 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
The only upside of having a super picky 5-year old is teaching him to sing "Three hams will kill me" when he refuses to eat his porkchops.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 9:13 AM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
Dames are like mustard - they taste great on a sandwich. But when you're not eating a sandwich, they just sit there in the fridge. On a shelf. In a jar. Labelled... mustard.
posted by yellowbinder at 9:27 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by yellowbinder at 9:27 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
They play "We're Buds" Brak song on my the Sirius Kids radio channel my son likes. I'm still waiting to hear the Beet Song though.
posted by emjaybee at 9:35 AM on October 8, 2015
posted by emjaybee at 9:35 AM on October 8, 2015
My first customized "ringtone" (ha, remember making those?) was De Der Down.
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 9:50 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 9:50 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
Even though I am but one iota of Space Ghost... I, too, love The Nanny.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 9:53 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 9:53 AM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
"Every time I move my arm like this, it costs the animators $42. Watch: $42! $84! $126!"
(I didn't get to watch nearly enough of that show, but everything I did see was in 'instant classic' territory.)
posted by mordax at 10:12 AM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
(I didn't get to watch nearly enough of that show, but everything I did see was in 'instant classic' territory.)
posted by mordax at 10:12 AM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
YOUR SON IS A JERK!
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 10:56 AM on October 8, 2015
posted by Lentrohamsanin at 10:56 AM on October 8, 2015
The most long-lasting SGC2C meme in our house is Zorak pestering the guests for gum. Anything works as a stand-in for gum.
Myself: Zorak, do you even know what [noun of choice] is?
Husband: NO. But I WANT SOME.
posted by bakerina at 11:19 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
Myself: Zorak, do you even know what [noun of choice] is?
Husband: NO. But I WANT SOME.
posted by bakerina at 11:19 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
I just rewatched knifin' around and flipmode and I'm really surprised at how many of my SGC2C quotes from those 2 episdoes alone.
Those two and Kentucky Nightmare were quote mine gold. I'm not sure I said anything in my last semester of college that wasn't partly referring to one of those episodes.
Adult Swim is also interesting to me because I experienced it along with a shift of how media was shared. Like, I had VHS tapes of the times when Adult Swim ran a marathon (there was a New Year's one that we re-watched probably half a dozen times). But we'd also find the episodes in low-res videos people shared on our college's unofficial network (which was, literally, people sharing parts of their hard drives via WIndows 98/2000/XP networking). So it kind of was the thing where I saw the shift from analog to digital sharing. (And lest anyone get on their high horse, there was no physical way to have bought the episodes for years after that, and when it was possible I did.)
posted by graymouser at 11:40 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
Those two and Kentucky Nightmare were quote mine gold. I'm not sure I said anything in my last semester of college that wasn't partly referring to one of those episodes.
Adult Swim is also interesting to me because I experienced it along with a shift of how media was shared. Like, I had VHS tapes of the times when Adult Swim ran a marathon (there was a New Year's one that we re-watched probably half a dozen times). But we'd also find the episodes in low-res videos people shared on our college's unofficial network (which was, literally, people sharing parts of their hard drives via WIndows 98/2000/XP networking). So it kind of was the thing where I saw the shift from analog to digital sharing. (And lest anyone get on their high horse, there was no physical way to have bought the episodes for years after that, and when it was possible I did.)
posted by graymouser at 11:40 AM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
space ghost happened to me as a child and now i am a weird adult and among other things it is spaceghost fault
it's interesting to me how space ghost is somehow much much funnier than a lot of the "funny" "absurd" stuff coming out now. oh my god, knifin' around
oh my jesus
posted by beefetish at 12:34 PM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
it's interesting to me how space ghost is somehow much much funnier than a lot of the "funny" "absurd" stuff coming out now. oh my god, knifin' around
oh my jesus
posted by beefetish at 12:34 PM on October 8, 2015 [4 favorites]
I can tell you from experience that Space Ghost is a great thing to watch when you're in labor.
posted by Ruki at 12:42 PM on October 8, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Ruki at 12:42 PM on October 8, 2015 [6 favorites]
i was cool for five minutes in my life: the five minutes in college when it became apparent that I'd been watching SGC2C for ages while all of my roommates were just discovering it on the lounge TV.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 12:54 PM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 12:54 PM on October 8, 2015 [5 favorites]
Just go to this website every now and then and enjoy Brak's collected wisdom, diary excerpts and memorable events (Backed up from the old CN website).
For instance, after he officiated over the marriage of Macaroni and Cheese, he proclaimed: "May the love that you put in my tummy grow deeper and stronger all the days of your lives! I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU A TASTY TREAT!!!! YOU MAY GET IN MY TUMMY!!!!"
I still stay this before eating a bowl.
posted by borborygmi at 1:20 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
For instance, after he officiated over the marriage of Macaroni and Cheese, he proclaimed: "May the love that you put in my tummy grow deeper and stronger all the days of your lives! I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU A TASTY TREAT!!!! YOU MAY GET IN MY TUMMY!!!!"
I still stay this before eating a bowl.
posted by borborygmi at 1:20 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
borborygmi, I loved those old Council Of Doom homepages, and I'd make a FPP about them if they still existed on the internet. Here's a classic exchange from the linked site:
BRAK: Hello, Mr. Hand Towel Puppet!!! You smell like feet.
HAND TOWEL PUPPET: Hello, Brak. We finally meet. There's so much to tell you but the most important thing is... you should know that the rest of them condescend to you. You must escape and find your truth path in life.
BRAK: You sure do know a lot of big words for a towel!!
HAND TOWEL PUPPET: Brak, listen to me. The others, especially Space Ghost, treat you like a... a... pet.
BRAK: I found a walrus with a toe infection and Space Ghost says I can't keep him.
HAND TOWEL PUPPET: BRAK!!! PAY ATTENTION! YOU ARE JUST A FOIL--
BRAK: Hey, I like burned jelly. What were you saying, Mr. Hand Towel Puppet?
HAND TOWEL PUPPET: Nevermind, Brak.
Mr. Hand Towel Puppet was sad and didn't want to talk so I used him as a wig and danced around in the shower like Jennifer Lopez until Space Ghost came in and yelled at me.
posted by JHarris at 3:04 PM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
BRAK: Hello, Mr. Hand Towel Puppet!!! You smell like feet.
HAND TOWEL PUPPET: Hello, Brak. We finally meet. There's so much to tell you but the most important thing is... you should know that the rest of them condescend to you. You must escape and find your truth path in life.
BRAK: You sure do know a lot of big words for a towel!!
HAND TOWEL PUPPET: Brak, listen to me. The others, especially Space Ghost, treat you like a... a... pet.
BRAK: I found a walrus with a toe infection and Space Ghost says I can't keep him.
HAND TOWEL PUPPET: BRAK!!! PAY ATTENTION! YOU ARE JUST A FOIL--
BRAK: Hey, I like burned jelly. What were you saying, Mr. Hand Towel Puppet?
HAND TOWEL PUPPET: Nevermind, Brak.
Mr. Hand Towel Puppet was sad and didn't want to talk so I used him as a wig and danced around in the shower like Jennifer Lopez until Space Ghost came in and yelled at me.
posted by JHarris at 3:04 PM on October 8, 2015 [3 favorites]
Eek, eek says the panda.
I inflicted SGC2C on a few friends upon whom I later inflicted Stella. The reaction was pretty much the same after the first episode each time. "I don't know what the hell that was." "So, you didn't like it." "Wait, do you have more? Play the next one."
But yes. LIVING WITH YOU IS LIKE LIVING IN A LIVING NIGHTMARE.
posted by fedward at 7:05 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
I inflicted SGC2C on a few friends upon whom I later inflicted Stella. The reaction was pretty much the same after the first episode each time. "I don't know what the hell that was." "So, you didn't like it." "Wait, do you have more? Play the next one."
But yes. LIVING WITH YOU IS LIKE LIVING IN A LIVING NIGHTMARE.
posted by fedward at 7:05 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
Also I always ask the cats if they're getting enough oxygen.
posted by fedward at 7:07 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by fedward at 7:07 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
I'm late with this, but hope it will not go unseen.
Tom Roche is an Atlanta TV editor / producer who was part of the SGC2C team. He recently put together this fantastic compilation of "slates", the short video that would precede the actual show on each show tape they produced. It serves as an excellent introduction to the inanity and scope of the show.
Atlantans, his documentary on Alley Pat airs on PBS next week. Set your DVRs!
posted by intermod at 7:29 PM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
Tom Roche is an Atlanta TV editor / producer who was part of the SGC2C team. He recently put together this fantastic compilation of "slates", the short video that would precede the actual show on each show tape they produced. It serves as an excellent introduction to the inanity and scope of the show.
Atlantans, his documentary on Alley Pat airs on PBS next week. Set your DVRs!
posted by intermod at 7:29 PM on October 8, 2015 [7 favorites]
We do "knifing around" a lot in my house and my kids say "cut cut cut cut cut" even though they don't get it.
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 7:41 PM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 7:41 PM on October 8, 2015 [1 favorite]
LEGO Damashii: "Back in the olden days of the Internet, I was a regular on the AOL SG:CtC message board. After the Timothy Leary episode, another user criticized the show, complaining (somewhat self-righteously) that Dr. Leary was not an appropriate guest for a kid's show, what with his history of psychedelic drug advocacy and all.
I defended the show, mentioning that its audience was older viewers, and that since it ran at 10:00pm, most kids wouldn't be up to see it, and that even if they did, Dr. Leary's recreational experiments were not even mentioned during the show.
Next thing I know, I got a personal email from the show's creators, thanking me for my post, and offering to send me some swag. They sent a Cartoon Network t-shirt, and even better, a CD of the SG:CtC theme music! The t-shirt has long been worn to threads, but the CD is still in rotation on my playlist.
Thanks again, Space Ghost team!
Favorite quote: Zorak: *blink* ... *blink*"
Oh, I still have the second set, but I have personally autographed photos of Brak, Zorak, and Tad. I had been corresponding with them during the heavy Scooby days and trying to get them to do more other stuff, so they sent me some photos. Later, they got damaged due to my ex-wife's fetish for bleach during cleaning (and fumes thereof). She emailed them with a funny email about how they had been damaged, and I couldn't eat for all the weeping and wouldn't sleep, and they sent a second set (which are now framed).
posted by Samizdata at 7:54 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
I defended the show, mentioning that its audience was older viewers, and that since it ran at 10:00pm, most kids wouldn't be up to see it, and that even if they did, Dr. Leary's recreational experiments were not even mentioned during the show.
Next thing I know, I got a personal email from the show's creators, thanking me for my post, and offering to send me some swag. They sent a Cartoon Network t-shirt, and even better, a CD of the SG:CtC theme music! The t-shirt has long been worn to threads, but the CD is still in rotation on my playlist.
Thanks again, Space Ghost team!
Favorite quote: Zorak: *blink* ... *blink*"
Oh, I still have the second set, but I have personally autographed photos of Brak, Zorak, and Tad. I had been corresponding with them during the heavy Scooby days and trying to get them to do more other stuff, so they sent me some photos. Later, they got damaged due to my ex-wife's fetish for bleach during cleaning (and fumes thereof). She emailed them with a funny email about how they had been damaged, and I couldn't eat for all the weeping and wouldn't sleep, and they sent a second set (which are now framed).
posted by Samizdata at 7:54 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
I'M NOT ANIMATED TO EXPLODE!
posted by corey flood at 8:30 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by corey flood at 8:30 PM on October 8, 2015 [2 favorites]
Also:
BE A MAN, BE A KLUGMAN!
Every time I watch Quincy. Every. Time.
posted by Katemonkey at 12:49 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
BE A MAN, BE A KLUGMAN!
Every time I watch Quincy. Every. Time.
posted by Katemonkey at 12:49 AM on October 9, 2015 [5 favorites]
Ok, so you morons actually made me go look at stuff and I actually found out that the [Adult Swim] App for iOS actually has non-stop 24/7 streaming channels on it that you can sit and watch cartoons for free on. One channel is nothing but Space Ghost Coast 2 Coast. Another channel is Non-stop Venture Brothers.
I am now happy with the future.
posted by daq at 12:49 PM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
I am now happy with the future.
posted by daq at 12:49 PM on October 9, 2015 [6 favorites]
We just turned the lights off to get ready for bed.
I said "It's dark in space."
DAMMIT, SPACE GHOST, GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!
posted by Katemonkey at 2:43 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
I said "It's dark in space."
DAMMIT, SPACE GHOST, GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!
posted by Katemonkey at 2:43 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
....king dead!
Better not touch that TV.
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 10:02 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
Better not touch that TV.
posted by Steely-eyed Missile Man at 10:02 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
I saw a yard gnome once. It didn't scare me.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 10:55 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 10:55 PM on October 9, 2015 [1 favorite]
This thread will discuss Space Ghost as a FEATURE BENEFIT MODEL in a moment. But first, THIS.
posted by infinitewindow at 9:47 AM on October 11, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by infinitewindow at 9:47 AM on October 11, 2015 [2 favorites]
The Ruki family frequently narrates our lives to the tune of Smells Like Cartoon Planet. Kid Ruki has never actually seen Space Ghost, but I guess this is what happens when one is literally born into it.
posted by Ruki at 3:56 PM on October 11, 2015
posted by Ruki at 3:56 PM on October 11, 2015
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"It feels like Wednesday EVERY DAY!"
"Are you getting enough oxygen?"
"Make sure it's bloated!"
"You're not... Johnny Carson, are you?!"
And of course, the entire Brak song book. "OH WAIT, I'M SITTIN' ON IT! I'M SORRY, SANDWICH!"
Great article about Tad Ghostal and his crew. I'm also pretty sure there was some early cartoon cavalcade hosted by Space Ghost that had both an early Power Puff Girls and an early Dexter's Lab.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 12:12 AM on October 8, 2015 [16 favorites]